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Review X-men #500 review “There Back !!”

July 30th, 2008 · Comments

I have been really disappointed by the X-men comics over the past 2 or 3. I enjoyed the recent Messiah complex story line but it seemed like a way to relaunch the new Cable and X-force books than a legitimate story. I was really suspect about the move to San Fransisco and the whole hippie [...]

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“Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel” by Grevioux

July 25th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Comicbookresources
Marvel Comics announced at Comic-Con that the two would team on “Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel,” a six-issue miniseries starting in November based on an original concept , who also writes “New Warriors” for the publisher. The Chicago, Illinois native also wrote the original “Underworld” movie and has acted in dozens of films [...]

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War Machine to get new on-going series

July 25th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Comicbookresources
The Variable Threat Response Battle Suit, AKA: the War Machine armor, is one of the most dangerous things Tony Stark has ever built. It was designed for all-out warfare and is the most heavily armed of any of Stark’s designs, so there’s really only man Stark would trust with it: his friend and confidant, [...]

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Djimon Hounsou to star as Thulsa Doom (from Conan) in feature film

July 25th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Variety
Djimon Hounsou has partnered with Dynamite Entertainment to star in and produce a bigscreen feature about immortal sorcerer Thulsa Doom, a central figure in the Conan the Barbarian and Kull comicbooks.
Character will be featured in his own comicbook series, published by Dynamite, an imprint of Dynamic Forces, next year.
He originally appeared in the Robert [...]

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Batman: Gotham Knight

July 23rd, 2008 · Comments

It’s been a while since we’ve done a DVD recommendation.  But yesterday, I watched Batman: Gotham Knight.  This is a compliation of six anime-style movie shorts that bridge the gap between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.   I was really impressed with the animation style of the 6 different vignettes and the stories.  I [...]

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Tags: Animation · Comics · Movies

Final Crisis: Revelations: featuring Crispus Allen

June 6th, 2008 · Comments

I missed Crispus Allen becoming The Spectre until I read this article on Comicbookresources.   Seem like this could pretty interesting.  The 40-page “Final Crisis: Revelations” #1, with art by new DC exclusive Philip Tan, is scheduled to go on sale August 13.
Allen is also in the upcoming Batman: Gotham Knight DVD being voiced by Gary [...]

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Picture of The Octopus from The Spirit

May 15th, 2008 · Comments

Once again, Samuel L. Jackson has taken another comic book character role.  This time he’s going to play The Octopus in Frank Miller’s The Spirit.  The Octopus is the villain in the comic book The Spirit.  The Spirit was created in the 1940’s by Will Eisner.  It’s sort of like a cross between Batman and [...]

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Comic Book of the Week

May 7th, 2008 · Comments

We know that Thor is rebuilding Asgard in the Thor series right now, but Marvel has come out with this double sided issue of Thor: Ages of Thunder.  This builds on the new, post-Ragnarok Thor, whose has a harder rougher edge to go along with more introspection by giving you a mature in depth [...]

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More G.I. Joe Pictures

April 22nd, 2008 · Comments

Here are some pictures from the upcoming G.I. Joe Movie.
Get more pictures here. Click pictures to view larger images.

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Book of the Week 3-4-08, Cable #1

March 6th, 2008 · Comments

 

I have always liked Cable. To be honest, I was probably most anticipating this relaunch more than any other comic this year. (At least until Skaar, Son of Hulk). This was a very good issue. The art was good and clean. The artist was Ariel Olivetti whose art I loved [...]

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