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Tag Archives: superheroes
Gail Simone’s Villains United
I mentioned at the end of my review of two of Gail Simone’s Secret Six collections that I was “going to lay hands on a copy of Villains United — I want the back story on this bunch.” Well, I … Continue reading
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Gail Simone’s Secret Six: Six Degrees of Devastation, and Secret Six: Unhinged
Gail Simone’s “Secret Six” is actually the third superhero team under that name. The first two were really, truly heroes; this group, not so much. They are, in fact, all bad guys from the DC Universe, some recycled from other … Continue reading
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Frank Tieri, J. Calafiore, and Jack Purcell’s Batman: Gotham Underground
The problem with a story arc like Gotham Underground is that, by itself, it doesn’t really get to go anywhere. Instead, it’s tied into and supports the continuity of a larger limited series/crossover event/superhero throwdown, and as such what happens … Continue reading
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Brad Meltzer, Rags Morales, and Michael Bair’s Identity Crisis
Every year on my dad’s birthday, I include in his gift a complete comic mini-series, in graphic novel form, of some old favourite of his from either the DC or Marvel universes. Like me (and most men who were once … Continue reading
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Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge’s Shades of Gray
The superhuman revolution has begun. With the disruption of the system that was secretly brainwashing the extrahumans of Corp-Co and turning them into obedient superheroes, the superhumans who once protected the Americas of the future have turned to terrorizing it. … Continue reading
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Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge’s Black and White
Once they were the best of friends. Now they’re implacable enemies. Joannie “Jet” Greene is a certified hero who uses her powers over shadow and darkness to protect New Chicago. Callie “Iridium” Bradford has used her powers over light to … Continue reading
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James Lee, Scott Williams, et al’s Divine Right: The Adventures of Max Faraday (Books 1 & 2)
Part of the problem with Divine Right: The Adventures of Max Faraday, is that we’ve seen it before, and better. We’ve seen it with the Beyonder, for one. Molecule Man, for another. Any comics junkie is going to be more … Continue reading
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Jeff Smith’s SHAZAM! The Monster Society of Evil
First, a few brief items from the Full Disclosure Department: as a kid, my favorite superhero was Captain Marvel. I read a lot of his comics, watched his Saturday morning TV show (coupled with “Isis”), and when I was in … Continue reading
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The Shadow
Margo: “Oh God. I dreamed.” Lamont: “So did I. What did you dream?” Margo: “I was lying naked on a beach in the South Seas. The tide was coming up to my toes. The sun was moving down. My skin … Continue reading
Perry Moore’s Hero
Perry Moore’s debut novel Hero is at its base a coming-of-age story. In first-person narrative, we’re told the details of Thom Creed’s teenage existence. Thom has trouble relating to his father. Thom has trouble relating to his peers, to school, … Continue reading