Chris Murphy
GET TO THE FLASHPOINT, WEEK 2: Frankenstein, Aquaman, Deathstroke, Citizen Cold
Flashpoint is DC Comics' summer event of 2011 that promises to change the DC Universe unrecognizably until the event's climactic finale, when the DC Universe will instead be left changed somewhat recognizably. In support of the event, DC is releasing 60+ issues of comic books across 22 titles in just three months...
Young Loki’s Up to New Tricks in ‘Journey Into Mystery’ #624 [Preview]
Loki, the villainous mastermind who could never be trusted because he was always scheming up a long term con, got a fresh start after his death at the end of Siege and his reincarnation as a child. The story of Young Loki is now being told by writer Kieron Gillen, penciller Doug Braithwaite and colorist Ulises Arreola in the pages of Journey Into Mystery, a fantastic adventure tale about a trickst
Why We Love Scott Snyder & Rafael Albuquerque’s ‘American Vampire’
A man and a woman in love seek out a safe place to hide where their past can't catch up to them. A wild west outlaw changes with the times to adjust to the criminal underworld of a new era. A police chief's family values are tested by a case so strange and gruesome he fears he's in over his head...
GET TO THE FLASHPOINT, WEEK 1: Batman, Abin Sur, Secret Seven, Traci 13
Flashpoint is DC Comics' summer even of 2011 that promises to change the DC Universe unrecognizably until the event's climactic finale, when the DC Universe will instead be left changed somewhat recognizably. In support of the event, DC is releasing 60+ issues of comic books across 22 titles in just three months...
What Should Be Next for Superhero Comics on TV?
Friends, these are dark times. Smallville has left us at last, and although it may have been an awkward guest that overstayed its welcome, its departure leaves an absence. With NBC's decision not to pick up a proposed Wonder Woman series (and the cancellation of Fox's Human Target), we're about to enter an era in which there'll be no live action series based on comics characters from a big shared
What Comics Like Alpha Flight Have Taught Us About Canada
Canada, frozen paradise beyond the safety of America's northern borders. Once more comics fans are invited to visit this land of wonders and mysteries with the latest Alpha Flight series, which relaunches with Alpha Flight 0.1 in comic stores this week...
‘Area 10′: You Need This Comic Like a Hole in the Head [Review]
Detective Adam Kamen has a problem with Henry the Eighth. No, he's not a history geek incensed with Showtime's sexy-fication of history; he's a detective in the Vertigo Crime graphic novel Area 10, and he's hunting a killer (named after the oft-married monarch) whose victims have been turning up decapitated, and their heads taken away...
‘The Stuff of Legend’ Book Two: The Jungle [Review]
No matter how old you get toys have an ability toys have to evoke powerful childhood memories of pure adoration. Of a time when a simple object like a stuffed animal or a plastic soldier could faithfully be counted on to provide so much joy...
‘Taskmaster: Unthinkable': One of Marvel’s Best Books of 2010 [Review]
Taskmaster had previously been a character who drifted through the backgrounds of larger Marvel Universe stories, a supporting player in adventures that weren't his own, but developed a cult fanbase largely thanks to his knack for kicking ass and being enigmatic...
Captain America Goes to War in ‘The Fighting Avenger’ Fan Film [Video]
Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger will be hitting theaters later this summer, but we've got something that'll hopefully make that wait a little easier and maybe even get you more excited for the final product. This week marked the release of the fan film The Fighting Avenger...