*Note: In an effort to keep this review of The Dark Knight Rises as spoiler free as possible, I’ll try not to mention anything from the second half of the film. There are very few films out there I enjoy more than Batman Begins and The Dark Knight; that being said, the final installment of … Continue reading »
It’s hard to believe it, but The Dark Knight Rising is almost here–just a few hours in fact for some of us. At midnight, it’ll be screening at just about every theater in America, and on multiple screens at most megaplexes. For me, this is huge. I’ve been looking forward to this since… well… since … Continue reading »
The simple beauty of Batman’s origin story is that it can be summed up with three sentences. Bruce Wayne sees his parents murdered. Spends years studying to be a detective and learns martial arts. Puts on mask and tights and vows to avenge his parents’ death. You could even take out the middle sentence and … Continue reading »
This year DC has made the surprising choice to revive one of its campiest comics: Dial H for Hero, now shortened to the more enigmatic Dial H. The concept is simple: if there’s a need for a hero, you step into a phonebooth, dial h, and gain superpowers. The catch is, the magic phonebooth doesn’t … Continue reading »
I’ve been out of the loop with the new DCU (haven’t we all?), so I was surprised and pleased today to see my beloved Mr. Freeze defrosted and returned to the comics world in Red Hood and the Outlaws #9. He’s also on the cover of Batman Annual #1. Well Victor Fries, it’s ice to … Continue reading »
When it comes to fights between superheroes, it’s important to remember the rules are a lot like soccer: even if it goes into over-time, a tie is still an acceptable outcome. Most superhero fights I can think of end in a tie, usually in the form of a truce after a long battle spread out … Continue reading »
Earth 2 answers the question that’s been nagging at me ever since DC’s New 52 reboot: whatever happened to the JSA? As it turns out, they have been living in a parallel world, and they are not yet a team. Sound confusing? It is. In the old DC Universe, the JSA were thought of as … Continue reading »
What Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris and the Grimm’s Fairy Tale comic franchise have in common is that they both seem to be aimed at readers who have the shortest attention spans imaginable. This concept is particularly odd since comics already accomodate people who lack patience. They’re stories told in pictures usually featuring less than … Continue reading »
It’s fair to say that every X-Men fan has noticed that Charles Xavier–Professor X as he’s sometimes known–is a little creepy. Maybe it’s his bald and reflective pate, or it’s his arched and immaculately coiffed eyebrows, or maybe it’s something else. But what is this “something else,” this odd and hard to define quality that … Continue reading »
I’m writing this review specifically for people who see the preview for The Avengers and think to themselves “That looks like it might be good, but will I like it if I’m not a nerd?” The nerd factor for the film is pretty high; for some people, it’s hard enough to grasp the idea behind … Continue reading »
