Comic Book Review: Dork Tower Volume X: The Tao of Igor by John Kovalic Igor Olman has been studying the Tao, a system of philosophy which includes living in harmony with “the Way”, self-cultivation and accordance with the natural order. He’s very enthusiastic about it, as he is about most things, “HUZZAH!”, and has been… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Dork Tower Volume X: The Tao of Igor
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Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4: Green Lantern
Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4: Green Lantern edited by Jack C. Harris This volume contains six stories of the Silver Age Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, mostly about first appearances of certain concepts. “The Planet of Doomed Men” story by John Broome, art by Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson, was in Green… Continue reading Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4: Green Lantern
Comic Book Review: Star Trek: Red Shirts
Comic Book Review: Star Trek: Red Shirts written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Megan Levens One of the running jokes among Star Trek fans, especially when talking about the original series, is the “redshirts”, characters whose only purpose in the story is to die to establish that the situation was dangerous and how the danger… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Star Trek: Red Shirts
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503 edited by Nicola Cuti All good things must come to an end, they say, and this digest issue was the last one of the original Adventure Comics run. (It would be picked up again as a title 2009-11 before being cancelled for the New 52 reboot.) At the end… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503
Comic Book Review: Neil Armstrong Walks on the Moon
Comic Book Review: Neil Armstrong Walks on the Moon written by Nel Yomtov, illustrations by Samir Barrett and Dave Wheeler Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first human to walk on the moon in 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission to that satellite of Earth. This… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Neil Armstrong Walks on the Moon
Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3
Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3 by Jack Cole Plastic Man was first published in Police Comics #1 in 1941. He wasn’t the first stretchy superhero in comics, but quickly became the most popular. Much of this was down to the talent of Jack Cole (1914-1958), who did both the writing and art… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #502
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #502 edited by Nicola Cuti We are getting towards the end of the digest version of Adventure Comics, and presumably the people putting these together were already aware of this, but there’s no hint about that in this issue. “Plastic Man” (no subtitle) written by Martin Pasko, art by Joe… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #502
Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One
Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One Written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo It is the year 50 B.C. and Gaul has been conquered by the Roman forces under Julius Caesar. Well, almost conquered. There’s one small village that refuses to surrender, and although it is surrounded by four Roman encampments, has managed… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy edited by Julius Schwartz With the success of Superman as a character and a cash cow, it was pretty much inevitable that the comic book company would find ways to expand the franchise. Thus in 1944, Jerry Siegel was convinced to create tales of Superboy, Superman… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #501
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #501 edited by Nicola Cuti After the all-Legion issue #500, the digest-sized Adventure Comics returned to featuring multiple characters. Let’s see what it has to offer! “Codename: Pinkeye!” story by Martin Pasko, art by Joe Staton & Bob Smith, picks up right after the killing of foreign agent Dmitri Dervish.… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #501