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
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Movie Review: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Movie Review: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003) directed by Curt Geda Gotham City is once again the scene of crime. In this case, Oswald “Penguin” Cobblepot, Rupert “Boss” Thorne and Carlton “I’ve Been Here All Along” DuQuesne, three crimelords, have joined forces in an arms smuggling deal. It’s perhaps not surprising when a bat-winged silhouette… Continue reading Movie Review: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #492
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #492 edited by Dick Giordano & Carl Gafford My goal is to get all of these digest issues reviewed here before I retire. Let’s see how close I can get! “Battle with the Gods!” written by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Don Newton and inks by John Calnan is the… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #492
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #38: Superman Vs. the Supernatural
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #38: Superman Vs. the Supernatural edited by Nicola Cuti As I’ve mentioned before, Superman’s impressive array of powers at the top of the super-scale make him a hard character to write challenges for. This led to the invention of Kryptonite and its subsequent overuse as a plot device.… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #38: Superman Vs. the Supernatural
TV Review: Batman: Caped Crusader
TV Review: Batman: Caped Crusader To each new generation there shall come…a new animated Batman series! Caped Crusader is the 2024-on version of the story. In this version, traumatized millionaire Bruce Wayne and his dark-costumed alter ego are at the beginning of their career. He and the police don’t trust each other, largely because Gotham… Continue reading TV Review: Batman: Caped Crusader
Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes
Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes edited by E. Nelson Bridwell “Secret origins” are a big part of the superhero genre. Since, back in the day, most superheroes had secret identities, just how exactly they’d come to gain powers or the motivation to fight crime was also a… Continue reading Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #494
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #494 edited by Carl Gafford I’ve dug out another of the Adventure Comics digests from the early 1980s. As mentioned in my review of #497, each of these only had one new story fronting a bunch of reprints, including at least two related to the Legion of Super-Heroes. Let’s take… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #494
Manga Review: Case Closed, Vols. 89 & 90
Manga Review: Case Closed, Vols. 89 & 90 by Gosho Aoyama Quick recap: Shinichi Kudou (Jimmy Kudo in the dub) is a genius teen detective who is shrunk into a preteen by an experimental poison administered by agents of the Black Organization. (So called because they all wear black.) Taking the psuedonym Conan Edogawa, Shinichi… Continue reading Manga Review: Case Closed, Vols. 89 & 90
Movie Review: The Incredibles
Movie Review: The Incredibles (2004) directed by Brad Bird Once, there were superheroes. Brightly costumed beings with amazing inborn powers who fought crime and saved the world. But a series of lawsuits brought on by Mr. Incredible saving someone who didn’t want to be saved, plus having to clean up the mess caused by would-be sidekick… Continue reading Movie Review: The Incredibles
Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters In the near future of Charter City, the metropolis has been largely transformed by the innovations of tech billionaire Jonathan Rook. Rook Unlimited supplies the maglev trains, communications devices and security systems the city uses, and even sponsors a top high school. But within the city lurks… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters