Tag: superhero comics

  • Dark Reign: Hawkeye TPB Review

    Dark Reign: Hawkeye TPB Review

    Writer: Andy Diggle Pencils: Tom Raney Inks: Scott Hanna Colours: Guru eFX If Marvel still adhered to the Comics Code, the first two issues of Dark Reign: Hawkeye would have been snipped down to three pages. But after 20-odd pages of unadulterated fun, Andy Diggle’s miniseries, which follows Bullseye’s brief stint as The Dark Avengers’…

  • All-Gay Superhero Team Hit Brighton Hard and Fast this May

    All-Gay Superhero Team Hit Brighton Hard and Fast this May

    While Northstar has been out of the closet for years, and Apollo and Midnighter are no longer an item but a married couple, Martin Eden’s Spandex has proudly claimed the title of “Britain’s first all gay superhero team” – a claim which I’m willing to believe that someone else can/will contest. The O-Men creator’s technicolour…

  • Ultimate Spider-Man vol3 #1-3 Review

    Ultimate Spider-Man vol3 #1-3 Review

    Marvel Comics, $3.99 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Sara Pichelli, Justin Ponso Having grown as convoluted as its progenitor, Marvel’s Ultimate Universe has become a bit of an aimless alternative. Ever desperate to lure their extensive audience of cinemagoers into comic stores, The House of M gave its once beloved imprint a relaunch in 2009,…

  • Why do Comic Books Rule the Box Office?

    Why do Comic Books Rule the Box Office?

    Of course, there are many successful films these days that didn’t start off in the world of comic books. But if we take a close look at the box-office results over the last five years, each year we find that a comic based film is in the top ten. The only exception was 2009, which while…

  • Marvel’s Villains Wreak Vengeance

    Marvel’s Villains Wreak Vengeance

    Fear Itself #1 hit the shelves just last week, but the folks at Marvel are already are teasing us with their next big event, Vengeance, which, as Tom Brennan told IGN, will offer “an exploration of villainy in the Marvel Universe through the eyes of the next generation.” Not the sequel to Acts of Vengeance…

  • Marvel vs Capcom 3 DLC List is Fake. For Now…

    Marvel vs Capcom 3 DLC List is Fake. For Now…

    Since releasing Shuma Gorath and Jill Valentine for MvC3, Capcom have kept rather schtum on exactly who will be filling in those two additional DLC slots – though the current crisis in Japan is probably of more concern to the game’s developers. But this hasn’t  stopped one beaver from spreading a 14-strong roster of new…

  • Is New Green Lantern Movie Trailer Cause for Concern?

    Is New Green Lantern Movie Trailer Cause for Concern?

    This is a few days late, but I thought I’d share the new Green Lantern Wondercon trailer that’s given us a considerable idea of how Martin Campbell’s slightly worrying blockbuster is shaping up. I’ve had my doubts about this one (as have many), but there’s some really impressive visuals on display here, Mark Strong’s Sinestro…

  • Venom #1 Comic Book Review

    Venom #1 Comic Book Review

    Marvel, $3.99 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Tony Moore, Sandu Florea, Karl Kesel, John Rauch With Mac Gargan no longer hosting the symbiote, there’s a certain desperation in the way Marvel have been so quick to reinvent Spider-man’s erstwhile antithesis. Flash Thompson, the former Peter Parker bully turned paraplegic war hero, is now in the black;…