A giant robot points its fist at you. The fist fires off of its arm, shooting toward you. What the heck?? This is the world of the Shogun Warriors. Fingertip missiles, combiners, heck… these things could transform long before there were Transformers! The genre owes a lot to these guys. Voltron can trace its roots… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Top Five! Batman’s Top Five Craziest Moments
To be completely honest, looking back upon Mr. Bruce Wayne’s many adventures and sifting through them with the objective of choosing his five kookiest moments, is a lot like trying to choose a scoop at Baskin-Robbins. There are so many great flavors, it’s tough to make a decision. So it took some time and Zen-like… Read more »
Holy Batoverload!
Over the last few years DC has had two solid performers in Green Lantern and Batman. The success of these books has been mostly thanks to the directions laid out by superstar writers Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison. I’m sure many people that know me are checking the by line on this article at the… Read more »
Periscope: Secret Warriors
Ahoy there, fearless readers! Welcome to our very first installment of Periscope: the category in which we lovingly look ahead towards whichever comicbooks we’ll be enjoying next! The idea here, is for our readers to follow along, read it with us too, in preparation for our three trivia questions. Take a ride on our Trivia Trapeze! There’s no safety… Read more »
Off The Page: Daredevil
Comic films I like which everyone else seems to hate: Daredevil by Josh “J-Man” Shaffer Yes. I said it. I liked it. The film played it safe, retaining the classic “loved one is slain by evil and orphaned child seeks career as vigilante while profiling by day as a high-powered servant to the people” that… Read more »
Remember When: I Still Can’t Believe…
It was 1978. I had probably seen Star Wars in the theatre at least 10 times by then. I even remember seeing it for 77 cents at some point. Crazy. Of course, comics were even cheaper back then… (and I suppose they’re still cheaper than movies, but that’s a topic for another time!) It was… Read more »
Hot Lights: Amazing Spider-Man 668
Amazing Spider-Man 668 written by Dan Slott and Drawn by Humberto Ramos Spider-Island continues as eventually the other heroes realize that one of the Spider-Men they’ve been beating down is indeed the real deal. After this realization the other heroes basically tell Peter to head home because they don’t want to add to the confusion… Read more »
The Best Of: The Lone Ranger
What would comicbooks be today, without The Lone Ranger? Everyone has some recollection of the iconic vigilante gunslinger from radio, television, and the talkies. Many a costumed crimefighter in today’s comicbooks owe a debt of gratitude to John Reid, Tonto, Silver, and Scout. Many a villain in today’s comicbooks owe a similar debt to Butch… Read more »

