The world’s greatest detective is back, and still has six months to live. But this time, she and James Doyle don’t know each other – or do they? Strange things are afoot, and it has to do with a mystery that took place between this series and the last.
Or – “我的父親说出我åå— ä¸Šæ°£ï¼Œæ„味上å‡ç²¾ç¥ž…”
 ”My father named me Shang Chi, which means rising of the spirit. He hoped that one day, I would become the world’s greatest kung fu master, as well as it’s most accomplished assassin… I believed my father was a great man, and I was proud to call him master. But even after I learned of his evil nature. I never rejected the art of Kung Fu. The Tao of the Warrior is sacred, and not even my father could corrupt it.” What more do you really need to know?
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Mickey Mouse is one of those timeless characters that everyone knows. From his first appearance in the Steamboat Willie short back in 1928, he has proven time and time again that he’s a hard mouse to keep down. While his contemporaries may have faded like the ink they where drawn in, Mickey Mouse has gained more popularity year after year. He is one of the few characters that can connect through almost any culture, and now he has come to Boom Studios. I got the chance to read Mickey Mouse and Friends #296, the first issue from Boom Kids division of Boom Studios. Was it a success or just another mouse tale? Find out after the jump…
When Entertainment Weekly named John McClane as one of the Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture, they probably never took into account that the hero who gets the job done when no one else will started out as a New York beat cop in the 1970s. Sure beating the crap out of international terrorists seems pretty glamorous, but what was McClane’s life like before that fateful flight to L.A.?
Or – “Another Reason Not To Judge A Book By Its Cover…”
Let’s be honest here for a minute. More than likely, the existence of Jessica Drew owes more to Marvel protecting it’s trademarks than any true stroke of creative brilliance. Don’t get me wrong, I do like the character, but most people know her as the girl with the great hair or the huge… tracts of land, (especially as drawn by David Finch) than know her as a heroic symbol of whatever. She’s had five or six different origins, and some of the most powerful issues featuring her in recent years were actually an alien duplicate. Add to that the fact that MY copy has one of the most unattractive covers in history, and I went into this issue wondering what it was that Spider-Woman was going to bring to the table…
Or – “I Am DE BATWOMAAAAN!”
There’s a new head of the super-creepy Religion of Crime, and she’s as dangerous as she is eccentric and beautiful. Batwoman has been rushing to stop Gotham’s latest freakshow from taking over the town, but when Alice kidnapped Batwoman’s father last issue, it was clear that things were about to get personal… But how did she find out Kate Kane’s identity?
After reading the preview images that the good folks at Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers earlier this week, I could not help but take the opportunity to review the second installment in new series telling the early days of one of the most famous of Robert E. Howard’s villains, the man known as Thulsa Doom!
More after the Jump!
The story may be one that you think you know well. Millionaire playboy industrialist Tony Stark is one of the smartest men on the planet, CEO of Stark International, and in times of need, the golden avenger Iron Man. You ask any comic book reader, even the most casual one, and they can all rattle off at least that much to you and probably still have much more to say besides. Currently, he is featured in several Marvel titles every month and has been a major player practically since the day he was introduced. He has been everything from the brainy hero to the elder statesman to the most hated man in the Marvel Universe, but still the fans want more of him. He has been featured in two popular cartoon series, a direct-to-DVD animated movie and a blockbuster hit film with another one the way.With all that publicity and attention, there is still at least one adventure that the average fan will not even hear about until months after it has been released. That adventure is the prose novel, Iron Man: Femmes Fatales, written by Robert Greenberger and published by Del Rey Books.
Or – “The Leader Of The Pack…Â And Now He’s Gone.”
When the other celestial cities debuted a couple of years ago in Iron Fist, I doubted that their champions could really hold a candle to the might of the Iron Fist. I figured that we’d see the brief Mortal Kombat competition end with Danny Rand’s ascendence and that would be it. I was pleasantly surprised by the brilliance of Fat Cobra, and each issue of this series has been interesting to varying degrees. So, how does Dog Brother #1 size up?
If we do a retcon, will it make that lawsuit go away?
Superman, Krypton, Smallville, Lex Luthor, Superboy, Lana Lang, rocket ship, super suit, heat vision, Ma and Pa Kent, glasses, and a spit curl; everything you already know about Superman’s history. The origin story has been told so many times I would bet you could walk up to some hot girl on the street and ask her about any of these, and she would know what you were talking about. So why, oh why, did DC give the light to Geoff Johns to retcon the well known origin story?
The heroes of the Red Circle march on as DC Comics’ second series based on the recently re-introduced Archie heroes debuts with The Web!
The web originally debuted in issue #27 of Zip Comics back in 1942 as a college criminologist professor/mystery writer. His last appearance was in 1943′s Zip Comics #38. Twenty-plus years later, he re-appeared in Fly-Man #36. The character made several appearances during the Red Circle/Archie Adventures comics of the late 70′s/early 80′s and was completely transformed for the first DC revival as a hi-tech organization called The Web. Now, DC is trying again, this time bringing the Web into the DC Universe proper.
Or – “Hey, Vent! You Ready To Move Out?”
When you read monthly comic books the way that I do, often times you get to the point where you feel like you know what’s coming, when every title feels like you’ve read it before. On the other hand, you have the odd experience where you read a title or issues that you KNOW you’ve read before, but you cannot for the life of you remember how it’s supposed to end. With over a hundred monthly titles coming out, sometimes you need to play catchup, you need to go where everybody knows your name to the land of the Rapid Fire Revieeeeewwww!
