Category: Comics
‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’: A World Too Good For Me
I bought my ticket to Fantastic Four: First Steps with great anticipation. But I left in an uneasy mood. FF: First Steps is an entertaining movie. It’s well-cast, well-acted, and …
The king and the kook: Jack Kirby takes over Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen
Looking back, I’m not sure it’s possible to grasp what a seismic shock Jack Kirby leaving Marvel in 1970 was at the time. There was a lot less moving between …
Bruce Wayne goes to the movies!
Just as it’s easy to inject Superman into a story by having Clark Kent assigned to cover something (“A scientist has been digging up graves to get raw material for …
What I bought, read, watched, or otherwise consumed — June and July 2025
Yes, I got it done, finally!
Farewell to the King
As I’ve mentioned many times, I didn’t read Marvel much as a kid. I came in late on the Fourth World, shortly before DC pulled the plug on New GodsĀ andĀ Forever …