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TOP TEN BOOM! STUDIOS COMICS THAT NEED TO BE MOVIES (or TV shows) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This is a reprint, not updated, of a 2014 article on my old site. Obviously a few things have changed in the past decade, but much of this continues to be accurate ... So, the word is that BOOM! Studios and 20th Century Fox have a first-look deal to adapt…
Hellstorm: Son of Satan MAX #1-5 (2006-2007): Equinox - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Written by the author of the book, "The Narrows" and drawn by the artist who created Animal Man, with inks by no less than Klaus Janson, I expected better from this fairly by-the-numbers tale of Damon Hellstrom fighting demons in New Orleans. Then again, it is a horror comic and…
Blade #2 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Issue #1 of this series was pretty much an action-packed introduction. In these issues, the plot thickens. Doctor Doom summons Blade to Latveria where he tells Blade about his father's past. In the 1920s, he was imprisoned in Latveria. Via flashbacks, we see that, while imprisoned, Cross became a vampire…
Runaways #19-21 (2006): Dead Means Dead - Earth's Mightiest Blog
A nice chunk of these issues is spent with The Runaways dealing with Gert's death. Molly talks with the team's sentient vehicle about it in fact. It's mostly talk like that, at least until the new Pride create a giant monster and the kids have to put it down During…
Daredevil #89-93 (2006-2007): The Devil Takes a Ride - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Matt goes to Europe to track down the man he believed killed his best friend and partner, Foggy Nelson. (Foggy is really alive but in witness protection.). The story is a fun read (it's written by Brubaker, after all), but largely not necessary to recap. The conspiracy leads Matt to…
Mighty Marvel Westerns (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
I'm doing one post on these comics, which were five "one shots" under the banner, "Might Marvel Westerns." And here's the thing: They're pretty damn good. Some top-tier talent dig into characters who pre-existed the 616 Universe and tell stories that mostly don't have much impact, but also mostly are…
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST FAMILY #1-6 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This fantastic six-issue mini retells the origin of the team. Fantastic Four #1, by the team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, is timeless--so don't consdier this an "update." Instead, think of it as a standalone version of the team's origin, with a more modern perspective. Author Joe Casey is…
Claws #1-3 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Solid writing and truly great art. This miniseries is MUCH better than expected. It's also kinda hot... "Kraven" captures the title characters for a hunt on an island, but really the whole thing is an Arcade set-up to impress his girl, White Rabbit. It's pretty light on story, but who…
Eternals #1-7 (2006-2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This is the third Eternals book and it's the third one that just can't seem to make me care about The Eternals. But it comes about as close as possible. The godlike Eternals have had their histories and powers erased, and live as humans in the modern world. We see…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POWER PACK! - Earth's Mightiest Blog
What makes a kid-oriented superhero team great? The writing has to be crisp and funny, and aimed slightly above their heads--so it isn't nauseatingly saccharine for adults. The characters have to include a geeky outsider type, a rapscallion, and a very-youngish one to be the "baby" of the group, so…
Marvel Knights 4 #30 (2006): Series ends - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Nice cover. The team has an open house for its new location and it's mostly just a lot of retrospection and guest stars. And a bit of sexual harassment. For reasons that are unclear, the author thought it would be a good idea to end in an alternate reality. On…
New X-Men #28-31 (2006): Icarus dies - Earth's Mightiest Blog
I'm always wary when I see one story and two artists (Duncan Rouleau subs in for Paco Medina for two issues of this arc). For me, it breaks up the continuity to have two competing artistic styles. Let's see how this one goes... Apparently, despite his death, Reverend Stryker's church…
Beyond! #1-5 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This is a miniseries that kills Spider-Man (but it's not Spider-Man) and features Beyonder (but it's not Beyonder). It's a book that tried very hard to be quirky and succeeds. Is it good? Well, it's not BAD... We start with an attempt at being chilling: A dark figure buries the…
Uncanny X-Men #475-486 (2006-2007): The Rise and Fall of the Shi'Ar Empire; Corsair dies - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This is a long space epic written by one of the best comic writers of all time and it's ... Not bad. Picking up where Deadly Genesis left off, Gabriel "Vulcan" Summers has released Darwin and fled the planet to get vengeance on the Shi'Ar royal family, specifically a character…
X-Men #188-193 (2006): Supernovas; Mike Carey run begins - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This arc introduces the “Children of the Vault,” who will be around for a while. They want to kill both mutants AND humans, and then rule the world. So another Tuesday for the X-Men, really. I'm tagging them as a group because I'm too lazy to figure out all their…
New Excalibur #10-12 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
A knight from Arthur's Round Table travels foward in time and possesses Dane "Black Knight" Whitman. His mission is to find the Excalibur team who are destined to save Camelot from dragons-that-are-really-aliens. If this interests you, great. Go read this. If it doesn't then...Don't. I myself skimmed it. I noted…
UNDERWORLD #1-5 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This book is very clearly an attempt to Marvel-ize what Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips were doing with books like Criminal and Sleeper. Of course, they were creating those gritty, excellent crime-focused stories with publishers who allowed them to do whatever they want and ceded both creative control and ownership.…
Ghost Rider #1-4 (2006): Vicious Cycle - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Ghost Rider gets a new volume and it's written by Daniel Way-...Wait! Don't leave yet! It's written by Daniel Way but it's not terrible! It's not great, either. But not terrible. The first arc introduces the premise. We find Johnny Blaze where we left him, in Hell, doomed every day…
Heroes for Hire #1-3 (2006): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Heroes for Hire is one of two series that get their start as part of the Civil War event. Iron Man invites Misty and friends to help the government contain all the superhumans. They agree. The HfH team ends up being pretty expansive: Misty and Colleen, of course. But they're…
MASTER OF KUNG FU #108-115 (1981-1982): 1st Ghost Maker - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Shang Chi in these issues, among other things, fights a Russian spy named Ghost-Maker, who will inexplicably be revived three decades from now. Gene Day is the regular artist now. This book delivers only top-shelf artists. The writing continues to be good--some of the best of Doug Moench's extensive and…
Captain America #22-24 (2006-2007): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
For the Civil War tie-in, Brubaker starts with an issue focusing on Sharon Carter. As an agent of SHIELD, she's on the Iron Man side of the war. Her boss, Maria Hill, orders her to use her close connection to Steve Rogers to try to persuade him to comply with…
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #532-538; FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #8-16; SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #28-34 (2006-2007): CIVIL WAR/UNMASKED - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Spider-Man is a big player in the Civil War main series. He also has his own Friendly and Sensational titles and appears in New Avengers, and all three of those monthlies have Civil War tie-ins. So what I'm saying is, it's a big of overkill. But here we are. Spider-Man…
NEW AVENGERS #21-25 (2006): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Civil War is mostly about Iron Man, Captain America and Spider-Man. All three are stars of New Avengers. Plus, all three have at least one solo book that ties in (Spider-Man has three). So you might be asking, "Why bother to run this comic as an event tie-in parallel to…
Marvel's Eisner Nominations (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
In 2006, Marvel replaced their "Bullpen Bulletins" with "Marvel Heroes Hotspot." Meh. Call me old fashioned, but I always loved the intimate feeling of "Bullpen Bulletins." It made me feel like I really knew the creators and editors. Anyway, he's the Eisner blurbs. Good work by Marvel this year.
Black Panther #21-25 (2006): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Continuing their world tour, the new Wakandan royal family argue about the Civil War with Namor. Sub-Mariner looks quite insane on the cover. Iron Man finds out that they're visiting other countries and gets mad. One big dumb fight later, Black Panther and Storm decide to support Captain America's side.…
Thing #7 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Thing takes Alicia Masters back in time to Ancient Greece so that, for her birthday, she can touch the original Venus de Milo statue… …Which, as it turns out, was broken by Ben himself. Back in the BC times, Hercules thinks Ben is a monster and fights him. The pair…
Iron Man #12-14 (2006-2007): Civil War - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Iron Man was the bad guy in Civil War. He shouldn't have been. It shouldn't be so obviously wrong to follow the law and enable the country to proactively address threats like Nitro, who blew up a schoolbus. But the depiction of Iron Man has him working with super-criminals, separating…
Civil War: Frontline #1-11 (2006-2007): 1st Penance - Earth's Mightiest Blog
I know some people crap on this series, but I thought it was one of the best (of many) CW tie-ins. Like "Marvels" before it, the series focuses on news coverage of the 616 superverse. Interestingly, it offers us two reporters: Ben Urich covers the Iron Man side, and Sally…
Ms. Marvel #4-5 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Ms. Marvel takes on Warren Traveler, a “reality traveler” who she fought in the House of M universe. He gets an origin story. Ms. Marvel has to vanquish him. Doctor Strange is a guest star. He helps sort out how the timelines all get messed up as a result of…
New Avengers Annual #1 (2006): Luke and Jessica married; White Widow dies - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Seems like 2006 was the year of the wedding at Marvel. She-Hulk wed John Jameson. Storm and Black Panther had a royal wedding. Justice and Firestar tied the knot. Reed and Sue celebrated their 40th anniversary. And, in this issue, Jessica Jones says “yes.” *Luke proposed to her in the…
Black Panther #19 (2006) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
After Doom crashed their wedding to invite them to visit his country, the royal couple pay a visit to Latveria. What does he want? Well, after giving them a crystal ball for a wedding present, he proposes an alliance between their countries. After Doom displays both racism and sexism, Storm…