News
Entertainment
Science & Technology
Life
Culture & Art
Hobbies
News
Entertainment
Science & Technology
Culture & Art
Hobbies
Ghost Rider #14-19 (2007-2008): Revelations - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Oh boy is this a mess. You can tell because the cover to #16 is just...Silly, odd, and weird. Bottom line: Some angels try to help Ghost Rider on his mission to stop Lucifer from returning to Earth in an effort draw Ghost Rider into a battle for the kingdom…
MARVEL PREMIERE #4-10 (1973): Ancient One dies - Earth's Mightiest Blog
How do you create a generic Dr. Strange story? You pick a bunch of weird names that mostly involve the vowel "U," utter a bunch of oaths ("By the Vishanti!" "By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!"). "I call upon the vapors of Valtorr!" Then, you have a long, drawn out…
Spider-Man Family #3 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Another giant-size anthology with both original and reprinted material. The first original story has Spider-Man helping the Fantastic Four beat up a giant mummy and then, somewhat randomly, fighting the FF based on a misunderstanding. Electro is robbing the Daily Bugle, Spidey goes to punch him, and invisible Sue gets…
Thor #2 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Last issue, Thor returned to life, along with his alter-ego Don Blake. In his human form, Don Blake begins to meet the local townspeople including the owner of the local diner, bill Cobb. This is his first appearance, but he'll be a warrior in the future so I'm tagging him.…
IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL #1 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Howard Chaykin (drawing the present-day story) and Dan Bereton (painting the flashbacks) illustrate a story about Danny Rand learning what Orson Randall did during his term as the preceding Iron Fist immortal weapon. The Annual offers backstory relevant to the ongoing series, but it’s definitely not a must read. I…
X-FACTOR #21-24 (2007): The Isolationist - Earth's Mightiest Blog
A rich telepath named Joseph Huber is driven mad because his mutant ability forces him to hear the thoughts of all mutants and it's making him crazy. Madrox doesn't get Huber's name right... Meanwhile, somebody is pregnant. Lots of people have sex in these issues so as a reader we're…
Howard the Duck #1-4 (2007-2008) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
I go hot and cold on Howard the Duck. I mean, I love the idea of a duck wearing a suit. Everyone loves that. But the execution can vary widely in HtD comics. Here, it's just okay. A small branch of A.I.M. is experimenting with creating a new MODOK…
Thor #1 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Sometimes reboots are just tossing a #1 on a familiar concept. Other times, they’re complete resets for a character that bring something new to the table, while retaining the things that made the character great in the first place. This one is the latter. We already saw Thor's hammer fall…
Immortal Iron Fist #8-14 (2007-2008): The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Iron Fist is back in K’un Lun, being tutored by Lei Kung and learning to how to heal himself with meditation and preparing for a tournament between the immortal weapons of all seven capital cities of heaven. The tournament is awesome. I mean, just look at the names of…
DEADPOOL/GREAT LAKES INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Dan Slott’s greatest creation, the Great Lakes Avengers, crosses over with Fabian Niceiza’s greatest creation, Deadpool, in a series of short stories written by the creators themselves. Humorous one-shots don’t always work, but this one did. There are three different stories that all sync up and interstitial pages narrated by…
SUPERMAN #4 (1987) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Continuing a walk through John Byrne's revamp of Superman. Superman #4 is terrific. In a story titled "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen," John Byrne creates a new villain, Bloodsport, who can make weapons appear at will. Superman uses his brain to defeat him, rather than simply his might. A really great…
ACTION COMICS 587-592/Superman #5-8 (1987) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
I'm going to speed up my review of Byrne's Superman/Action runs of the '80s, as around this time he's established the character and it's just a series of adventures. They're great, they're fun, I highly recommend reading them, but I don't have much to say about them... Action Comics #587:…
ACTION COMICS #599-600/SUPERMAN #13-22 (1987-1988): End of Byrne's run - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Here's the final post on John Byrne's Superman. The end of his run isn't as great as the beginning, but there are still great moments--not the least of which is when Superman figures out how to help Green Lantern overcome his dumb inability to fight anything yellow... Superman cosplays as…
SUPERMAN #1-3/Action Comics #584-586 (1986- 1987): Early in Byrne's Run - Earth's Mightiest Blog
After his Man of Steel miniseries, Byrne launched a new Superman #1 and then took over the reins on Action Comics, which at the time was the longest-running comic in history. He starts with Superman exploring his powers... One thing I really like about a good reimagining of existing characters…
ACTION COMICS #593-598/Superman #10-12 (1987) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
As Byrne reaches the midpoint of his Superman run, he starts to put things together from his earlier issues... We're going to blast through these issues quickly, but they're well worth your time. Great stories, largely self-contained. I"m starting with two splash pages. The one above and then this one,…
World War Hulk (2007 event) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
My original plan was to write up this event differently—to give posts to every tie-in (and there a bunch). But I changed my mind as I starting reading through. It’s not because the tie-ins are bad, it’s because they really don’t add a whole lot. Sorry if you’re looking for…
MAN OF STEEL #1-6 (1986) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
IN HONOR OF JOHN BYRNE'S BIRTHDAY, I'M POSTING A DAY OF REVIEWS OF HIS CLASSIC SUPERMAN WORK TODAY! When I was a lad, my parents bought me a phonebook-sized collection of Golden Age Superman books. It was awesome. But other than that, I remained mostly a Marvel guy. My exposure…
Irredeemable Ant-Man #9 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Ant-Man has taken a job with Damage Control, hiding the fact that he’s an ex-SHIELD agent on the run by taking the name Slaying Mantis, and they have an adventure capturing Dragon Man. He’s also working as a thief and partnered with Black Fox, and he breaks up with his…
X-Men #200-204 (2007): Blinded by the Light - Earth's Mightiest Blog
A group of X-Men are working for Mister Sinister as a new Marauders team, and acting at his direction they are murdering mutants who have precognitive ability or who know about alternate timelines. Cable is the most notable death but, of course, he’s not really dead. Blindfold dies, too. …
Uncanny X-Men #487-491 (2007): The Extremists - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Masque leads an “extremist” faction of Morlocks who kidnap Leech. Caliban is injured during the fight, but escapes and warns the X-Men about what is happening. It turns out, Masque’s group is looking for Magneto to convince him to help them rule the world—and they need Leech to de-power Magneto…
She-Hulk #19-20 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
In the last arc, She-Hulk captured The Leader. Now, he's put on trial, arguing that the gamma rays that evolved his mind also gave him a criminal personality, and Jennifer is called as a witness and Leader's lawyer argues that she, too, has been mentally impacted by gamma... There's a…
She-Hulk #15-18 (2007): Planet Without a Hulk - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This story takes place while Hulk was stranged on the planet Sakaar. It begins during the Civil War, where we see Iron Man promising Jennifer that she won't have to become an agent of SHIELD just because she registered. We also see Tony Stark and other Illuminati planning for a…
MYSTERY PANEL OF THE DAY - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This one is a hard one--but I'm also using it as an excuse to hype one of my favorite sci fi comic books. Know what it is? Answer: Warren Ellis' "Orbiter." It's a great graphic novel in which a group of scientists essentially perform an autopsy on a space shuttle.…
Irredeemable Ant-Man #7-8 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
At the end of last issue, Ant Man stowed away in Carol Danvers’ purse. He didn’t KNOW it was Ms. Marvel’s purse, but he figures it out when he sees her registration card. He fantasizes about whether she has a giant penny in her hideout—which is a Batman reference. After…
Spider-Man Family #2 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
Cover In addition to several reprinted stories, this issue has a strong original lead feature by Sean McKeever and artist Kano, and a second one that’s….Not strong. In story one, Spider-Man takes on Venom. The art is the real star here. It’s fantastic. The writing is solid too. Venom…
Annihilation: Conquest #1-6 (2007-2008): 1st Guardians of the Galaxy; deaths: Moondragon, Korvath - Earth's Mightiest Blog
After three miniseries and the launch of the Nova series, the background for main event is established and ready to start. The Phalanx have assimilated the Kree and several powerful cosmic characters. Teams of heroes have formed to fight them. We start with the last stand of Blastaar... They fall,…
Punisher War Journal #11 (2007) - Earth's Mightiest Blog
This story explores what “heroes” mean through three unrelated stories: GW Bridge speaking with Tony Stark about why he doesn’t want to be in SHIELD without Nick Fury. Winter Soldier wanting to beat the crap out of Punisher for dressing up like Captain America in the last story arc. And…