IRON FIST: THE MORTAL IRON FIST by Duane Swierczynski and Travel Foreman

Duane Swierczynski is a Philadelphia-based crime writer that has an incredibly hard name to spell. I’ve read his crime novels and enjoyed them a lot. Lately, though, he’s taken up the reins of Marvel Comics superheroes Iron Fist and Cable. His first issues of Iron Fist have been collected in a hardcover [...]

GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE by Andy Diggle and Jock

Green Arrow, as cheesy as he was sometimes portrayed with all the trick arrows (Net Arrow, Boxing Glove Arrow, Boomerang Arrow), was always one of my favorite heroes when I was growing up. When I got tired of wanting to grow up to be Batman, I’d want to be Green Arrow. Especially when he got [...]

TEEN TITANS: TITANS EAST by Geoff Johns, Adam Beechen, & Tony Daniels

Teen Titans: Titans East is the latest graphic novel gathered from the pages of the newest incarnation of the young heroes in the DC universe. Led by Robin (Tim Drake, actually the third person to wear the Robin uniform), the team consists of Wonder Girl, Miss Martian, Kid Devil, Ravager, Cyborg, Raven, and Jericho. They [...]

AVALON HIGH: THE MERLIN PROPHECY: CORONATION SERIES BOOK 1 by Meg Cabot and Jinky Coronado

Meg Cabot is a high profile author whose books have gone on to become movies and television shows. Her series include The Mediator, 1-800-Where-R-You (which became the television show, MISSING), The Princess Diaries (which became movies of the same name), and others as well as many stand-alone books of romance and humor.
Avalon High was originally [...]

DEADLY BELOVED by Max Allan Collins

Ms. Tree started out as a comic book series back in 1981. Conceived by writer Max Allan Collins and artist Terry Beatty, she began the longest ever career for a lady private investigator in the comics field. She also set some milestones in the publishing world. Much has been said of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone [...]

THE LONE RANGER by Brett Matthews

When I was a child back in the early 1960s, I wanted to grow up to be a hero. I tied a towel around my neck and was sometimes Superman or Batman. I ululated in the back yard like Tarzan and shamed the cats in the neighborhood. I ran as fast as Jonny Quest in [...]

THE GOON: CHINATOWN AND THE MYSTERY OF MR. WICKER by Eric Powell

Before I read The Goon: Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker I’d heard of Eric Powell’s creation. I’d even picked up an issue and dismissed it (probably more for the reason that it was a mid-book in an arc and I was reading way too many comics at the time).
As it turns out, I [...]

SHOOTING WAR by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman

I love comic books. Every time I open one, it’s almost like holding a movie screen in my hands and watching the progression of action taking shape. However, lately I’ve found it hard to keep up with monthly titles. Too many of them are continued from one month to the next, stretching out least six [...]

The Ultimates Vol. 1, by Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch

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I recently watched Ultimate Avengers 2 with my son
Chandler.   We had a good time with the first direct-to-dvd movie, and we had a good time with the second.   The material is easy and fun to absorb, plenty of fights, lots of super-hero action, and the “blooper” reel on Ultimate Avengers 2 was hilarious.
But it [...]