Just A Thought | Born Again and Again
Last week the shop I frequent was having a sale on Marvel hardcovers. I went through them and found a great copy of a book I hadn’t read in years Daredevil: Born Again. I wasn’t the only one. Ed (one…
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Suddenly/Meanwhile… | We Poppupians Have No Names!
Two Items of Awesomeness Through TUMBLR! First we Have Dan Hipp (Amazing Joy Buzzards and Gyakushu!) showing us what Shadowlands could have been had it not been hampered by Billy Tan’s art. And then the lovely Gail Simone lets us…
Review: Daredevil Reborn #1
Writer: Andy Diggle Artist: David Gianfelice Colours: Matt Hollingsworth Letters: Joe Caramagna Cover: Jock Publisher: Marvel Comics Come one, come all! Witness the rebirth of a(nother) comic book character. Excuse the cynicism, but it feels like there’s a rebirth in…
The Big Comic Comfy Couch: Episode 3 – What’s in a name?
A rose called by any other name wouldn’t be as sweet. Yet that seems to be what Marvel is up to. With Daredevil #512 last week, it will be the final issue (at least for now) to feature the renowned…
Review: The Shadowland Wrap-Up
We’re going to take a little departure from the usual format here. I’ve kept mum on the most part about Shadowland mostly due to the sheer volume of titles published since the story began in July. That’s especially the case…
Just A Thought | When Are Creators The Book?
Earlier this week it was announced that Warner Brothers was proceeding with pre-pre-production on a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer film WITHOUT Joss Whedon. Given my love of the tv series and current comic series, my reaction of “Urgh!” is…
Review: Scarlet #3
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Alex Maleev Letters: Chris Eliopoulis Covers: Alex Maleev and Michael Avon Oeming Publisher: Marvel Icon What’s your breaking point? Really, sit back for a moment. Think about it. What would push you beyond the point…
Review: Soldier Zero #1
Soldier Zero is the first of three new books coming from the Poobahs at Boom! in association with Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment. Does the first’s pow lower the boom on readers and offer a great read? Let’s gander this bad boy.
Read MoreReview: Soldier Zero #1Daredevil Gets Reborn in January
Marvel announced at Fan Expo on Saturday Daredevil’s return to the forefront with a four issue limited series. Starting in January, Daredevil Reborn will launch and it will mostly focus on rebuilding the character from the ground up. The book…
Just a Thought | Video Games and Comics… the new PB & J
I am dying to play the new Scott Pilgrim video game. Unfortunately I am an Xbox 360 owner (my tag is BCGrendel316 if you ever want to murder me in Halo) so I’ve got to wait a few weeks until…
Is Nova the New Man Without Fear?
Marvel has released the following teaser image featuring Nova flying through the rooftops of Hell’s Kitchen. The only text accompanying the image was the question “Who will be the new Man Without Fear?” along with the declaration of “Shadowland” changing…
Review: Daredevil #508
Writer: Andy Diggle and Antony Johnston Artist: Roberto de le Torre Colours: Matt Hollingsworth Letters: Joe Caramagna Shadowland has begun, and for the residents of Hell’s Kitchen and Marvel’s costumed heroes that can only mean one thing: either band together,…
Review: Shadowland #1
Writer: Andy Diggle Pencils: Billy Tan Inks: Batt Colours: Christina Strain In Daredevil: The List, the Diggle penned one-shot written last year tying into Dark Reign, the renowned assassin Bullseye destroyed an apartment complex and killed over 100 people in…
A Shadowland Primer
Shadowland is about to descend upon Marvel’s heroes. With the summer event drawing ever closer, this week we’re previewing the potential blockbuster that will pit a dozen of Marvel’s best characters ranging from super powered arachnids to adept martial arts…
Review: Daredevil #507
Writers: Andy Diggle and Antony Johnston Artists: Marco Checchetto, Matt Hollingsworth, Joe Caramagna, and Paolo Rivera With Marvel’s summer event Shadowland drawing near, the Daredevil team is gearing up for the event that will pit Matt Murdock dead at the…
Undervalued Spotlight #40
Daredevil #1 is counted right up there with Hulk #1, FF#1, Avengers #1 and the rest as an early Marvel Key. Technically you could say thast it’s “keyer” than Amazing Spider-Man #1 since the Spidey issue is a title launch and not a first appearance. Printed in April 1964 Daredevil #1 is considered the last big early Marvel key.
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #40Marvel's First Shadowland Teaser
I’m a trade waiter for Daredevil so I have yet to experience the Diggle era. I’ve heard really good things and being a fan of Andy Diggle I’m willing to sign on for what seems like a bit of a…
Antony Johnston: Co-Writes Without Fear
Although the current solicitation was written before it was all signed and sealed at Marvel, Wasteland’s Antony Johnston will start co-writing Daredevil with current ongoing writer Andy Diggle from issue #505 until #507. Anthony Johnston has carved out a niche…
Four Colour Crime.
Warren Ellis once said, sometime, somewhere long ago that, “the idea of superheroes dominating comic books was as ludicrous as all novels only being written about nurses.” What he means is that we have in ‘sequential art’ is a intelligent…