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Marvel’s X-23 One-Shot is a Must Pass

X-23 ONE-SHOT - Being an X-Fan, I had some hope for this book. Even with the whole “Women of Marvel” thing they are trying to pull to shell out more money each month (in addition to the Siege/Heroic Age, Second Coming and Hulk crossovers. Just keep bleedin’ us dry Joe…). The Alina Urusov cover was a great draw on the shelf and where there’s X-23, there’s sure to be Wolverine. Should be a can’t miss, but it’s really a don’t bother. X decides to revisit her past life after the events of...

ComicCenter Talks Thor, Iron Man 2 & Captain America Movies

Watch ComicCenter as the guys talk Captain America casting, Thor filming and how awesome Iron Man 2 is going to be.

A New Black Panther Cartoon We Don’t Get To See?!?

I’m going to try to ask this question as calmly as possible: WHY THE F@$%! DOES AUSTRALIA GET THIS CARTOON AND THE MAIN SUPPORTERS OF THE BLACK PANTHER COMIC BOOK (re: the U.S. buyers) CAN’T EVEN WATCH IT ON THE INTERNET?!? I was so geeked over the announcement of this animated project two years ago and now I get kicked in stomach. BET was advertised as the network that the cartoon would be on, but maybe it was too “racy” for BET - you know how they like to over censor everything. But, hone...

New Iron Man 2 Trailer – Will Whiplash Become The Crimson Dynamo?

When Iron Man came out in 2008 I thought, “Wow. This is going to be tough to beat.” Just from what I’ve seen from the Iron Man 2 trailers… it’s going to do just that. As more of the plot details are released, we see that Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash character plays a big role at the beginning of the movie and is once again jailed. Stark corporate rival and baddie, Justin Hammer approaches Whiplash with the job of recreating the Iron Man armor into something he can sell the military. I’m gonna go out...

Reviews of Dark Avengers #13, G.I. Joe Origins #11 & #12 and Green Lantern Corps #44

DARK AVENGERS #13 - So last issue we found out that The Sentry is more powerful than Molecule Man and can’t die. Even after having his atoms dispersed, he was able to reassemble himself and force MM to put everything back to normal. That actually makes three times that Sentry has died and came back: the battle with MM, against Morgan Le Fey and when his own wife shot him in the face with an alien gun. This issue delves into the events just before and after Lindy shot him. After shooting Bob and ...

Comic Reviews for X-Men Forever #13 & 14, New Avengers Annual #3, Dante’s Inferno #1

NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #3 - Finally we get to see how the heck Ronin manages to get freed after being captured in his attempt to kill Norman Osborn. Finally. Looking at you Marvel editors. Osborn is actually pleased to have Clint in his grasp, hoping to learn where New Avengers HQ is located. Mockingbird wakes up to find Clint gone and sends Ms. Marvel to scout Avengers Tower - which is completely locked down top-to-bottom. Wolvierine is apparently still on Nation-X, Spidey is out, Iron Fist isn’t ...

Comic Reviews of Dark Avengers #12, Batman #694, Cable #21 & X-Force #22

CABLE #21 - I think I may have figured out just who and what Hope is. Review first, then theories. Last issue, Cable ad Hope just barely managed to escape the Brood and Bishop by using the ship’s escape pods. Bishop also manages to survive by bonding with a living Brood-ship and chases the two pods for two years on their course to Earth. Over the two years, Hope has become a young woman is her teens. Once back on Earth, Cable and Hope have one last confrontation with Bishop in which Hope manifes...

Comic Reviews of Captain America Reborn #5, GL Corps #43, Mighty Avengers #32 & Daredevil #503

CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #5 - By now, every Marvel reader knows Steve Rogers is back - already having appeared in Fall of the Hulks, Who Will Wield the Shield?, Dark Avengers Annual and the list goes on. This is another example of Marvel editors not communicating very well. However, that does stop this from being an incredible issue. The Red Skull had succeeded in supplanting Steve Rogers’ personality with his own… effectively taking over Captain America’s body. Cap-Bucky, Black Widow, Ronin, ...

Reviews of Dark Avengers Annual, Echo #17, The Boys #37 & Siege: The Cabal

Rating System: 0 to 1.5 stars = save your money unless you are just mindlessly collecting the title. 2 to 3.5 = worth a shot if you are up to trying something new or wanting to get back into a title. 4 to 5 = a must buy for any comic reader. THE BOYS #37 - I guess we can consider these issues down time for the team as Wee Hughie talks to each member about their past and how they came to join Billy Butcher’s team. The last two issues showed us the origins of Mother’s Milk (holy $h!t - you have...

Reviews of Green Lantern #43, Star Wars Legacy #42, Spider-Woman #3 & Dark Reign- The List: Spider-Man

Rating System: 0 to 1.5 stars = save your money unless you are just mindlessly collecting the title. 2 to 3.5 = worth a shot if you are up to trying something new or wanting to get back into a title. 4 to 5 = a must buy for any comic reader. SPIDER-WOMAN #3 - Brain Michael Bendis just wrote a line of script in Dark Avengers that went something like this: “I’m a patriot. Why did you join S.H.I.E.L.D.?” “Because they have the best flying cars.” That’s a lie. After seeing Viper’s flying ’67 Ford...