Avengers #1

The Avengers #1 Marvel Comics (w) Brian Michael Bendis (a) John Romita Jr. & Klaus Janson FC 32 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada And so Marvel moves the Marvel U. from Dark Reign to the Heroic Age. But what does that really mean? A lighter, brighter day? Or just more super-heroics? [...]

Powers #3

Powers #3 Icon / Marvel Comics (w) Brian Michael Bendis (a) Michael Avon Oeming FC 41 pgs $3.95 US / Higher in Canada So far this new arc in Bendis and Oeming’s Powers has been just okay. Walker and his new partner are trying to solve a murder. They’ve arrested the daughter of an old [...]

Siege #2

Siege #2 Marvel Comics (w) Brian Michael Bendis (a) Olivier Coipel & Mark Morales FC 32 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher Canada Wow! Now that’s an event issue. It’s all out war for Osborn and his cronies. Thor has been knocked for a loop but is not out of the fight yet. Meanwhile [...]

Ultimate Enemy #1

Ultimate Enemy #1 Marvel Comics (w) Brian Michael Bendis (a) Rafa Sandoval & Roger Bonet FC 32 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada Wow! Another Ultimate title but this time without the comics thrown in the middle. I’m not sure about the Ultimate Comics Spider-Man / Avengers, etc. as a title. It is [...]

Spider-Woman #1

Spider-Woman #1 Marvel Comics (w) Brian Michael Bendis (a) Alex Maleev FC 32 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada After a few false starts and a lot of talk, Bendis finally has his Spider-Woman comic book. I’ve been waiting for this title since Bendis and the Luna Brothers retold Spider-Woman’s origin in [...]

Top 10: Daredevil Stories

This time around, the Man Without Fear: Daredevil. DD has always been one of my favourite characters, and his stories have always been among my favourite reads. Having said that, I never got into the Ann Nocenti / John Romita Jr. run or that whacky Daredevil in armour period, where he tried to pretend that Matt Murdock was dead and he was someone else. I just didn’t care for Nocenti’s take on the character and dropped it quickly. I DID pick up quite a bit of the “armour” run but STILL found it unreadable. Those two eras spanned roughly #250 to #380– almost thirteen solid years where one of my favourite books was ransacked.

Ultimate Spider-Man #133

And so an era comes to an end. Sure, the Ultimate line will be relaunched in a couple of months, but it still seems kind of sad to see Ultimate Spider-Man come to an end. I remember when the series first started – it was around the same time J. Michael Straczynski took over Amazing Spider-Man. There was hype for both series and I could only afford one of them. I chose Ultimate Spider-Man and am I ever glad I did.

Secret Warriors #2

There isn’t much of the team in this issue–they just sit around stuffing their faces while Baron Strucker is back and rebuilding Hydra. And it’s starting to look like a pretty bad ass terrorist organization this time. After last issue’s reveal – major spoilers for those who might be waiting for the trade -Hydra has apparently been running S.H.I.E.L.D. the entire time, along with several other spy agencies. Naturally, when Nick Fury finds this out he’s extremely pissed. I’m not sure I’m digging the art though. Caselli seems better suited on an Avengers title than this spy title, but I can let it slide for now. The writing on the other hand is making me keep an eye on this title for. Bastards.

Torso Graphic Novel

Torso is also a history lesson explaining another significant development in serial killer lore: The first serial killer in America.
A number of dismembered bodies washed up along the shores of Lake Erie in and around Cleveland in the 1930s. The headless torsos left little clue as to their identity, the cause or the reason for death.