Back in the early 90s, John Byrne did a run on West Coast Avengers (Avengers West Coast?) that I absolutely loved, and part of his run was the introduction of The Great Lakes Avengers, a ridiculous team of Midwestern Superheroes who actually turned out to be pretty competent and powerful. Hawkeye and Mockingbird both left …
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281 – Ultimate Nick Fury
At it’s core, I have no problems with Ultimate Nick Fury. But I do have a problem with the fact that he simply exists only to get the attention of Samuel L. Jackson. And hey, it worked! Unfortunately, this is so meta and so twisted in on itself, that there’s now no room for Ultimate …
280 – Nick Fury
Nick Fury, Old School, Original Flavor. Y’know the one with an established history and personality that makes him a rich and compelling character.
279 – Odin
By Odin’s Beard! My friend Stephen Alexander is a member of a group called The Gem City Gentlemen of the Gilded Beard. This is a group of people who are in love with – to a possibly obsessive degree – their own beards. If my comments seem snide, it is out of pure jealousy and …
Ok, PANIC!: Do-Over
A re-do of the Star Wars topic.
278 – V
I am no longer a very political person. There was a point in time that I was, but I pretty much just stopped giving a crap. I vote, and that’s pretty much it. My politics currently can be summed up in this manner: You can insult and make fun of Herman Cain and criticize his …
277 – Rusty Venture
I’ve been watching Season 4 of The Venture Bros.. Goddammit I love that show. I love that show more than I’ve ever loved my any of ex-girlfriends. I love it more than I’ll ever love any future girlfriends. If I could start a religion about The Venture Bros., I would.
276 – Captain Marvel
The other Captain Marvel, aka Monica Rambeau, whom I know better as the team leader from NextWave, quite possibly one of the best comics Marvel has produced in 10 years. So of course it got cancelled.
275 – Vindicator
Cap’n Cananada, eh.
274 – Walker
Over at Gutter Trash, Jason (my co-host) and I review Darwyn Cooke’s adaptation of the Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake) novel The Hunter – a book that has been adapted to film twice before (three on a technicality). The most recent version is Mel Gibson’s Payback, which has a Director’s Cut version that is so …