Gwen's comic-book death in 1973 may have ushered in an era fraught with disturbing female character deaths, but the recent treatment of this character is a... introduction of another villain would bring the total for the film up to four, meaning that the character would likely be no more...
introduction of another villain would bring the total for the film up to four, meaning that the character would likely be no more developed than Gwen was, so this is not a useful solution. Indeed, it is better to have a sympathetic, familiar woman come into the picture. And Gwen offers ...
I am ashamed to be an MCU fan, and I literally don’t even think I’m being dramatic. Death to nameless twitter guy, I blocked him on Twitter already though so don’t fucking worry. Pretty sure I reported his ass too. I am so sorry to everyone that would have loved to find this ...
While I'm trying to get readers to visit the Pictorial Arts I'd like to point to a specific pair of entries, The Great Comic Book Heroes part 1 and part 2, from 9 February. It was in Jules Feiffer's book, The Great Comic Book Heroes, that Buchanan and later I first encountered an...
This collection of fourteen stories by fifteen authors opens with Robert Sheckley’ s “Death of a Dreammaster,” which peters out after a promising premise. It’s followed by the two best stories in the book: Henry Slesar’s “Bats,” in which Batman has seemingly gone crazy, and Joe R...
In reality, death has no meaning whatsoever to comic book characters. However, in the hearts and minds of comic book readers, the demise of a popular character can be a matter of life and...Well, you get the idea. Classic comic book deaths like that of Jean Grey in 1980s Da...
Shonen Jump and censorship–Comicbook Rebooting the Valiant universe–Bleedingcool How DC Comics has had a "comeback year"–MSN Hollywood Reporter The death of comic books has been foretold for many years, but just like the superheros and villains it chronicles, the medium always returns, someti...
if you are a child of the 80’s then you’ll see similarities to your own life in this book, as Ray Hecht describes events you’ll be going “I remember that” and you’ll end up on your own journey down memory lane. And being born in the 80’s means a lot of big moments in...
Black Manta had sprung a terrorist attack on Aquaman's new Atlantis/Surface embassy in an attempt to both destroy Arthur's reputation and sanity. Civilians are dead, Mera is injured, and Aquaman and Black Manta are in a fight to the death in the collapsing embassy. Pretty big opener for...
(the cover on thisRevivalbook is *fantastic*) without the pain-in-the-ass of having to fumble with or outright remove an annoying wrapper. And at these prices, why would I want to pay $40 to $48 for the floppies, or even similar prices for softcovers, especially when even my comic ...