Created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Allen Milgrom for DC Comics (Firestorm #1, 1978), Firestorm is unique among nuclear-powered superheroes, representing a transition between the atomic-generated heroes of the 1960s (mainstays such as Spider-Man and the X-Men, characters for whom nuclear...
There have been six DC Comics Characters introduced in Season 1 (all of them in Pilot). These characters are Superman (as Clark Kent), Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lex Luthor, Pete Ross and Lana Lang. Pilot We see the arrival of young Kal-El from Krypton to Earth (Smallville, Kansas...
This week the hosts are reviewing the origins of the Parasite with the season 1 episode “Feeding Time.” Cal and Liam discuss a plot that’s fun but not without a few holes, stunning visuals with some horror-esque undertones, yet another case for the importance of the release of individua...
Bong Joon-ho is a modern master of genre-bending cinema, having bestowed upon viewers the gnarly yet funny serial killer thriller Memories of Murder, the humorous yet scary monster movie The Host, the wickedly entertaining eat-the-rich comedy Parasite, and the tense yet quirky end-of-the-...
(July 1940), in a tale by Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit. Imbued with patriotism-induced super-strength, Sam is more than a match for Nazis and saboteurs.Uncle Sam,a 1997 miniseries published under DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, features a dispirited Sam, muttering madly as the America...
Credit: Zade Rosenthal / Warner Bros / DC Comics / Kobal / Shutterstock Welcome to Thanks, I Love It, our series highlighting something onscreen we're obsessed with this week.Long before there was the MCU vs. the DCEU, superhero movies were so fitfully made you wouldn't dare call them...
DC is celebrating April Fools’ Day next year with a special scented variant for the upcoming Ape-ril Special #1. ByJoshua HenryDecember 18, 2023 Yelena Belova And Spider-Boy Headline Marvel’s New Comics Make way for White Widow and Spider-Boy!
Like the Batman series, the character driven stories are great with awesome writing and truly spectacular action scenes that sometimes share the spotlight with other well-known stars of the DC Comics spectrum. The Superman movies were great and all, but the animated series made me more and ...
During exploration of SR388, Samus is infected by an X parasite and nearly dies. A vaccine created from Metroid cells saves her, but her suit turns blue and loses most of its abilities and weapons. This new Samus must regather her special abilities and fight to neutralize the threat of th...
Starman is an interesting example of a character that was initially considered a relative failure, but that has, after a very long wait, achieved critical success. Starman was dreamed up by DC Comics as something of a successor to Superman, and the company launched him with much fanfare in...