That’s what I like about Captain Atom/Monarch. He’s always been such a straightforward, simple character.

I’ve always liked Starro as a villain.
There’s something about a giant mind controlling starfish that you just can’t hold a candle to. My first exposure to him was during my first exposure to the entire DCU, during the CRISIS On Infinite Earths. What a jumping on point eh?
In my early teenage years, I picked [...]

These are not the X-Babies that I know.

And the award for Most Bizarre Relationship goes to:-

Zombie Watch returns today with full effect!
By far the greatest of the Blackest Night crossover series so far is Blackest Night: Titans. I said this after reading the first issue, and now the second issue has hit the stands, that claim has only been reinforced.
Now my judgement might be biased, I have been following the [...]

When all the characters seem jaded in attitude, it is a nice surprise that as a reader, I do not feel the same way. Ellis seems to have a handle on mercenary attitudes, twisted with displays of compassion that only become apparent later.

Nation-X promises to be one of the best directions of the X-Men for a long time. It may only have been made possible by the Dark Reign, but purely on the basis of the last few issues, I think it far outshines it.

My heart-strings were well and truly pulled last night as I read the start of this weeks crop, and surprising enough not by a black ringed zombie trying to eat it.
However, on the matter of the Blackest Night, the latest instalment really picked up the pace. Finally out of the set-up phase, the story [...]

I want to move away from the two main universes today, and ask if you have looked at any of the offerings from Boom Comics. If you haven’t, then you are missing out.
As well as a growing line of licensed titles for the younger readers, Boom has delivered some very entertaining and sometimes thought [...]

I’m regressing again this week.
Last week was a big week for the Marvel Zombies, but I have to confess, the Marvel Zombies Return #1 was somewhat of a disappointment. It didn’t grab me like the previous stories had done, in fact it seemed more like a sterile intellectual exercise, more a lower grade “What [...]

I have to eat my words.
I haven’t read any of this weeks comics yet, but I have caught up with what I missed last week. Specifically the latest issues of Nova and Guardians Of The Galaxy, among others.
What did I say about no clear ending to the War Of Kings? Well, for me, [...]

I have refrained from commenting on Chris Claremonts return to the X-Men with the X-Men Forever series until we are a few issues in. Issued bi-weekly, the three months that have passed have given me ample time to comment.
Something about it seems off.
Although there are a number of ideas I like contained within, what [...]

Still regressing here, back to my teenage years if not my childhood.

Yesterday saw the release of New Mutants #4, the conclusion of the first arc in the series, and I have to say I am suitably impressed. We have seen the return of Legion to the X-Men fold, Cannonball leading the team and already butting [...]

I feel like I’m having a second childhood. Again.

Not a lot released this week on the Big Two’s events. Blackest Night – Superman #1, the conclusion of the Dark Reign: Mr Negative mini and the penultimate issue of Dark Reign: The Hood.
I have to comment that the first two really didn’t grab me a lot. In Blackest Night – Superman we see [...]

With the upcoming fifth season of Supernatural soon due, I was attracted to Marvels offering of Ghost Riders: Heavens On Fire, purely on the title. I haven’t been following Ghost Rider these last few years despite being an avid fan in the nineties, and I can tell I need to go diving in the [...]