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What If…? TV REVIEW: "WHAT IF…Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?”
Most What If? stories center around a single different decision causing an alternate path of events. By contrast, this week’s What If? episode is an unlikely, wild…
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What If? REVIEW: MCU meets The Walking Dead in violent horror-fest
Marvel's WHAT IF...? S1E5: The "What If...Zombies?" episode was inspired by the wildly popular Marvel Zombies comics that started in 2005, that, like a fast-spreading…
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What If? S1E4 REVIEW: Doctor Strange as a tragic, blindly obsessed Dark Sorcerer Supreme
Marvel's WHAT IF…? S1E4 "WHAT IF…Doctor Strange lost his heart instead of his hands?” MILD SPOILERS AHEAD. Episode 4 of the 9-episode first season of Marvel’s WHAT IF…?…
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Pennyworth TV REVIEW: Alfred gets a stylish, dark, Bond-ish backstory
Ironic? Coincidental? Cosmic balance? Not sure what the right word or phrase is, but just as DC Comics decided to make writer Tom King's scripted death of Alfred…
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What If? S1E3 REVIEW: The Avengers' murder Whodunnit is an entertaining shocker.
"What If...the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" The third episode of Marvel's What If...? explores an alternate timeline where someone is killing off Fury's recruits…
Comics
Retro Comic Cover Of The Week: Starro uses horrifying facehugging parasites on JLA #190 (1981)
Justice League Of America, Vol. 1, #190, 1981. Art by Brian Bolland. Starro has the distinct honor of being the very first villain the Justice League of America fought…
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What If? S1E2 TV REVIEW: T-Challa as Star-Lord leads to a more hopeful and peaceful galaxy
A Spoiler-Free Review of WHAT IF...? S1E2: What if...T-Challa Became a Star-Lord? While it is heartbreaking to listen to what has become Chadwick Boseman's last MCU…
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Shang-Chi COMICS RETROSPECTIVE: Marvel cashed in on a craze in 1973 with a Master of Kung Fu
With Shang-Chi about to become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with his own movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Sept. 3), I thought it would be…
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What If...? S1E1 REVIEW: Animated tales of the MCU Multiverse off to a colorful, fun start
SPOILER-FREE REVIEW. "What Would Have Happened If "a single twist of events changed the Marvel history we know, is a concept that got its start in 1977 with the first…
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Epic, exciting "Black Widow" worth both the wait and the Big Screen
Director: Cate Shortland, Starring: Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanov/Black Widow), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Rachel Weisz (Melina Vostokoff), David Harbour…
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Retro Cover Of The Week Independence Day edition reminds us of the true meaning of Patriotism
What it means to be a Patriot has gotten muddied and even weaponized lately. Hopefully these non-political Retro covers will remind us of when Patriotism applied to any…
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A love story, a death, a turn to evil on Superman & Lois, The CW's best show, period.
Superman & Lois S1E11 “A Brief Reminiscence In-Between Cataclysmic Events” The following two paragraphs are repeated from an earlier review for emphasis: Some critics…
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RETRO COVER: A powerfully emotional and colorful Neal Adams scene toward the end of TOMAHAWK's run
The character was more than a bit contrived from the beginning. And a blonde white man nicknamed "Tomahawk" was an insensitive contradiction to be sure. Tom Haukins…
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The Father's Day edition of Retro Cover features Father/Daughter Bounty Hunters: Body Bags #1 (1996)
In 1996, writer/artist Jason Pearson created a unique duo to build a comic around: father and daughter bounty hunters who don't take any crap from anyone, and are pretty…
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Batwing is joining Batwoman! Cool preview pics of Camrus Johnson in costume!
In the comics, Batwing was a a member of Batman Incorporated, but on Batwoman, wearing the high tech suit will be Luke Fox, played by Camrus Johnson. Bruce Wayne's tech…
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Jupiter's Legacy Requiem #1 ADVANCE REVIEW: Millar action, drama, & mystery in a beautiful package
Writer: Mark Millar, Artist/Colorist: Tommy Lee Edwards (with John Paul Leon), Letters: John Workman. The long wait for Requiem is over. The “act of remembrance for the…
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Capt. Luthor's true identity revealed on surprising, satisfying Superman & Lois S1E7
This is a spoiler-free review at the top, with Spoilers & Theories at the bottom, for those who scroll down far enough. Some critics have been saying that The CW-verse…
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CW's best superhero show reveals the hero's violent side that we rarely see: Superman & Lois (Ep6)
After a two month hiatus caused by COVID-related delays in production, Superman & Lois—the CW’s best superhero show, and the show you should be watching—returned last…
Comics
The POP Cover Of The Week turns a long title into a graphic design powerhouse
We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #6, BOOM! Studios, Cover by Simone Di Meo. This week’s POP Cover Of The Week pick brilliantly solves a graphic design dilemma: how do…
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Family drama galore in Jupiter's Legacy S1E2
Episode 2, “Paper and Stone,” is all about falling short in someone else’s eyes. It’s all pretty depressing to find out that (pretty much) no one is happy with anyone…
Comics
COMICS ART: The enduring novelty of “Fadeaway” Covers
Updated with additional comic covers! Everyone has seen and perhaps loved these types of covers, but perhaps didn’t know what they were called, or how long the unusual…
Comics
Dynamite reboots Red Sonja yet again, and this time she's Invincible.
The Invincible Red Sonja #1. Writers: Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner, Artist/Colorist: Moritat, Letters: Dave Sharpe. This week, Dynamite Comics released another…
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Jupiter's Legacy examines the ethics of superpowers in violent style
Mark Millar is becoming the Stephen King of comic book writers. With Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kingsman, and now Jupiter’s Legacy, Millar has had more of his creator-owned comic…
Comics
Marvel welcomed Aliens to the family in April with 22 POP Covers Of The Month
Part of Disney's 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox (and its IPs) included the Alien franchise, and fellow Disney property Marvel has not wasted time getting the new…