Karnak was one of those characters you’d always ignore. A team-up between the Inhumans and the Fantastic Four? There he’d be, off to the side while flashier heroes got center-frame placement and big friendly smiles. Now he’s the star of a great series that’s pretty much giving the finger to everything happening at Marvel. Originally…
There’s a new issue of The Dark Knight III out today, extending the three-decade lifespan of Frank Miller’s dystopian re-imagining of Batman. But, as the series goes on, it’s becoming more clear that Bruce Wayne isn’t really a central figure. Originally posted 2/24/16 Spoilers follow. When The Dark Knight III: The Master Race began late…
On the face of it, it doesn’t quite make sense why a rich girl who can get pretty much anything she wants would go for some clumsy, average dude. But the most recent issue of Archie explains when Veronica Lodge fell in love with the redheaded teen. Archie #6 has a bunch of the series’…
Part of me was hoping that Wednesday night’s episode of Black-ish would give me the Magic Words: the exact right things to say to my daughter when she starts asking me about institutionalized racism. It didn’t, because, really, how could it? Every day I live in fear of the thing that’s going to burst my…
Inspired by the horrific Jonestown Massacre, The Church in the Darkness will send players on an infiltration mission into a splinter community led by a charismatic cult leader. Coming in 2017 for PC/Mac, PS4 and Xbox One, it’s the brainchild of Richard Rouse III, designer of The Suffering games and stars Ellen McLain, the voice…
Damn, Tony. That’s harsh. The villain plaguing Earth’s Mightiest Heroes throws up a force-field in this week’s All-New, All-Different Avengers #6. When Spider-Man notes that it’s a formidable obstacle, the guy in the red-and-gold armor ain’t having it. Definitely the snarkiest way to get a reference to classic X-Men covers in there. Contact the author…
“Casuals ensure the safety of future fighting games.” Fighting games commentator Maximilan Dood talks about the launch of Street Fighter V and why it isn’t okay to just cater to one sort of player. Contact the author at [email protected]
It’s weird to hear Michonne talk so much. But, man, the things I’m learning about The Walking Dead’s dreadlocked enigma rattle me even more than hearing her speak. There are lots of reasons that Michonne is a favorite amongst fans of The Walking Dead. Both the TV and comic-book iterations of the character are steely…
Jessica Drew ain’t letting a little thing like an emergency C-section in a space station hospital slow her down. Shown as being well into her third trimester after the series’ post-hiatus reboot, last week’s Spider-Woman #4 finally saw the lead character become a mom. It was a pretty dramatic childbirth, coming in the middle of…
By the time that Power Man and Iron Fist #125 came out in the late summer/early fall of 1986, I’d already learned not to trust comic-book covers. (This essay, originally titled “Steel-Hard Skin,” was written in 2011 and appeared in Hey Kids, Comics!: True-Life Tales from the Spinner Rack, an anthology that collected personal essays…
Carmageddon: Max Damage will be hitting consoles later this year, bringing the series’ signature brand of vehicular combat to Xbox One and PS4 . Contact the author at [email protected]
A big black ex-con with unbreakable skin. A rich white kung-fu master who can punch things really hard. 30 years ago, they starred in Power Man and Iron Fist, one of the unlikeliest creative successes Marvel ever published. Today, they’re back. Thank God. Originally published 2/18/16 A few months ago, Marvel announced a new Power…
On February 16th, Street Fighter V came out at a full price of $60. The big problem with that is Street Fighter V is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a fully finished game. The just-released version of Street Fighter V feels like it was rushed out the door. The Battle Lounge multiplayer lobbies…
For months, the House of Superman has been teasing something called Rebirth. Now, they’re starting to talk about what it is. DC Universe: Rebirth #1 is scheduled to come out this May, laying the groundwork for the next evolution of the publisher’s superhero universe. DC creative director Geoff Johns will be writing the kickoff to…
Poor Damian Wayne. He can break all of a grown man’s major bones in an eyeblink but he’s still just a kid yearning for his dad. Too bad Bruce Wayne came back from the dead with no memory of being a superhero or a father In the latest issue of the very good Robin, Son…
Unless some other series winds up pulling off something unexpected, E Is for Extinction is going to wind up my favorite Secret Wars tie-in book. And that’s because the X-Men-in- twilight story has nothing to do with Dr. Doom or any crossover nonsense. It’s all about the right way for old superheroes to die. (This…
A classic science-fiction video game will have a cast chock full of classic sci-fi voice actors. Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn, Alan Tudyk and John De Lancie will all be voicing characters in Wargaming’s reboot of Master of Orion, which hits Steam Early Access next week. Contact the author at [email protected]
There’s nothing worse than running into an old ex. Especially when that ex is Batman’s homicidal archenemy. In the vague timeline of DC’s rebooted New 52 continuity, Harleen Quinzel and the Clown Prince of Crime broke up a long time ago. But the new issue of the Harley Quinn series clearly illustrates that the Joker’s…
10 years ago, Marvel’s superheroes split into factions and pounded each other in the face because they disagreed over whether their world-saving should be regulated by the government. The spark that will ignite the upcoming Avengers Standoff crossover is a lot more sinister. Spoilers follow. Avengers Standoff: Welcome to Pleasant Hill is a one-shot by…
It’s been a rocky 24 hours for the first day of Street Fighter V’s release. Capcom says that they’re working on making the experience better. Slow matchmaking, random disconnections and server outages have all plagued players who flocked to the newest entry in Capcom’s fighting game franchise. In an update released last night, the publisher…
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