Docs Corner

  #1 – DETECTIVE COMICS #441     DC COMICS Back in the early 1970’s, DC Comics went for a bold move by creating the 100 Page Super-Spectacular. Using their enormous library of old stories, they filled the 100 pagers with reprints featuring older and less known heroes. Most had a common theme to them. … Read more

FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1     DC COMICS Quality is the name of the game here (get it?!). And this forth gathering of Quality Publishing’s Super Group is exactly that. This is an updated version of classic Golden-Age heroes that actually  makes sense. Alex Ross’s version of Uncle Sam is lost and the Nazis have won. But once you … Read more

THE BEST DEFENSE DOCTOR STRANGE #1     MARVEL COMICS I had been hoping that the new origin of the Defenders would grow less confusing as the mini-series continued but I was sorely mistaken. While I finally got that this part of the story was told in a flash forward, it didn’t really help the overall … Read more

NAMOR THE BEST DEFENSE #1     MARVEL COMICS While I was impressed by Marvel going back to its roots and recreating the Defenders in a way that reflected their original starting point, I quickly grew confused and annoyed. Namor the Invader, the Avenger, the X-men all seem to be gone and he’s devolved into the … Read more

HEROES IN CRISIS #3     DC COMICS More backround as the days prior to the tradgedy are replayed for the readers. Unfortunately, very little is learned to keep the story moving forward and it’s almost distasteful looking back and reliving the tear-jerking events that brought these heroes and villains here. Speedy and Kid Flash’s losses, … Read more

BETTIE PAGE #1     DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Everyone’s favorite pin up queen is back, (guys I’ve really got to quit saying that could you just give her a regular series and be done with this nonsense.) And David Avallone continues to show Bettie as a woman of the world who knows how to take care of … Read more

RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! #2     ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT More Believe It or Not stories that always have the ability to entertain and fascinate. But what makes this book stand head and shoulders above the rest is creative crew which manage to intertwine in the the separate stories into a whole narrative. The framing sequence’s main … Read more

        DIE KITTY DIE HEAVEN & HELL #0, #1, #2     CHAPTERHOUSE COMICS The mystery of Kitty’s death continues in this new series. Ruiz and Parent story cleaverly continues the hunt for clues and reintroduces several secondary characters. Along with their sexy Archie art style which keeps up the quality of … Read more

AVENGERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1     MARVEL COMICS With a wonderful nod to classic horror movies of the past, this delightful retelling does make for some Halloween fun. With a newly sighted Daredevil, an alien infected Fantastic Four and the Ghost of Wolverine, this one-shot displays some real creativity but by far the best has … Read more

SCOOBY-DOO! TEAM-UP #43     DC COMICS While Fisch, Brizuela, and the rest of the folks at DC hit the fanboy right where it counts yet again, this time their is some extra weirdness that makes one think. You see technically speaking, both the original Doom Patrol and Scooby Doo did exist during the late … Read more