Reviews

KA-ZAR, LORD OF THE SAVAGE LAND #1     MARVEL COMICS Welcome to Comics 101, I’m your instructor Doc Schaefer and today we’ll be looking at what a mess the character of Ka-zar has become. Ka-Zar the Great (his first official title) first appeared at Marvel in Marvel Comics #1 in 1939. He was a wonderful … Read more

 BATMAN SUPERMAN 2021 ANNUAL     DC COMICS One last look at the amazing worlds created by writer Gene Luen Yang and artist Paul Pelletier with help from inker Mick Grey and everyone’s favorite colorist Hi-Fi! Inspired by one of the most annoying yet interesting gimmicks in comics, this year’s annual is a flipbook and contains … Read more

ROBOTIC STOOGES #2     AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY Who would have through that a cute little bit of cartoon nostalgia from 1978 would still be making us laugh today. Predating Inspector Gadget, these 3 lovable knuckleheads have been knocking each other senseless with their malfunctioning robotic parts for over 40 years. And pay close attention as brother … Read more

KANG THE CONQUEROR #1     MARVEL COMICS Take your pick but ever since his first appearance (Fantastic Four #19 in October of 1963 or Avengers #8 in September of 1964) this master manipulator of all things time has proven time and time again (bet on a lot of time puns here!)  to be an Omega … Read more

Like Schoolhouse Rock taught us all those years ago, 3 is a magic number! And is really is, you see three monthes ago we would have been celebrating Free Comic Book Day in May. And although Covid didn’t allow that to happen, 3 monthes later here we are getting ready to raid our local Graham … Read more

THE DEFENDERS #1     MARVEL COMICS Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez take their turn at the eternal anti-group, the Defenders. There is very little that is new here. A new threat brought to light by a surprize visitor to the home of Doctor Strange. The Tarot of the Secret Flame from the pages of previous … Read more

ELVIRA MEETS VINCENT PRICE #1     DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Bounced from one publisher to the next, Horror Hostess Elvira, Mistress of the Dark returns to the pages of Dynamite Entertainment. And as always, her tight black dress and snippy wit hits a home run! But this time she’s brought along a friend in the shape of … Read more

EXCITING COMICS #12     ANTARCTIC PRESS In March of 1956, Charlton Comics was throwing ever concept they could come up with at the wall to see what stuck. Nature Boy’s stint at Charlton consisted of Issues #3-5 of his own series (and before someone says I don’t my math, the Nature Boy title took over … Read more

CINDERELLA ANNUAL BLOODY XMAS #1     ZENESCOPE With the chaotic world we have been living in for the past year and a half, it’s easy for the casual reader to miss a few comics of interest. Even a comic reviewer can miss something worthwhile. So when it was brought to my attention that this book … Read more

One of the best things about the creative and editorial teams at DC Comics in the early Silver Age was their ability to create collections of super-villains for each of their most popular heroes. Superman had his group (Bizarro, Lex Luthor, Brainiac, etc.). Batman had his (Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, etc.). And while these super-villains … Read more