Doc’s Reviews for the Week of 05/03/2023
SO … WHILE ALL THE OTHER REVIEWERS ARE AT GC CORPORATE GIVING OUT ADVISE AS TO WHAT FREE COMIC BOOKS YOU SHOULD BE SCOOPING UP ON SATURDAY MAY 6TH AT YOUR LOCAL GRAHAM CRACKERS COMICS STORES FOR FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, I’M RIGHT HERE IN THE ARCHIVES TAKING A LOOK AT THIS WEEK’S NEW COMICS! … Read more Free Comic Book Day Survival Guide 2023 by John E.
It’s that time of year again! FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, the first Saturday of May, is like Christmas for Comic fans, adult and child alike! “You, yes you are the next contestant on The Price Is Right so come on down!” As this happens once a year, here is your annual reminder and tips to … Read more Doc’s Special Deep Dive on a Very Interesting Book
MARVEL VALUE STAMPS A VISUAL HISTORY Out two weeks ago, this little jewel was brought to my attention. Now I can’t tell you when I first noticed the now famous Marvel Stamps in my Marvel Comics but it must have been late 1974. It was quite early on but ironically enough, I didn’t … Read more Doc’s Reviews For The Week of 04/26/2023
PLAN 59 FROM OUTER SPACE #2 DREN PRODUCTIONS Not wasting any time, Dren gives us the second issue the week after we got the first. And I am glad for one. As Michael Dolce and James Mascia’s story develops, it continues to show how clever it really is. The actual Plan 59 is a … Read more Dawn of DC and the Swinging Pendulum by Sean H
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, DC Comics has been on an upswing recently. Shocking I know, but it’s true! Dawn of DC, their branding for this initiative, has been very good so far. It’s not a crossover, not really a relaunch per se, just a good jumping on point for those … Read more Doc’s Reviews For The Week Of 04/19/2023
FLASH #797 DC COMICS Finally, the One-Second War storyline is finished and we can move on. And writer Jeremy Adams gives us a nice little interlude to cleanse our pallets. A little playtime in the multiverse and a new group of Super-Villains steals the show here. Even a guest appearance by the Super Sons … Read more Do You Ever Wonder Why by Jim B.
Do you ever wonder why it is that you can’t remember the endings of some of your favorite comic book stories? It might just be that they didn’t end, they might have been cancelled first. There are many reasons for a comic book series to end abruptly. Be it ‘creative differences’ or lack of sales, … Read more Doc’s Reviews for the Week of 4/12/2023
DANGER STREET #5 DC COMICS While my love of this title is well known, I am always amazed by what twists and turns Tom King and Jorge Fornes come up with. And yes, we will be needing to send out a ***SPOILERS ALERT*** for this review just because there is no way around it. … Read more The Money In Comics By Mike W.
Well I did have a few ideas for this entry but I am a week too late for Easter. My first idea was best resurrections in comics but my employees warned me that was quite a minefield to dance in. Then I was going to write about bunnies in comics. Yet for both this is … Read more Doc’s Reviews for the Week of 4/5/2023
FLASH #796 DC COMICS And in the final chapter of the One-Minute War storyline, not only is Jeremy Adams able to wrap everything up but actually makes sense of it all. From the onset, I haven’t been a big fan of this story. And with the cliffhanger at the end of the last issue, … Read more |
