Category: Reading

Doctor Strange Vol. 1: The Way of the Weird

Series: Doctor Strange (2015) Written by: Jason Aaron Art by: Chris Bachalo Publisher: Marvel Comics Prior to this year I didn’t know anything about Doctor Strange. I didn’t know anything about his lore, I didn’t know anything about his backstory, his associates, his powers, nothing. I am the kind of person Marvel was hoping to…

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Why I’m dropping All-New Ultimates.

Remember how excited I was for this book? Well,  seven issues in and I’m calling it. The series just isn’t very good. There are a lot of things wrong with it, the art, the writing, the story all terrible. But I could forgive that if in some way they managed to entertain me. They managed to…

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Where in the world is Miles Morales?

While cleaning out some old programs, I noticed Comic Rack, and I realised I hadn’t read an Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man book in a while. I checked the wikipedia page with glee, assuming I would have a backlog to catch up on, but it turns out the series was cancelled. -insert sadness here- Clearly I’m not a…

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A-Babies Vs. X-Babies. Cuteness overload.

In a world where you favourite heroes are still in nappies, two groups fight over ownership of the most adorable bear. The disclaimer from the beginning of the book really sets the tone for how silly it all is going to be. The Avengers and X-Men are always fighting to save the world, but what…

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Meet Miles Morales. Spider Man.

Spider Man has always been Peter Parker, and Peter Parker has always been Spider Man. Let me be clear, this is not normal. In the comic book universes it is not uncommon for more than one person to take on a singular persona. Even Batman who is synonymous with Bruce Wayne has had others wear the…

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