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Arrow's Plot-Packed Seventh Season Lands on Blu-ray

RJ Carter · September 2, 2019

The seventh season of ARROW brings with it echoes of the Green Arrow movie idea that was tossed around in the late 1990s. SUPERMAX was teased as a film about a superhero who gets incarcerated in a maximum security prison with the people he helped put there.

Gotham's Worst All Involved in Batman: Hush, on Blu-ray and DVD

RJ Carter · August 5, 2019

The iconic Batman tour-de-force that served as a vehicle for Jim Lee's introduction to the DC Comics stable, HUSH, is the latest storyline to be adapted into the DCAU straight-to-DVD library, and scene omissions and straight-up plot changes, it's a largely enjoyable way to pass 90 minutes.

Ikari Press's Brand Has Trouble Picking a Plot

RJ Carter · July 30, 2019

BRAND is one of many new independent comics coming from the crowdfunding trend that has grown up over the past two years. The brainchild of writer Antonio Brice and artist Caanan White, the comic book is mostly impeccably drawn and colored, and each individual scene is compelling in its narrative.

The Magic Word for the DCEU is Shazam

RJ Carter · July 21, 2019

The character you are about to see in this movie has a lengthy and rich history, nearly as long as Superman's, and peppered with controversy from the beginning.

Not Your Father's F-ing Titans

RJ Carter · July 16, 2019

I've been reading comic books for nearly fifty years. It's not just a fandom for me, it's a lifestyle. In all that time, there are characters I've grown to love, teams I've rallied for, and storylines that have served as touchpoints in my life.

Strange Communion: Priest's Vampirella a Therapy Patient

RJ Carter · July 16, 2019

Vampirella has gone through a number of origins through the years. She's been an alien from Drakulon, an escapee from a realm of Hell, a daughter of Lilith. Through it all, she has been a force for good, standing against the agents of Chaos. And she has become an icon.

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