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When Spectre Needs a Detective, There Will Be Blood

RJ Carter · June 28, 2019

Detective Jim Corrigan is the human host for the Spirit of Vengeance known as The Spectre. But that's a secret that someone has figured out, and they've enacted a horrific, bloody plan to separate the ghost from the host, and hiding him where the supernatural spirit cannot find him.

Holland, Zendaya and Gyllenhaal Excite In SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME

Jeff Ritter · June 28, 2019

I really enjoyed Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man series, at least the first two films. The inclusion of Macho Man Randy Savage as Bonesaw more than made up for the very slight shortcomings of the Green Goblin. Willem Dafoe was great, but that suit--there just was no good reason to not use the classic look.

With a Bullet: Cave Comics Wins with The No. Ones #1

RJ Carter · June 25, 2019

I've never heard of Cave Comics (although I've been in a few comics caves in my travels around the country). But I have heard of Jim Krueger, from the mesmerizing job he did for Marvel on EARTH X.

DCeased Breathes New Life into Superhorror Genre

RJ Carter · June 17, 2019

When I first heard about the DCEASED concept, the immediate callback was to the Marvel Zombies issues that saw the company's super-characters turned into creatures of the undead. But an appropriate amount of time has passed so that this doesn't seem derivative and, I have to admit, the name is deucedly clever.

Watching Without Feminism Goggles, Captain Marvel Actually Fun Superhero Flick

RJ Carter · June 10, 2019

CAPTAIN MARVEL was, perhaps, the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to come with pre-release baggage. The marketing machine started things off by signalling how much of a milestone it was that this was the first Marvel film to have a female lead, as though that were a reason to watch the film.

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