Comics
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The 2013 New York Comic Con was my “lost Comic Con,” I was there in body but my exhausted spirit was elsewhere. I unintentionally spent a lot of time in the exhibit hall, normally the highlight of the Comic Con. But just like having too much candy on Halloween, one too many hours in the
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In “The Next Avengers” Ultron has taken over the world and it is up to the children of the original Avengers to stop him. Several Goodreads critics gave Marvel Avenger’s Age of Ultron just one or two stars, but like a few other critics, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Among the
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From The Flash Volume 2 Rogues Revolution: A gorilla priest explains how the Flash will save Gorilla City from ruination. In my review of the first New 52 Flash book I called the Flash the anti-Batman because despite losing his mother in a similar manner to Bruce Wayne’s, Barry Allen retains his optimism and faith
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The Spider-Man Noir cutscenes from Shattered Dimensions have a Sin City feel that makes it noir. I call it the “Batmanification” of Spider-Man, the darkening of a usually wise-cracking, trickster spirit into something severe and brooding. My first introduction to Spider-Man Noir was the video game, Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions. It shares the same setting and
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Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1: Cosmic Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis I borrowed Guardians from my local library because of the movie due out next month. I also like Brian Michael Bendis’ writing. I am a fan of his Ultimate Spider-Man comics. Guardians of the Galaxy starts out with a familiar Bendis style drama.
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Batman: Battle for the Cowl by Tony S. Daniel My rating: 3 of 5 stars In Batman: Battle for the Cowl Batman is dead and Gotham knows it. A team of superheroes: Robins (past and present), the Bat Family, Huntress, Black Canary, and a host of others who I don’t recognize are called in to
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Batman R.I.P. by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars WARNING! Possible Spoilers! Batman RIP though half the size of Batman: The Black Glove packs as powerful a narrative punch. It is a nice culmination of the events in the previous book. With Batman: The Black Glove ending the way it did, I had
Vincent Young 