The way that the public has embraced the Avengers over the last decade, entirely due to the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has really been fascinating. Because, for decades, the Avengers weren’t exactly the biggest thing going on at Marvel. The Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and […]
Howdy everyone, and welcome back to yet another installment of Bat Signal, my ongoing mission to read every issue of Detective Comics, in random order, and with basically no context. And, folks, as you can tell from looking at that cover, and reading that title, we have something wonderfully […]
When choosing the films I’m going to highlight during this project I can occasionally feel a bit of guilt when I choose the most obvious option. There’s a certain expectation that I should try to find something of a deep-cut, a movie that doesn’t get talked about […]
It probably won’t shock anyone to learn that I spend a lot of time reading through old Marvel comics. I’m constantly on the look for new, weird stories to share with everyone, and that means plunging the weird depths of some of Marvel’s most famous characters. I […]
Well folks, it’s Christmastime, which means it’s time to plunge deep into the depth of Marvel Comics to find some merry and insane stories to share with you. I already regaled you with the story of Fin Fang Foom and Wong saving New York from a Hydra […]
It’s no secret that I had a deep love for Doctor Victor Von Doom. He’s not just my favorite supervillain of all time, he’s pretty damn high up on my list of favorite comics books characters, and favorite fictional characters. There’s a reason that whenever Marvel tries […]
Welcome back to Bat Signal, my ongoing mission to read random issues of Detective Comics with no context. And lately I’ve really been struggling with that last aspect. For the longest time I just kept getting nice, simple, stand-alone stories that didn’t really matter that I hadn’t read […]
