Author: Blaise Tassone
Leave it to Steve Ditko to hit on the gimmick of an insane super-hero. Even if there is some doubt about whether or not the Creeper is actually ‘nuts’ (to use the colloquial euphemism), there is little doubt that he is one of Ditko’s most colorful...
Speeding down the highway, on a motorcycle he rides. Tormented always by the deal he made with the devil and driven by the spirit of vengeance. His countenance, a flaming skeletal face and a dark aura manifesting a sinister apparition: spawn of satanic powers. There’s only...
DC comics, with the help of Julius Schwartz and Fox Gardner, really struck gold when they released Brave and the Bold #28. It was here that the idea of combining all the most popular heroes in the, then extant, DC lineup of comics was tried...
Back in 2015 Warner Bros. television released 'Constantine', a live action program that was true to the spirit of the character it was named after. Matt Ryan, the Welsh actor who portrayed John Constantine, nailed him. He even spoke with a British accent! Rarer still, among...
The Watchmen are coming…to television, courtesy of HBO. A show loosely based on the Watchmen universe is currently in development, under the supervision of showrunner Damon Lindelof (Lost). Recently Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sara Vickers were added to the already selected cast of Regina King, Don...
I was writing last time about Steve Ditko’s most collectible comics, this time I want to take a look at one of his later creations. The Ditko characters of ‘Hawk and Dove’ will be making their first live action appearance later this year on the...
I was sad to learn that Steve Ditko died on June 29. Ditko helped make modern comics what they are today with his contributions changing the face of the industry. Moreover, Ditko was among a small handful of comics creators of whom the above can actually...
What is it about Guy Gardner that makes him so appealing to some Green Lantern fans? Maybe it’s his devil may care attitude, or his abrasive and overbearing personality. Whatever it is, it’s made Gardner the favorite Green Lantern of some, and for these readers the...
The ‘weirdest Western hero’, Jonah Hex, is best known for the grey confederate army uniform he wears and his disfigured face. Patterned after the Clint Eastwood “Stranger Character” from the Sergio Leone 1960s Spaghetti Westerns, Jonah Hex was a bounty hunter who lived in the 19th...
“Call me Shang-Chi, as my father did when he raised me and molded my mind and my body in the vacuum of his Honan, China retreat.” With these words, begins the saga of the ‘Master of Kung Fu’. Shang-Chi first appears in Special Marvel Edition...