Author: Blaise Tassone
Growing up in Canada I always thought of the United States as the land of the comic book. It was the home of DC and Marvel, as well as of all the good alternative distributors. Sure, there were Canadian superhero comics, but while Captain Canuck...
Ever since the Kree-Skrull war, the Marvel Universe has thrived on inter-title spanning and huge crossover events. Lately, many of these limited series containing ambitious story arcs are increasing in value due to their influence on the MCU big screen superhero sagas. Captain America: Civil...
DC Universe is getting ready to launch. Advertised as being a content hosting and live-streaming web service, kind of like Netflix and Marvel Unlimited rolled into one, it sounds very appealing. As part of their subscription deal, new subscribers will have access to both classic DC...
One of the most intriguing aspects of comic book speculation is trying to pick comics that will become popular and sought out before they actually take off in popularity. Unfortunately, picking out the comics everyone will want before they heat up is not easy. There’s no...
The ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ score for the Ant-Man sequel ("Ant-Man and the Wasp," opening July 6) has been revealed, and, with 76 reviews in, it's currently soaring with an 88% fresh score. That could change as more reviewers weigh in, but for now it looks like the...
A punch to the face tosses the first brawler clear through three stories of a high-rise building. Undaunted, he gets up, leaps down and jumps back into the fray with a double uppercut that launches his nemeses straight through a billboard. That was all in a...
DC has finally made it official. According to the latest issue of the Flash (Flash v5 #49, “Flash War, Part 3”), the Flash is faster than Superman. Well, this is probably as it should be, Flash is, after all, ‘the Fastest Man Alive’ while Superman...
Exactly two hundred years ago, in 1818, Mary Shelley wrote a novel called Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. Shelley’s novel was the first Gothic horror /proto-dystopian science fiction story ever written. It’s also, according to the consensus of many literary critics, one of the best horror...
Outside of monthly group or team books which feature a regular line up of heroes we find the team-up or cross-over title. These comics combine individual heroes in monthly cross over events with another hero or popular character. Judging by sales, comic fans love these books,...
These were the strangest heroes of all, their leader was a scientific genius confined to a wheelchair. The team was made up of misfits and outcasts, rejected by society. I’m talking about the famous formula that made the X-Men such a huge hit, right? Wrong. The...