Category: Comics in Movies & TV

Annihilus is The Perfect Villain for the Fantastic Four

As far as Marvel adaptations are concerned, the Fantastic Four have been nothing short of a disaster. Horrible film after horrible film, Marvel's First Family has not been given the respect and love they really deserve. However, now that Marvel Studios owns the rights to the characters,...

It's Mister Sinister's Time in the Sun

Ah, the X-Men film franchise. Filled with such wonderful villains as Magneto, Magneto again, Apocalypse, Sebastian Shaw (?), Magneto... Again? Okay, sure. The point is, under 20th Century Fox, the X-Men's fascinating rogues gallery was done a significant disservice. Rich and terrifying antagonists like Reverend William...

It Is Time To Invest in The Inhumans

You can't help but feel a little bad for the Inhumans. Since 2012, Marvel pushed the characters to places they never really should have been pushed to. This obsession with the characters led people to blindly announce that it is "time to invest in the Inhumans." As...

Cable TV is Dead, but Cable Comics are Coming Alive

Comics can have a strange up and down trajectory, just like any other investment.  Today's big thing could turn into a dud tomorrow.  If you have the next big character before others realize what is happening, you can get ahead of a very competitive market.  When...

Dawn of the Darkhawk or Darkhawk á L'Orange?

I made my declaration at the beginning of the year that I would stay away from modern comics.  So, I would like to take this time to write a blog about a modern comic that has been grabbing my attention...I know, I know.  Totally normal.  The...

Birds of a Feather Crash Together: Sell Birds of Prey #1

The latest info on the movie: Birds of Prey is anecdotal. I simply pulled up reservations online for the theater I attend near my house. I went on one of their movie websites to check on the status. There are currently eleven seats taken less...

Hyperion - The Hero We Need

Where does the line fall between hero and villain?  We have seen Marvel and DC play with this concept when the ramifications and collateral damage come around to make a hero question their motives.  Hulk is a mindless rage monster who causes all sorts of havoc,...

Growing Pains: From Marvel Boy to Quasar

I am expecting the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to become more cosmic as time elapses.  There are only so many stories that you can tell on Earth with earthlings.  There are cosmic threats that are always coming for us, artifacts of great power ready to...

Westward Ho and On Our Way!

Remember when George Costanza was told that the answer to his big project was in the song "Downtown" by Petula Clark?  I am beginning to feel that way about the Marvel content.  Was it staring us in the face the whole time?  Was the cover of...

Possible MCU Crossover Events: Revisiting and Respeculating

With the overwhelming success of the MCU's venture into major crossover events such as Civil War and Infinity War (Infinity Gauntlet in the 1991 comic miniseries), the smart bet is for the MCU to continue to inundate us with these popular character crossover events with their short-...