Tag: Captain America

  • The Avengers #168

    Comic book covers can be a lot like movie posters for sci-fi or fantasy epics from the 1980’s. The posters themselves kick all sorts of ass, giving you the impression that you are about to see some sort of wild epic that only your imagination could hold you back from. Then you get this. So…

  • Marvel’s Jessica Jones #1

    Steven Spielberg recently talked about superhero movies and said that they will go the way of the western eventually. If you read his comment in full, and respect his status in Hollywood, you’d know that he is absolutely right. Something new will eventually come along that will entrance the public and superhero movies will take…

  • Amazing Fantasy #15

    Time to sit back and read a classic today. Amazing Fantasy #15 gives birth to the most well known character not only in Marvel Comics history but in the history of comics period. Spider-Man. No matter the complaints I have about the story, and there are some, this comic helped changed the landscape for how…

  • The Avengers #151

    Summary: http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Avengers_Vol_1_151 The Good: I wanted to be a little nostalgic today so I decided to see what Marvel comic was released the week I was born. From there, the cover that interested me would be the one I would choose to review today. I came across this issue of The Avengers and decided to…

  • Daredevil #183

    Summary: http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Daredevil_Vol_1_183 The Good: Frank Miller. Frank Miller, along with Alan Moore and others, are responsible for comics as they are today. How so you may be asking? Well, people like Mr. Miller are responsible for taking comics from the adolescent adventure stories that Stan Lee and others created to the hardened adventures that adults…

  • Mighty Avengers #7

    Issue 2 in the Secret Invasion story commences! Summary: http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Mighty_Avengers_Vol_1_7 The Good: The story sort of picks up where the previous issue ends. Spider-Woman sneaks her way onto a heli-carrier and lets Tony Stark know of their discovery of a Skrull infiltrator. I dug how the two characters interacted with each other, referencing previous stories…