Spider-Man: Life Story is an attempt on the part of Chip Zdarsky to present a true beginning-to-end story of the web-slinger as the character ages in real time from the 1960s onward. I thought this was a great idea. Comic book characters are essentially immortal (unless you’re killing them off to sell books) and timeless,…
The second volume of the original black and white classics collects issues eight through eleven as well as the Michelangelo, Donatello and Leonardo one-shot issues. This one kicks off with a bang focusing on Michelangelo as he chases down a couple of ne’er-do-wells who robbed a children’s toy store on Christmas Eve. Anyone that knows…
Way, way back in the 1980s, like many kids, I was obsessed with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I couldn’t tell you just how many toys I had or how many times I watched the cartoon show and when the live-action movie hit theatres in 1990, my fandom rose to a whole other level. Its…
I was browsing Goodreads one night and noticed a friend of mine had posted a review for Batman: Year One. Out of curiosity, I went to see what I had rated it when I read it all those years ago. Turns out, I didn’t rate it at all. No review either! I had to rectify…
Funny story about these two graphic novels. Every year, usually completely by accident, I end up spoiling most of my own Christmas gifts. 2019 year was no exception. I was looking for books to read during the holiday season and came across Grant Morrison’s comic books series containing an origin story for Santa Claus. I…
Dylan has committed himself to a mental institution in an effort to keep himself and others safe from his gun-toting, mobster-killing ways. However, his relaxation is short lived when he discovers the truth about what is going on between a certain staff member and residents under his care. Can Dylan truly remove himself from the…
In the third volume of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ series Kill or Be Killed, we pick up with Dylan as he tries to sort through the origin of the demon forcing him to kill. Having discovered images of the demon inside of his father’s artwork, he begins to struggle with whether or not this…
Dylan seemed to be getting a grip on this masked vigilante thing before a hit-gone-wrong puts him on the radar of the NYPD. With Dylan’s face (albeit masked) plastered all over New York City and the cops stepping up security, it becomes a lot more difficult for him to do his job. To make matters…
