Hawkeye: Little Hits

As great as Matt Fraction’s work on Hawkeye has been so far, I can’t help but feel this was all a part of a plan to have the character’s name changed to “Hawkguy”, which I’m 100% in support of. Oh, and to also introduce Pizza Dog as the next Avenger. At the urging of Spider-man…

The Man with the Getaway Face

After his dust-up with the syndicate, Parker heads to Nebraska to see a doctor about a new face.  After his features are flip-flopped, Parker heads north and falls in with a few felons planning an armoured truck robbery.  Being a perfectionist, Parker doesn’t like the plan and after making a few adjustments, he comes to…

A Song of Shadows

After the brutal events at the close of The Wolf in Winter, Charlie Parker rents a property in the small beach side Maine community of Boreas, in an effort to heal his wounds in peace.  However, knowing Parker, trouble seems to follow him no matter where he lays his head. Parker’s neighbours, Ruth and Amanda…

War of the Encyclopaedists

Want to make a novel feel current, but not too current?  Set it roughly ten years in the past before the rise of smartphones, Facebook and Twitter.  What you’re left with is a world that’s both familiar yet far enough removed to feel periodic. Before Halifax and his best friend Mickey Montauk go their separate…

Deadpool: Original Sin

Deadpool and his new wife Shiklah are forced to fend off the aggressive forces of Shiklah’s jilted lover, Dracula.  While they are off making quick work of the vampire horde, Deadpool’s friend, S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Preston, discovers a terrible secret that threatens her relationship with Deadpool himself. Look, I’ll be the first person to admit that…

Daredevil: Born Again

Daredevil’s secret identity has fallen into the hands of The Kingpin.  Rather than a quick and brutal strike, Kingpin elects to take a slow, punishing measure of revenge against a man who has been a thorn in his side for years.  Stripping away everything Matt Murdock holds dear, Kingpin leaves Daredevil a shell of his…

Canary

In a classic case of ‘wrong place, wrong time’, college student Sarie Holland is pulled over and busted by the cops while doing a favour for a drug-dealing friend, D.  Looking at a possible five years minimum in prison for possession, she’s offered an alternative – become a C.I. (confidential informant) for narcotics officer Ben…