9/11 conspiracies go mainstream in The Big Lie by Image Comics, a publisher better known for titles like Spawn and The Walking Dead. The Truther comic book, which features Uncle Sam as narrator, has no qualms about being propaganda. "It's obviously more 'propaganda' than those other approaches [referring to titles like Catch ... [Read More]

The DC Universe has been rebooted and it all starts here: Action Comics #1. It takes place 5½ years before "The New 52" line up, when Superman is just coming into his own. I had joked that Superman was slowing down in his old age, when he shot himself out of cannon in Action Comics #903, but it seems that a weaker Superman ... [Read More]

Action Comics is the world's longest running comic book but this September DC Comics will be rebooting and renumbering all its books so Superman is going out with a bang. In his prime Superman could travel faster than the speed of light and break the time-barrier, but it seems he's is slowing down in his old age. In the ... [Read More]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes an unflattering cameo in X-Men Schism #1. The X-Men petition the United Nations to dismantle their Sentinels, giant robots programmed to destroy mutants, but Ahmadinejad refuses to "acknowledge the existence of these so-called Sentinels." His rant is interrupted by a mutant ... [Read More]

This Fall the original Batgirl returns, more than 2 decades after she was crippled by the Joker in Batman: The Killing Joke, but for how long? Bane has always prided himself in being the first and only man to break the Bat but after some soul searching he realizes "the Bat broke Bane." While Bane is surrounded by broken men ... [Read More]

Bruce Wayne became Batman after his parents were gunned down in front of him but that all changes in the crossover event Flashpoint. The Reverse-Flash travels back in time and alters history so that Bruce was killed instead of his parents. Now Thomas Wayne dons the cowl in Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of ... [Read More]

Memorial Day is supposed to be a time to remember our fallen service members but like most holidays it's been commercialized, literally. A new trailer for the movie adaptation of the f-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-l hero Thor recommends Americans skip those boring Memorial services and "Spend this Memorial Day weekend with a real hero." ... [Read More]