Earlier this year Spider-Man went up against his most deadly foe yet: the Retcon Monster! And it cost him his wife, Mary Jane. Their marriage was magically annulled by a deal with the Devil, retroactively erasing their 20 plus years together. But this week the Retcon Monster was defeated by its one weakness: a younger ... [Read More]

After 65 years of two-timing Archie finally settles down with Veronica in 6-part special beginning in August (Archie #600). The Riverdale gang is all grown-up and entering the real world, so given the state of economy is it any wonder Archie picked an heiress like Veronica Lodge over Betty "I knit my own sweaters" Cooper ... [Read More]

With the death of Batman the entire Bat-family has been rearranged. In order to compensate: Nightwing becomes Batman, Robin becomes Red Robin, Damian becomes Robin, and if the solicits are to be believed there will be a new Batgirl. We won't know for sure until the series debuts in August, but so far all signs point to ... [Read More]

First the villains usurped the Avengers' name. Now they've done it again in Dark Reign: Young Avengers. But these imposters are nothing like the real thing. In addition to being extremely violent (killing criminals or worse), most of the team is racist! The most blatant of which is Big Zero, a super-sized white supremacist ... [Read More]

Eminem meets the Punisher... 'nuff said right? Not even close. The fact that Marvel Comics is giving this away in their digital comics section (http://www.marvel.com/punisher_and_eminem) should tell you something: it sucks. This team-up could have been so awesome: Punisher goes after Eminem, a bawling Eminem explains ... [Read More]

It's been a while since the last update, blame Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (review soon), so here's a treat for regulars who stuck around anyway  - the penultimate chapter of Smurfmen! (i.e., chapter 2) If you missed it the first time around Smurfmen is L7 World's newest webcomic (http://l7world.com/webcomics). It's like ... [Read More]

Watchmensch is a parody of Watchmen (duh) where the protagonists aren't heroes, they're Jewish lawyers determined to wrest control from comic book creators. It's the one adaptation Alan Moore would actually approve of. Not because Moore is an anti-Semite, but because he has a long-standing feud with DC comics over just this ... [Read More]