Archive for June, 2010

New Urban Wonder Woman

Posted on June 29th, 2010 by by Manic

Acclaimed writer J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor) takes over the Wonder Woman comic with issue #600, and nothing will ever be the same again. For starters, Wonder Woman is getting an all-new look.

Oh, I’m sure this will go over well.
Yep. Wonder Woman is ditching her classic outfit for a new look: black [...]

Turtles Forever Coming to DVD

Posted on June 10th, 2010 by by Manic

That’s right, there’s word that Turtles Forever is hitting retail shelves on August 24th!
Turtles Forever is an animated movie that features both the 2003 and late 80’s incarnations of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a crossover event that brought back heroes, supporting characters, and villains from across several generations. It was played at [...]

Young Allies #1

Posted on June 10th, 2010 by by Manic

Writer: Sean McKeever
Penciler: David Baldeon
Publisher: Marvel
The Heroic Age has launched another title for Marvel! (Yay!)
But it’s not an Avengers title. (Cautious Yay…)
Young Allies is a relaunch of an old concept. It gathers some of the young breakout superheroes of today (who aren’t Young Avengers, Runaways, or Young X-Men), and teams them up in Marvel’s ever-present [...]

Fantomex Hated Watchmen

Posted on June 10th, 2010 by by Manic


Eureka / A Town Called Eureka

Posted on June 4th, 2010 by by Manic

When season 4 of Eureka starts up in a month, I’m thinking of doing some episodic reviews. If some of you out there aren’t watching this show (for some inconceivable reason), this is a general overview as well as my endorsement.

Eureka (also known in some countries as A Town Called Eureka) is a science fiction [...]

New Torchwood Comic

Posted on June 4th, 2010 by by Manic

Word has it that John Barrowman and sister Carole Barrowman are teaming up with artist Tommy Lee Edwards on Titan Publishing’s upcoming Torchwood comic book. The trio will work on a story titled “The Selkie” for the first part of issue #1. The rest of the first issue, and the next four issues, will [...]

X-Men: Second Coming: Revelations: Blind Science

Posted on June 2nd, 2010 by by Manic

Writer: Simon Spurrier
Pencillers: Paul Davidson & Francis Portela
Publisher: Marvel
About 20 issues ago in Uncanny X-Men, Beast and Archangel assembled a team of mad scientists to pursue solutions to the dwindling mutant population. Beast named this team the X-Club, after a real life social club comprised of scientists during the 19th century. The team currently consists [...]