… apparently not, as having previously guested on Ryan Daly’s wonderful issue-by-issue look at DC’s Eighties Secret Origins book, I got to come back to chat the Secret Origin of the Legion Clubhouse. You’ll also get Mike Peacock uncovering the JLA’s Secret Sanctuary and Greg Araujo visiting Titans Tower. Give it a listen and if […]

Read More Too Dangerous For Secret Origins Podcast?

One of the perks of hanging about in the comics blogosphere is that you occasionally get invited onto podcasts. And this week, I was asked by Doom Patrol fans extraordinaire Paul and Mike to join them to talk about 2006’s Infinite Crisis event – specifically, how it affected the then incarnation of the Patrol.  In […]

Read More Waiting For Doom with Mike, Paul and… me

It’s 1940 and Kara and Kortni are the newest Night Witches, members of Russia’s air division, training to take on the forces of Hitler. They’ve come to Moscow from the country home where Mother told them about witches and the dangers of the forest, and Father spoke of physics and the wonders of space. Kortni […]

Read More DC Comics Bombshells #3 review

Fellow comic blogger Tom Badguy asked me to post this, so here goes! The Mental Cast is having a fundraiser for the Staten Island Academy of Performing Arts.Please tune into The Mental Cast at mentalcast.tk on May 22nd, 2012, from 6pm – Midnight EST

Read More Bloggers United for young performers

Last issue was the set-up: Cyclops wants the Phoenix Force to possess Hope Summers, Captain America fears that would bring about the end of the world. The chapter closed with X-Men and Avengers leaders at odds, their team-mates watching from the sidelines. Well, almost no one’s on the sidelines this issue, as dozens of heroes […]

Read More Avengers Vs X-Men #2 review

It’s the last-ever issue of Uncanny X-Men. Until next month’s Uncanny X-Men #1, that is. Still, let’s pretend it’s the end, it’s the least writer Kieron Gillen deserves for the effort he’s putting in here. The book opens with a version of the first-ever page featuring the X-Men, and it’s sheer delight (click on image to […]

Read More Uncanny X-Men #544 review

Superman is called away from an event in Utah, at which he’s been given the key to the city, by the familiar zee-zee-zee of Jimmy Olsen’s signal watch. The Daily Planet’s Mr Action has happened upon a mass kidnapping in Las Vegas by the electrically powered Livewire. Superman is disappointed because last time they met, […]

Read More Superman #711 review

Courtesy of those nice folk at Blogger, you can now read Too Dangerous For a Girl in a lovely mobile phone-friendly format. The home screen offers snippets, leading to the full blether. It seems easier to comment than previously, too. And it’s in a rather neat red & white colour scheme which I may just […]

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