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Super Movies – The Incredible Hulk, Part 1
Please excuse the screencaps in this one. I only have the fullscreen version of this one, so no widescreen goodness for you. Last week, we concluded our recap of Ang Lee’s Hulk. And though the critical reception was pretty lukewarm, … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Legion of Super Heroes
Many kids of my generation tended to choose one comics company over another. Most of my friends who read comics as kids were Marvel fans, for instance, while I avoided Marvel after my early experiences with it, until I was … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Superman #308
Two weeks ago, we discussed a Superman storyline from 1971 which supposedly ended in a permanent change to the character. Then last week, we saw the issue immediately following the end of that storyline, which seemed to have returned to … Continue reading
Super Movies – Hulk, Part 2
Continuing a three-part look at Ang Lee’s Hulk from 2003. Before we get back to the movie, a few observations about what’s happened so far. At this point in the picture, I’m sort of on the fence about it. On … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Superman #243
So last week, we discussed the Sand Superman, an alien entity that came to Earth and stole much of Superman’s power in 1970, leaving him weakened. The storyline ran for eight issues (interrupted by a couple of reprint Giants), and … Continue reading
Super Movies – Hulk
So although Out of the Vault is not green this month, Super Movies certainly will be, with a 6 week look back at the two feature films featuring Ol’ Jade Jaws. The funny thing is, if you had asked my … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Superman #238
I had come up with a plan to turn March into a green month for St. Patrick’s Day by covering green heroes like Green Lantern, Green Arrow and the Hulk, but the G-H box is apparently still in the Vault, … Continue reading
Super Movies – Adventures of Captain Marvel, Chapters 9-12
Here it is: the conclusion of our four-week recap of Republic’sĂ‚Â Adventures of Captain Marvel serial from 1941. Once again, this will be pretty long because I’m trying to finish it in four weeks. In the last chapter, Republic upended the … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Lords of the Ultra-Realm
1986 was DC’s year, the year of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s Watchmen, as well as the final issues of Crisis on Infinite Earths and John Byrne’s reboot of Superman. But DC … Continue reading
Super Movies – Adventures of Captain Marvel, Chapters 5-8
Continuing our recap of the very first screen appearance of a comic book superhero, the Republic serial Adventures of Captain Marvel from 1941. I apologize for the length, but I’m trying to only spend four weeks on this. As Chapter … Continue reading
