Josh Looks Back at John Byrne’s Great (Unfinished) West Coast Avengers Epic!
After reading for the first time the first few years’ worth of stories from the old West Coast Avengers comics (in the handsome new collected editions that Marvel has been publishing for the past few years — click here, here, here and here for my reviews), I decided to com
From the Mighty Marvel Archives: The West Coast Avengers!
Surprising myself most of all, I’ve been really enjoying Marvel’s recently-published hardcovers collecting the early issues of their Avengers spin-off, The West Cost Avengers. (I wrote about my thoughts on the collection of the original West Coast Avengers mini-series here
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In response to this summer’s lousy Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man (click here for my review), comes this great article on 10 Remakes that Got it Right. There are some really intriguing films on this list that I have never seen, but have been immediately placed on my
Josh Reviews The Amazing Spider-Man
I went into the theatre very dubious about the prospects for The Amazing Spider-Man being any good. I adored Sam Raimi’s first two Spider-Man movies. I felt they captured the character of Spider-Man absolutely perfectly, and they were a heck of a lot of fun. Spider-Man 3 w
From the Mighty Marvel Archives: Avengers Assemble!
I’ve really been enjoying, over the past few months, dipping back into the archives of Mighty Marvel Comics to read some classic stories I’d never read before. As my anticipation for the Avengers theatrical film grew, I found myself drawn to a variety of stories from Ave
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Yes, this really is an enormous oil painting depicting The Death of Jennifer Sisko at Wolf 359. Love it. I’ve really been loving the first season of Lena Dunham’s HBO show Girls. For anyone out there who is similarly digging this weird, funny show, allow me to direct you
More fun from the Mighty Marvel Archives!
A few weeks ago I wrote about the collected editions I’d ben reading of old, classic Marvel Comics story-lines. Here are some more of the Mighty Marvel collections I’ve been reading lately! West Coast Avengers: Sins of the Past — Picking up right where the previous
“Hulk: Smash!” Josh Reviews The Avengers!
Well, here we are at last. The brilliant post-credits scene of 2008’s Iron Man (click here for my original review) promised the beginning of a bold experiment by the fledgeling Marvel Studios — launching stand-alone films starring several of their major characters (Iron
From the Mighty Marvel Archives!
I’ve written before about what a sucker I am for the gorgeous Premiere Hardcovers that Marvel Comics has been issuing for the past number of years, collecting seminal story-lines from their long history. I grew up a HUGE fan of Marvel Comics (I have always been more attached t
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If you’ve ever watched an enjoyed Star Trek: The Next Generation, then you must read this short blog post by Wil Wheaton about his e-mail exchange with a former Next Gen castmate. So funny!! Speaking of Wil Wheaton, this behind-the-scenes pic from Stand By Me is wonderful. M