Reviews as of 8/1/11

Thor: The Mighty Avenger (Vol. 2) TPB

Daytripper

Hellboy: Masks & Monsters

X-Men: Messiah Complex

Bad Girls

Comic Books: Trade Paperback & Graphic Novel Reviews as of 5/10/11

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne

Batman: The Widening Gyre

Fables: Witches

D.C.'s Blackest Night

The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects
Thor: The Mighty Avenger

Comic Books: Trade Paperback & Graphic Novel Reviews as of 4/2/11

Batman & Robin: Batman vs. Robin

Fables: Vol. 12, 13, 14

Captain America:  Road to Reborn
Captain America:  The Two Americas

Superman/Batman: Night & Day

The Dark Tower: Battle of Jericho Hill

Halo: Helljumper

Invincible: Ultimate Collection Vol. 3, 4

Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes

Comic Books: Trade Paperback & Graphic Novel Reviews as of 12/16/10

• Captain America: The Red Menace

Comic Books: Trade Paperback & Graphic Novel Reviews as of 11/27/10

• Captain America: The man with no face
• Thor and the Avengers
• World War Hulk

Comic Books: Trade Paperback & Graphic Novel Reviews

Books of Doom
Captain America: Red Menace
Captain America: The man with no face   
Justice League of America: Team History
Thor and the Avengers    
Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk
World War Hulk

Comic Books: Trade Paperback & Graphic Novel Reviews

Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn
The Flash: Rebirth
Tiny Titans: Welcome to the Treehouse
The Sandman presents. The furies     
Strange tales
The stuff of legend         
Arkham Asylum : madness
Greek Street: Blood Calls for Blood
The Stuff of Legend
Haunt
Arkham Asylum: madness
Strange Tales (Marvel)

Comic Books: Trade Paperback & Graphic Novel Reviews

Recently read TPBs:

Swamp Thing : love in vain

Swamp Thing : reunion

Swamp Thing : Earth to earth

Swamp Thing : a murder of crows

Swamp Thing : the curse

Saga of the Swamp Thing 

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen : black dossierLeague of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Century, 1910

Superman. Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow? 

DC universe : the stories of Alan Moore

Top 10 : the forty-niners

Tom Strong: Terra Obscura

Tom Strong's terrific tales

Supreme : the return

Supreme : the story of the year

Superman: Brainiac

Superman, New Krypton

Superman. The coming of Atlas

Superman : Kryptonite

Superman, Batman. Vengeance

Superman, Batman. Enemies among us

Superman, Batman. Absolute power

Superman, Batman. Supergirl

Superman, Sacrifice

All-star Superman

Superman : secret identity

Superman : the wrath of Gog

Superman for tomorrow

Batman. Battle for the cowl

Batman. Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader?

Batman R.I.P

All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder

Batman : lovers & madmen

Batman, detective

Batman. : Death and the city   

Batman and son

Batman : fear itself

Batman : hush returns  

Batman : under the hood. Vol. 1 & 2    

Batman. War drums
Batwoman: Elegy

Final crisis

Justice League of America

JLA : world without a Justice League

Infinite crisis

I can't believe it's not the justice league

Identity crisis

Green Lantern : rage of the Red Lanterns

Green Lantern. Secret origin

Green Lantern : the Sinestro Corps war. Volume one & two

Green Lantern. Revenge of the Green Lanterns

Green Lantern : rebirth  

Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn 

Secret invasion

Secret invasion : Runaways/Young Avengers

The mighty Avengers

The road to civil war

Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways

Avengers disassembled. Chaos 

Will post some min-reviews and rating when I get a chance.

Movie Review: Planet Hulk DVD (2010)

Comments: The Planet Hulk movie DVD is a screen adaption of the comic book saga of the same name. I’ve previously read the original Planet Hulk graphic novel so I do remember the elements of the series which could be described as Hulk meets the Gladiator-movie genre. So if armored monsters clashing in an arena is your thing, then this animated movie is for you.

There’s a brief bit in the beginning of the film that explains why the Hulk is being sent to another planet by the big-time heroes of Earth. If you do not know the storyline or keep up with what’s happened in the comic books, then you’ll probably not get why Hulk is skyrocketing out of earth and why he’s all of a sudden able to speak intelligently and not the behemoth of old.

There’s some changes in the storyline to accommodate the running time and character use. Planet Hulk covers roughly the beginning and middle of the Planet Hulk storyline with Hulk landing on an alien planet, fighting in the coliseum, and taking over the planet. The portion of the post-“King Hulk” storyline from the comic series isn’t covered and so if sales are good, there might be a sequel. There are some cameos from the comic series in the background and due to licensing issues probably, the Silver Surfer is replaced with Beta Ray Bill (aka Horse-Alien looking Thor).

The action is well-made and there’s a bit of drama going on. Pretty violent, so watch out for the kiddies. Animation style matches previous Marvel films like the recent Iron Man and Dr. Strange films.

Rating: 3 out of 5

Movie Review: Batman: Gotham Knight- 7/9/08

Review: I thought Gotham Knight was a nice looking movie, but very plain and down right boring in parts. "Work Through the Pain" was the best section for me since it opened up another training aspect of Bruce Wayne that shows how he can take all the hits and near-death events and continue to survive.

"Deadshot" was a good section as well, closest to a comic book type story. The rest of the episodes were more in the vein of Batman vs. mobsters and moved slowly for me, they probably kept it this way to tie into the more Dark Knight theme without the more outlandish themes with more comic-type villains.

Did enjoy seeing the original Tim Burton Batmobile though. The animation style is pure Japanese anime, with certain styles reminding me of the over-the-top Fist of the North Star series from the 80s. Still, though it looked nice it had no substance or "wow" moments for a comic book super hero.

Score: 2.75 out of 5

Comic Book Review: D.C. Comics Comic Book Collection Listing- 8/14/07

Always liked D.C. because of the Super Friends cartoon as a kid.

My favorite hero was Green Lantern for some reason, I guess because his ring let you create almost anything as long as the color didn’t bother you.

I wish though that I kept my run of the Death and Return of Superman from this list since I had the whole storyline.






D.C. Listing / Issues

Action Comics 687
Adventures of Superman 501
Artemis: Requiem 1-6
Azrael Annual 1
Batgirl: Special 1
Batman 436-442, 457, 492, 497, 500
Batman: Arkham Asylum TPB
Batman: Haunted Knight TPB
Batman: In Darkest Knight TPB
Batman: Legend of the Dark Knight 16-20
Batman: Mad Love TPB
Batman: Sword of Azrael 1
Batman: Sword of Azrael TPB
Batman: The complete Frank Miller TPB
Batman: The Killing Joke TPB
Black Hawk 2, Missing: 1
Black Lightning 1
Black Orchid TPB
Cosmic Odyssey 1, Missing: 2, 3, 4
Crisis on Infinite Earths 1-12
D.C. Giant Four Star Spectacular 1
Darkstars 1, 2
Day of Judgement 2, 3, 5, Missing: 1, 4
Death: The high cost of living 1-3
Detective Comics 608
Dr. Fate 1987 mini-series 1, 3, 4
Dr. Fate 1989 Annual 1
The Helmet of Fate: Det. Chimp, Zauriel, Ibis, Sargon, Missing: 2
Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing 12
Final Night 4
Final Night: Parallax 1
Firestorm: 1,3,4,5,18,20,24,25,26,27
Green Arrow (Vol. 2) 0, one million
Green Arrow 1995 Annual 7
Green Arrow: The longbow hunters 1-3
Green Lantern & Green Arrow (Reprints) 1-4, 6, Missing: 5
Green Lantern (Vol. 1) 90, 196
Green Lantern (Vol. 2) 1
Green Lantern (Vol. 3) 0, 46-56, 63, 64, 76, 81, 105, 106, 119, 200
Green Lantern and Silver Surfer TPB
Green Lantern: Dragon Lord 1-3
Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn 1-6
Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II 1-6
Green Lantern: Silver Age 1
Green Lantern: Special 2
Green Latern: Mosaic 1
Guy Gardner: Reborn 1-3
Guy Gardner: Warrior 18-21
Hawkman (Vol. 1) 13
Hawkman Special 1986 1
Hawkworld Mini Series 1-3
History of the D.C. Universe 1-2
Justice League America 0, 92
Justice League America 1996 Annual 10
Justice League of America (Vol. 1) 61
Justice League: The Nail 1-3
Kingdom Come 1-4
Legends of the D.C. Universe 1, 38
Man of Steel 22
New Teen Titans 60-61
New Teen Titans 1982 Annual 1
Omega Men 3
Resurrection Man 1
Return of Dr. Fate 1
Richard Dragon: Kung-Fu Fighter 1
Robin (Vol. 1) 1
Secret Files & Origins: Day of Judgement 1
Secret Origins 7, 24, 32, 38
Sergio Argones Destroys the D.C. Universe 1
Shade the Changing Man (Vol. 1) 1
Shazam: A new beginning 1-4
Starman (Vol. 2) 1
Superman 78
Superman: Distant Fires TPB
Superman: Man of Steel 1-4, 6, Missing: 5
Tales of the Green Lantern (Tangent) 1
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual 2
Tales of the New Teen Titans 1-4
The Books of Magic TPB
The Flash (Vol. 3) 0, 91-94, 114-116
The Flash 1992 Annual 5
The Flash: Terminal Velocity TPB
The Golden Age TPB
The Kingdom 1-2
The Kingdom: Kid Flash 1
The Kingdom: Nightstar 1
The Kingdom: Offspring 1
The Kingdom: Planet Krypton 1
The Kingdom: Son of the Bat 1
The Ray (Vol. 2) 0, 1
The Ray Annual 1
The Ray: In a blaze of power 1-5, Missing: 6
The Spectre (Vol. 2) 0, 1-5, 8, 9, 13, 18, 19, 24, 25-28, 30-32, 35, 38, 39, 44-46, 48-52, 54, 56, 57, 62; Missing: 6, 7, 10-12, 14-17, 20-23, 29, 33, 34, 36, 37, 40-43, 47, 53, 55, 58-61
The Spectre 1995 Annual 1
Underworld Unleashed 1-2
Underworld Unleashed: Abyss- Hell's Sentinel 1
Untold Legend of The Batman TPB
Valor 17
Vigilante: 2, Missing 1, 3-6
Wonder Woman 1995 Annual 4
Wonder Woman: Callenge of Artemis TPB
Wonder Woman: The Contest TPB
World's Finest 1-2
Wrath of the Spectre 2
Zero Hour 0-4

Comic Book Review: Marvel Comics Comic Book Collection Listing- 8/14/07

I used to have a pretty good-sized Marvel collection, liked Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, and all the usual heroes. Apart from the X-Men though there was never really any storylines that I wanted to go back to so I sold the majority of them.

The only main titles I kept were the Todd McFarlane Spider-Man books since I just really liked his artwork on the series. The majority left of my Marvel collection is mostly trade paperbacks and reprints of Frank Miller’s Elektra series.

I used to have a pretty good-sized Marvel collection, liked Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, and all the usual heroes. Apart from the X-Men though there was never really any storylines that I wanted to go back to so I sold the majority of them.

The only main titles I kept were the Todd McFarlane Spider-Man books since I just really liked his artwork on the series. The majority left of my Marvel collection is mostly trade paperbacks and reprints of Frank Miller’s Elektra series.

Marvel Comics Listing	Issues
Dark Hawk	1
Devil Dinosaur	1
Elektra (Vol. 1)	1
Elektra Saga (Reprint)	1-4
Elektra: Assassin	1-5
Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown	1-4
Infinity Gauntlet	1
Man-Thing (Vol. 1)	1
Marvel Illustrated	Magazine
Marvels	1-4
Moon Knight (Vol. 2)	60
Morbius	1
Ruins	2
Spider-Man	1-8, 10-14
Spider-Man vs. Venom	TPB
Spider-Man vs. Wolverine	TPB
Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt	TPB
Squadron Supreme	1-12
The Amazing Spider-Man	180, 198, 252, 298, 312, 318-325, 328, 361-363
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual	18
The Defenders	1
The Incredible Hulk	372, 377, 393
The Last Avengers Story	TPB
The Savage She-Hulk	1
Transformers Universe (Who's Who)	1-4
Web of Spider-Man	1
What If: Elektra had lived (Vol. 1)	35
X-Factor	1
X-Men: Days of Future Past	TPB
X-Men: The Asgardian Wars	TPB

Comic Book Review: Independent Publisher Comic Book Collection Listings- 8/14/07

I've decided to do an inventory of the comic books I've managed to hold on to. I used to have boxes and boxes of comic book collection amassed from jr. high through college.

I sold about 90% of them for almost nothing just because I needed room and the place I was moving into just didn’t have storage space. So I kept only the must-have series that I would keep going back to.

I now wish I kept a few additional collections, but thankfully publishers are now reprinting trade paperbacks (TPB) since that is my preferable reading material of choice.

Here is my collection from non-Marvel or D.C. comics titles. I used to have tons of Image and Valiant books, but gave those up fast when the marker went down in the late 90’s.

The main titles I will try and get are the Transformers (Dreamwave) and Robotech comics since I enjoy the artwork or continued storylines.

Independent Publisher Listings	Issues
Bloodshot	1, 2
Eternal Warrior	1, 4, 5
G.I. Joe: Reborn	TPB
Harbinger	0, 7-15, 24-25
Harbinger: Children of the eigth day	TPB
Kabuki	1/2, 1-6
Kabuki: Circle of Blood	TPB
Kabuki: Fan Edition	1
Kabuki: Masks of the Noh	TPB
Macross II	1-10
Macross II: The Micron Conspiracy	3-5
Magnus Robot Fighter	5
Marshall Law: Kingdom of the Blind	TPB
Rai	0, #1 companion
Robotech (Wildstorm)	0-6
Robotech: Invasion	1, 2
Robotech: Love & War	1, 2
Robotech: Sourcebook (Wildstorm)	1
Rocketeer Adventure Magazine	1-2
Shi: Fan Edition	1
Solar - Man of the Atom: Alpha and Omega	TPB
Spawn	1
Star Wars: Dark Empire	1-6
Transformers (Vol. 2): War & Peace	1-6
Transformers (Vol. 3): More than meets the eye	1
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe (Devil's Due)	4
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe (Dreamwave)	1
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe (Image)	4
Transformers: The Age of Wrath	1-3
Transformers: The War Within	TPB
Transformers: The War Within- The Dark Ages	1
Unity	0-1
Voltron (Devil's Due)	1
Wanted	1-6, dossier
Warrior Nun Areala: Book 1	1
Watchmen	TPB
Wizard Magazine	11-16 & 100 most collec. comics