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  • 13 – Comic Book Ninja

    13 – Comic Book Ninja

    And the cast of characters in this epic webcomic continues to increase in number that will achieve greatness and become one of the best team books in the history of the universe!

    Seriously, I am very excited to see the return of Comic Book Ninja. And you must ask return? That is right because CBN and I are familiar with each other, and you will have to return next to week to get the full story. This is the beginning of a grand yarn that should entertain in the weeks to come and bring us right into spring!

    And to end, if you have not read the incredible Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis run on Justice League, which turned into Justice League International, which turned in Justice League America, do so. The issues are still very affordable in the back issue bin and DC Comics have also collected them in some nice Omnibus editions. Also, there is a wonderful podcast, called the BWAH-HA-HA podcast, that dives into all these issues and acts as a incredible companion piece.

    -Marvelous Marv

  • 12 – Marvel vs. DC

    12 – Marvel vs. DC

    Marvel and DC made quite the ripples a few weeks ago when they announced a new Marvel and DC crossover. This is not anything new of course, these two companies have combined talents and characters to great effect in the past. I still remember those two wonderful Superman vs Spider-Man stories in those gorgeous oversized formats punching me in the face. Then of course we had the 90’s, when you could vote on which character would defeat which, to great fanfare.

    Some saw this coming because the two companies recently released some Omnibuses of the 90’s event, so some did sniff that something was indeed in the works. And the possibilities are indeed endless. I dare say that the Legion of Super-Heroes have been making a return, albeit in an agonizingly slow way. Will we actually see some of that Jonathan Hickman take/pitch that almost came to be?

    But if you like one company more than the other on some days, and then the other one the next, perhaps this is enough to make your head explode. The news did break Curt because he just did not know what to do. Some believe him to be a robot and that this revelation simply did not gel well with his programming and for that he self-destructed. I do not believe he self-destructed because he will be back tomorrow as he always is. But I also cannot rule out him being a robot.

    -Marv