April 2011
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Know Your History
Excellent piece by Gary Groth, refuting yet again false recollections by Jim Shooter regarding Jack Kirby’s ’80s fight to get Marvel to return his artwork.
—Christopher Allen
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Egg Story
By J. Marc Schmidt. SLG Publishing $3.95 USD
Maybe it’s unfair, but until Pixar decides to tell the animated story of a bunch of anthropomorphic egg siblings, I’m just not interested. Look, I just think if you have to give your little eggy characters stick figure limbs, and ninja outfits, then to me, you’ve somehow failed to work within the limits of your concept. It might as...
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Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali
Writers - Neal Adams and Dennis O’Neil
Artist - Neal Adams
DC Comics. $19.99 USD / $39.99 USD (Tabloid Facsimile)
One thing I like about Neal Adams is how much pride he takes in his work. And I don’t just mean that his hard work is evident, but that he publicly takes pride in it. The Introduction to this hardcover reprint makes that clear—he thinks this is a great book that...
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Recappin' America
It’s been a busy 70th anniversary for Steve Rogers, the once and future Captain America. Between his titular series, every Avengers book, and the new Fear Itself, there’s not a week that goes by where once doesn’t see the star-jumpsuited soldier judging, counseling or beating someone for the good of Earth or the U S of A.
Captain America: Allies and Enemies
Writers - Rob...
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The Bronx Kill
Writer - Peter Milligan
Artist - James Romberger
Publisher - Vertigo. $12.99 USD
Vertigo took some well-deserved flak last year for its Vertigo Crime imprint, a series of thin hardcover graphic novels that look similar in design to real novels and cost the same, but for much simpler stories and often mediocre art. Heck, I recall at least a couple weren’t even true crime novels but more...