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Otaku #03: Death Note Vol. 2
Death Note Volume 2 fills out its pages with interesting twists Previously in Otaku, I reviewed the manga Death Note, which tells the story of high school ace Light Yagami who finds a death note, a notebook with the power … Continue reading
Strip Talk #04: ’80s and ’90s themes are the soundtrack of my life
I don’t throw the title “child of the ’80s” around often. The definition is someone, like myself, that was born between the years 1975 to 1986 that remembers the pop culture of the era because they lived through it. Myself? … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 1990s, animated, Comic, Ducktales, soundtrack, Strip Talk, television, themes
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Marvel character highlight #04: Juggernaut
NAME: Cain Marko AFFILIATION: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, X-Men SPECIAL ABILITIES: Unstoppable force once moving, superhuman strength, endurance and immortality through the gem of Cyttorak. BACKGROUND: Cain Marko became part of Charles Xavier’s family through the marriage of his father … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, Juggernaut, marvel, property, true believer, villains, X-Men
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Top 5 list: Best mutant powers edition
Superman Invisible force field aura As the Man of Steel can attest, his force field is just that: a coating of steel. It takes a lot to harm the blue-and-red savior of Metropolis and mostly what can hurt him is … Continue reading
Marvel character highlight #03: Sentinel
NAME: Sentinel AFFILIATION: Sentinel program SPECIAL ABILITIES: Mutant tracking BACKGROUND: Scientist Boliviar Trask, as a way to stop the perceived mutant threat to humanity, created the original Sentinels. Trask received government-funds to research his work into eliminating mutants and this … Continue reading
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Top 5 List: Most useless villains edition
Every villain has a uselessness level. On a scale of 1 to 10, if you make good on your master’s plans and actually accomplish the death of a superhero, you’re closer to 1. If you can’t get the job done, … Continue reading
Comic property review: ‘300’
Hot, sweaty, loud: ‘300’ gets it right ‘300’ Warner Bros., 2007 You don’t have to know much about the ancient Greek Battle of Thermopylae to enjoy what Frank Miller’s 300 has to offer. You also don’t have to have a … Continue reading
Strip Talk #03: ‘Stupid smart’ villains livened up ’80s and ’90s
“Sayonara, shell-backed simpletons.” With that one sentence from season three of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 animated series, I was hooked on the legendary Oroku Saki. Everyone who was anyone in the late ’80s and early ’90s knows him … Continue reading
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Otaku #02: Eagle
‘Eagle’ takes prophetic look at United States political process Eagle is a series with clairvoyance. No one could have known that it would predict President Barack Obama’s election eight years after it was published. In 2000, author Keji Kawaguchi, best … Continue reading
Top 5 list: Favorite villains edition
Magneto – Erik Lensherr doesn’t dwell on his past as a Holocaust victim or the fact that his entire family has been wiped out numerous times. While anyone else would live a hard life because of the repeated loss and … Continue reading
