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Marvel character highlight #24: Iron Man

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Administrator

Name: Anthony Edward “Tony” Stark Alias: Iron Man, Golden Glad­i­a­tor, Bullet-Head, Golden Avenger, Armored Avenger, Spare Parts Man, Crim­son Dynamo, Tet­su­jin, Hogan Potts, Anthony of York, Ran­dall Pierce, Cobalt Man, Man of Iron, Tin Man, “Irene,” Elec­tro, T, Mas­ter of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Property review: Black Panther

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Administrator

Black, powerful,beautiful See­ing your peo­ple rep­re­sented on the sil­ver screen when you are a per­son of color means quite a bit. See­ing them do impor­tant things and be decent human beings means quite a bit more. See­ing them as roy­alty … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Strip Talk #26: The DC universe could learn some lessons from Marvel

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Administrator

The DC Uni­verse is at a cross­roads I guess you could say. While the Mar­vel Cin­e­matic Uni­verse has enjoyed unpar­al­leled suc­cess, the DCU has all but died an igno­min­ious death. Sui­cide Squad: flop. Bat­man vs. Super­man: flop. Super­man: flop. Jus­tice … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Strip Talk #25: Black Panther film is needed, necessary now

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Administrator

Needed. Nec­es­sary. Now. Black Panther’s release was all of this and more in a time when melanated super heroes on the big screen are far and few in between. Why was the ensem­ble tale so nec­es­sary? While lit­tle chil­dren can … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Marvel character highlight #23: Pyslocke

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Administrator

Name: Eliz­a­beth Brad­dock Alias: Betsy, Betts, Kwan­non, Lady Man­darin, Cap­tain Britain, Lady Briton, Death Affil­i­a­tion: X-Men, Cap­tain Britain Corps, X-Force, S.T.R.I.K.E., Extinc­tion Team, the Man­darin, Sis­ter­hood of Mutants, Exiles, Hand, Hell­fire Club, Horse­men of the Apoc­a­lypse, X.S.E. Spe­cial abil­i­ties: Psy­locke … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Top 5 on The Strip: Animated superhero cartoons

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Administrator

1. Bat­man: The Ani­mated Series The stan­dard bearer for mod­ern super­hero car­toons, Bat­man: The Ani­mated Series was gritty, dark and fresh off the suc­cess of Bat­man Returns. It’s well-drawn with a neat art deco style and the voice act­ing set … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Marvel character highlight #22: Iceman

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Administrator

Name: Robert Louis Drake Alias: Ice­man, Bobby Drake, Frozen One, Frosty, Drake Roberts, Ice­face, Ice­heart Affil­i­a­tion: X-Men, X-Factor, Mur­der Cir­cus, Excel­siors, The Twelve, Cho­sen, Defend­ers, Secret Defend­ers, Cham­pi­ons Spe­cial abil­i­ties: Ice­man is clas­si­fied as an “omega-level mutant.” Ice­man can lower his … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Strip Talk #24: Get ready for the deluge of comic book movies

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Administrator

The del­uge of comic book movies these days is like heaven-sent mana for a geek like myself. The sheer vol­ume alone is over­whelm­ing, and the major­ity of them hap­pen to be good. I will prop­erly con­fess that I wasn’t antic­i­pat­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Top 5 on The Strip: Best X-Men arcs

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Administrator

1. God Loves, Man Kills The mutant strug­gle against one of the X-Men’s most human pro­tag­o­nists is a tragic tale of self hate and big­otry. It’s eas­ily one of the most sor­row­ful tales of the lengths homosapi­ens will go to in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Marvel character highlight #21: Venom

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Administrator

Name: Edward Charles Allan Brock Aliases: Toxin, Venom, Lethal Pro­tec­tor, 998th, Anti-Venom, White Venom Affil­i­a­tion: Agent Venom, Sav­age Six, Sin­is­ter Six, The Revengers, for­mer part­ner of Vengeance, Spider-Man, Scar­let Spi­der, F.E.A.S.T. Spe­cial abil­i­ties: Because of the bond­ing of an alien sym­biote (that … Con­tinue read­ing →

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