Tag Archives: marvel

Top 5 on The Strip: Comic book roles with multiple actors

1. Batman The Dark Knight has long been a friend of the big and small screen. Five actors have stepped into the dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman: Adam West in the 1966 television show, Michael Keaton in 1989’s … Continue reading

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Property review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Marvel Studios, 2014   Winter Soldier strikes cool balance There is no such thing as not believing in the magic of superhero films. Marvel has proven that a ridiculous number of times over by this … Continue reading

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Marvel character highlight #19: Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Name: Steve Rogers Affiliation: Formerly the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers Unity Division, Illuminati, Invaders, U.S. Army, Secret Avengers, Captain America Corps, Secret Avengers, New Avengers Special abilities: Enhanced speed, agility, reflexes, healing and stamina comparable to a man at the apex … Continue reading

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Top 5 on The Strip: Villainesses

1. Selene (Black Queen – Hellfire Club) – Marvel Selene – better known as the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club – is at least 17,000 years old and continuously wreaks havoc on the Marvel Universe, mostly by terrorizing the … Continue reading

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Marvel character highlight #18: Jean Grey/Phoenix

Name: Jean Grey-Summers Affiliation: X-Men, X-Factor, The Twelve, X-Terminators, Phoenix Corps Special abilities: Omega-level telepathy; telekinesis; Phoenix Force, which grants the ability to travel unaided through space; psionically manipulate matter and any form of energy; create powerful “cosmic” fire; resurrect … Continue reading

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Property review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

 X-Men: Days of Future Past 20th Century Fox, 2014    X-cellent return to form Set aside any preconceived notions you may have had at the announcement of a new X-Men film. We’ll wait because we know just how hard that … Continue reading

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Strip Talk #18: Days of Future Past isn’t a reality fast enough

  It’s no secret that I favor Marvel over DC in the grand scheme of comic book things. I always have: I began watching X-Men: The Animated Series almost as soon as the show began airing, and I’m far more … Continue reading

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Marvel character highlight #17: Rogue

Name: Anna Marie Affiliation: X-Men, Avengers Unity Division, Salvagers, Lights, Advocates Squad, X-Treme X-Men, X.S.E., Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Special abilities: Rogue has the ability to absorb the talents, knowledge, memories, personality and abilities of a person that she comes … Continue reading

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Property review: X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox/Marvel Entertainment, 2006   X-cruciatingly bad x-ecution   We get that the X-Men film properties reside in a different universe than the comic book version. And we have no problems suspending disbelief when asked. … Continue reading

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Property review: Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3 Columbia Pictures, 2007 Webcrawler stumbles a third time Let’s get something straight from the beginning: Tobey Maguire, in no way, failed the Spider-Man franchise. There’s plenty of blame to go around outside of the cast of the once-juggernaut … Continue reading

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