More toys are being released and Sony still hasn’t released an official image of the Lizard in the new Spider-Man movie. What do you think of the design? 

Déjà vu all over again.  Well, this situation sure feels familiar.  Much like Brian Bradley and butters, I too began my comic book reviewing career a year ago this month.  However, in the course of that year, my book got canceled (to the cheer of many) so I took over someone else’s book.  Now my tenure on the latter book is coming to an end as well (on account of no Spidey), so I’ve taken over the Avenging Spider-Man reviews until that gets canceled as well (at which point I’ll just have to steal another book).

But you’re not here to read about me.  You’re hear to read about Spidey.

Avenging Spider-Man #3

Writer:  Zeb Wells
Artist:  Joe “Joe Mad” Madureira
Color Art:  Ferran Daniel
Letterer:  VC’s Joe Caramagna
Cover Art: Joe “Joe Mad”Madureira
Variant Cover Art:  Humberto Ramos

Spidey Team-Up:  Red Hulk (General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross)

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Celebrating ladies who love Spidey.

I’ve been hired by Mail Order Comics to maintain their Facebook page. I’ll be posting deals for 75% off specials, book suggestions, reminders to get your orders in on time etc. I’ve been a customer with MOC since 2005 and have always been satisfied with its service. MOC is a sponsor of our podcast and website and we’ve had a great team-up for years. So lets spread the news of the MOC Facebook page. Because I know there are more than 20 folks who dig the service.

It’s finally happened. Remember way back when, in the month of July in the year 2011 – I expressed my personal fear of being considered a fraud. Then I followed it up by  denouncing Twitter to Aaron Romero, Jr. and declaring it the spark that will ignite the end of our civilization. Well, you can call me a phoney now because I finally established residence in the Twitter-verse. But I swear I only did it just to get the rights to my gamertag. Anyway, sorry for the lateness of the review, but I’ve been toying with some more things in WordPress’ formatting capabilities… so let me know your thoughts on the new layout.   Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #6 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Chris Samnee Colors: Justin Ponsor Lettering: VC’s Cory Petit Cover: Kaare Andrews Variant Cover: Mark Bagley Plot: Since his departure from New York, Uncle Aaron has been traveling through Mexico City. He enters the back room of a tavern where he is greeted by a group of armed gangsters. Scorpion, the head of the gang, calls his men off the notorious thief known as the Prowler. Aaron unleashes an electric shock, knocking out all men except Scorpion. The two  men argue over a business transaction before Aaron unsuccessfully attacks Scorpion. Outmatched, the Prowler resorts to fighting dirty before fleeing the bar, only to be greeted and arrested by the local authorities.

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 History Note: Hickman’s run can get confusing at times, so I’m going to do a little bit note on a character each issue. This one is on The Celestials.

Powers: Considered the Gods of Space, they draw their powers from the Hyperspace, a source the powers all of the Marvel Universe. Like Franklin Richards, they can manipulate reality, but to a much larger extent, able to seal and destroy universes as they please. The only known entity that can kill a Celestial is the Phoenix Force, but Sue Richards has harmed one in the past.

Importance to FF: The Celestials seen in the FF comic are actually alternate version of the 616 Celestials, driven mad by their own power and believe themselves to be the masters of everything. They began to hunt down the Reed Richards of the universes after 616 Reed gave them firepower to fight back against the Celestials. Now only two remain and the Celestials plan to destroy Earth 616 to achieve their goal of killing all Reeds.

27 Minutes:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Juan Bobilo

Inks: Marcelo Sosa

Cover: Mike Choi

Colors: Chris Sotomayor

Letters: Clayton Cowles

Editors: Lauren Sankovitch, John Dennings, and Tom Breevort

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History Note: Hickman’s run can get really confusing at times, so I’m going to do a little bit note each issue about a character. Today’s is on Maximus the Mad. (He looks like a space version of Luke Cage to me in this issue, also starting to run out of people for this)

Powers:He has a superior intellect over most of his Inhuman brethren, as well as telepathic powers gifted to him by the Terrigan Mists. He can create short term amnesia and numb the effects of pain in the mind, but due to mental instability, his powers are very limited.

Fantastic Fact: He was voiced by Mark Hamil in the 1994 Fantastic Four cartoon.

Importance to Fantastic Four: Once a villain against both the Fantastic Four and his brother Black Bolt, since Black Bolt’s return, Maximus has returned to join Black Bolt’s council as his Science adviser and helped design Attilian’s war machines.

The Accused:

Writer: Johnathan Hickman

Artist: Barry Kitson

Inks: Barry Kitson

Colors: Paul Mounts

Letters: VC’s Clayton Cowles

Cover: Mark Choi & Morry Hollowell

Editor: Tom Breevort, Lauren Sankovitch, John Denning

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Stan Lee will have a cameo in the new ride and it will be 3D. Here’s the teaser video. Also here’s some pics of what the villains will look like. Here’s a cut and paste from this link.

Universal Orlando is transforming what is already one of the most amazing attraction experiences ever created into what will feel like an all-new adventure. The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man will soon feature all-new, 4K digital high-definition animation, new high tech 3-D glasses and upgrades to the set, audio and lighting systems. The re-animation of the ride film will include an entirely new level of detail for guests to discover, including a cameo by legendary comic book icon and Spider-Man co-creator, Stan Lee.

 

Gotta love body paint. With Spider-Girls we celebrate ladies who love the web-head. 

Today I am offering an extra-special double helping of Venom reviews to make up for lost time! So make sure you also check out my review for issue #11, below. Please, please, please leave a comment on both reviews. Anyhoo, let’s dive into the latest installment!

VENOM #12
“Road Trip” Part 3
WRITER: Rick Remender
PENCILS: Lan Medina
INKS: Nelson Decastro
COLORS: Marte Gracia w/ John Rauch
LETTERS: VC’s Joe Caramagna
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I know, I know, this review for December’s second Venom issue arrived late. I apologize, but it has been a rough few weeks, personally speaking. And what business does Marvel have releasing two issues of a spin-off title, anyway? Oh well, at least it wasn’t something really crazy like five issues in one month. That’ll be the day!

Luckily, this was a uniquely quirky issue so you won’t want to miss our review! Buckle-up, Crawler-Spacer’s, here comes-

VENOM #11
“Road Trip” Part 2
WRITER: Rick Remender
PENCILS: Lan Medina
INKS: Nelson Decastro
COLORS: Marte Gracia
LETTERS: VC’s Joe Caramagna
COVER: Tony Moore & Morry Hollowell
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Highlights of this episode include:
*Review of Amazing Spider-Man 676
* Recommendations
*Who should replace Slott on Amazing
*Should Spider-Man create a team? If so who’s on it?

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The Amazing Spider-Man #678: I Killed Tomorrow Part 1 of 2 – Schrodinger’s Catastrophe

Words by Dan Slott

Art by Humberto Ramos

Inks by Victor Olazaba

Colors by Edgar Delgado

Letters by Joe Caramgna

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 A world without Spider-Man is no world at all! Spidey has scant hours to figure out what causes the future destruction of the city, and what role he plays in it!

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 Does this issue contain the same irritants in Spidey’s characterization as last issue, or does the difference in titles provide a difference in portrayals?

“The Devil and the Details part 2″

Written by Mark Waid

Illustrated by Kano

Colored by Javier Rodriguez

Lettered by VC’s Joe Caramagna

Covers by Javier Pulido and Lee Bermejo

Daredevil created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett

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The Washington DC affiliate WTTG released a report that took a look at the new DC 52 re-launch. The report cites that teen comic books have sex and violence in it. Is that shocking? The movie Twilight is aimed at the PG13 market and it has both.
The reporter then showed the teen books to kids under 13 to add shock value to the report.
This reporter definitely had an agenda to shock, because her main point of doing the story was an old one. Parents should parent and watch what their kids read and then make the call.
I wonder if some people who watch the report want the government to regulate these books or close a comic store for selling these books. I ranted a bit, but lets open this up to debate in the comment section.  

First Dumbledore, now this!

An exchange of dialogue in “Amazing Spider-Man” issue 678 led some fans to speculate on the sexuality of a certain Spider-Man supporting cast member. When asked about it online, Slott confirmed that yes, the character is indeed gay.

Who is the alternative lifestyle supporting cast member?

Norah Winters?
Felicia Hardy?

Vin Gonzales?

Anna Watson?

Mr. Negative?

Sha Shan?

To pull this mysterious person out of the closet, click on the “continue reading” link below..

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Last week’s ASM story wraps up in this fast-paced DD issue. All the flaws of ASM 677 are present and accounted for; I’m a little inclined to excuse them more since this is actually Daredevil’s book, but it doesn’t make Waid’s writing any less insulting to my favorite character. Unfortunately most of the things I liked about part 1 are diminished, leaving me disappointed and slightly annoyed that I was roped into buying an issue I otherwise wouldn’t have.

Daredevil #8: The Devil and the Details Part 2

Words by Mark Waid

Pencils by Kano

Colors by Javier Rodriguez

Letters by Joe Caramagna

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