We try and make it right but it’s nowhere in sight It’s somewhere in the brain and you know who’s to blame You know he keeps smashin’, still we keep on playin’ Head games! At the risk of seeming like an old fogey who isn’t up with the times, I’ve seen many Marvel titles over the last several years re-launch themselves and start over with issue #1. It’s very rare nowadays for a comic book to reach into the triple digits.
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HIT ‘EM WHERE IT HERTZ! (or… Amped-Up Battery Above the Loop) Dear reader, I could converse about The Incredible Hulk all day and night long. This is not exaggeration in the slightest, for my love of the green goliath has spanned 30 years and spurred a silly audio podcast production about the Hulk which earned me the nickname “Smash”. But even before I began reading the adventures of ol’ mean and green, he was stomping across the Marvel Universe, putting fear in the hearts of citizens and evil-doers alike. For 25¢ in January 1975, you could join Bruce Banner and his alter-ego for another monthly adventure courtesy of Len Wein, Herb Trimpe and Marvel Comics Group. Grab your favorite hot beverage mug and join me for “Fury at 50,000 Volts!”. As with most Marvel titles during the Bronze Age of Comic Books, the characters of note are presented in quick, detailed clarity. The Hulk appears on the very first page and within a few frames, his completely avoidable confrontation with a passenger train ends badly … for the train. In one page, however, we see not only the simple-minded Hulk threaten the safety of a train full of passengers, but […]
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July is the most intense month for any comic fan.That’s mainly because of San Diego Comic Con. This makes it double busy for us as we try to run a website, edit videos and do interviews. So for this Did You Catch All That we decided to give you our very best interviews from San Diego this year. So sit back and get ready for an action packed, interview filled episode of Did You Catch All That? Join us as Simon talks to Erik Larsen about the future of Savage Dragon,Sheldon talks to DC collectibles and he finds out how tall Darkseid really is.Sheldon also talks to Scott Snyder about the future storylines in both Batman and Swamp Thing, Simon talk to Amanda Connor and Len Wein about Before Watchmen and we ask Len Wein what it is like coming back to Watchmen after so many years. Sheldon talks to Nicola Scott about the redesign of some of your favorite characters in the DC Universe in Earth 2. Simon talks to JOCK about Dreed 3D. We find out more about where Ultimate Spiderman’s going along with Steve Rogers coming back to the Ultimate Universe……
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The event of the year is here or maybe the century! Before Watchmen from DC Comics.When we went down to San Diego Comic Con we were lucky enough to talk to three amazing creators behind this project. First we get to talk to Darwyn Cooke who’s currently writing the Minuteman and co-writing Silk Spectre with Amanda Conner. Darwyn tells us what we can expect from the Minutemen and he tells us how lucky he is that he’s working with Amanda Connor. Pus when we got done with Darwyn we got to talk with Amanda Conner and Len Wein. Fun fact did you know Len Wein who’s currently writing Ozymandias was the original editor of Watchmen! Len tell us what can we expect from Ozymandias and what it is like going back and writing another pirate story. We’re just getting started here at Comic Impact with coverage so stay tuned for a lot more amazing creators and a lot of great stuff coming out of San Diego Comic Con 2012!
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We never thought we would say this but yes a Watchmen comic has been granted the Pick of the Week. Which one he may ask yourself? Well, let me tell you, its Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1 of 6 by Len Wein and Jae Lee. Simon talks about the craziness that was G.I Joe: A Real American Hero #180. Sheldon is more than excited to talk about two book from one of his favorite people in comics Mr. James Robinson as he had both Earth 2 and He-Man come out last week.
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Welcome back for the second and final installment of my look at some of the best of last year’s releases. Let’s not mince words and get right to it, shall we?
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