The Totally Awesome Hulk #1

The Totally Awesome Hulk runs with the notion of a testosterone addled Hulk, divorcing it from the associations with ‘roid rage and re-contextualizing it in the whole emotional maelstrom which is pubescence.

Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1

There is an important distinction between impactful and improvement that often gets blurred with regards to Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, to which this first issue of Dark Knight III: The Master Race serves as a sequel, building on three decades of nostalgia for the original. The Dark Knight Returns’ impact is a matter…

Master of None

Famously pitched as “a show about nothing,” Seinfeld achieved unprecedented and unsurpassed cultural permeation by being a show very much about something: the shared experience, down to the minute and mundane, of life in the ‘90s.  It was born out of Seinfeld’s stand-up, his signature phrase in which being “What’s the deal with…?” Each episode…

Jacked #1

I can think of few things to be more thankful for than the overflowing cornucopia of consummate creator-owned comics we’ve been bountifully blessed with this year, of which Jacked already stands among the best.

Justice League of America #5

The blame falls mostly on myself. I’ve made impulsive purchases before, and ought to have learned my lesson by now. Not only so, but all the resources to inform me of my impending purchase were a single click away. But, instead of taking the time to confirm the name of the issue’s writer and artist,…

Star Wars #12

  According to Zeno’s Dichotomy Paradox, in a footrace between the much quicker Achilles and a much slower tortoise, wherein the later starts with a lead, Achilles could never hope to catch the tortoise.  Indeed, no matter how long he runs, he could never even reach the starting point from which the tortoise began the…

Vader Down #1

Yoda lied.  In the murky swamps of Dagobah, Luke inquired of the wizened Jedi, “Is the Dark Side stronger?”  Yoda assured the fledgling knight that it was easier, more seductive, but not stronger. Yoda and his former student Obi-Wan have been known to tell the truth “from a certain point of view.”  But for viewers…

Huck #1

Mark Millar is the master of reinvention. After reinventing Earth mightiest heroes The Avengers into America’s mightiest military branch in The Ultimates, he went on to give the world his own version of the Justice League (Jupiter’s Legacy), James Bond (The Secret Service), Flash Gordon (Starlight), Doc Brown and Marty (Chrononauts), and too many other…