When it comes to the average super-hero comic book there is not a lot of things that can be done much differently than what has come before. You can modernize and you […]
Otherworldly Vampires – Not of This Earth (1957)
The film opens and gets right into the action as a man attacks a girl and knocks her unconscious without even touching her. As she is on the ground, he drains some […]
Oh, To Feel Young Again – The Sorcerers (1967)
The first thought that comes to mind when watching The Sorcerers is that Boris Karloff has got to be at least 100 years old. Funny enough, it was not that far off […]
Strange Indeed – Strange Kiss and Stranger Kisses
William Gravel, simply put, is Avatar’s answer to Vertigo’s John Constantine. He’s a little rough, a little crude and sarcastic as well as a former member of the SAS. What he also […]
Overflowing With Love – The Devil Commands (1941)
Boris Karloff stars in the appropriately moody horror-suspense-science fiction menagerie called The Devil Commands. Made in 1941, it was a perfect fit for the actor who had just starred in some of […]
Fall From Grace and Reclamation – Thanos: Redemption
Marvel Comics recently reprinted Jim Starlin’s twelve issue Thanos series which was originally published in 2004. Having never read it then, picking up the trade paperback seemed like a no-brainer. Jim Starlin […]
Running to the Past – The Complete Deadenders
Thirteen years ago during the year 2000, Ed Brubaker and Warren Pleece put out a little book called Deadenders through Vertigo. It is a science fiction tale about a post-apocalyptic world where […]
Turning the Tide – Killian’s Tide & Killian’s Vessel
Killian’s Tide is that classic origin issue, in this case a series, which explains the villain’s tragic beginnings. The series looks at Killian’s roots and how his hatred towards the humans came […]
Where There’s a Will… – Green Lantern from the New 52 to the First Lantern or Geoff Johns’ Final Stretch
In 2004 Green Lantern received a reboot courtesy of Geoff Johns, returning Hal Jordan to the forefront of the Lantern mythos much to the delight of most fans, except those who were […]
Above it All – Mara
In today’s comic book world, science fiction seems to be the genre making the most waves, more than any other. Joining the ranks of esteemed books like East of West, Saga and […]
The Telltale Mind 