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Book Review: Jack Kirby the Epic Life of the King of Comics (2020)

Jack Kirby is the single greatest comic book creator that ever lived. Period, full fuckin’ stop. You can disagree of course, and of course you would be wrong… I mean come the hell on; the dude created The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, and most importantly to me, The X-Men, and roughly eleven-billionty others (including the genius of his New Gods work for DC, and creations for animation)… and his place in history is well-and-duly preserved, not to mention his influence on modern cinema with all of those Marvel flicks comin’ out every 15 seconds (well they were before the world temporarily turns upside down). So that brings us to Jack Kirby the Epic Life of the King of Comics; the new four-color opus from Tom Scioli (American Barbarian, G.I. Joe vs. Transformers, Go-bots, and Fantastic Four Grand Design to name a few), a genius-level creator in his own right… and one of my all-time favorite artists around today, who (not)

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DanXIII
Jul 11, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Doom Patrol: The Complete First Season (2019)

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share on my own. Let’s be honest cats n’ creeps we live in a wondrous age… an age where it’s possible for any ol’ superhero team to get their own TV show, no matter how offbeat or obscure (as far as the general public is concerned anyway). That brings us to the subject of this here revoltin’ review; Doom Patrol, a great slice of wacky weirdness in it’s four-color iteration, but not the first choice one may have for live-action adaptation. Turns out it should have been… The basic storyline for this super show goes as follows: The Doom Patrol; who’s ranks include Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero), a dominant personality of a woman who has been traumatized, Rita Farr (April Bowlby) known as Elasti-Girl who is stretching herself thin trying not to become a permanent bowl of Jell-O,

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DanXIII
Oct 2, 2019
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Blu-ray Review: Sheena (1984)

After her parents are killed in a cave-in in deepest Africa, young Janet is taken in by the Zambouli tribe where she is viewed as a goddess and given the new handle; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle! Sheena (Tanya Roberts) matures among the tribe in their land of Tigora where she learns the ways of the animals and develops a telepathic bond with them…as one does. Soon our buxom heroine finds herself up to her bleached blonde hairdo in an assassination plot which she must help solve with the assistance of reporter Vic Casey (Ted Wass), and his cameraman Fletch Agronsky (Donovan Scott)…all while finding the time to ride a zebra bareback and ass around with some chimps and an elephant. Priorities and all that… Look boils n’ ghouls; this is Tarzan with tits and it features all of the lunacy that concept suggests! You get a stunning beauty in Roberts, who is athletic, and fun to watch…even if she

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DanXIII
Mar 31, 2019
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Clementine’s Journey Will End In ‘The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series’

The first video game adaptation of the television series “The Walking Dead”, that seems to be more popular than the show itself, will be coming to an end. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series is an episodic interactive drama that takes place at the same time as the television series, some of the characters of the show have made appearances in one of the installments. The game’s art resembles a comic book style, paying homage to the Walking Dead comic book series that inspired the show. Players watch the story unravel and at times have to make decisions for the characters that at times will determine how the story will unfold. The final season of the Telltale series will again focus on Clementine, a girl who was the sidekick of the main protagonist of the first season Lee. Clementine becomes the series main protagonist after the end of the first season. In the third season, she’s one of two characters

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Capt McNeely
May 7, 2018
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‘Wretched Things’ Comic To Debut At C2E2

On April 6th through the 8th at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Comics Experience and Source Point Press will debut physical copies of the comic book series Wretched Things by Devon Wong, Ken Perry, and John Hunt. Originally the four-part series was a ‘digital only’ release on comiXology but now that it’s being printed in which the series writer Devon Wong expressed that it will open the door for new fans of the series, There are still many people for whom comics is a print medium first and want to read a real, physical book, to hold the art in their hands, that’s when it becomes truly real.” -Devon Wong, in an interview posted on Comics Experience’s website. Wretched Things is about the unseen world of vermin where unbeknownst to humans, who view them with great disgust, is actually a complex society with its own culture, legends, and experiences. The story follows Bran, a young mouse who with

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Capt McNeely
Apr 3, 2018
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Tom Holland Reveals Even More ‘Fright Night’ Coming

We have already heard from Tom Holland — the genius behind ‘Fright Night’ – about a very exciting ‘Fright Night 3’ project. However, Holland is not finished with his announcements. According to his twitter account, @RealTomHolland: If you dug the ‘Fright Night’ comic book series back in the day, I have good news. I’m bringing it back! New stories and illustrations are under way. Stay tuned for more tales from Peter Vincent! #FrightNight The original ‘Fright Night’ series came out in 1988 and included two issues along with five special issues. I have no doubt that Mr. Holland will deliver gold with the continuation of his comics, the only thing I hope for is even more ‘Fright Night’ in the future!

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Capt McNeely
Mar 28, 2018
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Comic Book ‘Pacific Rim Aftermath’ Issue 3 Now Available

Legendary Comics has released the third issue of the six-part prequel series Pacific Rim Aftermath that takes place nine years after the events of the first film and one year before the second film. In this comic series, the giant monster-fighting robots known as Jaegers are being used by crime lords to gain control of Santa Monica’s criminal underworld. A former Jaeger pilot, Griffin, works as an enforcer for the Mech Czar who needs Griffin’s skills as a Jaeger pilot to help him rule the criminal underworld. In the middle of this chaos is Jake Pentecost, who will be played by John Boyega in the film, who’s looking for answers to what happened to his father, Kaiju War hero Stacker Pentecost. As Jake continues going through the process of Drifting (a process where Jaeger pilots sync with the Jager robot itself) he will learn more about his father’s life that will reopen old wounds for Jake as well as making

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Capt McNeely
Mar 23, 2018
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Heritage Auctions Unleashes A Horde Of Vintage Horror Comics At Upcoming Auction

Whether you’re an avid collector of rare, pre-code horror comics or just someone who enjoys reading about Spider Man duking it out with Count Dracula, this Sunday’s upcoming internet comic sale from Heritage Auctions will have something for you. Though the auction giant holds weekly internet sales in their comics/comic art department, this one stands out due to the plethora of near-forgotten horror titles from the “anything goes” days before the Comics Code toned down comic book terror. No issues of beloved EC titles like ‘Tales from the Crypt’ or ‘The Haunt of Fear’ are on offer, but in their place collectors can find slabbed and CGC-graded issues of highly sought rarities ‘Beware’, ‘Chamber of Chills’, ‘The Thing!’, ‘Out of the Night’, and several others. Also on the auction block are multiple issues of Neil Gaiman’s seminal ‘Sandman’, Marvel’s ‘Tomb of Dracula’, ‘The Munsters’ from Gold Key, and a copy of Marvel Spotlight #5, which features the first appearance of

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Capt McNeely
Jun 21, 2017

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Book Review: Jack Kirby the Epic Life of the King of Comics (2020)

Jack Kirby is the single greatest comic book creator that ever lived. Period, full fuckin’ stop. You can disagree of course, and of course you would be wrong… I mean come the hell on; the dude created The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, and most importantly to me, The X-Men, and roughly eleven-billionty others (including the genius of his New Gods work for DC, and creations for animation)… and his place in history is well-and-duly preserved, not to mention his influence on modern cinema with all of those Marvel flicks comin’ out every 15 seconds (well they were before the world temporarily turns upside down). So that brings us to Jack Kirby the Epic Life of the King of Comics; the new four-color opus from Tom Scioli (American Barbarian, G.I. Joe vs. Transformers, Go-bots, and Fantastic Four Grand Design to name a few), a genius-level creator in his own right… and one of my all-time favorite artists around today, who (not)

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 11, 2020
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Doom Patrol: The Complete First Season (2019)

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share on my own. Let’s be honest cats n’ creeps we live in a wondrous age… an age where it’s possible for any ol’ superhero team to get their own TV show, no matter how offbeat or obscure (as far as the general public is concerned anyway). That brings us to the subject of this here revoltin’ review; Doom Patrol, a great slice of wacky weirdness in it’s four-color iteration, but not the first choice one may have for live-action adaptation. Turns out it should have been… The basic storyline for this super show goes as follows: The Doom Patrol; who’s ranks include Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero), a dominant personality of a woman who has been traumatized, Rita Farr (April Bowlby) known as Elasti-Girl who is stretching herself thin trying not to become a permanent bowl of Jell-O,

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Oct 2, 2019
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Sheena (1984)

After her parents are killed in a cave-in in deepest Africa, young Janet is taken in by the Zambouli tribe where she is viewed as a goddess and given the new handle; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle! Sheena (Tanya Roberts) matures among the tribe in their land of Tigora where she learns the ways of the animals and develops a telepathic bond with them…as one does. Soon our buxom heroine finds herself up to her bleached blonde hairdo in an assassination plot which she must help solve with the assistance of reporter Vic Casey (Ted Wass), and his cameraman Fletch Agronsky (Donovan Scott)…all while finding the time to ride a zebra bareback and ass around with some chimps and an elephant. Priorities and all that… Look boils n’ ghouls; this is Tarzan with tits and it features all of the lunacy that concept suggests! You get a stunning beauty in Roberts, who is athletic, and fun to watch…even if she

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 31, 2019
Horror Fuel

Clementine’s Journey Will End In ‘The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series’

The first video game adaptation of the television series “The Walking Dead”, that seems to be more popular than the show itself, will be coming to an end. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series is an episodic interactive drama that takes place at the same time as the television series, some of the characters of the show have made appearances in one of the installments. The game’s art resembles a comic book style, paying homage to the Walking Dead comic book series that inspired the show. Players watch the story unravel and at times have to make decisions for the characters that at times will determine how the story will unfold. The final season of the Telltale series will again focus on Clementine, a girl who was the sidekick of the main protagonist of the first season Lee. Clementine becomes the series main protagonist after the end of the first season. In the third season, she’s one of two characters

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 7, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘Wretched Things’ Comic To Debut At C2E2

On April 6th through the 8th at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Comics Experience and Source Point Press will debut physical copies of the comic book series Wretched Things by Devon Wong, Ken Perry, and John Hunt. Originally the four-part series was a ‘digital only’ release on comiXology but now that it’s being printed in which the series writer Devon Wong expressed that it will open the door for new fans of the series, There are still many people for whom comics is a print medium first and want to read a real, physical book, to hold the art in their hands, that’s when it becomes truly real.” -Devon Wong, in an interview posted on Comics Experience’s website. Wretched Things is about the unseen world of vermin where unbeknownst to humans, who view them with great disgust, is actually a complex society with its own culture, legends, and experiences. The story follows Bran, a young mouse who with

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 3, 2018
Horror Fuel

Tom Holland Reveals Even More ‘Fright Night’ Coming

We have already heard from Tom Holland — the genius behind ‘Fright Night’ – about a very exciting ‘Fright Night 3’ project. However, Holland is not finished with his announcements. According to his twitter account, @RealTomHolland: If you dug the ‘Fright Night’ comic book series back in the day, I have good news. I’m bringing it back! New stories and illustrations are under way. Stay tuned for more tales from Peter Vincent! #FrightNight The original ‘Fright Night’ series came out in 1988 and included two issues along with five special issues. I have no doubt that Mr. Holland will deliver gold with the continuation of his comics, the only thing I hope for is even more ‘Fright Night’ in the future!

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 28, 2018
Horror Fuel

Comic Book ‘Pacific Rim Aftermath’ Issue 3 Now Available

Legendary Comics has released the third issue of the six-part prequel series Pacific Rim Aftermath that takes place nine years after the events of the first film and one year before the second film. In this comic series, the giant monster-fighting robots known as Jaegers are being used by crime lords to gain control of Santa Monica’s criminal underworld. A former Jaeger pilot, Griffin, works as an enforcer for the Mech Czar who needs Griffin’s skills as a Jaeger pilot to help him rule the criminal underworld. In the middle of this chaos is Jake Pentecost, who will be played by John Boyega in the film, who’s looking for answers to what happened to his father, Kaiju War hero Stacker Pentecost. As Jake continues going through the process of Drifting (a process where Jaeger pilots sync with the Jager robot itself) he will learn more about his father’s life that will reopen old wounds for Jake as well as making

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 23, 2018
Horror Fuel

Heritage Auctions Unleashes A Horde Of Vintage Horror Comics At Upcoming Auction

Whether you’re an avid collector of rare, pre-code horror comics or just someone who enjoys reading about Spider Man duking it out with Count Dracula, this Sunday’s upcoming internet comic sale from Heritage Auctions will have something for you. Though the auction giant holds weekly internet sales in their comics/comic art department, this one stands out due to the plethora of near-forgotten horror titles from the “anything goes” days before the Comics Code toned down comic book terror. No issues of beloved EC titles like ‘Tales from the Crypt’ or ‘The Haunt of Fear’ are on offer, but in their place collectors can find slabbed and CGC-graded issues of highly sought rarities ‘Beware’, ‘Chamber of Chills’, ‘The Thing!’, ‘Out of the Night’, and several others. Also on the auction block are multiple issues of Neil Gaiman’s seminal ‘Sandman’, Marvel’s ‘Tomb of Dracula’, ‘The Munsters’ from Gold Key, and a copy of Marvel Spotlight #5, which features the first appearance of

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 21, 2017