A Grand Finale: A Review of The Dark Knight Rises Historically, the third installment of a comic book inspired movie series falls agonizingly short. Superman III, Batman Forever, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Spider-Man 3 all momentously paled in comparison to the previous movies in their respective series. Fans of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight have had these previous … [Read more...]
The Dark Knights True Arch-Nemesis
The Dark Knights True Arch-Nemesis, Ra’s Al Ghul Ra’s Al Ghul, created by Dennis O’Neal and Neal Adams, first appeared in the pages of Batman #232 in June of 1971. Ra’s Al Ghul’s history in the DC universe is amongst the more interesting of the DC pantheon. Though Ra’s Al Ghul is significantly younger than many of Batman’s villains, his intellect, physical prowess, … [Read more...]
Batman: The Dark Knight 10 Review
A Welcome Change, “Batman: The Dark Knight #10” Review Issues one through nine of the Batman: The Dark Knight ongoing series left something to be desired. However, issue ten is a welcomed change of pace for the series. Issue ten marks a creative change in the series with David Finch reducing his workload by solely handling the art duties on the book. Veteran crime writer … [Read more...]
Enter Thanos the Mad Titan!
Thanos the Mad Titan Avengers Assemble #4 Review In the final pages of Avengers Assemble #3 the puppet master of the new Zodiac was revealed to be non-other than Thanos the Mad Titan himself. The fourth installment of Avengers Assemble continues the Avengers latest encounter with Thanos. The issue is overall a satisfying read, though some disgruntled fan boys might … [Read more...]