Spider-Man 2016 #1 Review Secret Wars is over and it's a new year so I guess that means we got a whole lot of new number ones of books that didn't need to be renumbered. The Marvel Universe get's somewhat of a pass since its universe was essentially turned upside down and recreated thanks to Secret Wars. Miles Morales and Spider-Man 2016 luckily fall into this category, … [Read more...]
American Monster #1. Thug Life?
American Monster #1 Review You may have seen this comic outfit around your local shop recently, a publisher going by the name of Aftershock Comics. They seemed to have popped up out of nowhere with pretty impressive creator lineups. Their covers and stories catch your eye on the shelves, but it wasn't until American Monster when I finally gave Aftershock a chance. American … [Read more...]
Meet Jim
Jim Brocius Founder Comic Book Hoarder MMMS Member Class of '65 3-Time Marvel No-Prize Winner Jolly Jim Brocius began reading comics in 1959. One September day in 1963 he read a comic book that was so good his brain began to scream "I GOTTA GET SOME MORE OF THESE!" Fifty plus years and a quarter of a million comics later his brain is still screaming. He is a proud member … [Read more...]
Meet Brian
Brian Fudge Owner Comic Book Guru Brian was like most kids growing up and had various comics here and there. Then one fateful day when he was in junior high, he found a very well read copy of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe #5 H-J on the bus to school. He read it over and over again and took to the characters of Hawkeye, Iceman, and Jack of Hearts. Having gotten … [Read more...]
Meet Roland
Roland P. Wellington Store Manager Gamer Roland was raised in Florida and attended college there. He moved out to Las Vegas in 2002 following in the footsteps of his parents, who had lived in Vegas before he was born. He is a gamer at heart and combines his love of superheroes and gaming with the table-top miniature game Heroclix. He has traveled to all corners of the … [Read more...]
Meet Melanie
Melanie Sakamoto Customer Service Sales Associate Mel grew up in a small town in Northern California. She moved to Las Vegas in 2012 with her family to attend college. She is currently majoring in Criminal Justice. Her family has a long line of law enforcement and public safety officers. So you can say her career path was passed on to her. As evident by her What Melanie is … [Read more...]
The Beauty #1. Beauty Knows No Bounds
The Beauty #1 review What if beauty was a disease? What if catching that disease meant having sex with an attractive person? Would you contract a sexually transmitted disease just to become "beautiful"? The Beauty #1 from Image Comics dives directly into these questions. The Beauty #1 is an intriguing story from Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley that follows two detectives … [Read more...]