Bookgasm (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
Sometime in the late-1970s, a once-third-rate Marvel Comics title that had been revived in 1975 was suddenly the hottest comic book in town. THE UNCANNY X-MEN had limped along throughout the 1960s, starting nicely enough under the creative direction of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, but spiraled down to Werner Roth and mediocrity, to the [...]
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 03/21/2009
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Uncanny X-Men #507 Marvel Comics Fraction, Dodson, Dodson & Ponsor In the latest installment of Uncanny X-Men we get a resolution to the Colossus sub-plot and a basic resolution to the Beast and Angel sub-plot but the real fun is about to begin with the big reveal at the issue’s end. While this title hasn’t been dealing with huge stories since...
Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 03/12/2009
Uncanny X-Men #27?!?! Seriously, Marvel.com, you probably should have just canceled the whole “Readers vote on the Top 70 Marvel Comics of All Time” if you got so few ballots cast that Uncanny X-Men #27 is 41st (Fantastic Four #5 at #60, by the way - House of M #8 is #59). Lord knows how insane my [...]
Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | 02/28/2009
A light treat in a world of heaviness. I cut my teeth on comic books. Well, in its fashion. I grew up reading the horrific Marvel Star Wars side universe and graduated to more ruthless titles such as the Uncanny X-men and Spiderman. Mine was a world of violence and superhero throwdowns that were bloody and filled with rage. (In its own respect it was very much the predecessor for the...
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 02/21/2009
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Uncanny X-Men #506 Marvel Comics Fraction, Dodson, Dodson & Ponsor This issue has three main threads, all of which are sort of in the middle stages making this issue just one piece to the bigger picture. As a result it has that building feeling and leaves you wanting more, which is a good thing, but it also doesn’t have much in the way of immediate...
Videos