BHOC: AVENGERS #184

For all that the title was still clearly struggling to get itself out of the scheduling hole that it had been trapped in for the past year or so, AVENGERS remained a consistently enjoyable read. I think a strong part of that came down to the book's artists: George Perez, who had left the series … Continue reading BHOC: AVENGERS #184

Doctor Who: The Story & The Engine

This episode was one of the ones that I was the most trepidatious about going into it. From the brief synopsis, the Next Time trailer and the couple of clips that had been released prior to broadcast, it seemed like it was going to be something of a throwback to the previous Chris Chibnall era … Continue reading Doctor Who: The Story & The Engine

CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #2: KAMANDI #60

The most successful of all of Jack Kirby's assorted creations in the decade of the 1970s was undoubtedly KAMANDI, the story of the last human boy on Earth in a future time when animals have become intelligent and walk upright. It was a sort of quasi-spin on the popular Planet of the Apes franchise, but … Continue reading CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #2: KAMANDI #60

BHOC: THOR #284

These next couple of years' worth of THOR stories were truly a mixed bag, and as a reader, I had a difficult time remaining engaged--to the point where I dropped the title more than once, only to come back shortly thereafter on a week when I had spare cash and multiple issues were still available … Continue reading BHOC: THOR #284

BHOC: CAPTAIN AMERICA #234

The new issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA continued on with what would turn out to be a six-part storyline, which was something of a rarity for this period. While you'd get soap opera subplots that might run for months and even years, the A-stories in the Marvel books would typically be dispatched in a couple of … Continue reading BHOC: CAPTAIN AMERICA #234

Doctor Who: Lucky Day

When the breakdown of this current season was first announced, this was the episode that I was the most concerned about. Given the premise of the season, this was definitely going to be a "Doctor-lite" episode, one focused on what had been happening in the life of former companion Ruby Sunday since last we saw … Continue reading Doctor Who: Lucky Day