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Stuff That Wasn’t Very Awesome #1 by Dan!

Posted on June 18, 2010 by admin

New site, new reviews, new comics, my new blog title and me! What more do you need?  Let’s see how fast I can screw up this new format! Dark Wolverine #87 Writers: Daniel Way, Marjorie Liu Artist: Mierco Pierfederici That’s right, I’m using a picture for this one.  I honestly think this comic was the worst of the week, for a multitude of reasons.  Daken is just floating around flirting his way to the underground in France.  He’s stopping kidnappers (not as cool as Taken) and attempting to seduce them before murder.  Up next is a Franken-Castle crossover that hopes to get better, … Continue reading →

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Ask the Professor #25 — Wolverine's Family Tree

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Phil

Recently, I was made aware that Wolverine has an older brother. Can you provide any details? Sure: The Professor’s willing to take a crack at it, although Logan’s origins have become so convoluted over the years, with all the false memories and take-backs and whatnot, that what’s “real” about Wolvie and his family is kind of hard to know (the Professor remembers back in the Claremont/Byrne era, when Sabertooth was unofficially supposed to be his father, based on their similar healing powers, savagery, and overuse of the nickname “Bub,” but then Marvel apparently decided that was too obvious, and went … Continue reading →

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Ask the Professor #22 — Mjolnir? I Hardly KNEW 'Er….

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Phil

 Hey Professor: Some of the various boards I frequent have discussed Dr. Doom wielding Mjolnir. I can’t recall that ever happening. Did it happen, and if so, what issue did it occur in? Thanks! Back in Fantastic Four #s 536 and 537, part of the “Road to Civil War” issues, something came out of the sky and crashed to earth, leaving a crater; it turned out to be Mjolnir (this, of course, was before Thor came back). Anyway, the passage of the hammer through time/space knocked Doom out of wherever he’d been imprisoned, and he ended up on Earth, racing … Continue reading →

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Ask the Professor #15 — Current Marvel and DC Continuity

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Phil

I’ve been out of comics since 2003 and want to get back in.  What major storylines do I need to catch up on in the Marvel/DC universes? nathan  Whooo… OK, Nathan, but be warned: It’s not one long story, but two, since both companies have been pushing company-wide crossovers for the last few years. Let’s start with DC; in the early 00’s, they realized that the 20th anniversary of their second-most-successful Big Event ever, Crisis on Infinite Earths, was approaching, and wanted to do something special to commemorate it. In 2004, the JLA mini-series Identity Crisis kicked things off with … Continue reading →

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Ask the Professor #13 — Cap's Super-Soldier Serum

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Phil

“Jburruel79” asks: Captain America had his Super- Soldier Serum removed for a time during the Streets of Poison storyline of the early 1990’s. At what point did he get it back? Thanks. Ah, yes: Mark Gruenwald’s (almost) decade-long run on Cap seemed to throw in everything but the kitchen sink — there was Cap resigning, Cap turned into a teenager, Cap-Wolf (Don’t ask. Seriously: don’t ask), and many other variations. Through it all, he was always able to nail Steve Rogers’ essential optimism, patriotism and refusal to ever, ever give up. Older fans rolled their eyes at much of this, … Continue reading →

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