Ethan Hawke is not someone I immediately think of when discussing the idea of an ‘action hero’ (even after the remake of Assault on Precinct 13), let alone someone who appears in obvious genre movies. However, his nervy sensitivity is rather appropriate for his character in this film, which is…
Wolverine: Origins #1–5 by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon Too much damn punctuation in that damned title ... You know what's weird? Seeing a good artist on the wrong title – Dillon is an excellent penciller but he shouldn't be drawing Wolverine superhero comics. Punisher comic books, written by Garth…
Batman Annual #26, Robin Annual #7, Batman #670, #671, Robin #168, #169, Nightwing #138, #139, Detective Comics #838, #839; written by Grant Morrison, Paul Dini, Peter Milligan, Fabian Nicieza, Keith Champagne; art by Don Kramer, Jason Pearson, Tony Daniel, David Lopez, Freddie Williams II, Ryan Benjamin and others I can't…
The Flash #231–237 by Mark Waid, Daniel Acuna, Freddie Williams III Waid's original run on The Flash was a charming, joyful, modern delight – it wasn't a Silver Age throwback as some would have it, but a story of a man doing the right thing (with science!) while growing up…
Justice League of America #0, #8–12, Justice Society of America #5–6 by Brad Meltzer and Geoff Johns, and various artists The JLA/JSA crossover – tradition or lack of ideas? I didn't grow up reading DC comics, so I don't have nostalgia for this cornerstone of comic book history to impel…
GeNext #1–5 by Chris Claremont and Patrick Scherberger This mini-series is described as the project the readers demanded – a poll on Marvel.com to see what Claremont should write next resulted in this book. The premise is that the Marvel universe aged in real time, making the X-Men in their…
X-Men: The End – Dreamers and Demons #1–6, X-Men: The End – Heroes and Martyrs #1–6, X-Men: The End – Men and X-Men #1–6 by Chris Claremont and Sean Chen If there is a perfect example of my inexplicable control to read an X-Men comic written by Chris Claremont, then…
JLA #94–99 by John Byrne and Chris Claremont (writers), John Byrne and Jerry Ordway (art) Continuing my reading of old Claremont books because I just can't quit him ... It was quite something when the news was announced that The Uncanny X-Men team of Claremont and Byrne was getting back…
Uncanny X-Men #462–465 and Secrets of House of M by Chris Claremont, Alan Davis and Chris Bachalo My comic book reading is inherently linked to the writing of Chris Claremont – my development in the world of mainstream superhero comic books is The Uncanny X-Men, The New Mutants, Excalibur, Classic…
Warren Ellis wrote a small item on his Whitechapel site about the price of comic books (after the observation that, for the first time, there are more $3.99 comics than $2.99 in the Diamond Top 300). He notes that all his books at Avatar were $3.99 but now that is…