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New generation of Avengers, with Kamala Khan’s Ms.Marvel and Miles Morale’s Spider-man (bonus review from Ysakitty)

All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol. 1: The Magnificent Seven by Mark Waid (author), Adam Kubert (illustrator), Mahmud Asrar (illustrator)

June 21, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Teenage, Pakistani American Kamala Khan’s turn as Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl drew us into the Marvel comic books. Previously we were primarily familiar with the Marvel movies. Then Into the Spider-verse came out and we went to find the Miles Morales comics that inspired the animated movie. In our last trip to the library we came across the All-New, All-Different Avengers which features both Ms. Marvel and Mile’s Spider-man. This graphic novel starts with a standalone comic featuring Scarlet Witch and Vision and then issues one through six of the All-New, All-Different Avengers comics. This book has me pretty excited for […]

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6/21/2019 | Dome'Loki's CBR11 Review No:16 |

Movies and how they tie-into reading

Wonder Woman; Zootopia Read-Along; Being Batman by various

July 2, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I always wonder about books that are “movie tie-ins.” Are they just a “regular book” with a “movie” cover? Or are they an adaptation of the book made into a movie and the book is an adaptation of the movie? Which came first: the book or the movie? If the case of these three books, the movie came first and the merchandizing for the targeted audience came second. A quick review of each: As it states in the title: Wonder Woman: The Junior Novel, is just that. It is adapted from the movie. All the highlights are hit. I have […]

7/2/2018 BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:241 |

More things should be full of win

Tigerman by Nick Harkaway

March 28, 2018 by dAvid Leave a Comment

I was expecting something more in the fantasy realm from Tigerman, given Nick Harkaway’s first two novels, and although there is the titular superhero, this book stays much more grounded, more of an existential thriller with military and cloak-and-dagger elements, and for that, it’s a lot of thought-provoking fun. The story takes place on a mythical island in the Arabian Sea, an island previously controlled by the British and French, among others, but which has become an environmental disaster due to chemical companies pumping toxic waste deep beneath the island. The international community has decided to incinerate everything to ward […]

3/28/2018 dAvid's CBR10 Review No:17 |

In which Kamala meets Wolverine and gets a giant teleporting dog

Ms. Marvel, vol 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt and Adrian Alphona

August 19, 2016 by Malin 2 Comments

Kamala Khan has gotten better at juggling her life as a teenage girl with her secret identity as Ms. Marvel. She shoulders her responsibilities as well she can, even when being inundated both in school and in the media that her generation of teens are really just parasites on society, draining it of precious resources and brainlessly just existing in a multi-media reality, without ever giving anything back or asking necessary and critical questions. She geeks out adorably when given a chance to team up with one of her heroes, fighting giant sewer alligators with Wolverine. Being a total fangirl […]

8/19/2016 Malin's CBR8 Review No:83 |

A task too large for even a super man.

Superman: Peace on Earth by Paul Dini and Alex Ross

May 26, 2016 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I wouldn’t call myself a fan of comic books. I collected them when I was young, but it was mainly for their art. There are some stories that I still treasure the memory of, and there are even some I’ve thought of revisiting for the Cannonball, but I haven’t really felt the need to do so. These days, most of my superhero interactions come from whatever the latest release from the MCU is. But, the other day a friend of mine posted a hypothetical choice on Facebook about whether $50 billion would be preferable to the powers of Superman. This […]

5/26/2016 ingres77's CBR8 Review No:42 |

Yes, another Brandon Sanderson fan.

Calamity (The Reckoners: Book Three) by Brandon Sanderson

February 19, 2016 by ingres77 3 Comments

Brandon Sanderson gets a lot of love here at the CBR, and I’m glad to see that. This series is the only exposure I’ve had to his writing, however. I did buy the first book he wrote in The Wheel of Time series – but can’t bring myself to pick that series back up. His other series look interesting, but keep getting pushed further down my list. But The Reckoners….I love these books. They take place in a world where superheroes are not only real, but the dominant force on the planet, and their powers have corrupted their minds, turning […]

2/19/2016 ingres77's CBR8 Review No:14 |

Season three of Daredevil?

Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli

December 31, 2015 by Malin Leave a Comment

Like so many others, I was a huge fan of the first season of the Netflix series Daredevil. I decided that the time had come to look at some source material. In what could easily become season three of the series, Karen Page, Matt Murdock’s former legal secretary and ex-girlfriend is down on her luck in Mexico. After a failed porn career, she’s now a heroin junkie and she sells Matt’s secret identity as Daredevil for her next fix. The name falls into criminal mastermind Kingpin’s hands and over the course of six months, he sets out to completely destroy […]

12/31/2015 Malin's CBR7 Review No:153 |

A fun new comics discovery

Ms Marvel, vol 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona

December 25, 2015 by Malin Leave a Comment

Kamala Khan is a pretty ordinary geeky teenager from Jersey City, until she’s suddenly given the extraordinary powers of the superhero Ms. Marvel. She’s both excited and confused. Can a Muslim girl even be a superhero? She certainly feels that the outfit could be a bit less revealing. How is she going to combine the responsibilities of fighting crime, rescuing people and righting wrongs if she also has to worry about obeying her parents and keeping cerfew? Before she’s even entirely aware what she’s doing, she uses her powers to save a class mate. The press catches wind of it, […]

12/25/2015 Malin's CBR7 Review No:146 |

BlackRaven on Finally embarking on this “space opera” journey thanks to you guysComing out in a few days is the first nine volumes https://www.amazon.com/Saga-Compendium-Brian-K-Vaughan/dp/153431346X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1I9TBNYP1S3LN&keywords=saga+collection&qid=1566417096&s=books&sprefix=saga+collection%2Caps%2C198&sr=1-2 Collects SAGA #1-54 I'm tempted to ask for it for an early Christmas...
faintingviolet on Finally embarking on this “space opera” journey thanks to you guysOne of my favorite factoids I picked up while reading this series is that Hazel's narration is in Fiona Staples' natural handwriting. I think it...
MrsLangdonAlger on A Worthy Followup to Bird BoxI didn't know he had a whole handful of books other than Bird Box! I'll have to check the rest out, too.
badkittyuno on A Worthy Followup to Bird BoxOoh I didn't know he wrote another book -- adding to the TBR!
Jen K on The things we do for book clubs (a parenthetical rant)It was fun! Good discussion! They said they have a wait list of 11 now, and it was large enough last night where the discussion...

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