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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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We Can Be Heroes

March 11, 2018 by Halbs Leave a Comment

I provided a bare-bonesed introduction to the basic plot of this story in my review of volume one. Vision was created by Ultron to be a robo-destroyer with no agency. Vision was curious, and didn’t want to be a destroyer, so he rebelled from his creator and fought for good alongside the Avengers. In this book, he has created a wife and children. They live outside of Washington, D.C., and they try to live as others do – going to school, going to work, meeting […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Marvel Comics, The Avengers, Tom king, Vision

Halbs's CBR10 Review No:21 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Marvel Comics, The Avengers, Tom king, Vision ·
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Lit-Level Comic Writing

March 4, 2018 by Halbs 2 Comments

While I’m an avid comics reader and a believer in the medium, I guess I’m also guilty of a little bit of self-hate. I can tell because when I first read Tom King’s comics, I thought to myself This guy is too good for comics. That’s a weird thing to say if you think comics are great. I suppose what I was thinking is that King writes with a depth one expects more from an Oscar-nominated screenwriter or a bestselling author. His Batman work has been […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Marvel Comics, The Avengers, Tom king, Vision

Halbs's CBR10 Review No:15 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Marvel Comics, The Avengers, Tom king, Vision ·
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