by Doc Schaefer | Nov 22, 2023 | Docs Corner, Reviews
HACK/SLASH BACK TO SCHOOL #2 IMAGE COMICS Zoe Thorogood’s take on Hack/Slash is both gruesome and interesting. From the dreams of the chainsaw wielding former B-movie actress to the weird cut’em in half vertically Frogboy killer, there is a lot of good...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 15, 2023 | Docs Corner, Reviews
OUTSIDERS #1 DC COMICS Annoying! That’s what this new DC title is … annoying. You know why? Because in 1999, on the very edge of the new century, Warren Ellis and John Cassaday debuted a new Wildstorm title called Planetary and I was immediately...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 8, 2023 | Docs Corner, Reviews
SHAZAM! #5 DC COMICS Mark Waid’s story continues to bounce between insanity and the realism of the human condition. Mercury gets his turn at controlling the Captain (and I thought calling him Shazam back in the 1970’s sounded goofy.) but he’s...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 1, 2023 | Docs Corner, Reviews
AQUAMAN & THE LOST KINGDOM SPECIAL #1 DC COMICS With a new Aquaman movie coming out in theatres sometime? in the near future, it would only be natural for DC to release what we used to call a movie adaption. You know, telling the story of the movie in a...
by Doc Schaefer | Oct 25, 2023 | Docs Corner, Reviews
ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #16 DC COMICS For a mere ten cents in 1940, I would have discovered a new cover feature in the pages of my beloved All-American Comics. Now along side such comic strip pals as Mutt and Jeff, Toonerville Folks, and Reg’lar Fellas, would...
by Doc Schaefer | Oct 18, 2023 | Docs Corner, Reviews
JUSTICE LEAGUE vs GODZILLA vs KONG #1 Through the combined efforts of DC Comics and Legendary Comics, we are given this hodge-podge of a story that Brian Buccellato tries to keep on track. Surprizingly, he does manage to do it, mainly by limiting the crossovers to...
