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Most Disappointing of 2006

December 31, 2006, 9:38 pm

I’m not sure what the best comic of the year was (likely something I never read), but I do know that there were two comics that caused me pain. The first, of course, was Nightwing, any of the issues written by Bruce Jones. Here are my reviews of issues 119, 121, 122). Jones had the [...]

Bad Movies: Eragon

December 25, 2006, 9:23 pm

I always like seeing movies over Christmas: generally, you get pretty decent seats, and most kids are out shopping or playing with gifts. This year, Mrs. Spandex Justice decided we should see Eragon, a movie based on some book by a teenager or something. All I knew was that it had dragons in it, so [...]

Late Holiday Review Extravaganza

December 25, 2006, 12:49 pm

I’m behind on reviews, as usual. Too much work, too many holidays, too much craziness. I hope next year is a little calmer. Anyhow, here’s some quicky reviews.

Teen Titans #42

Ah, a Kid Devil story not so long after the Blue Devil story in Shadowpact a couple of months ago. This is a standard origin story, [...]

Quick and Dirty Reviews

December 7, 2006, 9:50 pm

I’m fighting off a nasty cold of some type, my head is pounding, and I’ve got a rash across about 60% of my body. Must be December. So this week will be short and sweet with the blogging. My goal for next week is to actually have my scanner set up (moving is a pain [...]

Miss Martian Or When Artists Go Wrong

November 29, 2006, 8:57 pm

I love the idea of Miss Martian quite a lot. From her weird possible connections to the Martian Manhunter to the cool Sailor Moon like outfit. In all the depictions of her, she comes across as a cute, young spunky alien (much like the Starfire from the animated Teen Titans series).

But in Teen Titans #41, [...]