by Jarrod | Jun 8, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW OF ‘THE IMMORTAL HULK’ #1 CONTAINS SPOILERS. By Don Alsafi. The Hulk has been one of the mainstays of the Marvel Universe since its earliest inception, with The Incredible Hulk #1 premiering in 1962 just a scant few months after the debut of...
by Jarrod | May 18, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. The speedster Quicksilver is an interesting character who’s been around since 1964, debuting as part of the very first incarnation of Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, in The X-Men #4. Sometimes a hero and sometimes a villain, his...
by Jarrod | May 11, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. As a character, Deadpool can be a lot to take. His brand of outrageously over-the-top humor works for some, but others can find his excessive goofiness a bit much. That works incredibly well in the space of a two-hour movie, but it can be somewhat more...
by Jarrod | May 4, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. Last September, in an effort to forestall declining sales, Marvel Comics unleashed its latest relaunch, named Marvel Legacy. For the most part, it failed to connect with readers, having intimated a back-to-basics approach, and yet in many ways seemed to...
by Jarrod | Apr 27, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. In 2013, Marvel launched a new Wolverine ongoing, written by acclaimed sci-fi/fantasy author Paul Cornell, which over the next eighteen months barreled toward a climax touted as “The Death of Wolverine”. Many a fan rolled their eyes, of course, at the...