Moon Knight, As He Actually Exists in Marvel Comics
Moon Knight, As He Actually Exists in Marvel Comics Moon Knight gets treated like a riddle when he really is not one. He looks strange. He talks to a god. He punches above his weight. People overcomplicate him because Marvel lets different writers turn the volume knob up or down depending on the story. Good […]
Infinity Stones: The Comic-Book God Mode That Broke Marvel (Long Before Thanos Snapped)
Infinity Stones: The Comic-Book God Mode That Broke Marvel (Long Before Thanos Snapped) If you Googled Infinity Stones, odds are you’re thinking of glowing rocks, purple chins, and half the universe turning to dust. Totally fair. But here’s the part the movies soft-pedaled: the Infinity Stones were already Marvel’s ultimate “break glass in case of […]
Avengers Doomsday: Which Marvel Comics Could It Be Based On?
Avengers Doomsday: Which Marvel Comics Could It Be Based On? Let’s clear the confusion immediately, because the internet has been doing that thing where it confidently misunderstands something and then Googles it into existence. There is no Marvel comic titled Avengers: Doomsday. None. Zero. Zilch. Not hidden in a longbox. Not out of print. Not […]
Who Would Win: Batman or Superman (Yup, This Argument Will Never Die)
Who Would Win: Batman or Superman (Yup, This Argument Will Never Die) This question has ended friendships. It has fueled comic shop shouting matches. It has ruined Thanksgiving dinners when someone’s uncle confidently says, “Superman would just punch him once.” Wrong. Loudly wrong. Historically wrong. The debate over who would win Batman or Superman refuses […]
Most Powerful People in Gotham And No, It’s Not Batman (Sorry!)
Most Powerful People in Gotham And No, It’s Not Batman (Sorry!) Gotham City has a branding problem. On the surface, it looks like a place run by mobsters, lunatics, and one very committed billionaire in tactical yoga pants. Dig a little deeper, though, and you realize Gotham isn’t governed by money or law. It’s governed […]
Jim Lee’s Marvel Creations: An Expert-Level Breakdown for Comic Degens
Jim Lee’s Marvel Creations: An Expert-Level Breakdown for Comic Degens Listen up. If you’re here for a surface-level list of Marvel characters some guy illustrated once, you’re in the wrong chair. Jim Lee is a titan, a seismic rupture in Marvel’s artistic history. He arrived in the late 1980s when comics needed visual theatre, and […]
Most Expensive Comic Books Ever Sold (Yes, We Know Exactly Why They Cost That Much)
Most Expensive Comic Books Ever Sold (Yes, We Know Exactly Why They Cost That Much) If you’ve ever looked at a slabbed comic behind museum-grade glass and muttered, “It’s just paper,” congratulations. You’ve announced to everyone within earshot that you are not invited to this conversation. Because these are not “just comics.” These are historical […]
Batman Reading Order From Start to Finish Without Destroying Your Soul
Batman Reading Order From Start to Finish Without Destroying Your Soul Searching for a Batman reading order feels like a trap because it kind of is. Batman has been published continuously since 1939, rebooted multiple times, soft-rebooted even more times, and rewritten by creators who all assume their run is the one you should care […]
X-Men From Beginning to End (Yes, We’re Actually Doing the Whole Thing)
X-Men From Beginning to End (Yes, We’re Actually Doing the Whole Thing) Trying to explain X-Men from beginning to end sounds reasonable until you remember that the X-Men have been rebooted, resurrected, retconned, erased, relaunched, and emotionally destroyed more times than any other superhero team. This franchise does not move in a straight line, you […]
Most Valuable X-Men Comics And Why These Issues Pay for Other People’s Houses
Most Valuable X-Men Comics And Why These Issues Pay for Other People’s Houses “Most valuable X-Men comics” is one of those phrases that sounds simple until you actually try to answer it. Prices swing. Reprints confuse people. Someone always brings up a mid-grade copy their cousin found in a garage and swears is worth six […]