DVD Review: Bleach Volume 24
So, you are an immortal that feeds on the pure energy from a Human Soul, the power known as Rashe, and you are just a little bitter about the way your creators treat you. You have finally gotten access to their world and now all you want is to get some payback.
DVD Review: Naruto Shippuden Volume 5
Naruto, as any young child will tell you, tells the tale of a hyperactive ninja-in-training. He is loud, stubborn, and wears a bright orange jumpsuit. Within him is sealed a powerful demon, and because of this he has been ostracized by the people of Konoha.
Naruto Shippuden Volume 5 continues the fight between the Akatsuki and Team Guy and Kakashi. As the two teams split to enter the Akatsuki base, the members of Team Guy confront an enemy trap that will give even them trouble. Team Kakashi take it upon themselves to fight two of the Akatsuki members, Deidara and Sasori.
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Yaoi Review: 9th Sleep
Luke was born without a father. No, not in the sense that his father was unknown, but that his mother, Marian, had never known a man's touch, and was a sixteen year old virgin when she bore him. Such an event became known as a "Maria possession", although many doubted the veracity of such claims. Luke dreams of things he does not understand, of places and people, of a castle in the sky. His planet had died once, and only the intervention of a savior – a "god", if you will – who purified the polluted atmosphere, saved it from death. In the city known as "Birth", the legend of this god still lingers, and people believe that he still lives in the sky above them.
Manga Review: Inuyasha – BigVIZ Volume 2
Inuyasha BigVIZ volume 2 finishes Shippo’s introduction and brings in two major characters: Kikyo, who is resurrected, and Miroku, the lecherous wandering Buddhist monk. In addition, BigVIZ volume 2 introduces Naraku as an overarching nemesis for the first time.
Manga Review: Dorohedoro, Volume 1
Sorcerers and their victims live in the crude world of "The Hole". What once used to be a beautiful, successful collaboration of towns is now a dumpy, blood-stained pile of dysfunctional, unsafe living spaces. Caiman was a victim of a Sorcerer's powerful spell, one that transformed his face into a lizard's head. Now he spends his days hanging out with Nikaido (a human who has yet to be a Sorcerer's guinea pig) killin' Sorcerers, and looking for the one that "transformed" his life along with erasing his past.
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Collectible Game Review: Heroclix The Brave and The Bold Expansion & Blackest Night Starter Set
The Brave and The Bold Expansion and Blackest Night Starter Set
by Wizkids/NECA
You may recall there was a time on comicsonline when the site was consumed by Heroclix information. That was 3-4 years ago. The game kind of disappered for a bit and now it’s back. Hammer of Thor was the first release through NECA based in New Jersey who bought the product license from Topps.
Hammer of Thor featured the inclusion of The Runaways (Chase, Molly, Nico, Gert & Lace and Karolina) The Agents of Atlas (Marvel Boy, Jimmy Woo, Gorilla Man, M-11, Namora and Venus) Some Thunderbolts (Mac Gargan Venom, Songbird, Moonstone, and Penance) many Guardians of the Galaxy (Starlord, Rocket Raccoon, and Moondragon) and, as you might expect, a whole lot of Asgardians. The newest Captain America is a beast.
Comic Review: Justice League of America #41
Justice League of America 41
Penciled by Mark Bagley and Written by James Robinson
I have to say that Justice League of America has been such a disappointment to me for a year or more. They started this series out with so much power and promise. Brad Meltzer wrote an incredibly too short run on this book and Dwayne McDuffie tried to keep it going, but it just wasn’t the same. Len Wein’s story involving Amos Fortune and Roulette was really a snooze.
To be fair, some of this might be attributed to the availability (or lack thereof) the “big shots”. Batman is “dead”, Superman is stationed on New Krypton and The Flash is – well – complicated right now, since DC is rebirthing him and I doubt they want to commit him to the team until that’s complete. Also, Green Lantern is fighting the Blackest Night throughout almost every book in the DC comics line.
Comic Review: Ultimate Enemy #1
Ultimate Enemy 1
Pencils by Rafael Sandoval Written by Brian Michael Bendis
BMB just can’t stop writing huge ensemble cast crossover epic stories. If only he could do so consistently well.
I really loved Ultimate Spiderman and I really loved his work on Daredevil. These were groundbreaking, redefining runs on books that sucked you in and made you want to stick with the books. I have enjoyed most of his run on New Avengers, and kind of thought of that as his clinic book that he should use to improve upon ensemble cast narrative and characterization. Sometimes, Wolverine doesn’t seem like himself and sometimes Spidey whipping his mask off with only slight arm twisting goes in the face of everything that had been done over on the main Amazing Spiderman book.