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Nova Takes Center Stage On The Super Hero Squad Online Card Game!
“Squaddies Assemble: Nova Corps!”By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1573:]]Wednesday saw the launch of of the most anticipated super hero card game ever! The Super Hero Squad Online Card Game blasted its way into local shops and found its way into eager fans hands that had been waiting outside in anticipation! The proprietor of a local shop had this…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for April 25th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley(A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these books to your list…
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Review: Uncanny X-Men #11
All you need to do is look at this cover to be completely enthralled with what is to come! Juggernaut Colossus versus Red Hulk! Who isn’t itching to see how this one ends up?You will not be disappointed with the tale Kieron Gillen and Greg Land lay before you! Taking place directly prior, during and…
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Review: AVX: Vs. #1 (of 6)
This is it, the “battle within the battle” book that extends all the individual fights from The Avengers Vs. The X-Men series! A rip roarious, smash mouth style book that pits two X-Men against two Avengers in two separate stories by two creative teams! That’s a lot of twos, folks! Let me begin by saying I…
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Review: Batman #8
For the past seven issues, Scott Snyder has taken the Batman mythos and broken it! Sometimes things have lasted so long that they become complacent, or at best, jaded. Sometimes we need to take those things and break them down to their core in order to see what made them so special to begin with.…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Comic Book Pile for April 18th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley(A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these books to your list…
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Advanced Review: Avengers vs. X-Men #2
The Avengers have brought war to the doorstep of Utopia, an island full of the most powerful beings on the planet. But little do they know, it is also filled with children! These are no ordinary children, these are the last of the mutant race, and even though they might not want to fight —…
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Is Avengers vs. X-Men Just Ripping Off What If…The X-Men Lost Inferno?
Just What The “DOC” Ordered”The House Of Ideas Brings Out The Photocopier — Again”By Chris “DOC” BushleyOur latest column to hit Cosmic Book News comes from Chris “DOC” Bushley who will be taking a look at the less “cosmic” characters in comic books, and sometimes some of the more obscure, with his “Just What The…
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Movie Review: The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Everything You Think This Movie Is; It Isn’t and Thank God For That!A Film Review of The Cabin in the WoodsBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1409:]]Where the hell has Joss Whedon been since his glory days of Buffy and Firefly? Whatever he’s been doing, he’s also been soaking in a hot tub of liquefied creativity. If the audience…
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TV Review: Young Justice: “Usual Suspects”
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:1403:]]Revelations, secrets and lies abound in this fast paced episode that sets the stage for next weeks blockbuster battle — Young Justice vs. The Justice League!But let’s not get ahead of ourselves! “Usual Suspects” lays all the secrets that the team has been holding — on the table! From Superboy’s split DNA, Artemis’ diabolical family…
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Movie Review: Wrath of Titans (2012)
Kratos Would Have Smoked Them All!A film review of Wrath of the TitansBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1379:]]So the reboot of The Clash of the Titans was apparently worthy of Worthington once again because Perseus returns to face the fire in the Wrath of the Titans. Theoretically, any film can have a sequel made of it so long…
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Super Hero Squad Online: Update For April 11th, 2012
Squaddies Assemble!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1373:]]Today, in conjunction of the red carpet premiere of The Avengers, Super Hero Squad Online has updated itself to reflect all the movie goodness!First up is a new loading screen that features the “movie” versions of Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hulk and Captain America facing off against Loki!Not only…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for April 11th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley(A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these books to your list of…
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Advanced Review: The New Avengers #24 (AvX)
After last month’s riveting tale of a last ditch effort to thwart the evil of Norman Osborn, fans were more than ready for another astounding tale of heroism from Bendis and crew. With a tagline boasting issue twenty-four as an A vs. X tie-in, and a cover revealing Wolverine stuck in the middle of Cap…
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Super Hero Squad Online: Update For April 6th, 2012 – Vision
Squaddies Assemble!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1279:]]It’s the first week of April and we are already getting a bevy of updates from Marvel’s blockbuster MMO — Super Hero Squad!Just announced yesterday, Ultron’s favorite son, the Vision has made his triumphant debut! Full of intangibility, flying and density changing abilities, the Vision will set you back 600 gold…
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Timelord Reviews: Nova Infinite Comic
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:1264:]]Okay – the art was amazing and the writing was very well done for the type of story it is. But let’s not get bedazzled by Immonen and Waid. This is probably their first and last foray with this new character. If you want to see what less talented writers and artists do with this…
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Review: Swamp Thing #8
Week after week I ponder how to try and describe how great this book is. I have used the words brutal, chaotic, visceral and gut wrenching, but none of them can truly describe the achievements that Scott Snyder, Yanick Paquette and Marco Rudy have accomplished with this issue.Issue eight is something special all to itself.…
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Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #8
Let me begin by saying, “Chris Bachalo is BACK!” After too long of a hiatus, Mr. Bachalo returns back to the school, and brings all his insane art sensibilities with him! And it’s the perfect time too, because Jason Aaron’s tale is certifiably, over the top insane as well!Wolverine returns from space and is having…
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Review: Animal Man #8
The Rot has come knocking at the door for Buddy Baker and his family — literally! They are drawn to the pure power of Buddy’s daughter Maxine, and will not surrender until she has become one with them. Even though Buddy will do everything in his power to stop their evil, will it be enough…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for April 4th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley (A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these books to your list…