World Comic Book Review

28th March 2024

Deadpool: Bad Blood (Review)

Deadpool: Bad Blood Marvel Comics, May 2017 Writers: Rob Liefeld, Chris Sims, Chad Bowers There are two common (and easily-corrected through a rapid Google search) misconceptions about US publisher Marvel Comics’ very popular character property, “Deadpool”. First, that the character was created by artist/writer Rob Liefeld, a man who was both prolific and controversial for … Read more

Always Bet on Red: Elektra #1 (Review)

Elektra #1
Marvel Comics, February, 2017
Writer: Matt Owens

“Elektra” #1 is a new comic book series from American comic book publisher Marvel Comics. The series revolves around the Greek female ninja assassin known by her first name, Elektra, who is an on-again, off-again ally/romantic interest and enemy of Marvel Comics’ blind acrobatic superhero Daredevil. Both of these characters have appeared in their own motion pictures and so have a degree of fame outside of the American comic book readership.

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Civil War II: The Oath #1 (Review)

Civil War II: The Oath #1
Marvel Comics, January 25, 2017
Writer: Nick Spencer

“Civil War II: The Oath” is a new title spun out of American publisher Marvel Comics’ 2016 crossover promotional event called “Civil War II”. The plot for this saw two factions consisting of Marvel’s most popular mainstream character properties pitted against each other. The trigger was an ideological dispute concerning how best to utilize a new character named Ulysses and his ability to predict the future. The first faction, led by a female superhero called Captain Marvel, wanted to use this precognitive ability to stop crimes before they happen. The other side, led by Marvel Comics’ famous character Iron Man, want to study the ability first in order to ensure that the predictions are not affected by Ulysses’ own bias.

“The Oath” serves as an epilogue to the main “Civil War II” crossover event, but also relies on a story arc set up in the pages of the 2016 title “Captain America: Steve Rogers”. Captain America’s long character history has been controversially rewritten so that he has always been a double agent since the character’s creation in the 1940s (achieved through the use of a cosmic wish-granting artifact/plot device called the Cosmic Cube).

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The Mighty Thor #15 (review)

The Mighty Thor #15 Marvel Comics, March 2017 Writer: Jason Aaron In this controversial series published by Marvel Comics, the role of superhero/the Norse god of thunder, Thor, has been assumed by a woman. That woman is Jane Foster, the male character’s love interest dating back to the character’s creation in 1962. Foster is suffering … Read more