I think we can all freely admit that 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine was not good; not good at all. Why 20th Century Fox decided to make a sequel is beyond me (and almost everyone, I…
Captain America’s Righteous War
- March 19, 2013
- Tagged as: Captain America, Hawkeye, The Avengers, Ultimate Universe
I have been slowly reading through Marvel’s Ultimate Universe in the last few years. This universe is gritty, politically charged, realistic, and often has impactful consequences for its members. In mainline Marvel lore, characters that…
Issues of the Day – “Justice League of America” #1 (February 2013)
- March 1, 2013
- Tagged as: Justice League, superheroes
The New 52’s JLA makes its debut–but will you want to read it? Daniel and Mike delve into issue #1. Do you feel this story represents the Justice League well? Dan: When I think Justice…
The Land of Oz gets the John Ford treatment in this intriguing and beautiful new series from Big Dog Ink. As Disney hopes to demonstrate in a few weeks with its Oz the Great and…
Issues of the Day – Aquaman 16
- February 13, 2013
- Tagged as: Aquaman, comics, Cyborg, dc comics, Justice League, New 52
It is safe to say that The Sci-Fi Christian established Aquaman as the greatest superhero ever in the first “Superhero Spotlight”! Seriously, in DC’s New 52 new life is being brought to the character in…
Reading the first book of the Bible simply kindles my imagination, maybe even more than the last one. This doesn’t mean that I think of Genesis as a book of invented stories of things that…
Issues of the Day – “Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness” #1 (IDW, January 2013)
- February 5, 2013
- Tagged as: Into Darkness, Star Trek
As it did in the run-up to director J.J. Abram’s 2009 reboot (or was it?) of Star Trek, IDW is offering a four-issue miniseries designed to set the stage for the sequel, Star Trek Into…
Some contributions to fandom cannot be summarized properly by one voice. The Sci-Fi Christian recognizes that one such contribution may be Dark Horse Comics Star Wars number 1. With characters from the original trilogy including…
Spoliers – Amazing Spider-Man 700, Death and Resurrection
- January 4, 2013
- Tagged as: comics, Jesus, marvel, Resurrection, Spider-Man
Barry “The Flash” Allen, 1985 (Resurrected 2008) Clark “Superman” Kent, 1993 (Resurrected 1993) Steven “Captain America” Rogers, 2007 (Resurrected 2009) Professor Charles Xavier, 2012 (Resurrected TBD) Peter “Amazing Spider-Man” Parker 2013 (Resurrected TBD) All of…
Retro Reading for Christmas Eve: “The Silent Night of the Batman” (Batman # 219, February 1970)
- December 24, 2012
- Tagged as: batman, Christmas
I’m hoping to share a lot about Superman with my fellow sci-fi Christians in 2013—but here’s one last Bat-offering for the Dark Knight’s big year, while it’s still 2012, in the spirit of the season! “So…
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