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Today, a group of comics bloggers have gotten together to recommend lesser-known gems of the comics world. Comics are more than Brightest Day and Heroic Age , and you just might want to…read this too! Adam Strange at It’s A Dan’s World American Vampire at Doom Patrol Astro City at Speed Force Booster Gold and Zatanna at Red Tornado’s Path Essential Man-Thing at Firestorm Fan Forgetless at [...]

Last month I attended Comic Con International in San Diego. It was fun and exhausting as always. I’ve posted over 150 photos of people, costumes, displays and sightseeing on Flickr. If you’re interested in write-ups of events, stories, quotes and such, I’m keeping an index of all my posts over at K-Squared Ramblings and Speed Force. Comic-Con 2010 [...]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a fun, funny mash-up of movie, comic book and video game sensibilities. The story combines a romantic comedy with a fighting video game, and the film just runs full-tilt with the idea. If this sounds appealing, go out and see it this weekend . Box office has been very poor, so [...]

The Flash stands or falls on its ability to convey speed, and the Geoff Johns/Francis Manapul team delivers.

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Since I haven’t been able to pick up a copy of The Flash #3 yet, I figured I’d take the opportunity to finally write up a review of last month’s issue. This series continues to be much more enjoyable than Flash: Rebirth , in part because of Francis Manapul’s art and in part because it’s focusing on telling [...]

The first issue of Ron Marz and Kenneth Rocafort’s Velocity miniseries delivers an effective blend of action and exposition. Appropriately for a book about a speedster, it hits the ground running, and while the main conflict doesn’t really begin until the end of the issue, there’s plenty going on in the opening chapter. » Read the [...]

Workman’s new DC Comics Super Heroes and Villains Fandex has incredibly detailed information on the DCU’s major characters, but in a format and size that presents a few difficulties.

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Last month I attended two comic book conventions: WonderCon in San Francisco, and Wizard World’s Anaheim Comic Con. Ordinarily I wouldn’t have visited two cons in one month, but I’ve really enjoyed WonderCon over the last few years, and the speculation that Comic-Con International might leave San Diego got me curious about the current state of the Anaheim Convention [...]

The last year’s worth of Flash stories suggested that the new series would be a grim and gritty police drama with running and time travel. Thankfully, it turns out that the actual launch is a fun adventure story about a CSI cop with super-speed. » Read the full review » More reviews at Speed Force [...]

I liked the profiles a lot better than the story, which left me kind of flat. I guess it just felt like any of a bunch of other one-off stories I’d read. There were some interesting hints about future storylines (mystery of the weather wand, Kadabra’s other enemies, etc.), new connections (Al Desmond as a [...]

Now through April 26: Speed Force and Arroba Silver have teamed up to sponsor a contest to design and win your own Flash Ring. The winner will get a free copy of the ring they designed…and the chance for it to be produced as a limited edition.

Well, it’s done, but I have to admit I was underwhelmed. I liked a lot of the little moments, but I really wish I’d gotten to read 6 issues of real story-for-the-sake-of- story rather than 6 issues getting from point A to point B on an editorial decree. And I wish the book had convinced me [...]

Blackest Night: The Flash #3 was a big improvement over #2, especially the Barry, Wally and Bart thread. I also really liked the way Scott Kolins used visual parallels, both within this issue and echoing images from earlier in the miniseries. As or the Boomerang story…I thought it worked well *on its own* as a chillingly [...]

If there’s one thing that best-describes Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins’ Blackest Night: The Flash #2 , it’s "caught in the middle." It’s the middle of a three-part story. It takes place between chapters of a larger story. It fits between the end of one Flash series and the beginning of another. It’s about people caught between [...]

It was great to see Scott Kolins’ art again – he’s especially well-suited to the Rogues and the Black Lanterns. It was also great to see something actually happen in a story. Sure, it was setup for issues #2 and #3, but it felt less like setup than all 5 issues of Flash: Rebirth so far. In some ways, [...]

I’ve re-read the first four issues and given this one two passes. So how does it stack up? Very well, actually. Barry’s solved his cold case. Zoom’s not only ruthless, but petty and vindictive as well. The changes to the other characters work, including Wally’s new costume (scans and commentary at that link). The main thing I didn’t like [...]

This World War II-set team-up by J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) and Jesus Saiz is a thought-provoking contrast between Silver Age super-hero idealism and wartime determination, asking the tough question: when is it acceptable to kill?Read the full reviewMore reviews at Speed Force

I had a great time Saturday at the first-ever Long Beach Comic Con. I looked at lots of art, caught some panels, got stuff signed by both Mark Waid and Geoff Johns, bought some books and prints, saw people in costumes, and did some sightseeing. And best of all, I didn’t worry about getting trampled! Read [...]

After three issues of setup, the story finally kicks into high gear with super-speed fights, revelations, suspense and "Hell yeah!" moments with incredible splash pages.Read the full reviewMore reviews at Speed Force

25 years ago, Kenner launched a line of DC super-hero action figures under the name Super Powers. The toys were tied to the Super Friends cartoon, and each had an action: If you squeezed Superman’s legs, he would throw a punch. If you squeezed the Flash’s arms, he would run. Each figure also came with a [...]