By Stan Lee, Peter David and Colleen Doran Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781471152597 It would be reasonable to say that Stan Lee has led a rather charmed life. He landed a plum job in comics at an early age that was fortunately kept open for him while he was called up to the army […]
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Shazam!
By Geoff Johns & Gary Frank Publisher: DC ISBN: 9781401246990 Blockbuster movies, eh? What’s making up a fair slice of them these days is the proliferation of superhero based properties, thanks largely to the runaway success of the Marvel movies with their integrated universe and visual effects that have finally caught up with the genre. […]
Powers Bureau – Icons
By Bendis & Oeming Publisher: Marvel/Icon ISBN: 9780785189183 Cinema and TV have very much embraced the superhero these days thanks to CGI finally making everyone look slightly more convincing on screen, and although we’ve not quite reached saturation point yet you’ve got to wonder if that’s getting close. One of the new TV shows is […]
Ordinary
By Williams & D’Israeli Publisher: Titan Comics ISBN: 9781782760092 Michael Fisher is an ordinary bloke, altogether rather unremarkable and, if truth be told, a bit of a loser. There’s nothing special about Michael. Then one morning, for no apparent reason, the population of the world suddenly start to display superpowers in a dizzying array of […]
