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Heroes Never Rust #44: Outsiders
Heroes Never Rust #44 by Sean Ironman Outsiders While the second issue of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen begins with the gang taking down Mr. Hyde and features the team stopping the Invisible Man from molesting women, the comic still seems very concerned with the treatment of minorities and outsiders in England. When the team Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #43: Literary Superheroes
Heroes Never Rust #43 by Sean Ironman Literary Superheroes Let’s get this out of the way up front. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be studying The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol 1. For those of you who haven’t read it, please (sigh) do not confuse it with the Sean Connery film. While the movie is Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #42: Aftermath
Heroes Never Rust #42 by Sean Ironman Aftermath There’s only so long a person can hide from their failures. Even though the X-Men put an end to Quentin Quire’s rebellion, failures (both personal and professional) are the focus of each story in New X-Men #138. The issue begins with the X-Men flawlessly taking down the Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #39: Kids
Heroes Never Rust #39 by Sean Ironman Kids The cover to New X-Men #135 says it all. The X-Men (Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Wolverine, Beast, and Xorn), all teachers at Xavier’s Institute for Higher Learning, stand around helplessly, each looking at another member of the team for an answer. Newspaper articles make Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #38: The Next Generation
Heroes Never Rust #38 by Sean Ironman The Next Generation I love the X-Men. No matter how long it’s been since I’ve read new comics, when I come back, I read X-Men comics. I follow them even when I’m not reading comics. One of the reasons I like them is that they aren’t just fighting Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #37: Man or Monster?
Heroes Never Rust #37 by Sean Ironman Man or Monster? Ben Grimm, aka The Thing, is the focus of the final issue of Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules. The cover is of Ben unconscious with a bloody lip and with a small panel of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman laughing at The Thing who’s on Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #36: The Playboy
Heroes Never Rust #36 by Sean Ironman The Playboy The third issue of Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules switches things up, and, instead of the point of view character being a member of the Fantastic Four, the point of view character is Johnny Sturm’s best friend, Richard Mannelman. I’m a fan of stories where the protagonist Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #35: The Invisible Woman
Heroes Never Rust #35 by Sean Ironman The Invisible Woman Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules #2 switches focus from Reed Richards to Susan Sturm. We see that the four-issue miniseries takes place in one day, with this issue beginning with Reed’s phone call to Susan from last issue. We also get a little bit of superhero Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #34: Alone Together
Heroes Never Rust #34 by Sean Ironman Alone Together In 1961, Marvel Comics released The Fantastic Four #1, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby. That comic changed the comic book industry. In the first issue, the Fantastic Four wore no costumes. Instead of having their abilities from birth, or gaining them through Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #33: Facist God
Heroes Never Rust #33 by Sean Ironman Facist God Superman: Red Son #3, the final issue of the miniseries, explores which is better, doing something bad for a good reason, or doing something good for a bad reason? Intensions seem just as important as the act. The ends do no justify the means. Two utopias Continue reading
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