https://earthsmightiestblog.com/feed/
-
SPIDER-MAN: DOCTOR OCTOPUS: NEGATIVE EXPOSURE #1-5 (2003-2004)
Doctor Octopus coerces a Daily Bugle photographer to try to get closer to Peter Parker, and figure out how he keeps getting pictures of...
-
Weapon X #5 (2003)
This issue offers our first exposure to the concentration camp built by The Director. Several mutants are executed (off screen). One of...
-
X-Men Unlimited #45 (2003): 1st Claire Hudson
Heather and James Hudson have a baby. The rest of this comic is pretty awful. But it is the first appearance of Claire...
-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAGMAN–THE SECRET INFLUENCER OF FRANK MILLER?
Ragman wasn’t a particularly memorable DC character (though I understand he may be making a comeback soon, on TV). His first...
-
Agent X #7 (2003)
Agent X does a job for an “omni-fetishist,” which basically means he’s turned on by taking an ice cream bath, fine...
-
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 (1963)
The first issue of Amazing Spider-Man is the first example of what Marvel would make its brand-defining style: The crossover. ...
-
X-Men Unlimited #44 (2003)
One issue, one story. That’s good. Sadly, it’s written by Chuck Austen. And it’s dumb. Jean Grey can apparently (a)...
-
FANTASTIC FOUR #65-66/494-495 (2003): Small Stuff/Big Stuff
Johnny Storm leases out unstable molecules to a fashion designer. Remember, Sue put Johnny in charge of the FF’s business lines to...
-
Uncanny X-Men #417-420 (2003): Dominant Species; 1st Max Lobo and Angel’s healing factor
Apparently, Warren Worthington’s company owns something called “Lobo Tech,” and everyone is surprised that it manufactures werewolves....
-
X-Men Unlimited #43 (2003)
Two stories. One by Claremont and Sienkiewicz, another by Stephen Grant and Paul Smith. My expectations are high. For the main...
-
THE FINAL ISSUE OF GARTH ENNIS AND (MOSTLY) JOHN MCCREA’S RUN ON D.C.’S “THE DEMON”
NOTE: These posts on Garth Ennis’ “Demon” comics were originally on another side, published back in 2015, reprinted here for...
-
RAWHIDE KID MAX #1-5 (2003)
A gay cowboy story!!! And not only that, a gay cowboy story with lots of dick references on the covers! And not only that, the...
-
SOLDIER X #7-8 (2003)
Not sure why Cable is made to look like a James Bond villain on this cover. Anyway, this arc makes a nice parallel to the great stuff...
-
THE DEMON #55 (1995)
NOTE: These posts on Garth Ennis’ “Demon” comics were originally on another side, published back in 2015, reprinted here for...
-
DEMON #51-54 (1994)
NOTE: These posts on Garth Ennis’ “Demon” comics were originally on another side, published back in 2015, reprinted here for...
-
DEMON #50 (1994)
NOTE: These posts on Garth Ennis’ “Demon” comics were originally on another side, published back in 2015, reprinted here...
-
Hulk/Wolverine: Six Hours #1-4 (2003)
I very much like how Bruce Jones writes Hulk and I’d pretty much enjoy Scott Kolins drawing anything, so this miniseries should have...
-
Marvel Knights: Wolverine/Hulk #1-4 (2002)
Sometimes it’s hard to figure out whether a Marvel Knights book is canonical. This one is. It’s also by Sam Keith, so...
-
X-Men Unlimited #42 (2003)
Lately, this book has been cramming three stories into 40 pages. This means the stories are really more like scenes or jokes or gimmicks. Not...
-
X-Men Unlimited #41 (2003)
Anthology comics are up-and-down affairs, and this issue is no exception. The first story has the Exiles crossing over with the Spider God...
-
Spider-Man: Tangled Web #21 (2003)
The Christmas issue in which Spider-Man kills Santa. OK, so not really. But it is a lot of fun. Puppet Master makes...