Mucho Man #1 by Chris Marino

Mucho Man by Chris Marino
Issue #1 Free (digital), future issues $1.00 (digital)
Color covers, black and white interiors
27 pages (including cover)

Read the digital comics here 

So what is Mucho Man? In the world where Mucho Man exist each country has a superhero representative sent to worldwide team called the "United Mega-Heroes" that started after the "Mega War".

Issue #1 starts with the last tale of El Pistolero the current member of the United Mega-Heroes representing Mexico. El Pistolero is a gun toting sombrero wearing badass that never misses a shot. He has no superpowers and yet has been the only Mexican representative in the United Mega-Heroes. What you will get from the El Pistolero story is the building blocks for why Mucho Man becomes Mexico's new hero. I won't spoil it but I will say that whatever happens involves armored flying prawns and that's worth cover price for sure (and since it's FREE it feels like you are stealing). I hope this comic comes back to the El Pistolero character in the future telling more of his past because he seems to be a character I could read for days on end.

You also meet Magnanimous who is America's hero with the power to create magnetic orbs and generate electro-magnetic pulses . . . he can also fly which I assume is sort of the same thing as Marvel Comics' Magneto does. Magnanimous is put in charge of bringing Mexico's newest hero into the United Mega-Heroes and has to convince him to quit his current occupation and become what he is meant to be.

After Mucho Man takes the reigns as Mexico's hero something wonderful happens that put's this comic on a level that I don't want to come down from. The villain . . . Austrian born fish throwing menace The Red Herring . . . he comes in at the end of the book but we get one of the best 6 page fight scenes I've seen in a long time . . . mostly because fish are weapons and that made me laugh (out loud at that) and I want more of it.

The art of Mucho Man  has a slight indie feel to it but works really well on this superhero book. The characters are original and creatively thought out and the overall silly ideas placed around a good story make for nothing but fun. The only thing I wish that I could change about this comic is that it's not in color and I love the colors of the characters on the covers.

Original Sketch CD ROM's

The comic is only available on the web through Graphicly at $1.00 an issue or you can get a CD ROM version from Chris if you see him at a convention that he will do an original sketch on which makes them extra cool . . . I'll be getting one of these.

I've thrown in some of the covers below for you to check out . . . GO READ THIS COMIC NOW!

Thanks for reading,
Kevin P. Johnson

Mucho Man #2

Mucho Man #3

Mucho Man #5

Copyright © 2013 Kevin P. Johnson

Images are copyright ©2013 Chris Marino and are used as Fair Use Review images only. Image will be removed upon the request of Chris Marino.

The Sire #1-3, Mikebooks/Aftershock Comics

The Sire (2011)
Published by: Mikebooks/Aftershock Comics
Cover Price: #1 $2.99, #2-3 $3.99

Michael Dolce - Creator/Writer/Colorist
Dan Leister - Penciler
Talent Caldwell - Cover Artist #1-2
Tyler Kirkham - Cover Artist #3
Darren Sanchez - Editor
Catrina Cerise-Arana - Colorist

The Sire #1

The Sire Interior page

The Sire #2

The Sire #3

             The Sire #1-3 begins the tale of a young man named Donald Wright who accidentally comes into a costume that gives him the superpowers of The Sire. The costume has an agenda of it's own and takes control of Donald and forces him to save the world from evil doers. His identity is covered by a mask but he is recognized by his boss TV reporter J.J. Waterson and a psychotic millionaire who is behind more than Donald knows at first.

Donald is not the only one who has gained powers it seems to have happened all around the world including three prisoners who use their new found powers for crime. These three villains become the main threat to Donald in the first three issues and are what I'd describe as "Starter Viliiains" for our hero. I think they will

Overall I like the book, I think the story has promise and is a bit different than most superhero comic books where the hero isn't in control of his actions (at this point anyway). I like the covers on these comics done by Talent Caldwell (#1 & 2) they have a bit of a 1990's feel to them but are simple and effective. The cover for #3 is by a different artist Tyler Kirkham but has the same feel with a bit more details.

The interior art is by Dan Leister and it is a little different than the covers but maintains that 1990's influenced style. It works for me some panels are better than others but it is pretty consistent throughout the three issues. The colors of The Sire comic are by Michael Dolce and really well done and fitting for this comics style.

The Sire has a classic superhero costume which is memorable in it's simplicity. On the other hand the villains that we meet in the first three issues are not much more than regular looking people in prison jumpsuits and we don't get a real super bad guy until the end of issue three when we get a demonic looking creature that looks to be a real threatening supervillain (you'll have to read the book to get a picture of him). I do think that the three prisoners we meet will have an ongoing story and possibly become real threats in the future to the Sire.

Overall the story is good and the characters seem really interesting, my only complaint about the book is that the fight scenes seem to be a bit short with a lot of talking during the fights. I don't mind there being a lot of talking in the comics but I'd like to see longer superhero fight scenes that last five or six pages and full of action. I feel like this hero can be an awesome force once he learns the abilities of his costume and it should be shown over multiple pages at a time. I'd definitely like to read more of this comic in the future I'm a sucker for a superhero book with new and interesting characters.

The Sire is currently on issue #8 and is available in print as well as digital editions. You can get the print books from the online store here and get all of the digital versions on Comixology.

Thanks for reading,
Kevin P. Johnson

Copyright © 2013 Kevin P. Johnson

Images are copyright © 2011 Mike Books/Aftershock Comics and are used as Fair Use Review images only. Images will be removed upon the request of Mike Books/Aftershock Comics.

MARVEL 700 #1's on COMIXOLOGY

You heard they were gonna do it well they did and here's the list of 700 FREE digital comics given away by Comixology from Marvel Comics . . . I got 720 in my download for some reason. It's a great selection . . . most definitely trying to get more sales but a great promotion and I plan on checking out a ton of these.

Thanks for reading,
Kevin P. Johnson

Your Free Marvel #1 Comics:

• 15-Love #1
• 5 Ronin #1 (of 5)
• A + X #1
• A-Babies vs. X-Babies #1
• AVX: Consequences #1 (of 5)
• AVX: VS. #1 (of 6)
• Age of Apocalypse #1
• Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines
• Age of X Universe #1 (of 2)
• Age of X: Alpha #1
• All Winners Squad: Band of Heroes #1 (of 8)
• All-New Iron Manual: Part 1 (of 2)
• All-New X-Men #1
• Alpha Flight #1
• Amazing Fantasy 15: Spider-Man!
• Amazing Spider-Man #1
• Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
• Amazing Spider-Man Hooky #1
• Amazing Spider-Man Movie #1
• Amazing Spider-Man Presents: American Son #1 (of 4)
• Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat #1 (of 4)
• Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot #1 (of 3)
• Amazing Spider-Man/Ghost Rider: Motorstorm
• Amazing Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth #1
• Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives #1
• Amazing X-Men #1
• Annihilation #1 (of 6)
• Annihilation Prologue #1
• Annihilation: Conquest #1 (of 6)
• Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar #1 (of 4)
• Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1 (of 4)
• Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith #1 (of 4)
• Annihilation: Conquest Prologue
• Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus #1 (of 2)
• Annihilation: Nova #1
• Annihilation: Ronan #1
• Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1
• Annihilation: Super Skrull #1
• Annihilators #1 (of 4)
• Ant-Man and Wasp #1 (of 3)
• Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1
• Astonishing Thor #1 (of 5)
• Astonishing X-Men #1
• Astonishing X-Men #1 (of 4)
• Astonishing X-Men Annual #1
• Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1 (of 2)
• Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #1 (of 5)
• Atlas #1
• Avengers #1
• Avengers Academy #1
• Avengers Annual #1
• Avengers Annual #2000
• Avengers Arena #1
• Avengers Assemble #1
• Avengers Forever #1
• Avengers Origins: Ant-Man and the Wasp #1
• Avengers Origins: Luke Cage #1
• Avengers Origins: Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch #1
• Avengers Origins: Thor #1
• Avengers Origins: Vision #1
• Avengers Prime #1 (of 5)
• Avengers Spotlight #1
• Avengers Vol. 1 #1
• Avengers Vol. 4 #1
• Avengers Vol. 5 #1
• Avengers vs. Pet Avengers #1 (of 4)
• Avengers vs. X-Men #1 (of 12)
• Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1 (of 4)
• Avengers: The Children's Crusade #1 (of 9)
• Avengers: The Children's Crusade - Young Avengers #1
• Avengers: The Coming of the Avengers #1
• Avengers: The Initiative #1
• Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1
• Avengers: The Origin #1 (of 5)
• Avengers: X-Sanction #1 (of 4)
• Avenging Spider-Man #1
• Avenging Spider-Man Annual #1
• Baby's First Deadpool Book #1
• Balder The Brave #1
• Battle Scars #1 (of 6)
• Big Hero 6 #1: Brave New Heroes
• Black Knight: Exodus #1
• Black Panther #1
• Black Panther Vol. 5 #1
• Black Widow #1
• Black Widow Vol. 1 #1
• Black Widow Vol. 2 #1
• Blade #1
• Blink #1
• Cable #1
• Cable & Deadpool #1
• Cable King-Size Spectacular
• Cable Vol. 1 #1
• Cable and X-Force #1
• Cable: Blood and Metal #1
• Captain America #1
• Captain America & Thor!: Avengers #1
• Captain America & the Falcon #1
• Captain America Comics #1
• Captain America Corps #1 (of 5)
• Captain America Reborn: Who Will Wield the Shield
• Captain America Spotlight
• Captain America Theater of War: Brother In Arms
• Captain America Theater of War: To Soldier On
• Captain America Vol. 6 #1
• Captain America Vol. 7 #1
• Captain America and Batroc
• Captain America and Crossbones
• Captain America and Falcon #1
• Captain America and First Thirteen
• Captain America and Secret Avengers #1
• Captain America: Hail Hydra #1 (of 5)
• Captain America: Man Out of Time #1 (of 5)
• Captain America: Rebirth #1
• Captain America: The Chosen #1 (of 6)
• Captain America: Theater of War: America the Beautiful
• Captain America: Theater of War: Ghosts of My Country
• Captain Britain and MI: 13 #1
• Captain Britain and MI: 13 Annual #1
• Captain Marvel #1
• Carnage #1 (of 5)
• Carnage USA #1 (of 5)
• Castle: A Calm Before Storm #1 (of 5)
• Chaos War #1 (of 5)
• Chaos War #1: Alpha Flight
• Chaos War #1: Chaos King
• Chaos War: Ares #1
• Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1 (of 3)
• Chaos War: God Squad #1
• Chaos War: Thor #1 (of 2)
• Chaos War: X-Men #1 (of 2)
• Civil War #1 (of 7)
• Civil War: Casualties of War: Iron Man/Captain America
• Civil War: Choosing Sides
• Civil War: Front Line #1 (of 11)
• Civil War: House of M #1 (of 5)
• Civil War: The Confession
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• Civil War: The Return
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• Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #1 (of 4)
• Claws #1 (of 3)
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• Cloak and Dagger Vol. 3 #1
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• Daken: Dark Wolverine #1
• Daredevil Annual Vol. 3 #1
• Daredevil Noir #1 (of 4)
• Daredevil Vol. 1 #1
• Daredevil Vol. 2 #1
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• Daredevil/Deadpool Annual
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• Daredevil: Yellow #1
• Dark Avengers #1
• Dark Avengers Annual #1
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• Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1
• Dark Reign: The List: Amazing Spider-Man
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• Dark Reign: The List: Punisher
• Dark Reign: The List: Secret Warriors
• Dark Reign: The List: Wolverine
• Dark Reign: The List: X-Men
• Dark Reign: The Sinister Spider-Man #1 (of 4)
• Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1 (of 3)
• Dark X-Men: The Confession
• Dazzler #1
• Deadpool & Death Annual
• Deadpool Corps #1
• Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #1 (of 4)
• Deadpool Killustrated #1 (of 4)
• Deadpool Pulp #1 (of 4)
• Deadpool Team-Up #1
• Deadpool Vol. 1 #1
• Deadpool Vol. 2 #1
• Deadpool Vol. 3 #1
• Deadpool Vol. 4 #1
• Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1
• Death of Dracula #1
• Decimation: House Of M - The Day After
• Defenders #1
• Defenders: From the Marvel Vault #1
• Doctor Strange: From the Marvel Vault #1
• Doctor Strange: The Oath #1 (of 5)
• Dorothy and the Wizard In Oz #1 (of 8)
• Drax the Destroyer #1
• Earth X #1
• Emma #1 (of 5)
• Ender's Game Book One: Battle School #1 (of 5)
• Ender's Game Book Two: Command School #1 (of 5)
• Ender's Game: Mazer in Prison
• Ender's Game: Recruiting Valentine
• Ender's Game: The League War
• Ender's Game: War of Gifts
• Ender's Shadow Book One: Battle School #1 (of 5)
• Ender's Shadow Book Two: Command School #1 (of 5)
• Enter the Heroic Age #1
• Eternals #1 (of 7)
• Exiled #1
• Exiles Vol. 1 #1
• FF #1
• FF Vol. 2 #1
• Factor X #1
• Fallen Son: Death of Captain America #1: Wolverine
• Fantastic Four #1
• Fantastic Four Annual #1
• Fantastic Four In... Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K.! #1
• Fantastic Four Vol. 2 #1
• Fantastic Four: 1234 #1
• Fantastic Four: Books of Doom #1
• Fantastic Four: House Of M #1 (of 3)
• Fantastic Four: Isla De La Muerte!
• Fear Itself #1 (of 7)
• Fear Itself: Black Widow
• Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1
• Fear Itself: Monkey King #1
• Fear Itself: The Fearless #1 (of 12)
• Fear Itself: The Worthy One-Shot
• Firestar #1
• First X-Men #1 (of 5)
• Formic Wars: Burning Earth #1 (of 7)
• Formic Wars: Silent Strike #1 (of 5)
• Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1
• Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Annual #1
• Gambit & The X-Ternals #1
• Gambit Vol. 4 #1
• Gambit Vol. 5 #1
• Gambit: From the Marvel Vault #1
• Generation Next #1
• Ghost Rider #1 (of 6)
• Ghost Rider Annual #1
• Ghost Rider Vol. 3 #1
• Ghost Rider Vol. 6 #1
• Ghost Rider Vol. 7 #1
• Ghost Riders: Heaven's on Fire #1 (of 6)
• Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1.1: Part 1
• Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1.2: Part 2
• Gorilla Man #1 (of 3)
• Gravity #1 (of 5)
• Guardians of the Galaxy #1
• Hawkeye #1
• Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1
• Hawkeye: Blind Spot #1 (of 4)
• Heralds #1 (of 5)
• Herc #1
• Heroes For Hire #1
• Heroes For Hire Vol. 3 #1
• Heroes Reborn: Avengers #1
• Heroes Reborn: Captain America #1
• Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four #1
• Heroes Reborn: Iron Man #1
• Hit-Monkey #1 (of 3)
• Hit-Monkey One Shot #1
• House of M #1 (of 8)
• House of M: Avengers #1 (of 5)
• House of M: Masters of Evil #1 (of 4)
• Hulk #1
• Hulk Smash Avengers #1 (of 5)
• Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Clash
• Hulk: Fall of the Hulks Alpha #1
• Hulk: Fall of the Hulks Gamma #1
• Hulk: Gray #1
• Iceman and Angel #1
• Immortal Iron Fist #1
• Immortal Iron Fist Annual #1
• Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death
• Immortal Iron Fist: The Origin of Danny Rand
• Immortal Weapons #1 (of 5)
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• Indestructible Hulk #1
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• Infinity Gauntlet #1 (of 6)
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• Invincible Iron Man Annual #1.1
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• Invincible Iron Man Annual #1.3
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• Iron Man Vol. 5 #1
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• Iron Man: The Inevitable #1 (of 6)
• Iron Man: The Rapture #1 (of 4)
• Irredeemable Ant-Man #1
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• Ka-Zar Vol. 5 #1 (of 5)
• King-Size Hulk #1
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• Loki #1 (of 4)
• Los 4 Fantasticos #1: Isla De La Muerte!
• Los 4 Fantasticos En... Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K.! #1
• Luke Cage Noir #1 (of 4)
• M.O.D.O.K: Reign Delay #1
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• Magician Master: The Great One
• Magician: Apprentice Riftwar Saga #1 (of 17)
• Magneto #1
• Magneto: Not A Hero #1 (of 4)
• Marvel 1602 #1
• Marvel 1602 #1: New World
• Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four #1 (of 5)
• Marvel 1985 #1 (of 6)
• Marvel Adventures Iron Man #1
• Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #1
• Marvel Girl #1
• Marvel Holiday 2011
• Marvel Holiday Magazine #1
• Marvel Holiday Special: 2004
• Marvel Holiday Special: 2005
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• Marvel Holiday Special: 2007
• Marvel Holiday Spectacular 2009
• Marvel Knights #1
• Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1
• Marvel Now! Point One #1
• Marvel Universe vs. Avengers #1 (of 4)
• Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine #1 (of 4)
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• Marvel Zombies #1
• Marvel Zombies 2 #1 (of 5)
• Marvel Zombies 3 #1 (of 4)
• Marvel Zombies 4 #1 (of 4)
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• Marvel Zombies Destroy #1 (of 5)
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• Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution #1
• Marvel's Iron Man 2 Adaptation #1 (of 2)
• Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude #1 (of 2)
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• Marvel's the Avengers: Black Widow Strikes #1 (of 3)
• Marvel's the Avengers: The Avengers Initiative #1
• Marvels #1: Part One
• Marvels #1: Part Two
• Marvels: Eye of the Camera #1 (of 6)
• Mekanix #1
• Microverse: The Enigma Force #1 (of 3)
• Mighty Avengers #1
• Minimum Carnage: Alpha #1
• Minimum Carnage: Omega #1
• Moon Knight Vol. 3 #1
• Moon Knight Vol. 4 #1
• Moon Knight: Silent Knight #1
• Morbius: The Living Vampire #1
• Ms. Marvel #1
• Ms. Marvel Annual #1
• Ms. Marvel Special
• Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller
• Mutopia X #1 (of 5)
• Mystery Men #1 (of 5)
• Mystic #1 (of 4)
• Mythos: Captain America
• Mythos: Hulk
• Namor: The First Mutant #1
• Nation X: X-Factor #1
• New Avengers #1
• New Avengers Annual #1
• New Avengers Annual Vol. 2 #1
• New Avengers Finale #1
• New Avengers Vol. 2 #1
• New Avengers Vol. 3 #1
• New Avengers: Illuminati
• New Avengers: Illuminati #1 (of 5)
• New Avengers: The Reunion #1 (of 4)
• New Mutants #1
• New Mutants Annual Vol. 1 #1
• New Mutants Vol. 1 #1
• New Warriors Vol. 1 #1
• New X-Men Annual #1
• New X-Men Vol. 2 #1
• Nextwave: Agents of HATE #1
• Nomad: Girl Without A World #1 (of 4)
• Nova #1
• Nova Annual #1
• One Month To Live #1 (of 5)
• Onslaught Reborn #1 (of 5)
• Origins of Marvel Comics #1
• Origins of Marvel Comics #1: X-Men
• Orson Scott Card's Speaker For the Dead #1 (of 5)
• Planet Skaar: Prologue
• Point One #1
• Power Man and Iron Fist #1 (of 5)
• Prelude To Deadpool Corps #1 (of 5)
• Pride & Prejudice #1 (of 5)
• Punisher #1
• Punisher Annual #1
• Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe
• Punisher Noir #1 (of 4)
• Punisher Vol. 8 #1
• Punisher War Journal #1
• Punisher: In the Blood #1 (of 5)
• Punisher: Nightmare #1 (of 5)
• Punisher: War Zone #1 (of 5)
• Realm of Kings
• Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1 (of 5)
• Realm of Kings: Inhumans #1 (of 5)
• Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk #1 (of 4)
• Red Skull #1 (of 5)
• Rescue #1
• Road To Oz #1 (of 8)
• Rogue Vol. 3 #1
• Runaways #1
• Runaways Vol. 2 #1
• Runaways Vol. 3 #1
• Ruse #1 (of 4)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol. 2 #1
• Savage Wolverine #1
• Scarlet Spider #1
• Secret Avengers #1
• Secret Invasion #1 (of 8)
• Secret Invasion: Dark Reign
• Secret Invasion: Front Line #1 (of 5)
• Secret Invasion: Inhumans #1 (of 4)
• Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1 (of 3)
• Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (of 3)
• Secret Invasion: Thor #1 (of 3)
• Secret Invasion: War of Kings
• Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? #1
• Secret Invasion: X-Men #1 (of 4)
• Secret War #1
• Secret Warriors #1
• Secret Wars #1
• Sentry: Fallen Sun
• Shadowland #1 (of 5)
• Shadowland: After the Fall
• She-Hulks #1 (of 4)
• Siege #1 (of 4)
• Siege: Captain America #1
• Siege: Embedded #1 (of 4)
• Siege: Loki #1
• Siege: Secret Warriors #1
• Siege: Spider-Man #1
• Siege: The Cabal
• Siege: Young Avengers #1
• Sif #1
• Sigil #1 (of 4)
• Silver Surfer #1 (of 5)
• Silver Surfer: Enslavers
• Silver Surfer: Parable #1
• Silver Surfer: Requiem #1 (of 4)
• Skaar: King of the Savage Land #1 (of 5)
• Skaar: Son of Hulk #1
• Space: Punisher #1 (of 4)
• Spider-Island Spotlight
• Spider-Island: Amazing Spider-Girl #1 (of 3)
• Spider-Island: Avengers #1
• Spider-Island: Cloak and Dagger #1 (of 3)
• Spider-Island: Deadly Foes #1
• Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 (of 3)
• Spider-Island: Heroes For Hire #1
• Spider-Island: Spider-Woman #1
• Spider-Man #1
• Spider-Man & The Human Torch in Bahia De Los Muertos #1
• Spider-Man 1602 #1 (of 5)
• Spider-Man Noir #1 (of 4)
• Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom #1 (of 3)
• Spider-Man Unlimited #1
• Spider-Man Y La Antorcha Humana En...Bahia De Los Muertos! #1
• Spider-Man and the X-Men Digital Spectacular #1
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• Spider-Man/Fantastic Four #1 (of 4)
• Spider-Man/Human Torch #1
• Spider-Man: Back In Quack #1
• Spider-Man: Blue #1
• Spider-Man: Chapter One #1
• Spider-Man: House Of M #1 (of 5)
• Spider-Man: Reign #1 (of 4)
• Spider-Man: The Lost Years #1
• Spider-Men #1 (of 5)
• Squadron Supreme #1
• Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1 (of 4)
• Strikeforce: Morituri #1
• Stryfe's Strike File #1
• Super Hero Squad #1
• Super-Villain Team-Up/M.O.D.O.K.'s 11 #1 (of 5)
• Superior Spider-Man #1
• Tails of the Pet Avengers
• Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: By The Light
• Thanos Quest #1
• Thanos: The Final Threat #1
• The Marvels Project #1 (of 8)
• The Mighty Thor #1
• The Mighty Thor Annual #1
• The Official Handbook of the Ultimate Marvel Universe: Vol. 1 #1: Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four
• The Order #1
• The Rawhide Kid #1 (of 4)
• The Thanos Imperative #1 (of 6)
• The Thanos Imperative: Devastation
• The Thanos Imperative: Ignition
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #1 (of 8)
• Thor #1
• Thor #1: Vol. 3
• Thor #2000: Annual
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• Thor: Ages of Thunder
• Thor: Ages of Thunder - Reign of Blood #1
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• Thor: Giant-Size Finale #1
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Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (Marvel Comics 2013)

Guardians Of The Galaxy Issue #1

Published by Marvel Comics

Cover Price $3.99

21 story pages, full color

May, 2013

Brian Michael Bendis - Writer
Steve McNiven - Penciler
John Dell - Inker
Justin Ponser - Colors

Well this is where the story should have started. A much better introduction than the 0.1 issue for sure but still the book seems to be mainly focused on Star-Lord. It does take about half the book before we get the names of the entire team Gamora, Drax The Destroyer, Groot, Rocket Raccoon and of course Star-Lord and umm Iron Man maybe?


Interior pencils from Guardians Of The Galaxy #1



The issue starts off with Star-Lord (Peter Quill) being met by his father the King of Spartax Planetary System. They have a light hearted argument yet heated argument and basically it ends up that Star-Lord is to leave the Earth alone and it will be left alone by all others as well. Well Star-Lord see's flaws in this theory and heads to Earth anyway.

When approaching Earth Star-Lord and the Guardians Of The Galaxy meet up with Iron Man who has come into battle in space near the Earth with an alien race known as the Badoon. The battle rages on and a really good fight scene ends up taking the last eleven pages of the book. In the battle Groot the tree-like character who looks pretty awesome is blow up but I assume he can regenerate because Rocket Raccoon finds a little piece of him and it seems that that is all that is needed.



Interior spread art used as a Marvel Comics Wallpaper



So this issue to me is a lot better than the 0.1 issue and has taken that rub the wrong way and put it back to a neutral rub. I like the art, the inking is done by a local guy (for me) John Dell and you can't go wrong with big fight scenes. I still don't really know anything about these characters but I'll try a few more issues and see where it goes.

Rocket Raccoon Limited Series #1

The one thing I really don't like about this issue is that Rocket Raccoon doesn't look cool, he doesn't look awesome and he doesn't look funny, he looks like a crazed freak. Actually he almost looks like a cat and that helmet he's wearing has got to go. I prefer the Rocket Raccoon of old over this version any day.

So as I said before this series is at a draw for me now I'll need a lot more good than bad to become a permanent reader of Guardians Of The Galaxy but I think I should be ready for the movies by the time I figure out if this is a keeper title.

Thanks for reading,

Kevin P. Johnson 

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Favorite Characters: Spider-Man

Favorite Character: Spider-Man
Real Name: Peter Benjamin Parker
Group Affiliation: The Avengers,New Fantastic Four, New Avengers, Future Foundation
Identity: Secret Citizenship: U.S.A.
Place of Birth: Forest Hills, New York
First Appearance: Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)
Origin: Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)

Get all the info on Spider-Man at: SPIDER-MAN 

Spider-Man is my all-time favorite character in comic books . . . I would have to say he's my all time favorite character in everything for that matter. Although he's a superhero I find him to be the most relateable character to myself (no I'm not a superhero).

Spider-Man is one of the most iconic characters in the entire world but has remained one of the few characters that most people could imagine themselves being. I think Peter Parker is such a relateable character because of his supporting cast. A large cast of family, friends, coworkers and villains that Peter has deep emotional attachment to all make Spider-Man  that one guy that you can't help but pull for.

As real as Spider-Man's family and friends seem his villains are so over the top and out there that they can't help but be fun. The Green Goblin, Mysterio, Shocker, Electro, Doctor Octopus, The Lizard and Venom just to name a few have kept Spidey on his toes since 1962.

Spider-Man's costume is a classic amongst all superheroes and even though he's had several  different costumes over the years the blue and red suit always comes back and never goes out of style. Personally the black costume was a shock and the worst thing in the world to me back in 1984 when it first appeared . . . but then it quickly grew on me and has become one of my favorite superhero costumes ever. I have liked most of the Spider-Man costumes that Marvel has presented over the years and white FF costume is a favorite of mine as well but there have been a few stinkers in the mix especially the Silver and Black Spider-Armor costume and the Iron-Spider costume was ok except I hated those metal legs it had.

The best writers and artist in the comics business have worked on the Spider-Man character as well, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Todd McFarlane, John Romita, and Brian Michael Bendis to name a few have given us great tales of action adventure and even a little romance but the list of creators is long and varied. Even though the best have worked on Spider-Man titles sometimes the stories take a turn that draw people away from the comics. I have never had a problem with the way things go in Spider-Man comics and I generally like the way things happen or at least I figure a reasoning out for myself for the why this or that happened and I can usually accept what has been done and I can carry on.

Spider-Man has teamed-up with just about everyone at some point and fought just as many villains over the years providing non-stop high flying acrobatic action and he usually ends up on the brink of death or worse before he usually pulls out the win in the end. Spider-Man doesn't always win but he does everything possible to be sure not to lose.

Spider-Man my favorite character ever!

Thanks for reading,
Kevin P. Johnson

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GEEK GIRL #0

Geek-Girl #0Published by Actuality Press
Cover Price $2.50
12 pages, Black and White
October 2012

Sam Johnson - Writer
Sally Stone-Thompson - Artist
Jaymes Reed - Leterer
Kris Johnson - Inlay Page Letters

 Geek-Girl #0 begins the story of Ruby Kaye a popular girl who wins a pair of high-tech glasses from her friend Trevor Goldstein that give the wearer super powers. Goldstein originally intended to use the glasses for himself to gain popularity and get the attention of a woman but soon finds himself giving up the glasses.

This comic is a preview at best and really needs to be longer to develop into a superhero story. You do get the basics of an origin here but not much more in this issue. I would like to have seen a super villain introduced and a confrontation but we don't get that only a cameo on the last page of the comic of some unnamed possible villain.

The art is heavily influenced by the manga style of Japanese comics and it seems like it would fit in well with readers of the genre. Geek-Girl did not feel like I was reading a superhero comic in this preview issue it was much more of a relationship between friends kind of story (which is not a bad thing). I think this book would have served itself better and gone a lot further with 24 pages. Geek-Girl #0 is a pretty good start for an indie comic but let's see more action and superheroing in the next issue.

I was also sent another title from Actuality Press called Mr. Mash-Up that is related to Geek-Girl and I will be reviewing that as well.

Find out more about Geek-Girl by clicking here: Geek-Girl Comics

Copyright © 2013 Kevin P. Johnson

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The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe

The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe . . . OHOTMU for short to me is probably one of the greatest and most important parts in the history of comic books and I'm sure it gets overlooked by most fans. I started getting seriously into comics way back in June 1983 with Uncanny X-Men #170 (a story I've told before on this blog . . . somewhere) and at the start I knew the main characters in comics Spider-Man, some of the X-Men, Superman, Batman, Thor, The Hulk, Wonder Woman and anyone who had made an appearance on Saturday morning cartoons.

As I started buying comics anywhere I could as much as I could with little to no money I tried to get some different things to see what other characters were out there. A few months later I remember visiting my cousins house and they had different comics than I was getting but still mostly Marvel, things like Moon Knight and Avengers and one of them had The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe. This was amazing to me a comic that told history's of characters I did not know with pictures and all the vital info and when they first appeared and when they died and what teams they were on, this was it the thing I needed to have and my twelve year old self was not going to be stopped from getting these comics. Well that turned out to be a total failure for a long while because I couldn't find it anywhere back then. It was mostly due to the fact I could only get comic books at grocery stores, convenience stores and drug stores. It took me many years to get the entire run of Volume 1 and Volume 2 (I still don't have all of the newer releases of everything published).

When Volume 2 came out The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition it got even better. The issues were bigger and more characters were brought into the series and by this time I was able to find almost every issue on the newsstand or wherever I could find them. As with the first series the covers were wraparound featuring as many characters as could fit all running or flying toward something that you could never get to the end of and I thought then and still do that that was a brilliant idea. With Volume 2 I had knowledge of enough characters that I could pick up just about any Marvel comic book and already know the characters or quickly refer to them in the OHOTMU (I still do this today).

Marvel then released a shorter series called Update '89 which gave entries on new characters and updated some of the major characters. I had often said that they should just come out with a giant book with everyone in it although I had no idea how many characters that would be but I was a kid and I wanted it. Then along comes The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol. III (Master Edition) this was kinda what I wanted but weirder. They put out a 35 issue three ring binder edition with character model sheets that was pretty expensive for the time and you had to get the binders. Well I had one binder and most of the issues but for one reason or another I stopped getting them in the 20's. The funny thing about it was I lost all of my Master Edition in Hurricane Katrina and by chance it came up a few months later when at a comic book store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana the guy working there said hey I have a ton of that stuff at home if you want it you can have it. Well he had more than I did to start so that made me feel pretty good even though a few of the character sheets were missing I was only out a few characters.

In the Master Edition the covers were boring one character and a bunch of heads of characters and I didn't like it. The first issue did not have the hole punched cover either which I believe they fixed with issue 2 but I'm not sure at the time of the writing of this. The character sheets were kind of interesting and kind of boring at the same time. On the front of the cards they showed a front, side, and rear view of all the characters but they were all in the same boring pose that did nothing for the characters personality and on the back was the bio and information about the character. As mixed as my feelings are about this series it did give even more characters and information and you did get to see all sides of the costumes and I put it in the "Love It" category still and I refer to it from time to time. Marvel would end the series The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe after the last issue of this was published in 1993 and it would stay gone for eleven years until 2004. I see that as a good thing because I was away from comics for most of the 1990's and I didn't really miss anything as far as the updates went. 

In 2004 Marvel began releasing many themed one-shots of comics with new characters and updates on old ones. I tried to collect as many of these as I could find but have missed quite a few. Then in 2010 ALL-NEW Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe and was odd in the fact that the issues were A-Z but each issue was A-Z and that didn't make a lot of sense to me but it had more characters and that's what I love to see.

Since the 2004 series of one-shots Marvel has done several different editions, with black and white reprints, hardcover encyclopedias and several updates. In some issues of regular comics a profile page or section will be added featuring characters that are appearing in that title. I don't think that they will ever have a complete edition of The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe in print but I love that they try and give the readers a source to learn about a lot of characters they might not have known about before.

Check out the wikipedia page for a complete list of all of the series and updates by clicking here: OHOTMU

Thanks for reading,

Kevin P. Johnson

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Soviet Super Soldiers #1, 1992 Marvel Comics

Soviet Super Soldiers #1
November 1992
62 pages
Published by Marvel Comics
Cover price $2.00
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Cover art Angel Medina
Interior art Javier Salatares
Inker Jeff Albrecht

 Soviet Super Soldiers #1 Special Edition . . . honestly I don't know when or where I got this but it's been sitting around my apartment for a few weeks just wanting to be read. I don't know much about these characters I have seen them pop up here and there in different Marvel comic books over the years and I figured that this would be an interesting comic. I wasn't totally right about that. The story it wasn't bad but it just did not hold my interest for the entire issue. You do get the first apearences of a few characters (Stencil, Synthesizer, Unicorn, and Firefox) and the deaths of others (Concussion, Iron Curtain, Mentac and members of the Green Liberation Front).

What did keep me reading was this comic was 62 pages and zero advertisements making that early 90's $2.00 cover price well worth it, the art was very nice in that late 80's/early 90's style and the book was loaded with action. 

This comic is worth picking up if you come across it in a back issue bin for the characters alone (I love the B and C level characters). You get Crimson Dynamo V, Darkstar, Titanium Man, Red Guardian, Vanguard, Ursa Major, Unicorn and others with a brief appearance by Captain America (probably to boost sales) all of these characters could use more face time in the Marvel Universe. 

The art of the book is the main attraction for me in this comic but the design and use of crazy sound effects throughout the book just makes it awesome and fun. Today's comics still use the sound effects but this issue just went wild with it and let pages be dominated by the sound words and yet they work with the art well.

I won't say that this book was horrible or amazing but it is worth what you will end up paying for it which should be anywhere for .25 cents to $3.00, keep it in mind when searching through the back issue and bargain comic book bins.

Thanks for reading,

Kevin P. Johnson

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Blackest Night - A Few Words

So Blackest Night DC's latest big thing super-crossover event of the year. I just got number 8 last night (Mail order comics put you behind a bit) and I've got to say I was pretty happy with the outcome.

I didn't get into all of the crossovers and other limited series that went along with this (currently not able to buy a lot of DC titles) but I have read the crossovers in JLA and JSA and those couple of comics you got the free rings with and I have to say that I am pleased in what I've read.

I'm really going to have to read the series over because there is so much about DC Comics that I don't understand and Blackest Night has a lot happening in it that makes me scratch my head but boy does it look awesome, Ivan Reis can draw all of my comics and I'd be ok with that.

This post isn't to really spoil it or tell you about the story I'd rather not do that right now so I'm here to give a few words on what I think the result will do.

Blackest Night resulted in bringing back several major characters from the dead. Some of the final words of the series by Hal Jordan spoke that I think will impact DC for years to come "I Think Dead Is Dead From Here On Out," those are powerful words in comics and I hope that they are true. In my mind I'm going to believe that DC brought back all of the characters that they want alive and those that remained dead will stay dead forever. Believing this will probably burn me but I think people are getting tired of seeing characters die and come back so much and hopefully the creators and publishers will see that death is a serious thing and changes the universe and has lasting effect on all those who survive.

DC you did a great thing with Blackest Night and I'm looking forward to reading the Brightest Day series coming out soon. I hope that you run with what you have set up and make the best comics you possibly can. This series alone has me interested in reading Green Lantern and comic books featuring all of the other Lantern Corps.

As for who they brought back to life . . .  that you'll just have to read the series for now. I may come back later on and give a full review of the series with full on spoilers and just ruin it for everyone.

- Kevin P. Johnson

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