Month: December 2014
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Green Arrow Volume 5: The Outsiders War by Lemire and Sorrentino
I got into Green Arrow when Kevin Smith brought him back from the dead. Don’t get me wrong, any kid growing up in the early 80’s loved Green Arrow, but mostly as a member of the Justice League of America. No, I started seriously following the character when Smith returned Oliver Queen to the land…
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The Flash’s Second Wind
Earlier this month, I bemoaned the fact that I thought The Flash television show began to stale. I said that the episodes were beginning to feel too formulaic and did not provide enough depth to the main character, Barry Allen. Other than Eddie Thawne and Dr. Harrison Wells, I didn’t find any of The Flash’s…
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Edge of Tomorrow – A Movie Review
There’s been a lot of hype concerning Edge of Tomorrow, and let me tell you, it’s all well deserved. The premise is familiar, to be sure. Tom Cruise plays “Cage,” an unwilling, inept soldier who is better suited as the military’s brilliant public relations man. Cage pisses off the wrong superior and finds himself on the…
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This Suicide Squad Has Life!
I’m the first to admit that I never really cared for the Suicide Squad. I’ve got the first issue seen below from it’s original publication in 1987, and I can tell you, as a ten-year-old at the time, it wasn’t really my thing. I’ve been amused by their various incarnations throughout the decades, especially their…
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The Flash Versus Arrow
I found myself pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Arrow when it first arrived on the CW a few years ago. Don’t misunderstand – I love the character Green Arrow, but I wasn’t much of a CW guy. (I thought I was too old for the station.) The show didn’t strike me as perfect,…
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The Humans – A Book Review
A friend recommended I give The Humans a read, so I thought I’d give it a try. Written by Matt Haig, The Humans is about a mathematician who is killed and replicated by an alien. The alien must eradicate anyone the mathematician shared vital information with concerning a breakthrough concerning prime numbers. The alien’s race…
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