My memories of Buck Rogers are of spandex white suits and disco music, courtesy of one Gil Gerard and an 80’s interpretation of the character. But really, Buck Rogers has been around a lot longer than that.
Anthony Rogers first appeared in the pages of Amazing Stories waaaay back in 1928. He pulled a Rip Van [...]
The Lone Ranger
A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty, “Hi Yo Silver! Away!”
With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now, to the thrilling [...]
Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden
With a name like Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, how could you not become a Wizard?
At the tender age of six years old, Harry Dresden became an orphan. His mother, Margaret Gwendolyn LeFay McCoy Dresden, had died giving birth to Harry and his father, Malcolm, died of a brain [...]
This is Part 2 of my review of Doctor Who: Through Time and Space, a trade paperback / graphic novel that brings together 6 one shot issues of Doctor Who originally published by IDW Publishing. Part 1 can be read here.
Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: IDW Publishing (December 2, 2009)
With his Ninth regeneration, The Doctor [...]
Doctor Who: Through Time and Space from IDW
800+ years ago, a man ran away; far, far away. Away from his people, from the responsibilities they wanted to heap upon him and from whatever destiny they saw for him that he didn’t want for himself. He stole a ship, a fantastic ship that allows him [...]
So. Following reading Green Lantern: Rebirth, I wanted some more. It was nice to visit that universe again and the book itself, though a ‘complete story’ (beginning, middle and end), really did have that ‘jumping off point’ feel to it. They were intentionally setting up what was to come and drawing a line from which [...]
Batman is dead; sacrificed for the greater good trying to stop Darkseid in Final Crisis. In the aftermath of his death, Gotham descends into a crime wave. Once before, when Bane broke the Batman, Dick Grayson assumed the mantle of the Bat to bring order back to the city. Times have changed and so has [...]
3,964 years before the Battle of Yavin, the Old Republic was embroiled in a galactic war.
It is a time of upheaval for the galaxy. The Mandalorian Wars have strained the Old Republic’s resources to the breaking point.
With so many forces at the front, systems in the outer rim teeter on the edge of lawlessness – [...]
October 1959; DC comics editor Julius Schwartz, writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane introduce a new, Silver Age version of a classic comic character to the world – The Green Lantern.
Gone is the magically powered Alan Scott (the Golden Age Green Lantern), replaced by a fighter/test pilot named Hal Jordan who is the first [...]
#11
In this weeks ATFMB podcast, I talk about scifi television, including the renewal of Fox hit Fringe for a 3rd season, Chuck’s ratings win that might mean a 4th season and how i09 has a list of 25 books Hollywood should be making movies out of, how HBO has greenlit a new series based on [...]