I have a strong memory from my early childhood of walking down General Graham Street, the street where I grew up, daydreaming a Fantastic Four story so vividly that I was right there in the middle of the action; fighting … Continue reading The Fantastic Four: First Steps: Review
When Marvel UK republished the comic strip adaptation of the phenomenally successful film Star Wars in 1978, they did so in the manner traditional to British comics of the time; stripping the episodes into smaller chunks and filling out the … Continue reading The Back Pages: Monark Starstalker
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! The MCU is dead… or at least that’s what the Internet would have you believe. But the Internet is at best an unreliable narrator and at worst a downright liar, so you’d be a fool to … Continue reading The Marvels: Review
For a movie that was rated certificate ‘X’ in the UK (the ‘18’ certificate was still over a year away), Marvel UK seemed quite keen on promoting John Boorman’s Excalibur upon its release in 1981. Not only was there a … Continue reading The Legend Comes to Life Again! Merlin and Excalibur Revisited
Caution: Contains Minor Spoilers Marvel took a big risk with the original Ant-Man movie in 2015, because Ant-Man really isn’t one of their big hitters. I mean, sure, in his comic book Hank Pym form he was a member of … Continue reading Ant-Man and the Wasp – Quantumania: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! She-Hulk emerged from the late-70s/early-80s boom for female Marvel Superheroes, which also saw the arrival of Spider-Woman, Dazzler and the original Ms. Marvel. In her early adventures, she was pretty much a female version of the Hulk, … Continue reading She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: Review
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! There’s a pattern that occurs in film series when they make the decision to become more light-hearted and it can be clearly seen in everything from 1970s Bond to 1990s Batman; you start with a movie … Continue reading Thor – Love and Thunder: Review
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! The title character in Moon Knight has Dissociative Identity Disorder and the story that surrounds him is equally schizoid. He’s never quite sure whether the events that he is experiencing are real, a dream or an … Continue reading Moon Knight: Review
After the universally positive reactions to the MCU serials that have aired on Disney+ in the past couple of years, it was inevitable that there would eventually be a backlash. Marvel fans aren’t quite as predictably vociferous as Star Wars … Continue reading Hawkeye: Review
Following cinematic trends in the 1970s frequently did Marvel Comics a great many favours in later years; the trend for ‘Blaxploitation’ movies in the early 70s witnessed the birth of Blade the Vampire Slayer and Luke Cage: Power Man and … Continue reading Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Review
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