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
In the early 1980s, I had drifted somewhat from the true faith of the superhero, lured by the bright lights and flashy visuals of big screen science fiction. But I could never stay away for too long and Marvel UK … Continue reading My Superheroes – The Eighties
Kids – don’t take this badly, but almost none of the superheroes you enjoy today were invented for you. That’s okay, because they weren’t invented for me either. I was born in 1970 and by the time I got interested … Continue reading My Superheroes – The Seventies
Warning: contains spoilers. This movie has been a long time coming. So long in fact that the proposed first female-led superhero movie of the modern era has been easily overtaken by DCU’s Wonder Woman (et seq) and MCU’s own Captain … Continue reading Black Widow: Review
Warning: contains spoilers! You’ll probably read a lot of reviews which state that the latest Disney+ MCU series Loki is like David Tennant era Doctor Who. It really isn’t. I mean, I can see where the similarities are drawn; Loki … Continue reading Loki: Review
Warning: contains spoilers! Disney+ have followed up their successful first MCU television series with something very different. Well, it had to be, didn’t it? WandaVision was so unique that there was no way they were going to follow it up … Continue reading The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Of all the series that have made it big in the era of streaming, none has been so suited to the new medium as the Disney+ series WandaVision. Although they may appear outwardly similar, network TV and … Continue reading WandaVision: Review
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers We are used to superhero movies being BIG. The action is BIG, the army of bad guys our heroes face off against is BIG and the amount of collateral damage caused in their inevitable CGI punch-up … Continue reading The New Mutants: Review
In the mid-1970s, following the box office success of Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, there was a short resurgence of public interest in Unidentified Flying Objects, more commonly known as UFOs. Not since their 1950s heyday had … Continue reading Pyramid Power: Marvel’s UFO Connection!
In the late 70s, Marvel Comics were desperate to get their hands on Star Trek. They’d been after the rights to the series, which had been long-since cancelled but enjoyed a massive cult following in syndication, for a number of … Continue reading Where Some-one Has Gone Before: Seeker 3000
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