When I first saw the trailer for The Legend of Tarzan open, I was immediately impressed by the movie’s epic sweep of landscape. But that wasn’t what most impressed me. What most impressed me was Jane Porter, now Clayton, Lady Greystoke. Watch the trailer: There she stands: blonde, defiant, and unyielding in front of the villain. And she delivers that line that let me know this Tarzan was the one I’d been waiting to see. This was the Tarzan I’d grown up with, the one whose adventures I’d been thrilled with as a kid. Jane looks at the villain (Christoph Waltz) …
I found Luke Cage on the used comics shelf in Pearl’s Swap Shop in Seminole, Oklahoma, where I was currently living in 1972. Pearl’s was a town landmark for kids who read books and comics. In some ways, it was better than the local library. You could buy used paperbacks for a dime and used comics for a nickel. And you got to keep them. You didn’t have to take them back. I begged my mom to take me there every time she went to town, which wasn’t often. That first comic cover mesmerized me because Cage stands there in a …
I found Luke Cage on the used comics shelf in Pearl’s Swap Shop in Seminole, Oklahoma, where I was currently living in 1972. Pearl’s was a town landmark for kids who read. You could buy used paperbacks for a dime and used comics for a nickel. I begged my mom to take me there every time she went to town, which wasn’t often. That first comic cover mesmerized me because Cage stands there in a dramatic, angry pose that became so iconic during the first few years of the series. I was 14 years old at the …
As always, Cliff Steele is in the Doom Patrol comic. He’s the only character who’s been in every series reinvention, so I was glad to see him back. However, he goes to pieces in this one pretty quickly after a weird interlude involving a subatomic adventure and a Mexican entrée. Image courtesy of superherostuff.com Casey Brinke is, during this issue, the focal protagonist. She’s an ambulance driver, loves old video games, and has a cat named Lotion. I like her a lot because she’s cool and laidback and drives her ambulance like she stole it! But every major player in the …
