Max emerges from obscurity to put some gas in the blog’s tank to wish everyone a Happy New Year and talk about how exciting 2014 is shaping up to be for the comics medium and how great it is to be a comic book fan right now. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Animal Man
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 30: Legion Toys, DC Nation and New 52 SHAZAM!
Max drops some dollars on a major action figure purchase and geeks out. Also, he takes a look at Cartoon Network’s DC Nation programming block on the rare Saturday morning he didn’t sleep in. Last but not least is Max’s favorite DC hero re-imagined for DC’s New 52, Captain Marvel SHAZAM! Continue reading
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 28: The Last Days of Animal Man
Camped out at his in-laws’, Max spent a morning back on St. Patrick’s Day with The Last Days of Animal Man, a tale by comics and television scribe Gerry Conway and drawn by Chris Batista. It tells the tale of Buddy Baker and his family in the future. Not only is Buddy older, his Animal Man powers are failing him when he needs them most. Could this really be the end for Animal Man? Continue reading
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 27: Animal Man Deus Ex Machina
After starting the final volume of Grant Morrison’s run on Animal Man, Animal Man Deus Ex Machina Max couldn’t put it down! So here then is a look at the book in full, and it’s a mostly SPOILER FREE look at that, so click ahead without fear. Continue reading
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 26: Finishing Animal Man Origin of the Species
While his vacation in Canada is in full swing, Max finishes up the second Animal Man trade paperback, Animal Man Origin of the Species, guest starring Dolphin and the Justice League Europe! Continue reading
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 24: More Animal Man – From B’wana to Freedom Beast
After spending all day on the road, Max whips up a quick blog entry covering Animal Man’s further adventures in Animal Man: Origin of the Species, where AM encounters B’wana Beast once more, though to a much different end than before. Continue reading
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 23: Animal Man Teams with Vixen!
Max begins reading the second Animal Man trade, Animal Man: Origin of the Species where the nature of Animal Man’s powers are called into question, and Animal Man teams with another, similarly powered hero, Vixen! Continue reading
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 22: Animal Man vs. Thanagarians, Red Mask and Mirror Master!
Max continues reading the first Animal Man trade paperback and finishes it up as Animal Man takes on a variety of challenges. Find out how Animal Man comes through and take a look at Grant Morrison’s emerging style in this latest Read My Library entry! Continue reading
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 21: A Bit of Action Figures and Animal Man
After taking a break from writing, Max talks about some new additions to the Library before tackling Animal Man, a character rescued from obscurity in the 1990s by a then unknown writer known as Grant Morrison… Continue reading
READ MY LIBRARY ENTRY 17: Countdown to Adventure!
Continuing through trade paperbacks that feature Adam Strange, Max takes on Countdown to Adventure which reunites the characters Adam Strange, Animal Man and Starfire for an adventure that spans two worlds! Continue reading