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To quote Bender from Futurama

 

 

        

I have survived the annoyance of moving and am happy to be back writing for skatronixxx.com!

I was fortunate enough just shortly after setting up my PC to have a brief meeting through social media with Alex Thomas. He is the Editor of The Pull List a fanzine that launched through PipeDream Comics earlier this spring.

The Pull List is loaded with content via PDF download format. It highlights Digital indy comics and content. From comic previews with links to their sites, to full on reviews, to opinion and advice pieces by indy creators, I found myself wanting to check a few titles and creators  I wasn’t aware of. The fanzine also has a few interviews with creators.

The Pull list is organised, and there are not too many ads. They have a top 30 picks for Comixology  Submit (Digital comics platform for publishing original comic book content) in the first issue. They also give some attention to current comic books campaigns on  Kickstarter. 

The PipeDream Comics site has recommendations for digital comics apps for IOS, as well as alternative apps to Comixology. There is also information on how to create digital comics.

The Pull List is released Quarterly and costs £0.99  per issue at gumroad.com/pipedreamcomics 

There are currently two issues out, and issue #1 is free with the option to name a fair price (support if you’re able to).

If you are a fan of the fanzine format, The Pull List is worth the investment. I found myself engaged and wanting to read the content continually.

More articles on the way in the near future, keep checking back at skatronixxx.com.  If you’re on Twitter follow @Skatronixxx, you can also follow me at  @concreteshawzee .

Totally Awesome Hulk #7 Review

Happy new comic book day!

Totally Awesome Hulk Issue #7 is the first Civil War 2 (Marvels big summer event) tie in of the series. I can say with confidence as someone who has not had a chance to read the previous six issues; this is a great jumping on point. There is an excellent summary at the start of the book that will not leave you confused before reading the first page.

The original Hulk Bruce Banner has been missing for eight months, after the events of last years Secret Wars.  Amadeus Cho (also know as  Mastermind Excello, Prince of Power, Iron Spider) has been the Hulk in Banner’s absence. Right from the very first page we see Bruce looking like he does after he reverts from Hulk back to himself, a complete confused mess. As the story progresses, Bruce learns some shocking information and has quite the time processing it. I don’t want to spoil the issue so I can’t say much more.

Writer Greg Pak does an excellent job putting Bruce through different emotions, and it doesn’t feel forced. Artist Alan Daivs brings out the passion of Greg’s writing with his fantastic art. they both seem to show great range on this issue and complement each other nicely, making this book a pleasure to read and look at. There are no filler or unnecessary panels. Every panel has a purpose. I don’t know why this panel sticks out to me the most but let’s just say there’s one involving a bear and it is awesome! There is not a whole lot of negative to talk about on this issue. It’s only a personal negative. I am not a big Hulk fan. That being said this issue does make me want to continue reading and seeing where this storyline goes. Hopefully, it will make me a bigger Hulk fan.

I know that a lot of the big comic review sites use a score out of five system, but I hate it. I prefer a score out of ten it just makes more sense to me. So I give Totally Awesome Hulk #7 9/10.

I recommend you pick this up at your LCS (local comic book store) or online through Comixolgy for those who don’t have a store nearby or just prefer a digital library.

I would like to thank Greg Pak for providing me with a copy of Totally Awesome HulK #7; I was fortunate enough to catch a tweet of his this morning about giving digital copies to reviewers and bloggers.

I know I said my article output would be dropping for a couple weeks but was an unexpected opportunity and wanted to get it out as soon as possible. Sorry for it being short.

Enjoy new comic book day!

 

A Review Of X-Men Apocalypse

Days of Future Past was an X-men movie that basically reboot the entire X-men universe through an awesome time travel plot that was insanely heartfelt and inspiring (I remember leaving the cinema all teary eyed with the general feeling that everything is possible). In other words, it is a given that any follow up to this film would be an awesome re-introduction to the newly re-created X-men universe. And the Apocalypse trailers did show a LOT of promise, I mean it is only fitting that a universe gets destroyed right after it is created!

However, Apocalypse, with all his might, did not have the power to live up to my expectations.

A Brief History of Comic Books

Hi! I’m Cole. I’m a new author on Skatronixxx, and I love comic books. I have my own blog at Comic City and I am so excited to be an other here, in the Comics and books section. Well, enough of me blabbering, let’s get to the history of comic books!

Comic books have been around for 80+ years, and there is a long and confusing, but intriguing history behind them. I will try to break the history down into less confusing chunks.

The first ever comic books were just comic strips collected fro various newspapers put into a book form. The first full story comics were usually eith
er mystery comics such as Detective Comics (1937) and comedy comics such as The Funnies (1936) or Fun Comics (1935). When Action Comics 1 debuted in 1938, it started a whole new genre of comic books: superhero comics. Detective Comics saw the success of Superman in Action Comics, they introduced another world famous comic book hero, Batman. All American comics (1939) also switched to the action genre, introducing famous characters from the Justice Society of America such as the first Green Lantern, Flash and other heroes. Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the man behind Famous Funnies, Fun Comics and many other popular comic book titles, merged New Comics, All American Comics, Fun Comics, Detective Comics, and almost every other comic book title published and founded DC Comics, one of the most known comic book publishers today.

While all this was going on, other publishers were trying to enter the comic book business, such as Marvel Comics. In 1939, a man named Martin Goodman started the company called Timely Publications, which will later be called Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics 1 was debuted in October, 1939, introducing heroes like the Human Torch and the Submariner. In 1941, Captain America 1 was published and had great success.

Marvel and DC continued their success, and by the mid 1950’s, the silver age of comics began. In 1960, Justice League of America 1 was debuted, and a team of DC’s superheroes unite to fight the terrifying Starro, the giant starfish. In 1962, Amazing Fantasy 15 introduced Spiderman and in 1963, Avengers 4 re-introduced Captain America, after his solo comic was cancelled a few years before.

People are unsure of when the silver age of comics and the bronze age started, but it is some time in the 70s. Comics still thrived, and they still are today. Around 1985, the bronze age of comics ended and the modern age began.

There is so much more to the history of comics. If you would like to look into it so more, check out some of these books:

• The Classic Era of American Comics by Nicky Wright
• Men of Tomorrow by Gerard Jones
• Marvel Comics The Untold Story by Sean Howe

It is amazing to see the progress and history of comic books. If you liked this blog (and even if you didn’t) make sure you follow Skatronixxx.com to get blogs from myself and the other of the amazing authors on Skatronixx. Also, be sure to check out my blog at Comic City and follow me on twitter at @TheNicolasTweet.

Until next time,

-Cole

 

Arrow SN4 EP16 – ‘ Broken Hearts ‘

It’s time to cover episode 16 of Arrow and this week we see the return on Cupid and we also get to see the preliminary hearing to see if Damien Darhk will have to face a court case against him for all his crimes in Star City.

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So after seeing Felicity walk out on Oliver in the last episode it’s only fair to bring Cupid back into the fold to kick love while it’s down on it’s knees and she has a plan to destroy love once and for all by killing happy couples on there wedding day. She starts of by killing her first couple after asking them how much they love each other and the couple state that they love each other to death probably the wrong choice of words considering the situation they are in and Cupid draws back two arrows and fires them into the couple.

Captain Lance contacts Oliver and advises him that there has been a double murder and the person responsible is someone he knows, Oliver appears at the crime scene and Captain Lance shows Oliver one of Cupids trademark arrows. The team try and figure out what the link between the victims and Cupid might be, Thea advises the team that the pair that were killed are a celebrity couple but they cannot figure out what the reason for killing them may have been.

The team get a tip off that another couple have been kidnapped and the team head off to try and stop Cupid from killing again it appears that she has stolen the wedding limo with the couple inside. Wiggle pulls up beside the limo with Thea on the back and she takes the leap and ends up on top of the limo until Cupid crashes through a garage door knocking Thea off onto the ground. Oliver ignores Felicity’s advise to not go after Cupid and to check if Thea is alright by chasing after her in the warehouse he manages to catch up with Cupid he manages to capture her with a trick arrow tying her up but as Oliver is distracted she manages to cut herself loose and knock Oliver down before escaping out of a window.

The team manage to track down Cupids hide out and it’s no surprise that it is a abandoned wedding dress factory and when the team arrive they find that she is targeting famous couples in a bid to destroy love it appears she really didn’t take  the apparent death of Deadshot very well. The team also find a picture of Oliver and Felicity so it appears that the pair have escaped by breaking up, Oliver comes up with a rather odd suggestion by asking Felicity if she will marry him in a bid to draw Cupid out into the open. Felicity eventually agrees to the crazy idea and Thea sets to work spreading the rumour about there secret wedding onto a message board.

The pair arrive at the wedding venue and get the fake wedding under way the pair are left to say there own vows Felicity’s are short and to the point and Oliver takes the chance to poor his heart out to Felicity. The pair are about to get to the I do part of the ceremony and they are then interrupted by Cupid just as she draws and Arrow at Oliver Felicity steps in front of him and starts to walk towards her and with tears in her eyes has a heart to heart with her about the true meaning of love before Cupid fires an arrow into Oliver. The team jump into action and eventually capture Cupid before Oliver gets up off the floor before revealing to her that he was wearing body armour.

We also see in this episode the beginning of Damien Darhk’s preliminary hearing before the judge to see if Laurel has enough evidence to take him to trial for all of his crimes. The trial does not get off to a good start with Darhk’s lawyer advising the court that his clients name is not even Damien Darhk and it is in fact Kenneth Bender and is a citizen of Markovia and that he was being held prisoner at the scene where William was being held. Things go from bad to worse when Diggle takes the stand and Darhk’s lawyer brings up the time that Diggle help Thea Queen buy and massive supply of Vertigo he tries to justify why he did this but before he can answer the question the lawyer then brings up the fact that he seems to work for Oliver Queen but does not understand how he is paid to do so as Oliver has no money.

Captain Lance has seen enough to make him think that Darhk is going to walk so talks Laurel into putting him on the stand and he will tell the court everything Darhk had him do while he was working for him even if it means the end of his career. Laurel agrees to put him on the stand after some persuasion, Captain Lance takes the stand and tells the court how he helped give Darhk police route schedules and even helped him plant a virus in a FBI server farm all because Darhk threatened to kill Laurel if he didn’t do as he was told. This testimony is enough to convince the judge that the case should proceed to trail and that Darhk will be held in prison until the date of the trial is set, we see the officers take him to his cell and once they have left he produces a gold wedding ring from his mouth and places it on his finger and has a big grin on his face.

At the end of the episode we see Felicity and Oliver are back at HQ alone and the pair begin to talk with Oliver apologising again and telling Felicity he does not want to loose her, Felicity tells Oliver that she can never forgive him for what he has done and places the wedding ring down before telling Oliver she can no longer be with him at night doing what they do and not be with him romantically before leaving.

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