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Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMarch 10, 20220Comments

An excellent reintroduction to the character and offering phenomenal artwork reminiscent of the late, great Darwyn Cooke and Andrea Sorrentino, the book presents a different point of view in the daily life of an Avenger. Wonderfully pedestrian and concise, it starts evolving the relationship between mentor and mentee unlike anything I have ever seen before…

Green Lantern review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMarch 3, 20220Comments

I was not very enthusiastic to take up the latest Green Lantern book. See I am a HUGE Hal Jordan fan. It was through Geoff Johns' run that I got into Green Lantern and later to his supporting cast. While I love all of the Green Lantern Corps (my favorites being Kilowog, Mogo and Isamot Kol),…

The Other History of the DC Universe review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMarch 1, 20220Comments

What a beautiful, beautiful book. I have not said this about a book for a long time. I read good books; I read fun books, sure. But a beautiful one? Not since the Alex Ross books. And like Alex Ross and Kurt Busiek's Marvels, The Other History of the DC Universe seeks to make the history of…

The Death of Captain Marvel review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJanuary 23, 20220Comments

This might be a sensitive subject to some. Of all the glorious deaths you might imagine for a warrior such as Captain Marvel, cancer is definitely the least one you would expect. Following an attack by the villain Nitro in Captain Marvel #34, the champion and protector of life faces the inevitability of death and in…

Marvel Super Heroes #12-13 & Captain Marvel #1 review by Raphael Borg

Comics, Reviews, UncategorizedJanuary 16, 20220Comments

In preparation to read the iconic "The Death of Captain Marvel," I brushed up some history of the character by reading his debut story in Marvel Super Heroes #12-13 and Captain Marvel #1 by Stan Lee and Gene Colan. While it is an arc that shows its age by following some writing flourishes typical of…

Neil Gaiman’s Eternals – review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJanuary 11, 20220Comments

I cannot stress how much I love Neil Gaiman's work; although my experience of it is very limited, I have had enough to want to read more. His tug-of-war between the divine and the profane with a touch of a mean streak is something which I can very much relate to and love returning to. This…

The Flash: Savage Velocity – review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJanuary 8, 20220Comments

It is very important, I find, that one maintains a critical distance between what they like and themselves in order to accept that their object of content is not infallible. With this frame of mind, I read through Mike Baron, Jackson Guice and William Moesssner-Loebs' Savage Velocity. Hot off the heels of Barry Allen's death in…

John Byrne’s Avengers West Coast: Darker than Scarlet review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsDecember 17, 20210Comments

Almost undoubtedly where the current phase of the MCU is heading, John Byrne's Avengers West Coast: Darker than Scarlet presents the downfall of Wanda Maximoff. This will not be the first or the last time that her downward spiral is even touched upon - it is almost a trope in itself by now - but…

Venom: Let There Be Carnage review by Raphael Borg

Movies, ReviewsNovember 2, 20210Comments

So. This is weird. I did not have ANY expectations whatsoever going into watching the Venom sequel "Let There Be Carnage". And it certainly left me with mixed feelings. On one hand, Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson were a treat to watch as the titular characters, as well as Naomie Harris (of Pirates of the Caribbean…

Wonder Woman by William Moessner-Loebs reviewed by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsNovember 2, 20210Comments

This is a weird book. I really wanted to like this book. Wonder Woman, I find, has had an....interesting.... history in DC Comics. Unlike Batman and Superman, there have only been a handful of iconic stories from her entire bibliography. Sadly, it can easily be seen here why. William Moessner-Loebs gives Diana plenty of personality, as…

The Suicide Squad film review by Raphael Borg

Movies, ReviewsAugust 5, 20210Comments

When they first announced a quasi-sequel to the poorly put-together but brilliantly casted original Suicide Squad movie, I was relieved. The other entire concept of the squad - the expendables of the DC universe, essentially - were too good to go to waste. Handled by James Gunn and being allowed to truly go off the…

Ben Percy’s Green Arrow review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsAugust 5, 20210Comments

The greatest Green Arrow stories are those in which he is treated like a modern-day Robin Hood, both a loudmouth political windbag with a gritty manner of dispensing justice as well as a cynical, flamboyant, swashbuckling hero. In an effort for revitalising the character in DC rebirth, Ben Percy and his team try for a…