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July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Geek Nonfiction: Harold Bloom’s Shakespeare: The Invention Of The Human

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment A Midsummer Night's Dream, American Sniper, Chris Kyle, Christopher Marlowe, Falstaff, Hamlet, Harold Bloom, Macbeth, Othello, Shakespeare: The Invetion of the Human, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, William Shakespeare

A Yale literature professor reflects on his favorite author.

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July 18, 2019July 18, 2019

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #233: Obsidian

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Alan Scott, DC Comics, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, doomsday clock, Earth-2, Gerard Jones, Green Lantern, Infinity Inc, Jade, Justice League, Justice Society, Lance Henriksen, Legends of Tomorrow, Manhunter, Misplaced Heroes, New 52, Nuklon, Obsidian, Rose and Thorn, Zero Hour

Hey kids! It’s the shadow man!

Books & Comics Hot Reviews Sci-Fi & Fantasy

July 16, 2019July 15, 2019

Comic Review: Darth Vader Dark Lord Of The Sith Volume 2

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Charles Soule, Dark Vader Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, Marvel Comics, Star Wars

Darth Vader stalks a librarian. No, really!

Books & Comics Hot Reviews Sci-Fi & Fantasy

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019

Geek Lit: Recursion By Blake Crouch

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Blake Crouch, Dark Matter, Recursion

If you could change your memories, would you?

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July 11, 2019July 6, 2019

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #232: Jade

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Alan Scott, Black Lantern Corps, Blackest Night, Earth-2, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Infinite Crisis, Infinity Inc, Jade, Justice Society, Kyle Rayner, Misplaced Heroes, New 52, Obsidian, Rose and Thorn, Starheart

Alan Scott’s daughter bounced around with different Green Lantern powers for a while there.

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July 10, 2019July 10, 2019

Comic Review: Avengers Volume 3

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Avengers, black panther, Blade, Dracula, Ghost Rider, Iron Fist, Jason Aaron, thor, Winter Guard

Vampire civil war? Vampire civil war.

Books & Comics Hot Reviews Sci-Fi & Fantasy

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

Gabbing Geek Manga Review: Attack On Titan Volume 7

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Attack on Titan, Hajime Isayama, manga

The Survey Corps tries to bring back a prisoner. The prisoner has other ideas.

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July 4, 2019July 4, 2019

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #231: Rose And Thorn

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Alan Scott, batman, Booster Gold, Brian Michael Bendis, DC Comics, Green Lantern, Jade, Jay Garrick, Lois Lane, Misplaced Heroes, New 52, Obsidian, Rose and Thorn, Superman, The Flash

The split personality hero may not be anything new, but how often does one side not know the other is a hero? Probably too often, honestly…

Books & Comics Hot Movies & TV Reviews Sci-Fi & Fantasy

July 3, 2019July 1, 2019

Comic Review: The Magic Order Book 1

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Image Comics, Mark Millar, Millarworld, Netflix, Olivier Coipel, The Magic Order

Magicians and wizards are real. They fight evil in secret. And someone is hunting them.

Books & Comics Hot Reviews Superheroes

July 2, 2019July 1, 2019

Comic Review: The Immortal Hulk Volume 3

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Absorbing Man, Al Ewing, Betty Ross, Doc Samson, Hulk, Marvel Comics, Rick Jones, The Immortal Hulk

What’s on the other side of the Green Door? Hell. And the Hulk just went there.