Author Archives: James Johnston

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Boomb Tube: Avengers Assembling

By | May 29, 2013 | Columns

This week we finally get to talk about a show that isn’t Teen Titans Go! with the premiere of Avengers Assemble! Major spoilers ahead! Avengers Assemble was reportedly made with the intent of both replacing and continuing Eartht’s Mightiest Heroes. Watching the episode, however, that statement seems to be, at the very least, half a lie. The characters, voice acting, and animation […]

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Review: Young Avengers #5

By | May 24, 2013 | Reviews

“Young Avengers” wraps up its first arc and if you read Journey Into Mystery bring some tissues. Minor spoilers ahead! Written by Kieron Gillen Illustrated by Jamie McKelvie • The book where when a character says “I did it half an hour ago” normally means doing “it” half an hour ago reaches its first epic […]

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Pick of the Week: Green Team #1

By | May 23, 2013 | Reviews

For the second time this month, our Pick of the Week goes to a DC book. Read on to learn why there pigs are flying outside your window. Written by Art Baltazar and Franco Illustrated by Ig Guara INVENTORS! EXPLORERS! ADVENTURERS! Do you need money to finance an important project? Then you should set up […]

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Boomb Tube: Teen Titans Ghost!

By | May 22, 2013 | Columns

Welcome to Boomb Tube! For the fourth week in a row we talk exclusively about Teen Titans Go! but also take a look to the future of next Saturday. Spoilers ahead! This week, Beast Boy felt that he wasn’t receiving enough attention so he allowed Starfire to think she had murdered him and that he […]

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Review: FF #7

By | May 17, 2013 | Reviews

The Faux Four and the Future Foundation fight the Frightful Four. But is it a Freaking Fantastic issue? Fenture Further to find out! Written by Matt Fraction Illustrated by Mike Allred • Field trip…into the heart of the Negative Zone! • Scott Lang has already lost a daughter… watch what happens when he puts it […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow’s “Sacrifice” [Review]

By | May 16, 2013 | Reviews

This is it! The final episode of the season! Will Ollie stop John Barrowman’s plan? Probably. Massive spoilers ahead! 1.) Goodnight, sweet Queen. And so with this episode, the inaugural season of Arrow is now over.  Ollie escapes from Merlyn’s basement thanks to Diggle showing up and proving there was a point to the tracer-on-the-boot recurring joke. […]

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Review: Regular Show #1

By | May 16, 2013 | Reviews

Regular Show gets its own ongoing! Will Mordecai and Rigby continue to not really be for kids? Hit the jump to find out. Written by KC Green Illustrated by Allison Strejlau REGULAR SHOW…IT’S ANYTHING BUT! Cartoon Network’s powerhouse series now has its own comic book series! Hot on the heels of the smash hit adaptation, ADVENTURE TIME, KaBOOM! […]

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Boomb Tube: Goin’ On About Teen Titans

By | May 15, 2013 | Columns

This week on Boomb Tube, we continue to only cover Teen Titans Go! as Robin experiences two morality plays. Spoilers ahead! In this episode’s first segment, Robin can’t relax because he takes his team’s work way too seriously. His friends tell him that Jump City is probably fine because there hasn’t been a disaster in a week […]

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Review: Uncanny Avengers #8

By | May 10, 2013 | Reviews

With the Apocalypse Twins finally in play, will Marvel’s flagship title pick up steam? Possibly not. Minor spoilers ahead! Written by Rick Remender  Illustrated by Daniel Acuña • Xavier is dead, now begins the age of The Apocalypse Twins! Now begins Ragnarök and it’s all Thor’s fault! • S.W.O.R.D. Peak station is attacked by Apocalypse’s Ship! […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow’s “The Darkness on the Edge of Town” [Review]

By | May 9, 2013 | Reviews

Spoilers below! 1.) Plot’s really moving forward! Arrow’s always been a fairly action-heavy show but, man, this episode really picked up the pacing. Diggle performs the show’s millionth fake kidnapping to get information out of Moira for Ollie, the team pulls off a heist to get information from Merlyn, Tommy screams about his ex-girlfriend, it’s almost […]

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Boomb Tube: Avengers vs. Titans

By | May 8, 2013 | Columns

This week of cape cartoons came with a special surprise, as Disney XD aired a lost episode of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Teen Titans Go! did some things. Avengers: EMH left off with plenty of loose plot threads which makes this “Lost Episode” a painful look at what could have been. Thor, Cap, and […]

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Review: Thanos Rising #2

By | May 3, 2013 | Reviews

Will “Thanos Rising #2” be more messed up than issue one? Yes. Oh god, yes. Written by Jason Aaron Illustrated by Simone Bianchi THE RISE OF MARVEL’S GREATEST EVIL CONTINUES BY TWO OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED CREATORS IN COMICS!! • Continuing the jaw-dropping origin of the mad Titan who will soon change the face of […]

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