Author Archives: Joe Skonce

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“Detective Comics: Rise of the Batmen”

By | Aug 13, 2020 | Reviews

Most of my experience with the Dark Knight and his various allies and villains are not from the pages of the comics but different films and the small screen. There’s something about Gotham that is daunting. There have been years of stories, retcons, and multiple titles running at the same time, it’s enough to make […]

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“Adventureman” #3

By | Aug 13, 2020 | Reviews

There’s always a little part of us, somewhere deep down, that wants to imagine our favorite fiction is real. That someday you’ll turn down an alleyway or get a mysterious letter and get whisked away to a world of fantasy and adventure, where you discover that your average life is becoming something special. There’s something […]

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“Star Wars: Darth Vader” #3

By | Jul 30, 2020 | Reviews

While it didn’t necessarily translate well on the big screen, the tragic love of Padme and Anakin has been used to great effect in the cartoons and comics of the Star Wars universe. It makes sense, a forbidden love that is partially responsible for the rise of the empire is compelling stuff. Yet, Padme largely […]

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Animal Crackers

By | Jul 27, 2020 | Movies, Reviews

In 2017, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus had their final performance. I have no nostalgia for the circus, only going once when I was an adult, but even then you could tell that things were beginning to end for that particular brand of entertainment. There were a lot of factors that led to […]

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“Aquaman” #61

By | Jul 16, 2020 | Reviews

There are an awful lot of monarchies in comic books. In a way, it helps with the larger than life stories of superheroes, with these epic struggles and political intrigues being between squabbling family members. But still, it’s interesting to see how these stories of gods and monarchs fit into our world. While there have […]

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“Star Trek: Year Five” #12

By | Jul 2, 2020 | Reviews

In any Star Trek series, it’s always interesting to see how the captain and the crew influence one another. Obviously, this is limited by the characters we get to interact with or the period of history we’re following, but in most of the shows, it’s clear that the commander influences their crew. These dynamics are […]

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Five Thoughts on Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom‘s “Vengeance of Venom”

By | Jun 23, 2020 | Television

Hello there, true believers! Thanks for swinging by for another installment of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom on Disney XD. After defeating the Goblin Nation (at the cost of an enemy turned friend) Peter Parker prepares for a nice normal semester at Horizon High. Just kidding! It’s business as usual for everyone’s favorite web-slinging superhero. Being […]

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“Dark Nights: Death Metal” #1

By | Jun 18, 2020 | Reviews

Metal and superhero comics seem like a natural fit. Both exist in heightened worlds of bombastic energy and forward momentum. Both embrace a variety of tones, ranging from dark and moody to swashbuckling and fun, and in many cases, both tell epic stories of struggles and triumph. In “Dark Nights: Death Metal” #1, Scott Snyder […]

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“Reaver” #8

By | Jun 4, 2020 | Reviews

There’s something compelling about stories involving a person’s struggle to improve and grow. In many cases, these stories involve the past coming back to haunt them taking the score of the person they were and who they are trying to become. It usually culminates in a moment, a realization that not only is it possible […]

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Five Thoughts on Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom‘s “Amazing Friends”

By | May 21, 2020 | Television

Hello there, true believers! Thanks for swinging by for another installment of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom on Disney XD. After defeating the Goblin Nation (at the cost of an enemy turned friend) Peter Parker prepares for a nice normal semester at Horizon High. Just kidding! It’s business as usual for everyone’s favorite web-slinging superhero. Being […]

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