More Comic Book Shows Please

Hey everyone how's it going? It's the Black Chivalrous Nerd Denzel Lamar coming to you once again with another blog post and this one is a good one.  Now as everyone knows, comic books are taking over in a big bad way and we are all excited because this is something that every nerd has been waiting for since they've been little nerds and nerdettes.  We have Gotham on Fox, The Walking Dead coming back on AMC, Arrow and the Flash on CW, Constatine on NBC, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Agent Carter on ABC, a rumored Live Action Teen Titan show on TNT, a  rumored Supergirl show in the works with TNT and a rumored X-Men live action television show in the works with FOX.  Not to mention that Netflix has Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and a Defenders show lined up just as well

Now there are some people that believe that there are too many Comic book shows being produced and that t's turning into overkill, but I for one would like to disagree with them and here's why.  Now to the non comic book fan, it is a little bit of overkill but to the Comic Book fan, we are only scratching the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the years of stories that these comic books have.  Not to mention that there are so many super heroes and heroines throughout the years that have yet to be portrayed on TV and could benefit from it just as well.  For example, I wouldn't mind seeing a Sci Fi show about Blue Beetle done on CW or NBC or a show based on DC super hero Icon, The Question, Mr. Terrific, Blue Devil, Birds of Prey, or Hawk and Dove being done.  Plus on the Marvel side I know there are people that wouldn't mind seeing a show featuring the Daughters of the Dragon featuring Colleen Wing and Misty Knight, or Spider-Woman,  or Black Panther, or Moon Knight, etc. 

My point is this, there are so many comic book stories out there that we are not being over-saturated with the few that we have right now.  If anything, it's just the beginning and it's only going up from here on so sit back relax kick back and enjoy the ride because these Super Hero shows are only going to get better with time.

Alright guys, that's all for now but until next tme this is the Black Chivalrous Nerd Denzel Lamar signing off  saying Love Peace and Bacon Grease *Smoke Bombs Out*

Marvel gets it but DC doesn't

Okay so there has been something on my mind for a while when it comes to digital comics and the ideas that some publishers use or don't use. One of the ideas I'm talking about is the idea of bundling issues into one graphic novel or as they are called in Comixology, Collected Editions. Marvel comics as well as IDW use this idea for their comic books in comixology and other digital comic apps but other heavyweight comic publishers like DC refuse to do the same thing and I believe it's not right.

I believe it's not right because as a comic book nerd I like it when the issues of a story are in one section or collected edition. An example of this would be the X-Men Messiah storyline when the mutants were on the verge on extinction until Hope Summers was born. That story has parts ALL OVER the X-Men universe that instead of keeping the issues separate, they combined them together to make a graphic novel and I like that because it saves time trying to switch from one comic book to the next, and it also saves money just as well.

Allow me to elaborate on this real quick for a moment. The price for book one of Uncanny X-Force (which has issues 1-4) is $6.99 plus tax on comixology, but the four issues that are in that collected book are $1.99 each, Which means that if you were to buy the single issues it would cost you $10.73 plus tax. With that in mind and the economy slowly getting back on its feet, a wise choice is to purchase the collected book instead of the individual issue and marvel understands that sometimes saving money is always good. Another example of this is Marvel Mondays on comixology which is a certain comic book series or event are selling their issues for 99 Cents each which is another great deal for the consumer.

Now DC? They don't understand that yet because they don't sell collected editions which means that when it comes to storylines and story arcs, you will be buying individual issues and you will be switching from one comic book series to another to get to the other part of the story arc. One example is Green Lantern's "War Of The Green Lanterns" storyline because the issues are scattered all over the place it's absolutely crazy why DC doesn't decide to put it all together as one collected edition and sell it for a cheaper price than to have their customers at more to get all of the individual issues.

There are multiple examples of DC comics that would benefit from a collected edition book and one of them is the Critically Acclaimed Storyline "Knightfall" which introduced Bane and the classic and memorable moment in batman history which is Bane Literally Breaking Batman in half. There are so many issues and its not just in the Batman series but also has some issues in the Detective Comics comic series. That is one book that I would love to pick up and read but only if there was a digital version of the graphic novel.

I say all this because as someone who has spent time and money to read these stories, I think it would be a great idea if every comic book publisher started making collected editions of their books. It would save time, money, and it would definitely make the consumers very happy and satisfied. Not just because they get to read these stories but also because they would be saving money in the process just as well.

So I propose that us as fans of these comics should come together and raise our collected voices and let these publishers know that they all need to start making digital collected editions of their comic books.

Avengers Vs. X-Men Review

Okay so here is the review of Marvels summer Blockbuster comic book series Avengers Vs. X-Men. The story behind this series is that The Avengers see that the Phoenix is coming back and they want to prevent that from happening where Cyclops and the remaining 200 mutants (Thanks to Scarlet Witch in House of M) are relying on Hope Summers who is being called the Mutant Messiah and will restore the Mutant Race and use the power of the Phoenix to do so. The Story progresses on and the war between the two factions commence when Cyclops and Captain America have a disagreement about who will help Hope.

Among that there are ties that are brought together, ties and bonds are severed, and others are still in the air while the fighting between the two factions are going on. While the fighting going on the Phoenix rejects hope and goes sync with Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Namor and Magik and they become the Phoenix Five and that is when havoc is really brought into the world. There are moments where your jaw will hit the floor, there are moments where you will want to flip a table, and moments where you will be like "WTFF" but it will keep you wanting to continue reading.

I suggest that if you don't wanna get the single issues of this then to wait for the graphic novel to buy and read. This series in my opinion almost lost me at one moment but I pushed on through and I'm so glad I did because I wasn't expecting the ending to end like that and the spin off comics "Uncanny Avengers" and "AvX Consequences" are looking to be good spin off comic books so read this book.

Also to get a full understanding of Avengers vs. X-Men I highly suggest you pick up the books that lead to Avengers Vs. X-Men which are House Of M, X-Men: Messiah Complex, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War and X-Men: Second Coming. Read those books in that order THEN read AvX and you will understand the full scope and scale of AvX.

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Wolverine: Old Man Logan Review

Hey guys here's my review for Wolverine: Old Man Logan which was done by Mark Millar (Civil War, The Ultimates 1 and 2) and Steve McNiven. When I first heard about Old Man Logan I was skeptical because the comic nerd in me didn't wanna believe that Wolverine could be old because of his healing factor ability he couldn't age. But for the uninitiated (Shout out to the big homie 8-Bit Animal) Old Man Logan is a story 50 years in the future where Wolverine hasn't popped his claws in forever since the villains joined together and was being led by Red Skull and they attacked the heroes and took over the country and an incident that turned the most lethal hero in marvel comics history into a pacifist.


What happened was that Mysterio created an illusion that all of the villains have invaded the Xavier School and Wolverine went and killed everyone, or so he thought. When in reality he killed every Member of the X-Men including Charles Himself so Logan decides to go into hiding and decides to never pop his claws anymore.

Fast forward 50 years later and Logan is married with kids and owns a farm in California which is owned by the Hulk Gang ( yes Bruce banner is a baddy in this book) and Logan owes them money so they say he has two weeks to pay double or else. Hawkeye which is now blind but can still drive around and is still one hell of a dead eye comes to Logan for help and offers to pay Logan enough money for him to pay the hulk gang and still have some left over which leads to a cross country adventure all the way to the east coast which is owned by President Red Skull (Yes you heard me correctly, PRESIDENT RED SKULL).

I don't want to get into it anymore because I don't want to spoil anything for anyone that hasn't read it but all I'm going to say is that this book is another blockbuster hit from the brilliant mind of mark Millar and this book definitely takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions plus there are moments where you will go OH SHIT. If you are looking for a good read then I highly recommend this book for you and you can get it for $15 on comixology if you get comics digitally or check your local comic book store just as well.

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Really Marvel? Really Stan Lee? Really Jason Aaron

Okay so if you are reading the Avengers VS. X-Men Comic Book And you read the current issue "Round 9" then you know where this anger is coming from and this is not a post but another rant and it goes as such. WHAT THE FUCK? REALLY? YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK UP THE GREATEST HERO COUPLE OF ALL TIME DURING THIS CRAZY BATTLE BETWEEN TWO OF MARVEL'S GREATEST FACTIONS? THIS IS SOME BULLSHIT I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT STAN LEE GAVE JASON AARON THE OKAY TO BREAK UP T'CHALLA AND STORM!!! I'M SO GLAD THIS SERIES HAS THREE MORE ISSUES LEFT CAUSE THIS ONE PANEL JUST RUINED THE REST OF THE BOOK FOR ME.......... I'M NOT AMUSED NOR AM I HAPPY ABOUT THIS. Apparently there is speculation that this move was to set up for the Black Panther Movie (That is if Marvel aren't too much of scared Lil bitches to man up and make one with an accredited AFRICAN ACTOR to portray T'Challa) but my thing is this. Why would you break them up to set up for a movie it's so stupid and wrong? I'm sorry I know I said this was gone be a rant but my head hurts after seeing this so imma lay down now.

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