Too Much Awesome

So, where did we last leave off on our Marvel Retrospective, detailing the current continuity of Marvel’s Universe? Ah yes, all mutants were depowered, save for a select 198 that happened to include the X-Men. Things were getting crazy, but at the very least it seemed that the Marvel Universe was ready to let things [...]

When we last left off, the Avengers had just disbanded in Avengers Disassembled. It was a sad time with much tearful departures, but I’m not even near done running us through Marvel’s current continuity as far as I can take it. This is meant to help those who want a foothold into the massive continuity, [...]

You may not know it about me, but I’m an incredibly huge Marvel fan. Not necessarily a Marvel fanboy, but I’m getting pretty close. All of this is due to a magical comic book odyssey I took a few years back where I read over a hundred comics collections and graphics novels in preparation for [...]

Tony Stark’s technological marvel is back with plenty of articulation, tons of oversized weapon attachments, and each with a personality of its own. The figure series consists of a wide variety of Iron Man and War Machine suits, all lying out like a roll of schematics. It conjures a funny image of Tony Stark’s garage [...]

Last week’s popular release of Iron Man in theaters has galvanized our fascination with robots and cybernetics. The original Iron Man was drawn up in 1963 as your average, metallic American freedom fighter. But the new movie’s styles have taken hints from robotics portrayed in Japanese anime, reminiscent of vintage tin toys from the 1950s.