May 14, 2025

So many issues!

Clark is in trouble in Action Comics. Arthur is back from his adventures. We got a new run of Supergirl which I’m very excited about! a new title from Image started called Exquisite Corpses, basically an assassin tournament. The next Ultimate X-Men dropped. We glance back at a Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan adventue with Jedi Knights. A new arc starts in Phoenix. Matt has some vegetation trouble. Doom has to deal with Dormammu. And we got a new Gwenpool run finally!

Well that’s a scary Barends cover of Big Barda! I can’t actually remember if this Absolute Batman cover is part of a collection or not, but I like it either way, haha. I love this Jonboy cover of Star Sapphire!

The beginning of all the Supergirl covers to come!

I’ve decided to get all the covers for this title, I’m pretty sure. Mainly, because one of my first favorite comic book cover artists that I started collecting designed the new costume! Thank you and congratulations to Artgerm!

I got these because of the covers at first. And I do love the covers, but I decided to also give the comic a chance too.

The main cover is so great! The variant of the main cover came with a trading card! One of the assassins. And I Love the Frison variant!! There are a couple variants of this cover, but I think they’re incentive covers.

I got these just for the covers. The Battle Beast one because I liked seeing the main Invincible characters on the cover. And I forgot that Nakayama’s covers for Transformers were part of a connecting cover set. So I decided to get them.

The next bunch of Ultimate X-Men covers!

The next set of Jedi Knights covers!

Aaaaand the next set of Phoenix covers! I really love the main cover! And the next one is by Joe Quesada! I always like seeing covers by him. Of course that Momoko cover is great! I got that last one because of the legacy of it, Phil Noto did a great job with it!

Happy for the X-Men 97 cover! And this Meghan Hetrick variant is so gorgeous!

The next Ross cover and the next Marvel Studios cover, which is a wraparound. So, that’ll be in the complete collection for those covers.

Double Ross covers!

Happy for a Dormammu cover! And another Ross Timeless cover.

I love this Jonboy cover with Thaddeus smashing through the cover! And I love this Clarke cover with Godzilla and the team.

Gwenpool returns! So many covers!

Mainly for this new Gwenpool character design, but also for our Gwen. The pink Lee cover is my favorite of the batch.

Lilo and Stitch (May 22,2025)

(This is my 100th movie review/reaction post!!)

First off, I enjoyed the movie! It was certainly a fun heartfelt movie.

I liked the acting from everyone. Maia Kealoha as Lilo was amazing. She was just a perfect little girl acting like a kid would with all the crazy situations happening. I also was very happy that Chris Sanders returned to voice Stitch. He was the creator of the original movie. He wrote and directed the original movie while also being Stitch. I will say that I would have liked for him to have directed this movie too.

The supporting cast was also enjoyable to watch. A couple recognizable faces which I liked seeing. I know that the character David (Nani’s boyfriend) didn’t have a lot to do in the original movie, but he still felt important. In this movie, I feel like he did the same things he did in the original, but something felt left-out. There is part of one line of dialogue that he makes that had something cut out of it and that stood out to me. Though that’s a writing issue.

I enjoyed Billy Magnussen as Pleakley a lot. He seemed very much like the original version of the character.

I was excited for Zach Galifianakis to play Jumba, and still think he did a good job acting, but they made a couple changes to his character and voice that stood out a lot. And I think those were writing and directing problems.

For Nani, I think Sydney Elizabeth Agudong did a good job. But I think there was something missing in the directing that didn’t let her shine more. The characterization felt a little off, but I can’t place why. But in her big moments in the movie, I think she did really well.

I liked Courtney B. Vance’s portrayal of Agent Cobra Bubbles. They added in new aspects of the character that added to the original character which I liked. There was a bit less of him, but I liked what we got. Though I wouldn’t have said no to Ving Rhames reprising the role from the original movie.

There are three other cameos (besides Chris Sanders) in the movie who I at first didn’t notice because I didn’t know all of the cast of the original movie, but I looked up some and now I realized who they were and now I retroactively enjoyed seeing them in the movie.

There is also a main character from the original missing from this movie which I think hurt the movie. You’ll know if you don’t already.

The movie still had chaotic fun and heart that the original did, and I enjoyed those aspects. But there is something missing from it that I can’t quite place. I think it may be just as simple as the directing wasn’t quite right. But having said that, it was a fun movie to watch and the kids in the theater watching seemed to enjoyed it, so that’s good.

I certainly prefer the original movie to this, but it’s still a good movie for kids to enjoy and learn from. Oh and Stitch and the other aliens looked great!!

Mid-credit scene: As with the original movie, this one also had photos and drawings continuing the story in a photo-album-like way. So, that was nice to see again.

End-credit scene: Nope. I thought there would be something suggesting more, but there wasn’t.

May 7, 2025

Eight-away from not being able to all fit on the bed!

Evidently, this is an eventful issue of Poison Ivy. I wonder what there is to learn about Shiva. The final issue of this run of Black Canary dropped. Star Wars has finally entered uncharted waters with this new run and era starting after Return of the Jedi (and also after the Battle of Jakku)!! Jeff got another collected special! Phoenix guests in Spider-Gwen. A new X-Men team debuted! Storm’s 50th continues. Amadeus Cho has been around for 20 years! And so, they gave him a special! I still don’t know why Ms. Marvel didn’t get a 10-years special last year, but oh well.

Love these sticker design covers from Rian Gonzales. Though I think they made the rest of them incentive variants. So, hopefully I can get them. And this is one of the next connecting variants for this title. Fingers crossed.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to get this variant or not, but I decided on it when I saw it in-person! Bravo Kyuyong Eom!

I love this Dan Mora art! And there’s the next AAPI connecting cover.

I love Batgirl there of course, but I like the way the city is drawn very much.

I guess I didn’t notice that there was a poster design set for this title. I’ll have to backtrack and find them elsewhere. And this is of course the next connecting cover.

For Dreamer, by Dreamer.

Since there’s a new Star Wars #1, of course that means many variants for this run’s first issue. The main cover is Noto of course.

As usual, I got the first of the anniversary set for 10 years since The Force Awakens! I had to get the design with Luke’s first action figure from Kenner! I really liked the foil variant for this! David Nakayama gave us a fantastic cover!! There’s the next logo variant. And that last cover I just really liked.

Happy to see Jeff. Happy to see Gurihiru doing the art.

Love both of these! Mark Brooks doing a fantastic job on the main cover. And Nimit Malavia also bringing the heat.

More Ellie!

I liked this Clarke cover because of all these characters being on it. and I’m always happy to see Dauterman’s legacy collage covers! This Ejikure variant is fantastic!!

Love these covers! A legacy main cover and a Nakayama variant!

Free Comic Book Day 2025 (the first Saturday in May annually)

I wasn’t able to attend this year because I was elsewhere, but I got all the issues I intended to pick up. All have some material reprinted of new material to tease what’s to come. I’m still woefully behind in reading, but I’ll be happy to get to these eventually. Though I suppose I said that for last year’s issues and I’m not even to them yet, haha.

Nick said there were a decent amount of people this year, which is always nice to hear.

April 30, 2025

Twas a small pile for this specific week. Next week’s will be a normal one.

This is the final issue for The Question. The Dakota-verse got a Power Company special. The next issue of We Are Yesterday dropped. Poe Dameron got a new miniseries. The Battle of Eriadu continues in all High Republic titles. Logan and Kitty got a new flashback miniseries by Chris Claremont. The TVA meet an MCU variant Scarlett Witch. Kid Juggernaut got a printed edition of the Marvel’s Voices Infinity comics 1-6. The next NY X dropped. And One World Under Doom continues.

The next NY X cover and its variant.

Of course for Kamala being on them both.

Fun Fantastic Four covers! Still keeping my fingers crossed about this long connecting cover set.

Always happy to see a Galloway cover. And this is one of the Disney crossover covers of course.

I didn’t actually intend to get the main cover for this, but I decided to get it anyway. And of course, there’s the next movie variant.

Phil Noto just does such a great job with these covers.

I can’t really remember the specific reason I wanted this TVA cover, I mean, in relation to what variant cover section it’ll be in. And I had to get this Farscape variant!

April 2025 Late Issues

Top two are variants for that issue of SWI that I got as gifts for someone. The next two items are the first volumes of those two titles. The Detective Comics variant I completely forgot about. It’s from October of last year!! The Deadpool is from a few weeks ago, it’s a main cover. The Magik issue is also recent. That Bad Batch variant is also for a gift. And that Jedi Knights main cover is just another copy.

I wanted this Detective Comics variant cuz of the legacy represented on it. And I just liked the double designs of Magik on that cover.

Thunderbolts* (May 1, 2025)

That was a fantastic movie!

I certainly understand why people have been saying they liked it. It was fun, funny, action-packed, and hit with the emotions.

Seeing these actors play off of each other was a delight. Everyone’s chemistry was amazing. Everyone did a fantastic job! We have a good amount of time with all the characters since they are mostly together for the whole movie.

The threat, while not unexpected, is complex and very well done. Considering what it was, how it was dealt with, it made sense. But there is still potential there in the future.

The movie sped by! I wanted to stay in the world for longer! Though, the next MCU movie is in July, so it’s not a long wait.

The humor was well-placed and well-timed. The heart of the movie was felt throughout it. Of course there will be comparisons to The Suicide Squad/Taskforce X, but I think they did find a way to play the concept a bit differently. And I think it worked well.

Oh and the visuals were great!

It was nice to catch up with these characters even if we didn’t get a lot of updates from some of them.

There was a big theme of mental health throughout the movie and I really liked seeing that.

All-in-all, I had fun watching this and certainly think most people will enjoy it.

*

Mid-credit scene: A short funny one.

End-credit scene: Yes. Talking about things yet to come. I am intrigued by things hinted at.

April 23, 2025

We got the final issue of the Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man prequel comic. The X-Men are having a tough time. X-Force got its 300th issue!!! Sabretooth got its final issue too. I think this is the penultimate issue of The Infinity Watch. The next issue of One World under Doom dropped. The Masters of Evil stop by the Avengers. We got to know a bit more about Gold Tiger. The Hush sequel continues in Batman. This run of Superman got to its 25th issue. We got part two of the We Are Yesterday event. And we got the final issue of Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor.

It’s a good time for the X-books! X-Force got to issue 300! And it’s been a while since the previous issue of Sabretooth dropped, I love this variant!

Had to get a cover with Coulson on it, even if he weren’t the new incarnation of Death. And this is the next Marvel Handbook cover.

I love this very dynamic Dauterman variant! And this is another of that Marvel Universe connecting set.

Happy to have another Rian Gonzales cover! And this Green Lantern Dark cover by Kevin Wada is neat!

It’s fun that Nakayama got to have two covers on one issue! The first one is the main cover for the issue, which looks amazing. And the other cover is part of the April Fool’s set.

This is such a lovely Forbes variant for Power Girl and co.

There were so many great covers for the 25th issue of this run! These are the ones I got.

This is such a fantastic wraparound newspaper variant by Dan Mora!

Got the blank variant. I liked Dekal’s cover of Lois. And of course I love this Brad Walker 90’s inspired cover.

When I first saw this Szerdy cover, my brain went to, oh cool it’s Scarlet Witch and Miss Martian! And then I was like wait, that makes no sense, it’s Star Sapphire. Though, either way I got it for M’gann. And I liked this Ward cover of Metamorpho.

April 16, 2025

Back to normal posts! There was one Late Issue, but since it’s part of a collection, I decided to just wait to post it.

I think this is a new arc for Selina, I wonder what her sins are. Deathstroke returns in Titans! Bruce and Diana are solving a murder in her comic. Nightwing seems to be on the bad side of the law. The All-In era had its first crossover mini event between the Batman/Superman World’s Finest and Justice League Unlimited titles called We Are Yesterday. I think the story involves bringing past versions of villains and heroes to present day. The Justice League drops by the New Gods. Superman Day was during this week, so we got a Summer of Superman special. Wolverine celebrated it’s 400th issue!!!! Cable is not having a good time in his title. Doom made his own Avengers in a tie-in title Superior Avengers. We got a Venomverse issue. And we got an Action Comics 1 facsimile edition.

Another fun Cho variant, and Sabine Rich did the Selina drawing inside Cho’s design! And this is such a nice InHyuk Lee cover!

Slade is back and is on all these covers. For my Deathstroke collection of course. I’m not sure if this costume is different than his previous one, it’s been a little bit since we last saw him.

I’m not even sure what the character is on this Derrick Chew cover, but she looks great! Jorge Corona and Sarah Stern did a great job on this color-bleed Absolute Flash cover! Nimit Malavia brings us a colorful variant for New Gods. Sweeney Boo crafted a fun Zatanna cover. I had to get this crossover comic because of Darksied. And I always love seeing a David Aja cover!

There were many to choose from for Wolverine’s 400th issue, and these are the covers I liked best. The main cover is so good! And the Samurai themed one by Daniel Warren Johnson is amazing! And of course, I had to get the Sabretooth one by Bengus!

I am still getting over my traumatic time dealing with all the failed connecting covers I took photos of for my completed collections posts, but I am still trusting that this very many-issue connecting cover set by Chris Giarrusso will actually connect properly. I do really like the character designs. And I feel like it’s been a bit since I got a Saowee variant! Everyone looks great on the cover.

I think I’d added this Superior Avengers cover as a double for some other reason, but since I couldn’t remember why, I decided to get the copy just because I love the shades of orange in the background. And this Dan Mora homage variant is just stunning!