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Geek Dad
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Dad
Review – Green Lantern #23: Specters of the Past
Green Lantern #23 cover, via DC Comics. Ray: The Green Lantern Corps have been going around the universe, but now they're in a completely new setting – Hell, where the worst creatures of the DCU dwell for all eternity. Hal is accompanied by Zauriel and Phantom Stranger for a mission relating to his old days as The Spectre, but he soon picks up another unexpected ally – G'nort, the iconic worst Green Lantern ever. What's he doing in Hell? It's not clear, but he seems mostly unfazed by the horrors around him. While Hal seeks out an old enemy of his, Kyle and his crew are having a much lighter adventure – traveling through space with Odyssey, Superboy, and new recruit Dan Garrett – who was thought to be dead for decades. Of course, just because they're not dealing with any existential horrors, it doesn't mean they're having it easy – this issue has them blasting their way out from a giant carnivorous space squid with a taste for spaceships. Dog days. Via DC Comics. One of the most impressive things about this run is how Jeremy Adams is obviously pulling in some deep cuts. Geoff Johns built a huge mythology for the character, but I can't imagine him hinging an arc on something Hal did as The Spectre years earlier. One of the most famous arcs of the book featured a truly vile villain who Hal sealed away with a key artifact – one that could fend off the Starbreaker Corps now. Of course, there's one problem with this heist – The Spectre is still guarding this prisoner, even if Hal isn't one with him anymore. With Jim Corrigan having passed on, The Spectre is now all rage without a humanizing touch, and he wants Hal back. The battle that closes this issue is one of the most exciting of the series so far, and it makes me wonder if the story of the Spectre's new host is being planned as we speak. The scale of this title keeps on building, and this issue is another big winner. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
Geek Dad
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Dad
Review – Absolute Flash #3: Man or Monkey
Absolute Flash #3 cover, via DC Comics. Ray: One of the best things this series has done is put us inside Wally West's head for the duration of the first arc. We're not following a big, sweeping story – we're following a traumatized kid as he runs away from the worst day of his life, leaving behind his dead mentor, his enraged father, and an army of bounty hunters out for his blood. As he struggles to keep his mind straight and understand his new powers, the hunt for him escalates – and it becomes clear that while his father wants to bring him back alive, the Rogues may not have the same plan, especially once he lands some good hits on them. And now they have a secret weapon – Grodd. The reveal last issue that Grodd wasn't a super-sized evil psychic gorilla in this world but rather a small, genetically mutated monkey with a superpowered brain was a great twist – and this little critter winds up becoming one of Wally's closest allies out there. Speed rush. Via DC Comics. The segment when Wally encounters Grodd for the first time is the kind of thing Lemire excels at – a segment involving only a few words, but incredibly powerful images. The two form an immediate psychic bond, and see each other as they are – motherless children, alone in the world. That's all it takes for Grodd to turn his back on his masters and start a new path as Wally's companion – and I can tell these two are going to become an incredibly popular duo as they escape together. The final part of this issue sees Wally finally ready to turn his back on his old life and embrace his new legacy as the Flash – as we see him in costume for the first time. This book is so different from the rest of the line, but it's a great coming-of-age story for the universe's youngest hero. I'm very curious to see how this young Flash will interact with the rest of the line, but right now this is yet another phenomenal book in it. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
Gizmodo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Jonathan Hickman Wishes He Could've Finished His X-Men Story
HIckman's brief time with the X-Men remains 'really, really difficult' to look back on positively when it didn't end as he hoped. The X-Men have been through plenty of shakeups, and the Krakoan Age felt like a breath of fresh air when it started in 2019. Beginning with writer Jonathan Hickman and artists Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva's House of X and Powers of X, the mutants established their newest unified society that promised to better things for their people after years of being beaten down. But Hickman, whose previous Marvel tenure established him as a long-term writer, exited with the Inferno miniseries in 2022, and Krakoa's story continued without him. In a recent episode of the Off-Panel podcast, Hickman looked back on his time leading the charge at the X-books. By now, he considers it 'the most disappointing creative experience' of his comics career, largely owing to him not getting to finish his intended story. Back when he first pitched his plans to Marvel, he'd unveiled the entire three-story arc. As he tells it, he was 'very clear' about the overall point he wanted to make, and teased those who heard the full pitch knew it was a 'real bummer' things didn't pan out. Hickman claimed his departure wasn't so much one thing as it was several factors, ranging from COVID to business and publishing-related issues. Had he stayed, he's certain he would've made an X-Men saga for the ages, but he also stressed he's got no issue with the creative teams who stepped up after his leaving, or Marvel itself. 'It's on me to tell the story that I'm supposed to tell, period,' he continued. 'I don't have any negative feelings about any other stuff outside of me not bringing it home, and I don't think I'll ever talk about it, because it's shitty.' The Krakoan Age officially ended in 2024, and the X-Men have since gone back to the 'hated and feared' ways of the past across their various books. But the impact of the island-nation still hovers over the current mutant crop, and the run is getting one last farewell with a new Hellfire Gala one-shot in July. As for Hickman, he remains at Marvel, mainly as a key architect for the revamped Ultimate Universe—a duty he took over from Thor writer Donny Cates following his car accident in 2023—and writing Ultimate Spider-Man. He's also got an upcoming cosmic event in the primary Marvel universe, Imperial, which is set to begin in June. [via The Popverse]
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Comics Brutally Taunt Trump At Kennedy Center In Historic 'Resistance'
Comics battered President Donald Trump in the venue he now chairs on Sunday. In a ceremony to award Conan O'Brien the Mark Twain Prize that will stream on Netflix May 4, comedians gathered at the Kennedy Center to unleash sharp barbs at the president. O'Brien's award was announced by the center before Trump took over and installed himself as the chair to root out perceived 'wokeness.' So it was on with the show. Here are some of the best jokes, culled from Deadline, the New York Times, Washington Post and others. Sarah Silverman to O'Brien: 'I just really miss the days when you were America's only orange asshole.' Stephen Colbert: 'This is a very different place. Today they announced two board members, Bashar-al-Assad and Skeletor.' Colbert also ate spicy hot wings in a 'Hot Ones' segment for O'Brien. 'I just want to start by saying, in light of the new leadership at the Kennedy Center, all of these are right wings. And a couple of them are truly insane.' John Mulaney welcomed viewers to the Kennedy Center, which he said would soon be rechristened, 'The Roy Cohn Pavilion for Big Strong Men Who Love 'Cats.'' Kumail Nanjiani on the Masturbating Bear, a recurring character on O'Brien's talk show 'Late Night': 'This is a fitting introduction to America. Nothing represents America better than an unbelievably powerful predator pleasuring himself on television.' Will Ferrell griped about having to attend because 'I'm supposed to be shutting down the Department of Education.' Fellow talk show great David Letterman proclaimed late in the ceremony, 'In history for all time, this will have been the most entertaining gathering of the resistance, ever.' Kennedy Center Worker Gets Completely Naked To Ponder Whether To Stay Or Quit Trump Admits He Doesn't Enjoy This Iconic Event, Suggests He Might Host So It's Successful Watch JD Vance Get Viciously Booed By Kennedy Center Crowd
