Monday, January 1, 2007

Amazing Spider-Man – Until The Stars Turn Cold | Comics

During his battle against energy vampire Morlun, Aunt May accidentally discovers secret of Peter’s duel identity and after a little while she becomes one of his biggest support (Coming Home). May Parker then go to Daily Bugle building to meet J. Jonah Jameson in person for a talk as she has a problem with Jameson’s anti-Spidey editorials. Also, she wanted to let him know that she is cancelling her regular subscription for his newspaper from now on because of his flawed decisions on everyone's favorite wall-crawler. Though Jonah is not worried about her cancellation of his paper, he was more stirred to see her view change.

Apart from his life as the Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker also teaches at Midtown High. During the break time, he was talking to a student of his class named Jennifer Hardesty about her addict brother who is in hospital now and then came to know from her that, people are mysteriously getting vanished out of nowhere in her neighborhood. After a brief investigation on that particular matter Peter came to a point that no bodies were found so far and only persons from streets are getting vanished all of a sudden. Since most of them were jobless, police were not interested to look up either.

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Amazing Spider-Man – Until The Stars Turn Cold | Comics

While on patrol at night as Spider-Man, he is suddenly alarmed by his spider-sense and found a guy with wraith-like appearance was vanishing one of his victims in front of him who called himself The Shade. As Spidey tried to engage him in combat, he couldn't land a punch on him but the guy toyed with him for a while. When he was outsmarted by his opponent and took a little beating, he decided to retreat. With help from Lieutenant William Lamont, Spider-Man gets to the root of Shade’s origin and then ends up taking help from Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange to take him down.

Previously, Peter missed a scheduled meeting with his wife Mary Jane, which greatly frustrates her over Peter. Meanwhile, she called Aunt May to check on her and because of her tone, it seemed to MJ that she now knows about Peter’s secret. May and Peter quickly flies off to California to meet MJ, to make it up to her for last time where she is currently trying to have a break in film industry. It was all good until a new Doctor Octopus starts terrorizing the city with his latest evil schemes. Following him, the original Doc Ock also shows up shortly to make matter worse for everyone.

Earlier Otto Octavius was invited to research and development company, Nexus Industries with an employment offer by Luke Carlyle and asks him if he'd be interested to join them as a consultant. In actual, Carlyle was a corporate fraud, who climbed up to power with ulterior motives of his own and bringing Octavius was part of a plan to steal his mechanical arms. After rendering Doc Ock unconscious, he steals Octavius' cybernetic appendages to have his scientists copy the tech. This is the reason, why Doctor Octopus came looking for this new impostor at the first place, to exact vengeance for conning him.

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Playing Heroic Responsibilities

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 It is the third storyline by the popular creative duo run of writer J. Michael Straczynski (The Other – Evolve or Die, Silver Surfer – Requiem) and artist John Romita Jr. (Avengers Vs. X-Men, World War Hulk) for Amazing Spider-Man monthly ongoing comic-book series featuring issues #40-45 from second volume which will be issues# 481-486 according to the original numbering. Straczenski mapped out two interconnected mini stories that balance out everything that is going on in his life and was later published by Marvel Comics back in 2002 as a single graphic novel entitled "Until The Stars Turn Cold".

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In Cold Arms

One of the most important aspects of Spidey's life except fighting super-villains and saving the world on a daily basis that is often left about is his personal life. First there was just Aunt May back then and now that he is married, he has to make time for his wife Mary Jane Watson. Now that his aunt knows about his secret, he can finally be open up to one more person in his life and not worry about it either. On top of that, he has a job now and that responsibility is often colliding with his super-heroics. Writer Straczynski brilliantly plots all of that out and it gets real with the touch of master illustrator John Romita Jr.
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Ultimate Spider-Man | Comics

A fifteen year old teenage boy Peter Benjamin Parker grew up with his beloved Uncle Ben and aunt May Parker in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. He also is in a relationship with his lovely next door neighbour, Mary Jane Watson. The life of this bright young boy is suddenly changed one day when he is bitten by a spider, dosed with an experimental drug named "OZ" during a science field trip to Osborn Industries but miraculously survives this incident and gained the enhanced powers of a spider.

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Ultimate Spider-Man | Comics

Soon, he lost his Uncle Ben to a mugger who escaped from him earlier due to his neglect. So, he vows to fight crime all his life and took the identity of a costumed superhero, Spider-Man. Some evidence from the thug responsible for Uncle Ben's murder, led him to a powerful crime lord of New York, The Kingpin, where he fights his group called The Enforcers and his bodyguard Electro. Later, his troubled friend Harry Osborn's father and CEO of Oscorp, Norman Osborn turns into the monstrous Green Goblin after an accident caused by "OZ".

That accident also creates Doctor Octopus and later he faces more enemies like The Shocker, R.H.I.N.O., Sandman, Kraven the Hunter, Venom, Lizard, Carnage, Hobgoblin, Vulture, Mysterio and The Tinkerer. This poor young hero has to maintain the balance of his job, study, girlfriend and crime fighting all at a time with his own life in hand. Plus, he also gets to hang out with Daredevil, Deadpool, Elektra, Human Torch, Moon Knight and Wolverine.

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Ultimate Joy-Ride

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Ultimate Spider-Man is a monthly ongoing comic book series by writer Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate End, Ultimate Fantastic Four) and artist Mark Bagley duo, published by Marvel Comics from 2000-2009. The incarnation of Spider-Man in this series is changed on various scale that came out for the new age readers on Ultimate Marvel imprint.

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Spidey's Ultimate Rogues

Based on this ongoing comic, a TV Show titled "Ultimate Spider-Man" was developed and it aired in 2012 on Disney XD. Despite great popularity among the readers and a successful run so far, the series is eventually cancelled after its 160th issue and re-launched later as Ultimate Comics – Spider-Man, with more changed origins for the characters.
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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Superman/Tarzan – Sons of the Jungle | Comics

In a calm moon lit night on an Eastern African bay, a vessel named “Fuwalda” fell under a sudden revolt by a bunch of merciless crew to take control of the ship, who massacred all the passengers but two. Lord John Greystoke and his then pregnant wife Alice was however spared by them, who later gave birth to a healthy boy named John Greystoke, who is to be the next Lord from the aristocratic line of Greystoke-Family.

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On that same night a giant meteor fell from the sky onto the nearest forest site. The meteor was actually a space-pod, carrying the last sole survivor Kal-El, of the now doomed planet Krypton. Kal-El was found by the ape Kerchak, who was going to give up the boy for not being one of them but his wife Kala adopted him and named him Argo-Zan. Kal-El grew up among the apes as Argo-Zan and became the mighty Lord of the Apes. After being gravely injured by a Leopard, Kala reveals to Argo-Zan about him being from sky before taking her last breath and he eventually finds the ship that brought him here.

On the other hand, in England, John Greystoke was very dissatisfied with all his fortune and privileges from an aristocratic background and realized the presence of a large void in his life, which is without any exciting purpose to follow. Finally, these two heroes met at the lost city of Opar opposing the challenge that will change their paths forever. Not only they have to save Lois Lane and Jane Clayton from danger, they also needs to survive from the sinister seductress, La, possessing a certain meteorite that may be lethal to Kal-El.

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Lost City of Opar

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Set on one of Elseworld's visionary ground, "Superman/Tarzan – Sons of the Jungle" is a three part inter-company crossover limited series story that was published in a joint venture by DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics in 2001.

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Towards True Destiny

This tale was devised by writer Chuck Dixon (Batgirl – Year One, Superman/Aliens II – God War), with manga styled illustrations provided by artist Carlos Meglia (Star Wars – Underworld). Guest-artist Humberto Ramos (Kookaburra K, Revelations) also did magnificent covers for all three issues of this crossover series. This fantastic Elseworlds story is an experimental take for the fans of any one of these two heroes or both.
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Friday, November 24, 2006

The Dark Knight Strikes Again | Comics

After faking his own death three years ago following a battle against Man of Steel, Batman has totally gone underground since then. Along with his young ally Carrie Kelley, who was formerly Robin and is currently operating as Catgirl, Bruce keeps his operation running. Lex Luthor has risen to supreme power as a dictator of world by overthrowing government with aid from Brainiac and is impersonating as president using a computer-generated front. All remaining Mutants and other humans are being secretly trained up to create an army of "Batboys" by The Dark Knight and his sidekick Catgirl.

They are all being readied to oppose Luthor's tyrannical supremacy of worldwide "police-state". After taking his shot at Man of Steel during a Batman v Superman grudge match held previously, Green Arrow has joined with Bruce in his cause. Elongated Man is just a commercial spokesman and a mentally unstable Plastic Man is locked up in Arkham Asylum. The Flash becomes a free power source for America as he is forcibly made to run constantly on a treadmill. Professor Ray Palmer, formerly known as The Atom is imprisoned with his own tech in a petri dish and fighting micro-organisms for years.

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The Dark Knight Strikes Again | Comics

He is collected and rescued by Catgirl from his own laboratories he has been kept in. Reunited once again; these three along with Batboys raids on a secret facility to liberate Barry Allen. Meanwhile, Superman flies off to outer space to stop a giant asteroid from colliding on Earth and then returns to former headquarters of Justice League of America to meet Wonder Woman. An elderly Captain Marvel is forced to work as government operative these days as his twin sister Mary Batson is held hostage by authority. Even Clark and Diana are seemingly bound to obey and act unwillingly as muscle for Luthor.

Lex and Brainiac sends Clark to investigate the reson behind Barry Allen and Ray Palmer gone missing. Knowing Bruce was behind this show, he heads straight to Gotham City aiming for Batcave. As he came crushing, Batman and his allies made quite a welcome party for Man of Steel to bring him to his knees. The Dark Knight arrives wearing a pair of Kryptonite gauntlets to knock some sense into him by pummeling Superman to grounds. Many formerly banned super-heroes also resurfaced in "The Superchix" concert and media gave this news coverage, while new generation accepts them quite positively.

The heroes made a public appearance along with The Dark Knight to re-unite masses against a corrupt government. Though he and his secret benefactor; the extraterrestrial fiend known as Brainiac is not trouble enough for the world already, a Joker-like mysterious figure secretly starts stalking superhero community. He kills an elderly Martian Manhunter, who died trying to save vigilante Question. Captain Marvel sacrifices his life to save people from Brainiac and Superman is forced to rethink his ideals and rise up to his former pride, so that his daughter can live proudly in a brave new world.

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Plotted out and drawn by popular comic-book writer/artist Frank Miller (All-Star Batman and Robin, The Dark Knight III – The Master Race), The Dark Knight Strikes Again is a three part limited series sequel to "The Dark Knight Returns" limited series by the same creator. This successful story was published by DC Comics in 2001 after fifteen years of its predecessor. Although its previous installment was able to gain more publicity and critical acclaim, The Dark Knight Strikes Again mostly failed in that portion compared to its previous installment. Plus, the absence of co-illustrator Klaus Janson is greatly felt when Miller's art came out as plain garbage for everyone's taste.

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The Super Couple Reunites

Although, The Dark Knight Returns managed to be considered for adapted into a two-part animation movie of the same name, this sequel probably wasn't considered worthy enough by DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Like all of Batman stories conceived by Miller, the arc is set into Earth-31, an alternate reality of Multiverse, which is considered as non- canonical with DC's pre-Flashpoint publication. He came up with a second sequel, The Dark Knight III – The Master Race almost thirty years after the culmination of the original series with artist Andy Kubert (Batman – Batman and Son, Damian – Son of Batman).
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