All New Venom | The Clue Identity

Venom is a popular character, and over the years, he has become this edgy anti-hero with the likes of Deadpool, looking more than just a guy in a red suit. But in the current “All-New” Venom, Marvel is trying to reinvigorate the character after so many years of being a host to other characters. But now, Eddie Brock has become the ‘New’ Carnage after the Venom War, which leaves the Venom symbiote to look for a suitable host. The first issue doesn’t reveal who the new host was, but the readers were given four characters to guess who it was, and that’s where the first issue begins with a twist that fans might leave guessing.

MOTU 200X | Cobra Khan

When you talk about the Masters of the Universe it is not just about He-Man battling Skeletor who want to take over Castle Grayskull. It’s also about the characters that populate Eternia and their individual stories and journey how they join the two faction of Heroic Warriors and Evil Warriors. Mattel produced some interesting characters and some odd ones, but there’s this lesser known creature that has appeared in the Filmation cartoon as well as featured in the mini comics packed in with the original toyline. Cobra Khan is not your usual bumbling henchman, but often carries a darker agenda portrayed in the cartoon.

MOTU 200X | Forgotten He-Man

Masters of the Universe is recently getting a new resurgence from the recently released classic figures with modern articulation longtime fans growing up having them in their childhood collection. They say nothing like the original that defined Mattel’s boys’ toys aside from their popular Hot Wheels diecast cars. The original MOTU toyline lasted from 1983 to 1988 lasting beyond the Filmation series that’s long enough to build a brand. It had a follow up series in the early 1990s, but not as popular as how it defined itself. The next series was a reboot in the early 2000s with a shot at revival, but unlike the follow up series it was easily forgotten.

Ghost Rider #1 | All Hells Break Loose

10.31.2019 – Ghost Rider has been one of Marvel’s underrated titles, but in the 1990s it had a revival with Danny Ketch as its main star and Johnny Blaze in a supporting role that launched the franchise expanding to other titles with a special event and those where the glory days of the supernatural series that was challenging to emulate in this era where the Avengers and X-Men are the major favorites due to the live-action cinematic treatments. Ghost Rider had two movies with Nick Cage in the lead roles, and the character was retold in some shape or form in the comicbooks that casual fans were having difficulties to grasp on the who is this walking flaming skull on a bike or even a car. For the longtime fans, this new series could be the breath of fresh hellfire as well as new to the Ghost Rider mythos now that Marvel is reigniting the Spirits of Vengeance with a brand new series featuring not one but two Ghost Riders. Johnny Blaze was the star for every succeeding series for Ghost Rider, but this time around a 1990s revival that will also include Danny Ketch in the lead along with his brother’s new status quo after becoming ‘the King of Hell’, which also introduce a new creative team in Ed Brisson and Arron Kuder!

Jane Foster: Valkyrie #2 | The God of the Kill

08.31.2019 – In just two-issue Jane Foster becomes the last Valkyrie and now faces Daredevil’s deadliest foe—Bullseye! If this was the most challenging and ever-changing life for the former Mighty Thor then you’re for a ride with Al Ewing and Jason Aaron crafting the next phase for Jane Foster’s life. The last issue was just in time for Foster’s evolution at the same milestone that Marvel will be adapting her previous adventures as Mighty Thor for the Cinematic Universe. It is quite astonishing to see things roll for the House of Ideas to immediately get fresh takes on these characters such as Jane Foster, originally first appeared in the Journey Into Mystery as Dr. Donald Blake’s love interest. This second part of its first story arc doesn’t give enough room for Jane to breath from the last pages of the first issue that took down Heimdall. It gets straight to the meat of the narrative and action how she used to take down gods now dealing with the deadliest villains armed with the sword that used to belong to Brunnhilde, the original Valkyrie. Both writers of this series certainly have some surprises.

TransFormers + Ghostbusters | Ghosts of Cybertron

06.29.2019 – The 1980s was the golden era of modern pop culture in the 20th Century with properties introduced from animation, movies, videogames, and merchandise. In that era, there are two of those properties introduced in cinema and television that continues to be relevant in other forms of media. Ghostbusters and Transformers have built upon the cult following with their respective brands that still are marketable and after thirty-five years has been relevant. But what if both of these properties put together a “Collaborative” symbiosis that gives birth to something fresh and out of this world? Early in 2019’s New York International Toy Fair Hasbro revealed what would be a tie-up with that property and that is with the Ghostbusters brand introducing a newly created Transformers character inspired with the elements of Ghostbusters that would become the Autobot Ectotron that turns into the iconic Ecto-1. A few months forward to today with IDW Publication revealing that there’s going to be a crossover mini-series featuring these two brands that presented Ectotron!

Movie Review | Alita: Battle Angel

02.09.2019 – There has been an abundance of great stories from Japanese Manga that were adopted first to become a hit anime series. Sometimes translations to be marketed in Western countries like the US or Europe also have to change the names and terms to have a better understanding of the series. One of these series is Battle Angel Alita that was recently adapted into a live-action film produced by James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez.

Movie Review | Bumblebee

01.08.2018 – Transformers has been one of the many properties from the 1980s that continues to be relevant today with a slew of toys being produced by Hasbro and Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy with so many iterations from a multimedia franchise. The film series has earned billions of dollars, but critics have almost dissed the franchise for the last decade is slowly making a course correction.

Movie Review | Aquaman

12.13.2018 – Superheroes are every now in all platforms of the media. There has been an abundance of good stories adapted for the big and small screen. There are characters that are widely known, and there are also few underrated ones that have been ridiculed in the past. One such character is Aquaman which was published by DC Comics. It’s a long time coming for the aquatic hero to get his own movie and DC Comics made sure it delivers.

Movie Review | The House with a Clock in Its Walls

10.11.2018 – Fantasy-based adapted from novels are getting rare nowadays with every blockbuster film now is making comic books as its source material. There are also films that surely are underrated that it flew under the radar for those not in the know that immediately disappeared in some cinemas. "The House with a Clock in Its Walls," quite a mouthful for a title is surely one of those films that can be considered incognito that in some cinemas rarely gets the second look.

Movie Review | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

06.30.2018 – Sequels are sometimes difficult to predict if they’re good or just easily forgotten. Several films who made to this point is having the struggle to keep the theme going with this generation’s attention is basically short. Its either you got it or not will be a judge of that for how it performed story-wise. With Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom it’s basically a mix bag of thoughts after you’ve seen it. But for those who haven’t here’s something for you look at without being spoiled even though the film has been around for almost two weeks already.

Movie Review | Thor Ragnarok

11.01.2017 – Marvel’s Thor Ragnarok is the seventeenth installment in their ever-expanding billion dollars breaking the cinematic universe. It’s by far heading to break box office record with great reviews rolling over as it’s headed for the US release date. By now everyone’s talking about this film like its brand new and going through the shortest Marvel film ever released Taika Waititi hits a big goal on this one.

Movie Review | Valérian

08.13.2017 – Luc Besson’s vision of “Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets” is grand that takes you back to where he was known for, which “The Fifth Element” is and what makes it more special is that this film inspired him to make the later. There’s no doubt Valérian is a very special film based on the popular French graphic novel.

Movie Review | Star Trek Beyond

07.20.2016 – The long storied franchise of Star Trek movies has its up and downs since the original motion picture debuted in 1979. Throughout its films the best where from the TOS cast with a few good films from The Next Generation cast, but the re-imagined series brought something fresh since 2009. “Star Trek Beyond” is the latest film that's been long awaited since “Into Darkness,” which was JJ Abrams last to direct before moving to revive another franchise and in his place fresh from fast cars; Justin Lin takes the helm...

Movie Review | Ice Age: Collision Course

07.03.2016 – “Ice Age: Collision Course” is the fifth instalment in the film series following ‘Continental Drift’ from 2012. The usual theme the main characters encounter either new enemies or an impending extinction to a certain doom. From the original characters Sid, Diego, and Manny with Scrat they meet friends along the way and just like real people they also have grown having families…

Movie Review | Independence Day Resurgence

06.21.2016 – How do you bring back a film that is both iconic and had a cult following? Simple you expand the story that the aliens where defeated at the same time sent out a distress signal for an immediate reinforcement invasion. This produced “Independence Day: Resurgence” from a movie that was built for one narrative in 1996. It’s about an alien invasion that unites the entire human race to take on, which was one of the best that came out in cinemas that has become nostalgic.

Movie Review | X-Men: Apocalypse

05.18.2016 – If you grew up the X-Men animated series chances are whenever there’s a new film coming out you’ll probably humming to the tune of the opening music. Unlike the animated series the film’s scope is different and taken in a grand way. With that the latest instalment is ‘X-Men Apocalypse’ that has been highly anticipated and already is getting mixed reactions due to the introduction of the main antagonist in Apocalypse portrayed by Oscar Isaac.

Movie Review | The Angry Birds Movie

05.15.2016 – “Angry Birds Movie” is one of the most addicting game apps first introduced almost fiver years ago. Now its potential 3D animated feature franchise might spawn more movies than a horde of green pigs want to steal their eggs. From a game app that was heavily downloaded to smart phones it’s not one of the popular properties that Rovio had developed. The simple narrative of the game expanded into animated film that revolves around the story of a bird named Red.

Movie Review | Captain America: Civil War

04.27.2016 – “Captain America: Civil War” is finally here and the much awaited opener for Marvel’s Phase Three did not disappoint, but re-affirms for most movie viewers that they can still bring something new to the table after 12 films. Marvel truly is putting quality where their mouth is and continues to be the game changer when it comes to super hero films. If you think “Winter Soldier” was impressive this one takes a notch higher with all that gravitas.

Movie Review: "Batman V Superman!"

03.27.2016 – The much discussed topic over the week was “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Some would like it others have critically talked about the flaws of the film itself which divided a huge fan base the follow these popular characters. Despite is mixed reactions at this time people are still lining up to catch the superhero blockbuster film. In the Philippines this is the summer blockbuster flick not everyone deserves to see as there selective individuals who might have opposing views.