Mon, Jan 26, 2015
Linkara reads more Comic Book Quickies. Today's mish-mash of madness includes Spider-Man slinging Hostess fruit pies, Johnny West pushing Acme boots, a young woman looking for love in all the wrong places, and Spidey once again leading the fight in a battle between good and cream-filled.
Mon, Feb 2, 2015
When they're not out saving the world from super-villains, the Justice League go around town lecturing people on proper energy consumption, conservation and preserving our environment by any means necessary. In other words, it's another edition of PSA Hell. This one brought to us by our friends at Con Edison. Linkara finds the whole thing energy draining.
Mon, Feb 23, 2015
Linkara continues his little ROM-trospective, by showcasing the final 34 issues, featuring our robotic hero defending earth from the Dire Wraiths, a species of shape-shifting aliens who wreak untold havoc on the masses. But he won't be going at it alone. A distress call is put out, and the gang is all here.
Mon, Mar 2, 2015
A short time ago on a green couch not-so-far away, Linkara reviewed the comic adaptation of George Lucas' very early draft of Star Wars. General Skywalker is pitted against Darth Vader without a mask and the Emperor without a cloak. Weird and nonsensical, but he doesn't have a bad feeling about this.
Mon, Mar 23, 2015
Linkara reviews a request comic from a series that pays homage to the Gold and Silver Age of comics. This one is about Dr. Fang, a nefarious Nazi vampire banished to America, where he wreaks untold havoc. Only the unadulterated, champion of justice, known only as Protoplasman, a man comprised entirely of protoplasm, can stop him.
Mon, Apr 13, 2015
Linkara looks at an Elseworlds Teen Titans comic. He finds that because it is an Elseworlds comic, it has nothing to do with the established Teen Titans. It's an Anime comic that takes place in a strange world full of self-awareness, clichés, cyborgs, explosions, giant asteroids and scientific mumbo-jumbo jargon straight from Dr. Insano's wet dreams.
Mon, Apr 20, 2015
After chasing away a slew of convention cameos, Linkara kicks off another PSA Hell. This one featuring that photosynthesized femme fatale: Poison Ivy. She teams up with Dr. Jason Woodrue, who broke her out of Arkham, and has a diabolical plan of conquering the world by way of marijuana.
Fri, May 1, 2015
This batch of comic shorts consists of an Aquaman story in which he does absolutely nothing and there's a buried treasure of Hostess Twinkies. Then, Indiana Jones and his junior token sidekick encounter a strange temple that is said to be doomed; and finally, Captain America rescues Nick Fury from the Trapster by bribing him with Hostess Fruit Pies.
Mon, May 4, 2015
Orange sales have decreased dramatically in Florida. In fact, it's such a big deal that Marvel decided to release a PSA comic about it in which the Avengers join forces with Captain Citrus, an all powerful being that can shoot sunbeams from his eyes but has little to do with citrus, to battle an invasion of androids.
Mon, May 11, 2015
Worlds collide as two of Linkara's favorite franchises, Star Trek and Doctor Who, come together in an eight comic mini-series. The battle for both time and space is on as Linkara reviews all crazy eight issues while dispersing his vast knowledge of the Starfleet crews, the 12 Doctors and especially, the Cyber Men.
Mon, Jun 1, 2015
Linkara continues the story of Luke Cage and a black Punisher hit the streets to stop a violent gang war. Then it becomes an action-adventure, superhero version of The Odd Couple in which Cage is the moralistic hero who won't kill, and Frank Castle is the vigilante with nothing to lose, and this causes endless bickering between them.
Mon, Jun 22, 2015
Ask and ye shall receive. Linkara's dedicated and semi-loyal Patreon sponsors have requested he review a web comic. Not very partial to that particular medium, Linkara fulfills their request anyway and looks at Homestuck, Act 1. It's unlike any comic he's ever reviewed before, because this one is interactive.
Mon, Jun 29, 2015
Linkara's Patreon sponsors provide him with another good comic, but a very strange one. It follows the adventures of Atomic Robo, a man with the body of a robot, created by the great Nikola Tesla, as he, along with Charles Fort and Carl Sagan attempt to stop H.P. Lovecraft's mutated monster from devouring the entire world.
Mon, Aug 10, 2015
Time for more adventures of the Tandy Computer Whiz Demon Spawn. Today's tale is a step backwards, and not just in human evolution, for this is the second comic published about Alec and Shanna, in which they band together to stop terrorism...and sell Tandy Computers, making Linkara wanna crash.
Mon, Aug 24, 2015
Linkara reviews a Pokémon Manga. Although he had sworn never to review a Manga, he is not someone to bite the hand that feeds him. Reburst, Chapter 1 is a cryptic, obscure Pokémon book with oddly-translated "Engrish" and is darker and more violent than the usual pocket monster adventures.
Mon, Sep 7, 2015
Hope everybody got their Youngblood's Disease shots because Linkara is going to review another Youngblood comic. This isn't part of the main series, it's actually a sub-series. Issue #1 features a powerful, diabolical madman named Giger, who takes over a space station orbiting Earth, and only a ragtag group of weird superheroes can save the day.
Mon, Sep 14, 2015
Picking up where the last issue left off, U.S. had just finished a race with Baron Von Blimp with a blimp versus a truck. Now he's in another race, this time against another truck, being driven by Ulysses' old flame Taryn. The race takes him to a maze full of natural disasters, up to and including beings from another world.
Mon, Sep 21, 2015
A long time ago from a comic publisher not far enough away came The Star Wars #2, and the Force is not strong with this one. Picking up where the last one left off, General Luke Starkiller sends his son Annikin to pick up Princess Leia, and when he does, he punches her because he's a dick. Also, R2 and C-3PO show up and the little droid actually talks. Outside of all that and an awkward space battle, it's nothing to shake a gaffi stick at.
Mon, Sep 28, 2015
Linkara reviews a comic featuring Power Man and Iron Fist, and it's basically the genres of blaxploitation and kung-fu getting into a head-on collision. Who requested this, the Cinema Snob? The story features our heroes investigating some mysterious occurrences going on backstage of a Broadway theater, featuring robots, time travel and an unexpected connection to the franchise of a famous time lord. Can you guess Who?
Mon, Oct 12, 2015
Three, Four, lock'em behind a door. Linkara continues his nightmarish quest through Nightmares on Elm Street with issues 3 and 4. It's three years later, and everything from issues 1 and 2 has been rendered totally irrelevant. Don't ya hate it when that happens? This time around, Freddy is stalking Alice once again, and it turns out her son Jacob is clairvoyant, which they hope they can use against the Christmas-sweater wearing psycho. Meanwhile, Linkara seems to be trapped in a nightmare himself...while he's still awake.
Mon, Oct 19, 2015
Five, Six, what a bizarre mix. Linkara concludes his 3-part look at Freddy's venture into comics with Nightmares on Elm Street issues 5 and 6. Alice goes into the dreamworld to confront Freddy in order to save her son, while Divonne tries to kill Dr. Gordon. Thankfully, Nancy comes to save the day. While Freddy may have been defeated in the comics, he jumps out to terrorize Linkara in a living nightmare. The two engage in a battle of wits and magic. Who will successfully outdo the other?
Mon, Nov 9, 2015
Linkara explores the secret origin of Daredevil: the man without fear. Though blind, his other senses are heightened, making him a force to be reckoned with. By day, he's Matt Murdock, a well-ready attorney. How he got to this point is a very strange, yet intriguing tale as only Stan the Man could deliver.
Mon, Nov 16, 2015
Where did Supergirl come from? There are so many issues about her origins, her relationship to Superman, so many stories going in so many directions it's caused huge rifts in the DC universe. But Linkara believes he's found the true origin story of The Supergirl from Krypton. She's Superman's cousin, having survived Krypton's destruction through convoluted means and was sent to Earth by her parents, only to be discovered by Superman who dumps her at the orphanage.
Thu, Nov 26, 2015
With the ship damaged and supplies depleting, Linkara and the crew decide to head for the Eexecutor's abandoned base on Europa. Mechakara heads that way too, determined to eliminate Linkara once and for all, while on board Comicron One, the hat-wearing comic reviewer is experiencing an existential crisis from which his friends need to snap him out if they are all to survive.