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Frazetta Girls' Conan the Barbarian Is Flawed

By Hervé St-Louis

I review the Conan the Barbarian action figure from Frazetta Girls' Icon Collectibles. At first glance, it appears to be a greatest figure ever, and the best Conan, but it is not. It is plagued with flaws.... More

G.I. Joe Classified Police Emergency Service Unit Review

By Hervé St-Louis

I review the G.I. Joe Classified Series Legacy Collection: Action Joe — Police Emergency Service Unit (ESU) action figure.... More

Jacob Edgar Lifts Off With the Rocketeer

By Philip Schweier

This month, Rocketeer fans will enjoy the latest chapter in the high-flying hero’s ongoing adventures from IDW. Launching from an unfinished outline by original creator Dave Stevens, writer John Layman and artist Jacob Edgar take the Rocketeer on a journey to Skull Island in search of aviatrix Amelia Earhart. According to Edgar, the story begins with a flashback of younger Cliff Secord having a chance encounter with Amelia Earhart. “Then we cut to the present-day part of the story when a G-man shows up. They have this mission to go looking for Amelia, and they’re aware of Cliff and his rocket pack and that could be useful for this little venture. So he takes on the mission to try and find Amelia.” The Rocketeer originally debuted as a back-up feature in Starslayer #2, published by the now-defunct Pacific Comics in 1982. Stevens continued his adventures through the ‘80s, culminating in... More

Wonder Man: The Chronicles of Hollywood Hustle

By Hervé St-Louis

Simon Williams is an aspiring actor attempting to crack the Hollywood bubble. While, unbeknownst to him, a new friend, actor and former terrorist Trevor Slattery, is spying on him on behalf of the Department of Damage Control (DODC). Simon has dangerous and unstable superpowers, and the DODC wants to contain Simon, or have him work for the US government. Will Simon reach his goal of becoming a major Hollywood actor, playing his childhood hero Wonder Man, or will he be arrested before? I was pleased with this series, although I did not know what to make of it after binge-watching it. I am a longtime fan of Wonder Man. I’ve followed his trials in the Avengers since the 1980s. I even read his entire 1990s series. I know of his brainwave gifts to the Vision, allowing the synthezoid to have a personality of his own (well, a copy of Simon).... More

Here’s a story. Singer and composer Janis Joplin had a knack for telling stories as she sang. They never were the same, much like comics. Each song was a work of art, chord after chord, like a series of panels on a page, telling a story step after step. When she repeated a chord, like a comic panel, it was to strengthen a story, playing with pauses, and repetitions.

The story of comics, no matter what the naysayers claim, is not over. ComicBookBin intends on continuing telling that story for years to come, with its own unique chords.

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