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SUPERMAN & THE NEW 52 REVEAL ALTERNATE HISTORY TO WORLD WAR 2!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 12:08 by fourcolors

Yesterday, DC Comics released the first few pages of their new Superman comic book, Superman Unchained, written by current DC wonderkind Scott Snyder with pencils from the legendary Jim Lee. The book opens with on a frightened Japanese town, reeling from a recent, horrific attack on a nearby city. A young boy named Ichuru goes outside to escape his parents’ discussion on the attack, only to look up in the sky and find out that his town is going to… Read More »

More Man than Iron…

Monday, May 6, 2013 at 3:43 by fourcolors

What does the world look like after “The Avengers?” In our world and Marvel’s, that is the question facing the characters in “Iron Man 3.” Following the huge success of Marvel’s “The Avengers,” how can these films return to their original, stand alone nature? Is that even possible? And, for Tony Stark, as the trailer suggests, even he isn’t sure how to continue after fighting an alien invasion alongside a god, a beast, and a legend. How do you deal… Read More »

Four Colors. Season 4

Friday, May 3, 2013 at 12:50 by fourcolors

Every great comic book character has a resurrection story and now, so does Four Colors. I debated back and forth with how I was going to start the blog back up. Initially, I was going to just skirt past the elephant in the room, which is the fact that there have been two (2!) posts in the past year. I wanted it to sound like there was some explanation other than life getting in the way, even make a joke about starting Season… Read More »

Make Mine Miles

Friday, August 26, 2011 at 7:30 by fourcolors

If you read this blog, you are hopefully aware of two things: 1) Spider-Man (specifically Ultimate Spider-Man) is my favorite superhero 2) He died. In the past couple of weeks though, just after I wrote Peter Parker’s obituary, Marvel revealed who would succeed him as Spider-Man in the Ultimate Universe, a young man by the name of Miles Morales. Not only is he replacing the iconic Peter Parker (something that hardly goes well with fanboys), but he is also half-black,… Read More »

Mr. Reece Goes to Comic-Con

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 3:44 by fourcolors

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” John Lennon said that. He might not have ever attended Comic-Con, but Mr. Lennon may as well have been describing my time in San Diego when he said it. Every amazing thing that happened, happened without plans. But more on that later. San Diego Comic-Con 2011 was a whirlwind of comic-related insanity. On the outer edges of it, Hollywood peddled its wares. Shows like The Big Bang Theory,… Read More »

Peter Parker RIP

Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 3:01 by fourcolors

Peter Benjamin Parker, Ultimate Spider-Man, has died after succumbing to injuries at the hands of the Norman Osborn and a gunshot wound from protecting Captain Steve Rogers of the Ultimates. He is survived by his aunt, May Parker, his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, his roommates and friends, Johnny Storm (publicly known as the Human Torch), Bobby Drake (the mutant Iceman) and Gwen Stacy, daughter of deceased police officer George Stacy. He is preceded in death by his father and mother,… Read More »

The Trouble with Teens

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 12:08 by fourcolors

I just watched the preview for Young Justice. It’s a new series premiering at the beginning of 2011 on Cartoon Network and will be focusing on the young sidekicks of DC Comics: Robin, Kid Flash, Superboy, Aqualad, etc. But as I watched it, I was struck by two things. 1. It’s really weird that there are so many ice-themed villains in DC. The preview featured the sidekicks and their mentors fighting villains, all of whom have an ice theme. The… Read More »

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Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 8:56 by fourcolors

Welcome back. It seems that we took an extended commercial break for a bit. Got two or three posts coming in the next week to get back on track, but to get everyone excited for the return of regularity, I wanted to share with you what I am currently reading as I finish up both Koko Be Good and The Photographer, which will both be the subject of the upcoming posts. As tends to happen, there are characters that will… Read More »

Hundreds and Hundreds

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 5:21 by fourcolors

This past year has been an important one for DC. Not only have they been publishing some great books, but the company has has several important anniversaries to celebrate. The first of which is their 75th anniversary of existence. DC has been publishing books for the past 75 years, a feat that is currently unequaled in the comic book industry. What else is unequaled are the three books that celebrated 700 and 600 issues. Those of course being the books… Read More »

Life with Dick

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 2:06 by fourcolors

It’s surprising to realize that Dick Grayson, the original Robin, is one of the oldest comic book characters in existence. His first appearance was in 1940, only 11 months after Batman first appeared. He’s been around 70 years and still has so much left to be discovered about him. I would argue that Dick Grayson is one of the greatest comic characters ever created. Doesn’t mean that he is always written well, doesn’t always mean that he is interesting, but… Read More »