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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 5/9/26

What a banger week it’s been! Great TV shows have come to an end, great, uh, other things are probably happening somewhere, and we got some damn good comics to enjoy, like Absolute Superman and Daredevil.

Comic Book of the Week goes to Batman #9 because it’s an exciting issue with good energy, nudging it just a little bit above the second issue of a so-far excellent Daredevil series.

More aura than The Rock

Meanwhile, I very much enjoyed the season finales of both Maul: Shadow Lord and Daredevil: Born Again. Great shows that were super fun to watch! I’m going to try to put together some List of Six thoughts/reviews for both over the coming week or so. We’ll see how that goes. Beyond that, I’m deep in the paint on Crimson Desert. It’s exactly my sort of open world game with lots of pedantic little things to do throughout the game world. Super fun! And I’m still deciding whether or not to see Mortal Kombat II in theaters. I really don’t have any interest…but it’s Mortal Kombat II…but it’s not that Street Fighter movie, which has me actively excited. I dunno. It should be in theaters for a while, so I’ve got time to decide.

Comic Reviews: Absolute Superman #19, Batman #9 and Daredevil #2.

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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 3/7/26

What a week, what a week! I was off from work this week and mostly spent my time lounging around not doing much of anything. Good times. I got caught up on a couple of comic series that I’d abandoned a while ago. So that was nice. And we’ve got review for those comics, like Absolute Flash and X-Men.

Comic Book of the Week goes to Batman #7 for doing something new and potentially interesting with the Joker.

He’s got an eyeball thing going

Meanwhile, I hurt my thumb somehow so I couldn’t play anything video games with a thumb stick this week. Instead, I built some LEGO and started watching the final seasons of My Hero Academia. Let’s hope the show ends well. I also watched Strip Law on Netflix and it was good. I like watching these random adult animated shows on Netflix, and this one was particularly weird and wacky in all the ways I like.

Comic Reviews: Absolute Flash #12, Absolute Superman #17, Batman #7 and X-Men #26.

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Superman and Spider-Man Are Gonna Team Up, Too!

Remember the Batman and Deadpool crossover comics this past autumn? They were great! And as many people surmised, they were only the beginning! Superman and Spider-Man were suspiciously missing from the various crossover stories, and that’s because Marvel and DC are giving those fancy heroes their own crossover issues next March and April. We got our first look at the first issue this week.

There are a whole bunch more covers to look at if you’d like! I’m not a cover collector.

The main story will be written by Mark Waid, with artwork by Jorge Jimenez. Then there will be a bunch more smaller crossovers in this first issue.

  • Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson by Tom King and Jim Lee.
  • Jimmy Olsen and Carnage by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber.
  • Power Girl and Punisher by Gail Simone and Belen Ortega.
  • Pa Kent and Uncle Ben by Jeff Lemire and Rafa Sandoval.
  • Spider-Man 2099 and the Legion of Super-heroes by Sean Murphy.
  • Superboy Prime and Black Suit Spider-Man by Christopher Priest and Daniel Sampere.
  • The Daily Planet and The Daily Bugle by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott.

Hot damn those sound awesome! As a newspaper man myself, I love the idea of Greg Rucka writing a short story about the journalistic backgrounds of both Clark Kent and Peter Parker. That should be fun! And I’m very confident that Fraction and Lieber can pull off a really crazy crossover between Carnage and Jimmy Olsen.

So yeah! Loved the first two crossover issues, can’t wait to see more. And I really do hope all of this leads to a new Amalgam event in the very near future!

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Just This Really Dumb, Hilarious Thing I Found Online

I spend a lot of time just randomly surfing the internet on any given day. It’s pretty fun. Good way to spend a life. And then I randomly came across this really funny video this morning. Super Guy. Just watch it.

That’s just funny. It works so perfectly. This KhalidSMShahin person made some absolute internet perfection. What a fun and entertaining way to start my day. And it just keeps getting better as it goes along, just keeps elevating. Watch all the way through!

Today’s gonna be an OK day.

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Hench-Sized Comic Reviews – 9/6/25

Happy Birthday to me! Enough years have passed that my birthday once again falls on a Saturday, so I get to share some comic reviews for my birthday! And what a darn good week for comics, like Absolute Superman and Absolute Wonder Woman! Honestly, I’ve been reading way more DC books than Marvel these days…

Comic Book of the Week goes to Batman #1 because it’s a very strong start for the Matt Fraction run of the Caped Crusader.

Like…on the phone?

Meanwhile, not doing anything special for my birthday because that’s what happens when you’re in your 40s. I bought myself a new computer, and that’s running nicely. And I splurged on some graphic novels and action figures. So feeling pretty good. And I’ll be sharing some comic book news soon enough!

Comic Reviews: Absolute Superman #11, Absolute Wonder Woman #11, Amazing Spider-Man #11, Batman #1 and Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League #2.

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