Category Archives: super-heroes

Morbius and Moon Knight Demonstrate the Difference in Handling IPs

Posted on April 3, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

Sony’s Morbius is a bad film that gets worse the more it is discussed. Moon Knight is a promising show that improves with analysis. This illustrates the basic mistake film companies outside Marvel Studies continue to make when producing comic … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY FUN: Is Moonknight the MCU’s First Horror Character?

Posted on March 31, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

When I was a kid, I delivered newspapers in the morning and put the Sunday papers together at Tony’s candy store. From the money I made, I put $5 aside every week for comic books. At the time, the cost … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY FUN: Revisiting Daredevil has been a treat

Posted on March 25, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

With only a slight switch to patron’s viewing status, Disney+ is making its entire catalog available, including the Marvel Netflix shows. A recent rebinging of Daredevil season one reveals two things, especially after watching four Disney+ MCU shows: these shows … Continue reading →

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One More Really Fun MCU Spider-Man Easter Egg

Posted on December 29, 2021 by chrisryanwrites

By Christopher Ryan SPOILERS AHEAD! In the wake of the monumentally successful release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, there has been a satisfying amount of scrutiny, opinion, and interpretation that Marvel geeks like me eat up by the bowlful. And … Continue reading →

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Loki Finale Prep: Who is Running the TVA?

Posted on July 8, 2021 by chrisryanwrites

We are less that a week away from the finale of the MCU’s Loki on Disney+ and it might be fun to ponder who is actually running the TVA and is therefore the series’ Big Bad. Spoiler warning just is … Continue reading →

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A Key to MCU Phase 4 and maybe 5?

Posted on June 28, 2021 by chrisryanwrites

Allow me to begin with an apology. Somebody somewhere in social media may have mentioned this before. If so, I apologize for not remembering your name. But I suspect that Kurt Busiek’s “Avengers Forever” might just be the key to … Continue reading →

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The Seductive Lie of Karli Morgenthau

Posted on April 19, 2021 by chrisryanwrites

Marvel is pushing the limits of superhero entertainment, asking difficult questions about who gets power and a voice in the world, and they are making the argument excellently well, offering an intriguing range of views for us to consider at … Continue reading →

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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is The Show America Needs Right Now

Posted on April 16, 2021 by chrisryanwrites

America is in turmoil right now. Well, it has been most of my life, and I’ve been around for a long time. There is an ongoing clash between the Idea of America and the Reality of America. The latter is … Continue reading →

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We discuss the NYT’s “Black Artist, Black Panther”

Posted on March 11, 2018 by chrisryanwrites

https://anchor.fm/alex-simmons6/episodes/Tell-The-Damn-Story-UNPLUGGED-Billy-Graham-Art–the-Black-Panther–Pt-1-e1616o

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Black Panther Pregaming, Part II

Posted on February 13, 2018 by chrisryanwrites

With four days until The Black Panther leaps into theatres, here’s a look at T’Challa’s first appearance, in Fastastic Four numbers 52 and 53, published in July and August, 1966. I was four at that time, so I didn’t experience … Continue reading →

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