One of the better things that the "leveling" of better technology has given us is more accessibility to it, and sometimes we see that in movies in a really good way because we have gotten some truly quality independent and lower-budget films in the the last decade or two. I want to say that horror …
Author: Tom Panarese
Starslayer #31-34
This is it. Four issues left in a run that I didn't think was going to go as quickly as it did. When I started Starslayer with Mike Grell's run, I figured that I would read a few issues here and there and eventually get around to the entire thing. But since leftover Badger comics weren't hanging …
Starslayer #28-30
I know that I already reviewed issue #30 last year, but seeing that I'm doing the entire run of Starslayer, and the story is a continuing arc, I want to include it here, especially since that issue is the second of a two-parter and this means I finally got the other half of the story. These three …
Personal Archaeology 10: You’re a Pathetic, Lovesick Loser Charlie Brown!
Somewhere in the September 1991 part of my teenage journal is a transcript of the time I called up my crush and asked her out. I feel like I need to let that marinate for a moment because it might take a moment for you to understand that I called this girl up, asked her …
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The Black Flame (Starslayer backups and issue #27)
So whereas Grimjack had a few backup stories before a team-up with Starslayer and then his own title, the next backup feature, "The Black Flame", ran for the remainder of Starslayer's run (except for the final issue) and had its own full-length feature in issue #27. So since I've reached that issue in my reviews, I …
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Starslayer #24-26
After leaving the city of Parallax that was at "the beginning of time," the Jolly Roger heads back to Cynosure, which they're now considering home even though it's still an incredibly dangerous place. When they return in issue #25, it seems like Ariosto, who was killed in the castle heist storyline a few issues ago, …
Starslayer #21-23
With Morrigan, the death goddess who kind of looks like someone the X-Men would have taken on around this time, shows up in issue #20, Torin wakes from his coma to tell everyone that she lives, one of those "THIS IS IMPORTANT!" moments that a show can throw your way. Is it? I'm not entirely …
The 4400, Season 4
At the end of season three of The 4400, Jordan Collier had returned and set himself up as a true messiah figure, going from L. Rocketeer Hubbard to Rocketeer Jesus (he's played by Billy Campbell, so I couldn't resist), and has started using his people to distribute promicin, the enzyme that causes people to get powers, …
Starslayer #19, 20
So I mentioned a few reviews ago that it's clear that John Ostrander was establishing a new status quo for Starslayer. But unlike the many times I have seen this done in comics and on television, there wasn't one issue where the supporting cast was jettisoned in favor of a new group of sidekicks and a …
Starslayer #18
You notice two things about Starslayer #18 right away: it's a full-length story that teams our heroes up with Grimjack (who is about to get his own book) and it's printed on better paper, which if it isn't Baxter paper is pretty close. The price hadn't changed, though. We open with Torin at the prison and going …
The Uncollecting 