Rogues in the House and Other Stories by Timothy Truman, Cary Nord and Tomas Giorello is the fifth volume of Conan comics from Dark Horse. The stories that lie within are adapted form from Conan’s creator Robert E. Howard. Immediately I know what yo...
Director Wes Craven is coming back to the horror genre with a new spec called 25/8. Variety says this will be the first horror screenplay he's written since his 1994 effort New Nightmare. Iya Labunka plans to produce for Rogue Pictures and production...
Inspired by the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie and issued in time to coincide with the DVD release of its sequel, Rogue’s Gallery is an uneven but highly interesting compilation of sea chanteys and sea/pirate-related folk songs performed b...
...irst four rogues. The next three episodes contain plenty of dialogue and sound is clear and distinct.
Video:
This show is only a year old and the transfer definitely exhibits that with an anamorphic widescreen presentation. The scenes that ABe wanted...
In terms of heroes and villains, the X-Men universe is filled with some of the coolest and most colorful characters around. It must have been hard to nail down who should appear in the movie. Once that was determined, it should have been even more difficu...
...ose whose Rogues' Galleries they inhabit. Even when they turn good, as we see two former villains discussing in that miniseries a few issues back, they're not too interesting. On the other hand, if someone like, say, Batman went rogue, or if Spider-Man...
...their own rogues' gallery. Even Garth Ennis the mainstay writer on THE PUNISHER for the past few years has touted the line that Frank Castle is just a serial killer who focuses on criminals, rather than a hero. I disagree. Except for that stupid s...
...er of the Rogues and a deadly rival to the Warriors.Click on the link to dig the rest of the photos. Mezco's WARRIORS figures will hit store shelves sometime in 2005.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
...ES VOL 1: ROGUES GALLERY trade paperback and the BATMAN ADVENTURES VOL 2: SHADOWS AND MASKS trade paperback, each for $6.95. If that's too much for you and how can you dare to say you love your kids if it is? then there's JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES #3...
I'll say this first: for next week, send in your responses to this column and your rants about other comic-to-film changes. If you still hate Spider-Man's organic web-shooters or find yourself incensed that Mystique wasn't Rogue's mom, e-mail me here or ...
Ever wondered why those DC stories from the 60's were often so whacked and why they almost always depicted a scene shown on the cover? It's all down to editor Julius Schwartz and his practice of having his writers craft stories around the concept on the ...
...xtensive "Rogues' Gallery" of villains. Wonder Woman #22 (2nd series) Nov. 1988 Art by George Pérez As a worldwide ambassador of peace, Wonder Woman soared to new heights in the late 1980s. The character returned to her roots as an Amazon warrior from ...
...SOHO, THE ROGUES TAVERN, THE SADIST, SCARED TO DEATH, THE SHE-BEAST, SHOCK, SOUND OF HORROR, A STRANGE ADVENTURE, TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN (TV pilot), TEENAGE ZOMBIES, TERROR CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE, TORTURE SHIP, VAMPIRE'S NIGHT ORGY, A WALKING NIGHTMAR...
...ng up the rogues. However, Shinohara has a little more at stake. His father, from whom he's been estranged for many years, owns Shinohara Industries, the top producer of Labors in the world. He's determined to find out what's going on, if only to show ...
... that the rogues that Batman face in Nolan's vision of Gotham City are far more dangerous than the ones seen in Joel Schumacher's BATMAN movies.Our agent tells us that the idea is to show the Scarecrow terrorizing Gotham so Nolan's version of Batman (p...
I'm really not trying to turn my repeatedly delaying this STAR WARS/STAR TREK column into a running joke, I swear. I fully intended to delve into that rich subject material this week, after finally closing out George Lucas' franchise last Friday night. ...
...voice the rogues' gallery, lending credence to the concept that it's more fun to play the bad guy."We've been approached by certain actors, or their agents saying, 'Oh, our client would love to work on your show,'" says Timm. "But usually it's the oppo...
...l one-man rogues gallery of Myers creations, among them the maniacal Goldmember, the putrid Fat Bastard and the hapless Dr. Evil.
Batman Beyond by Coming Attractions (Sun 05-18-2003)
... Batman's rogues gallery of villains have dissapeared a new generation of criminals have taken over the streets of Gotham. While conducting his own investigation into the mysterious death of his father, 17-year-old Terry McGinnis discovers Bruce Wayne'...
..., amp her rogues' gallery, just some basic stuff. They said 'Greg can't do this, why don't you do this in the regular book?' Within four issues, sales had gone up so much they were like, 'Maybe you should stay with it longer and get a couple more issue...
It’s not easy to ascertain why certain movies become cult phenomena, while others are forgotten. There is, however, a third group, wherein a select few films find a home in between fan worship and anonymity - a pop-art limbo where a film is fondly remembe...
...es by the rogues' gallery, some new characters, and a love story that we're pretty sure will have the Internet all abuzz. But we don't do things for shock value - it is all very calculated as behavior we can understand. Again, at least that's the plan....
... Batman's Rogues Gallery.Lee first shot to fame in the late 80s drawing Marvel Comics characters like The Punisher, Alpha Flight and the X-Men. After helping launch Marvel's second X-MEN comic book series in the early 90s, Lee left Marvel and founded ...
...e Flash's Rogues Gallery truly scary. Johns gets a lot of ink for writing more 'traditional' superhero books (no po-mo reinterpretation going on here), but you can't ignore the truly brutal events in this book. On top of all that, issue #200 goes in a ...
...me (hydro-rogues?) Anderson's mysterious, unpredictable bad guys are truly scary.Despite the headache of sorting out who's who all the time (some readers might resort to taking textbook-style margin notes) the novel is interesting and rewarding, as is ...
Grant Morrison begins his run on BATMAN with a markedly different tone than that used by most recent creative teams. Rather than using the misanthropic, brooding Batman we all love, Morrison writes the character with a wry smile and a touch of humor. It...
... standard rogues gallery. At times, this meant taking inspiration from other mythology, such as in the fantastic sequence where Sinbad encounters a group of beguiling Sirens. In fact, the entire relationship between Sinbad and Proteus comes from Greek ...
Last year saw the return of the BATMAN comic book to the top of the monthly sales chart due to the talents of superstar artist Jim Lee and writer Jeph Loeb teaming up on the 12-part story arc "Hush". Lee's designs of the Dark Knight, his rogues gallery of...
This 42nd issue of DC’s backwards-numbered Countdown reveals – in this series – the death of Bart Allen, the Flash, at the hands of a group of Rogues. The Flash’s old nemesis, the Trickster, and his friend, the Pied Piper, fin...
...n and his rogues venture forth into history! For where the will is strong, there is a way! Fate waits patiently at the end of their travels as the journey continues...
Contains episodes 10-18:
You\'re My Brother, Aren\'t You?
All is Only Despair
I ...
...rrorists, rogues and militaristic government. Sounds a little like Star Wars, and it is in a way. But Green Legend Ran does throw in a few curveballs. Aira's connections to the Green Mother and dangerous plots of the Hazard make things interesting. All...
What They SayThe battle for freedom rages on as Michel Volban and her mercenary ally Cleo streak across the stars aboard a legendary glass battleship. The royal rogue\'s skills as a leader begin to show in conflict, his bravery and intensity inspiring the...
...uilding a rogues gallery as well as delving into a somewhat bigger story arc, Tactics hits up five more episodes that doesn\'t stray from its formula.
Audio:
For our primary viewing session, we listened to this show in its original language of Japane...
...ns to the rogues gallery and potentially a new friend or two and Law of Ueki really surprised me in how much it changed.FeaturesJapanese 2.0 Language,English 2.0 Language,English Subtitles,Clean EndingReview EquipmentPanasonic PT50LC13 50" LCD RP HDTV,...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Maki Kanamaru/Yukine HonamiTranslated by:Issei ShimizuAdapted by:What They SayLife is good as the son of an aristocrat. All the money and free time offers everything one could want - elegant accommodations, fine clothing, sum...
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Kurt: Because there weren’t enough tie-ins already.
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Ben:What my kids will say just before t...
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...e case of Rogues Revenge) but I can’t see any connection to the larger event. Sure it might link somewhere down the road, but shouldn’t we “get it” before now?
Speaking of Grant Morrison, the stuff he is doing in Bat...
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Final Crisis Superman Beyond #1 (Of 2) $4.50
Ben:Huh?
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JLA Deluxe Edition HC Vol 01 $29.99
Kurt: The first collection of Grant Morrison’s run....
...er of his rogues gallery than in previous seasons.
The set begins with the two-part “Batman/Superman Story”. Lex Luthor has recruited some of Gotham’s most notorious villains including Black Mask, Clayface, Mr. Freeze, a...
...i’s rogues gallery. Dr. Guilty is a mad scientist who is a genius at designing megamatons, the giant robots that he believes will be mankind’s saviors. Unfortunately, he keeps using them for destructive purposes. The Machine Baron is the co...
...e Ranma ½ rogues gallery. This in general I think works in its favor since it\'s interesting to see how its adapted to the changes of Takahashi\'s own artwork over the years.
As always, I would love to see a 25th anniversary special and see how that ...
...stream of rogues bent on dominating the universe and controlling mystical objects known as Dragon Balls. Master Roshi is Goku's mentor, helping him achieve the highest state of fighting and spiritual powers.
DRAGONBALL will hit theaters August 15, 20...
...ys!" Rogues Gallery Batman Forever officially marks the point where Batman's villains were deemed more interesting than Batman himself. They consequently stop making any kind of sense, existing only as a rickety vehicle for ham-fisted acting on th...
...se, those rogues returned not the infant May, but Aunt May! The old, gray woman must be 150 by now! I require an army of my bravest readers to venture on a hero’s quest with me for the Cosmic Cube – to ride under my banner, the no...
... world of rogues and femme fatales, the man who puts laser cannons in Bond’s favorite Jaguar XK8 and makes sure the super spy never forgets to pack his trusty Walther PPK pistol. That’s because Benson is the current author of the James Bond novels, the...
...-hardened rogues and scoundrels assembled by Han Solo. Gathered to execute some of the most secretive operations in the Rebel Alliance's war against the Galactic Empire, the Renegade Squadron participates in battles spanning the galaxy. From the Valley...
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Ben: Like before...
...s gang of rogues is well done and it serves to bring another piece into the picture as well, that of Ichise.
Ichise still hasn\'t had it easy since his escape. With his now texhnolyzed arm and leg, he\'s still struggling throughout the city in trying ...
...st is the rogues gallery, which provides a look at several of the characters and provides some text on each of them. There’s an image gallery with twenty seven pieces provided, all of them captures from the show itself. The Manga version of the R...
...and crazy rogues are chasing Falcon to get it?
Soon, Falcon realizes this isn’t an ordinary rock. It’s one of the legendary Powerstones, magical gems that possess awesome powers-even the power to transform a young fighter into a rocket-po...
... the evil Rogues that terrorize the land outside of Landroll’s cities but there are also a lot of other tasks to perform. Some of them add greater depth to the world like the ability to get new jobs so Opoona can earn more money (which you can in...
...s band of rogues from a children's fable kidnap the man, his daughter and her friends, both real and imaginary, must rescue him.Bettany will play the role of Dustfinger, a fire-eating performer. Fraser's playing the father and the young girl has not be...
X-Men: Road Trippin` is a diverting if highly uneven collection of stories--culled helter-skelter from about twenty-five years of X-Men and X-Men-related comics--that play in some way or another off the concept of the `road trip,` or at the very least the...
...t B-level rogues like Shocker and Jack O' Lantern do when they're between gigs," says Vaughan. "I have to thank editors Tom Brevoort and Marc Sumerak for being so supportive of every controversial thing I've wanted to do."This being a MAX book, the see...
Man, I just feel sorry for anybody who didn’t grow up during the Sixties like I did. Our parents actually thought Wonder Bread and Twinkies were good for us, we struck a nice balance between playing outside and unhealthy amounts of television-viewing, and...
...st face a rogues gallery of various nastys, all to the futuristic backdrop of an apocalyptic Los Angeles.The film is based on a story by Stephen King (though he had written it under the penname Richard Bachman), and like most King adaptations, it’s ult...
Batman Begins by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-28-2005)
... that the rogues that Batman face in Nolan's vision of Gotham City are far more dangerous than the ones seen in Joel Schumacher's BATMAN movies.Our agent tells us that the idea is to show the Scarecrow terrorizing Gotham so Nolan's version of Batman (p...
Francis Ford Coppola not only led his generation of young, new filmmakers who revived the form in the early '70s, he has also made, in the course of his uneven career, some of the greatest American films ever. Now, Paramount Home Video has released two su...
Sideshow Toy plows ahead with its impressive line of action figures from the classic sci fi anthology series THE OUTER LIMITS with this deluxe set from the episode "Keeper of the Purple Twilight" from the show's second season. As noted on the set's specta...
... Batman's rogues gallery as well as his allies. Arkham Asylum plays a prominent role in the game along with enemies lik Poison Ivy, The Ventriloquist, Killer Croc, Scarface, Black Mask and Mr. Freeze. Helping Batman solve the mysterious disappearance...
...n, a rich rogues gallery of villains, and the noir-ish atmosphere of the New York setting. Plus, it was a thrill to see Spider-Man in action, swingin' and crawlin' across the Big Apple, set to some of the snazziest library music around. In fact, unbekn...
...der-Man's rogues gallery continue to be popular?"5) Less end-of-the-world scenarios. A city in danger is enough for me. The stakes can't be that high all the time... Anyway, those are my thoughts, the thoughts of a reader from another country."Vaar A...
...re of his rogues gallery of villains, such as Venom, Mysterio, The Vulture, Kraven the Hunter and Carnage, in the new SPIDER-MAN game. The presently untitled new SPIDER-MAN game will be released sometime in 2005.Got a scoop? Know something that you ne...
Warner Bros. Animation has announced plans for an all-new animated series featuring THE BATMAN, to be broadcast on Cartoon Network. The show will follow the adventures of Batman in his third year of fighting crime in Gotham City as he is "just finding his...
... and "the rogues gallery of villains," including the lovely but deadly Catwoman, the clown prince of crime Joker, the cunning Penguin and the Ritalin-deprived Riddler.No time is wasted in getting to the action, nor in showing off the feature-quality bu...
...remaining rogues of his gallery as they look out onto their city as well. As Narutaki conducts his business and presses the flesh with the people, he starts to get a bad feeling that people he knows well and interact with him a lot are starting to be p...
Quite a few thespians have hopped on board the upcoming action-comedy Rogue's Gallery, says The Hollywood Reporter. Ving Rhames, Ellen Barkin, Rob Corddry, Bob Odenkirk, Jeffrey Tambor and Maggie Q will be joining Joe Anderson, Odette Yustman, Adam Scott ...
...Rattlers, Rogues Tavern, The Sadist, Savage Weekend, Scared to Death, She Gods of Shark Reef, She-Beast, Shock, Sisters of Death, Slave of the Cannibal God, Snow Creature, Snowbeast, Sound of Horror, Spare Parts, A Strange Adventure, Strangers of the E...
...than-ever Rogues Gallery, formed in THE FLASH: IRON HEIGHTS one-shot, spins its plan into motion as the villains decimate the Central City police force, luring the Flash into their grasp. Meanwhile, Keystone City is overrun by the Thinker as he takes c...
...allery of rogues lost none of their menace but still could entertain young kids and their watchful parents. In the years to come when scholars of animation look back on the 20th century, chances are that BATMAN: TAS will make their short lists as the b...
... Batman’s Rogues’ Gallery isn’t really an issue—they’re all present and accounted for. The Joker, for instance, couldn’t have done it—he’s locked up. So that, by necessity, changes and lowers the focus. This story takes place less on the rooftops and m...
There`s something odd about Marvel`s pumping out a collection like X-Men Visionaries: Joe Madureira. Here, Marvel urges the reader to simply enjoy the art—which is remarkable—and ignore the stories, which have great gaping holes struck through them. Why? ...
This October, DC Comics, in conjunction with its most ruthless villain, plans to send in the clowns... quite literally! You see, Gotham City's Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker, is back to his old tricks again, masterminding perhaps the most maniacal cross...
I never really thought he was the stupidest villain in Spider-Man's rogues' gallery after all, there was always the Gibbon or Lightmaster if you wanted enemies with truly embarrassing personalities but for some reason, this new outing makes it very clea...
`Let’s dance, Bozo!` — Batman to the Joker`I`m rested, I`m tanned, and I`m ready to give this town a wedgie again!` — The JokerIn spite of three seasons of fantastic, futuristic adventures on Warner Brothers’ hit animated series Batman Beyond, what contin...
... Batman’s Rogues Gallery absolutely terrifying in The Long Halloween and Dark Victory, Sale expects to put a new spin on Daredevil’s early foes.`They’re goofy in a way that a lot of the Batman villains that we’ve done are goofy, and we make them less g...
Hello, all... I'd originally intended this week to simply print the remaining responses to the Hal Jordan question and to move on to something else equally irrelevant to real life. (If you'd rather skip what follows and go directly to those responses, cli...
...number of rogues created, why must there be the general feel that they will not cross the line because they know better? That overall consensus, I feel, hampers the writers who are trying to create comics which keep readers in suspense. I think its ti...
What They SayKenshiro, the Grandmaster of the Fist of the North Star, in the first of three new adventures. As he travels a ruined world almost devoid of life, he finds yet another army of heartless rogues slaughtering the innocent. In this case, the kill...
... carefree rogues life and become a proper criminal. Lupin, Fujiko and Jigen end up in some loosely tied together adventures and capers that keep bringing them up against either the police or the Maccherone crime organization that\'s fearful of a new Lu...
What They SayMakuamuuge has unleashed a new threat! Dr. Mudanashi, the creator of the cyber tunnel, has been summoned up to match wits against Goemon, Tsukasa, and the rest of their friends!The Review!The adventures in the real world continue for Goemon a...
... with its rogues gallery of villains for the first half and brings in a new villain for the final episode. The series really does keep to its mostly episodic nature and plays to those strengths, though they do give some underlying material a boost this...
...ng on the rogues gallery of villains nicely as well as getting to see some of the secondary cast members get a bit more involved. It’s all quite enjoyable, particularly if you’ve read the manga and know what to expect, but a life altering s...
...permanent rogues galley are already in place, from Mr. Mustachio to Kenichi to Acetylene Lamp.
Surprisingly for a title created by Studio Proteus for Dark Horse Comics, there are a few typos, grammatical mistakes and even some transposed dialogue in wo...
...drels and rogues hired by the girl\'s murderer. They\'ll stop at nothing to claim the jewel. Will they catch him?The ReviewPlease note: This is a combined review with Volume 8.
Going into the seventh book of the series, I was aware Vampire Hunter D: M...
So, you`re all ready to see what`s supposed to be the summer`s next blockbuster, X-Men, only there`s one problem. You have absolutely no idea what an `X-Man` is. Sure, you`ve seen the sly Senator Kelly mock-TV ads, which warn that mutants are nasty and ev...
In a dimly lit distillery turned seedy Canadian redneck trucker bar, something`s about to go down. An enraged and hulking patron with a sharp knife suddenly lunges at a stranger sporting a distinctive pointy hairstyle, a leather jacket, and lumberjack shi...
...e band of rogues from Twolegplace who threaten the very existence of the forest cats, Scourge has presented a fascinating enigma to Warriors fans worldwide--and now his life story will finally be revealed!
Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha, by Dan Jolley (...
... due to a rogues gallery stocked with stereotypical thugs and killers, Goldie brings a more fictitious bend to the series thanks to her significantly more flamboyant persona: physically imposing, calculating, and utterly domineering, a trait illustrate...
...it off to rogues who visit the ship and barter for it. The ship has apparently been searching for 40 years, but this is as far as they\'ve gotten? The inside story with Kain and Millie ends up dealing with a group of kids who are fighting for their bas...
... sterling rogues gallery. The U.S. Army seemed the best foil for him: a threatening industrial system which he could bash real good. For The Incredible Hulk, they've brought out the Abomination to spice things up: basically just a bigger, meaner, uglie...
... the best rogues' gallery. He's got the best origin story. Wonder Woman is a lot more to figure out. But it's coming together."IGN attributed the report to Brian Bendis of wizarduniverse.com, but I found no such story at the Wizard Universe website.
My Thoughts on X-Men: The Last Stand After a year of fan anticipation rife with both trepidation and outright, venom, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND opened in theaters last Friday to the second-highest single day box office gross ever, following REVENGE OF THE SIT...
Or, anyway, I think they do. I can't be sure because the catalyst here is a person who can completely control reality. We've already seen that Scarlet Witch has the ability to rewire a person's life, bring back the dead and turn Nightcrawler into a lepre...
Before I begin this week's column, I have an announcement to make: my last COMICSCAPE column will be Wednesday, February 2, and my last review for CINESCAPE for the time being will also appear that week. I'm sure there's at least one or two readers who wi...
... Batman's rogues gallery showed up with twin bullet wounds to the head -- ones reminiscent of a double-barreled pistol Two Face once used. Despite the obvious implication, Batman believed Harvey innocent. Only, Harvey didn't believe him, and Two Face...
DETECTIVE COMICS now has one thing going both for and against it Paul Dini. To clarify: as in his revered BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, Dini shows a thorough understanding of both the title character and his rogues' gallery in relatively short stories, b...
...s band of rogues from a children's fable kidnap the man, his daughter and her friends, both real and imaginary, must rescue him.
INKHEART hits theaters March 19, 2008.
..., though, rogues and rebels are rising up against the Empire. From a mediaeval fortress where wandering mummers stage a Harlequin play based on Euripides’s The Bacchae to Kentigern where another Harlequin, Jack Flash, wreaks havoc on a fascist...
... criminal rogues gallery. Includes comic reprint. (O) DRAGON HUNTERS Volume 2: Dead Dragon Walking (Geneon) When Zaza decides to chase the rewards of dragon slaying, she ends up being captured and its up to Lian-Chu, Gwizdo, and Hector to save her! (O)...
...s band of rogues from a children's fable kidnap the man, his daughter and her friends, both real and imaginary, must rescue him. Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire penned the bigscreen adaptation of German author Cornelia Funke's fantasy novel, the first ...
...f dashing rogues. But the moments are too few and too brief to gain a true appreciation of their relationship. It’s a shame, for the seeds of a much deeper movie lie with their bond. In fact, it’s the lynchpin of the film. Without it, their conflict ...