100 Scope Notes
June 27, 2019 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
Mark Waid and company take Archie back to the year of his creation for a serious period piece in Archie: 1941
March 6, 2018 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
Avengers & Champions: Worlds Collide Writer: Mark Waid Artists: Humberto Ramos, Jesus Saiz, Victor Olazaba and others Marvel Entertainment; $17.99 Rated T+ for teens 13 and up When writer Mark Waid took over the main Avengers title in 2015, the conceit for his All-New, All-Different Avengers was a team line-up neatly divided between adult heroes […]
July 17, 2017 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
Champions Vol. 1: Change The World Writer: Mark Waid Artists: Humberto Ramos and Victor Olazaba Marvel Entertainment; $15.99 Mark Waid and Humberto Ramos have been making comics since I was a teenager, so they likely wouldn’t be among the first names to pop into my mind if you asked me who might be best qualified […]
June 2, 2016 by J. Caleb Mozzocco
All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol. 1: The Magnificent Seven Writer: Mark Waid Artists: Mahmud Asra and Adam Kubert Marvel Entertainment; $19.99 Rated T+ The title of the current flagship Avengers comic may be a mouthful, but it could probably do with one more word if it was going for total accuracy: “Almost.” That’s because almost every […]
April 26, 2016 by Esther Keller
Back in August the Good Comics for Kids crowd discussed the release of the “New Archie,” a new series from Archie Comics. Recently, I noticed that the first six issues had been published as a trade paperback, and since I’m not a fan of single-issue comics (I hate waiting so long between issues to get […]
August 3, 2015 by Brigid Alverson
Archie Comics’ flagship title, Archie, made it all the way up to issue #666 before the publisher pulled the plug on the classic house style and rebooted the comic with a new look and a slightly more realistic tone. We all checked out Archie #1, written by Mark Waid (Daredevil) and illustrated by Fiona Staples […]
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