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Superman, Not MAGA, Stands For the American Way Jul. 23, 2025
When I was a kid, I read "Superman" comics at the corner drugstore and watched reruns of the 1950s T... Read More
'Madame Web': Spider Girls Feb. 16, 2024
"Madame Web" is a movie filled with ambulance action, table dancing and - this is more like it - a t... Read More
'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania': Let's Get Smaller Feb. 17, 2023
"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" wants to psych you up about the launch of "Phase Five" of the Ma... Read More
'Thor: Love and Thunder': Please, Hammer... Jul. 08, 2022
The last Thor movie was a lot of fun, you'll recall. Taking over the franchise reins for Marvel's th... Read More
'Black Widow': Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh Lead Marvel Into a New Age Jul. 09, 2021
You knew it would come to this. After a decade of patiently enduring her female fate — waiting... Read More
Comic Villain Just Needed Some Therapy Apr. 10, 2021
A careless comparison meant to skewer Jordan Peterson is backfiring in a big way. The psychology pr... Read More
Short Takes on Not-So-Funny Humor and Not-So-Fun Flights Nov. 20, 2018
A little chess humor. Very little. In the world of chess, Fabiano Caruana is like Tiger Woods, Tom B... Read More
Remembering the Man Behind the Superheroes Nov. 19, 2018
When kids in the 1960s went to spend their allowance or paper-route money on comic books, they had a... Read More
'Captain America: Civil War': Avengers Reassemble May. 06, 2016
Spoiler note: Those wishing to know nothing about a movie prior to seeing it might want to steer cle... Read More
