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04 Mar '16

Ranking the Comic Book Movies

Posted by Cosmic Toys in Comics, Movie Rankings, Movies

For this project I'm going to try and watch and rank all of the comic book movies that have been made.  Yea, it will take a while...

I'm going to limit this to pretty mainstream comics (i.e. I don't plan to rate things like Snowpiercer, Road to Perdition, 300 etc that are based on comics but most people don't even know)

Rankings are subject to change as I'm constantly re-evaluating.

  1. Batman (1989)
  2. Iron Man (2008)
  3. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
  4. Spider-Man (2002)
  5. X-Men (2002)
  6. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
  7. Avengers: EndGame (2019)
  8. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  9. Hellboy (2004)
  10. Wonder Woman (2017)
  11. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
  12. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  13. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
  14. Deadpool (2016)
  15. Ant-Man (2015)
  16. Batman The Dark Knight (2008)
  17. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
  19. Superman (1978)
  20. Thor (2011)
  21. Black Panther (2018)
  22. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  23. Batman v Superman (2016)
  24. Avengers (2012)
  25. Justice League (2017)
  26. Batman Begins (2005)
  27. Thor 2 The Dark World (2013)
  28. The Wolverine (2013)
  29. Man of Steel (2013)
  30. Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
  31. Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
  32. Dr. Strange (2016)
  33. Captain Marvel (2019)
  34. Dredd (2012)
  35. Avengers 2 (2015)
  36. Captain America: First Avenger (2011)
  37. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)
  38. Iron Man 3 (2013)
  39. Iron Man 2 (2010)
  40. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  41. Fantastic Four (2015)
  42. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows (2016)
03 Mar '16

February 2016: Comics Read

Posted by Cosmic Toys in Comics
  • Klause (2015) #1
    Really cool.. origin story of Santa Clause based on Norse legends
  • Fantastic Four (1962) #4-#12
    I've started at the beginning and have been going through the Marvel reading order.  FF is the best comic to read with my 7 year old.  He was quite excited for the first tilt between The Hulk and The Thing.
  • The Incredible Hulk (1962) #1-#5
    I never read much Hulk stuff growing up.   Learning all about Rick Jones/Thunderbolt Ross and Betty.
  • Journey Into Mystery (1962) #87-92 
    The beginnings of Thor.   Never knew he had an alter-ego back in the day.
  • Tales of Suspense (1963) #39-#41
    Iron Man begins!  Very neat to see the movie's comic origins.
  • Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #1-#3
    Also read the Amazing Fantasy origin.   Doc Ock and The Vulture have been introduced.
  • Hawkeye (2012) #8
    Reading this series with my wife.  We love it.
  • Deadpool: The Gauntlet Infinite Comic (2014) #3-#6
    This is one of those comics that is designed specially for tablet reading.  It's my first Deadpool comic and I'm liking it.   Still need to make it out to the movie...
  • Spider-Gwen (2015) #1
    Meh.. I do like the costume but the first issue wasn't spectacular.
  • Guardians Team-Up (2014) #4-#9
    These are fun.   She-Hulk and Gamora was great. 
  • Secret Wars (2015) #5
    Pretty massively universe changing stuff going on in this series.   Still, not quite as fun read for me as the original 80s Secret Wars but I do like it and will continue.
  • Star Wars (2015) #8
    Loving all the Star Wars books.
  • Lando (2015) #2
  • Kanan (2015) #4
    Haven't seen Rebels yet (still working through Clone Wars) but I'm enjoying the comic.
  • Darth Vader (2015) #8
  • The Incredible Hulk (2003) #58-61
    Working through some more modern Hulk stuff as well.
  • Weirdworld (2015) #2
    Very cool.  Crazy unique art and some great inspiration for my D&D campaign.  Hope this one doesn't get cancelled I've heard sales aren't stellar.
29 Feb '16

Marvel Unlimited: Marvel's Grand Experiment Pays Off

Posted by Cosmic Toys in Comics

I'm sure there was some great internal debate at Marvel HQ before they approved the concept of Marvel Unlimited.  

Marvel Unlimited, as you may or may not know, is Marvel's all-you-can-read, digital subscription service which grants access to their entire (almost) back-catalog of over 17,000 comics.  Comics can be read via the web or through their respective iOS/Android apps.  The service has a 6 month delay before new printed issues will appear for subscribers.

The cost is $10 USD monthly or $70 USD annually and much like a Netflix or Apple Music style service, your access is lost when you discontinue your subscription. 

It was a bold experiment but also a considerable gamble.   

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