Into the Vault with Irving Forbush

I'm a journalist and writer who reads a lot of comics. Sometimes I want to share these comics, but nobody is around who cares. That's when I come here.

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It’s my head-canon that Stanley in The Incredible Hulk is Gen. Thunderbolt Ross’ pizza-loving hippie twin brother. That’s why he knows Bruce and Betty so well and has the exact same moustache as Ross.

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No duh, Hawkeye.

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So, you’re playing basketball, it doesn’t matter where, talking about getting AIDS from a soda can, when outta NOWHERE comes the Flash who dumps a Flash-fact on you.

Where did he come from? Was he passing by when he overheard a 12-year-old say something stupid? Couldn’t he just drop a pamphlet on them on his way to fighting crime?

Now the Flash doesn’t explain how you DO get AIDS, he just grabs your basketball, slam dunks it and is on his way. Flash!

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Merry Christmas to all that choose to celebrate it.

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YouTube lightened up their content policies and my Sparks documentary is available of their site for the very first time! I made this found-footage documentary for a journalism class my junior year of college in 2010. Check it out!

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Aunt May'll blast ya till next Leap Year!

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Hey Marvel, why don't you want all the money? Aunt May: Assassin! C'mon, it's been 40 years, how has this not been the greatest series of them all?

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Nice retort, Spider-Man!

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How great would a Die Hard sequel featuring Kraven the Hunter be?

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Hey Marvel, when even your own characters are sick of your crossovers, you've gone too far.

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Take away the fights, take away the wonderful art, take away everything that's bizarre and beautiful about the genre, this is why I will always love superhero comics.

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Peter, could you be any worse at coming up with excuses?

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This is all I want out of Superman stories, a man trying to do his best to make the world a better place for others.

When the character is brought down to such simple, human, relatable terms (instead of the Kryptonian God trying to struggle with his humanity that so many writers find interesting for reasons I can't even begin to fathom), it makes the reader realize that we all can be Superman. We all can use whatever gifts were were born with (or advantages or privileges) to try and help people.

Lex Luthor is an inversion of the American Dream. In any other story, he'd be the hero. He earned his power. He worked his way up from poverty to become a success, but because he chooses to use his (wholly earned) power to exclusively help himself, he is the villain. Superman may not have chosen to have great power. He has chosen to help people, and that's something we all can do.

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Does anyone else think the Kangaroo has the cutest supervillain backstory?

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Everything from the Eraser's costume (just look at the beady little eyes) to the awesomely compelling Special Bat-Thriller title at the bottom of this cover is wonderful.

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Bahahahahaha!

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Haha, oh Aunt May.