Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The female Web designers

Marvel-Verse: Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider by Jason LaTour and various

Marvel-Verse: Spider-Woman by Marv Wolfman and various

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I recently found several series of graphic novels called Marvel-Verse that covered a variety of Marvel characters. And while I found villains, they are mostly the heroes. Since they are all similar (you get a few stories for each character as the feature and they do their thing. They range from 1960s classic, 1980s and even now), I can pretty much say: “Which Marvel character do you like?” You then answer and I can say Yes or No they have it. Of course there is […]

History of the MCU and lessons in chemistry have been taught on audiobook

MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, Gavin Edwards - narrated by Andrew Kishino and Joanna Robinson

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - narrated by Miranda Raison

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What do MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, a non-fiction history of the creation and rise of Marvel Studios, and Lessons in Chemistry, a fiction narrative of a lady scientist, have in common?  Misogyny and a lot of it. I had the incredibly good fortune to be in Hall H, at the San Diego Comic Con, when the very first footage of Iron Man was shown in 2007 and have been a Marvel Cinematic Universe fan ever since.  MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios came onto my radar from Pajiba, […]

The first review of 2024 and it’s an odd one

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales: Poster Collection by Insomniac Games

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My first review of 2024 will be an odd one. It is a poster collection for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. I know of two cartoon movies about Miles Morales and that is it. Of course, I assumed there were graphic novels, books (as I had seen some for the juvenile level), video/computer games and mentions of him in other places. However, I was unfamiliar with anything else but the cartoons. However, on my first day back to work after my New Year long weekend (or […]

A story web

Along Came a Radioactive Spider: Strange Steve Ditko and the Creation of Spider-Man by Annie Hunter Eriksen

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The only thing odder than the character of Spider-Man is the creator himself, Steve Ditko. The long and short of it is, Spider-Man was not your usual hero. He did not have bulging muscles, or super powers, other than that of a spider. His web slinging and wall climbing could be considered creepy. His alter ego was a teenager who tripped over books quicker than the Green Goblin could toss a pumpkin bomb. And I am saying Steve Ditko was odder than that?  Well if […]

If Mr. Fantastic and Captain Marvel were combined

Ms. Marvel, Volume One: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

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cbr14bingo Series Level 1 She might be a superhero with pretty cool powers, but she is still 16 and has a curfew. I have read one other Ms. Marvel graphic novel/comic and was not totally impressed. I think that was because the character in the other book was a kid and Kamala in Ms. Marvel, Volume One: No Normal is a teenager, and somehow being a superhero is more believable to me if you are at least old enough to drive. I had no idea […]

Introducing: Miguel O’Hara

Spider-Man 2099, issue #1 by Peter David

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Peter Parker wasn’t my first Spider-Man. He’s one of my favorite characters, don’t get me wrong, but Peter Parker’s origin story was collective knowledge, it wasn’t new. It was picked over turkey with all the baggage of a holiday meal. I knew going in that 2099 would be different, but I didn’t know what that meant at the time. I was twelve, eating lots of Brooklyn pizza, and guzzling Arizona iced tea at a rate surely to put me on the diabetes fast-track (thankfully, it […]



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