borg’s Best of 2019–The Best on TV
This year we found one series that could easily sweep most of the categories–a single television series that had everything: compelling story, a full range of emotions, great characters, tremendous...
View Articleborg’s Best of 2019–The Best in Comics
Our borg Best of 2019 list continues today with the Best in Comics. If you missed them, check out our review of the Best Movies of 2019 here, the Kick-Ass Heroines of 2019 here, and the Best in...
View ArticleWonder Woman arrives at 750th issue with nearly 50 variant covers
The first major variant comic book cover event of 2020 launches tomorrow as the landmark 750th issue of Wonder Woman arrives at comic stores everywhere. As with last year’s Detective Comics Issue...
View ArticleArrow series finale–CW’s flagship superhero series wraps after eight seasons
Last night’s episode of CW′s Arrow brings eight seasons of one of DC Comics’ oldest superheroes to a close as the CW aired the show’s series finale. Focused on Oliver Queen aka the Green Arrow–one of...
View ArticleComic books get shot with Cupid’s arrow this week for Valentine’s Day
IDW Publishing, Dynamite, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics are getting into the holiday spirit this week for Valentine’s Day this Friday. IDW Publishing has three books featuring the subject of love: Star...
View ArticleStrange Adventures–Adam Strange takes center stage in new comic book series
Strange Adventures is a 12-issue limited series, resurrecting the title of a famous 1950s series, with that familiar DC superhero vibe you’ve seen in series like Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s...
View ArticleJustice League Dark–JJ Abrams company moves into DC Comics territory with HBO...
When people with creativity and skill have their grasp on the reins of DC Comics properties, great things can happen. Unfortunately it’s a rarity. Although its Arrowverse on the CW Network were good...
View Articleborg’s Best of 2020–The Best on TV
Today we move from the big screen to the small screen with the Best TV Series of 2020. If you missed it, check out our review of the Best Movies of 2020 here and the best Kick-Ass Heroines of 2020...
View Articleborg’s Best of 2020–The Best Comics and Games
Our borg Best of 2020 list continues today with the Best in Comics and Games. If you missed them, check out our review of the Best Books of 2020 here, the Best Movies of 2020 here, the Kick-Ass...
View ArticleThe Flash Crossover Crisis turns to CW’s Legends of Tomorrow in tie-in...
Review by C.J. Bunce If the CW’s 2019 take on DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline was your thing, you may enjoy the Barryverse version of events in a sequence of six novels featuring The Flash....
View ArticleSaddle up, up, and away–Batman and Superman head to the Old West this summer
Cartoonist/writer Gene Luen Yang is taking readers to the Old West this summer in the pages of DC Comics’ Batman/Superman series. DC’s multiverse will collide as the Batman from one reality meets the...
View ArticleTrailer Park–The “New Look at Genre” Edition
April has seen several new trailers for forthcoming Hollywood projects we haven’t discussed yet at borg, all having in common a new look at a past genre property. From Ghostbusters, it’s a new teaser...
View ArticleMorbius–Dig into the character with tie-in sequel novel in advance of the...
Review by C.J. Bunce As each new superhero gets his showcase in Marvel movies, we’re getting more and more lesser known characters pulled from the history of Marvel Comics to meet on the big screen....
View ArticleDC’s League of Super Pets–The year’s best Batman and more
Review by C.J. Bunce The Incredibles, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, The LEGO Batman Movie. Mighty Mouse, Underdog, Super Friends, and the 1940s original animated Superman. Add to these Warner...
View ArticleDC’s Titans series returns this week for fourth season
In the third season finale of DC’s series Titans, the young superhero team wrapped up its time in Gotham and headed out for San Francisco. Opting for a bus drive instead of taking Bruce Wayne’s...
View ArticleBig superhero action, great actors, and cool supersuits make Black Adam one...
Review by C.J. Bunce It’s no revelation that DC Comics on the big screen hasn’t fared as well as the Marvel adaptations. The best of DC’s efforts has included a key benchmark to shoot for–that’s John...
View ArticleNew Shazam trailer ushers in DC’s last days under the old guard
Although Zachary Levi’s spin on the original Captain Marvel opened the gates for a renaissance for DC at the movies with his new Shazam in 2019, DC Entertainment has made clear it will be taking an...
View ArticleShazam! Fury of the Gods–The best movie adaptation of DC Comics yet?
Review by C.J. Bunce Shazam! Fury of the Gods is the kind of movie that makes you wish you could transport it back to fans of the comic book superhero in the 1940s and 1950s. If they saw this movie...
View ArticleMerry Little Batman–The second new Christmas movie worth watching is streaming
Review by C.J. Bunce It’s going to be hard to beat Dashing Through the Snow (reviewed here) for best of the season’s new holiday movies. Candy Cane Lane has Eddie Murphy, but not much else in the...
View ArticleJoker: Folie à Deux–DC Comics’ strangest trip yet?
Where Marvel Comics has made significant strides in molding the zeitgeist of the 21st century, cementing itself as a mega-franchise years after emerging like the Phoenix following bankruptcy and...
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