Heroes Never Rust #31: Red Son 1
Heroes Never Rust #31 by Sean Ironman Red Son 1 I’m going to try something different over the next few weeks. I’m going to study one issue per week for a storyline. Perhaps some people may read along....
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Heroes Never Rust #79 by Sean Ironman Skip the Obvious Two weeks ago, I met with an undergraduate student to discuss her thesis, a collection of essays. One of my suggestions for her essay about the...
View ArticleHeroes Never Rust #80: Ridiculousness in Fiction
Heroes Never Rust #80 by Sean Ironman Ridiculousness in Fiction As the story speeds along in the second issue of Nemesis, the situations get more and more over the top. That’s not necessarily bad,...
View ArticleHeroes Never Rust #81: Personal Taste, or Bad Craft?
Heroes Never Rust #81 by Sean Ironman Personal Taste, or Bad Craft? If it has been unclear in my last two posts, I’ll come right out and say it here—I dislike Nemesis. I think it represents everything...
View ArticleHeroes Never Rust #82: Epilogues: Your Last Shot
Heroes Never Rust #82 by Sean Ironman Epilogues: Your Last Shot The fourth and final issue of Nemesis features a great deal of violence as the police chief eventually overcomes and kills Nemesis. The...
View ArticleHeroes Never Rust #99: 1985
Heroes Never Rust #99 by Sean Ironman 1985 I grew up reading comics, specifically X-Men comics. At first, my father would come home with a bag full of random comics for me, my brother, and my sister....
View ArticleHeroes Never Rust #100: Adequacy is Okay
Heroes Never Rust #100 by Sean Ironman 1985: Adequacy is Okay At the end of issue one of Marvel’s 1985, Toby, the protagonist, runs into the Hulk one night in the woods. The second issue picks up from...
View ArticleHeroes Never Rust #101: 1985 and Villainy
Heroes Never Rust #101 by Sean Ironman 1985: Villainy In Marvel: 1985 issue three, Marvel villains continue to invade the real world. The Hulk was seen in the second issue, but no other Marvel heroes...
View ArticleHeroes Never Rust #104: A Final Note
Heroes Never Rust #104 by Sean Ironman A Final Note With Marvel 1985 issue six, no reader will be surprised when Toby returns to the real world with the Marvel heroes, and the villains are soon...
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