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Author: Benjamin Hall

Comics 

Why Superheroes And Therapy Don’t Really Mix In Comics

[*Spoilers for various stories including: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth (1989), World War Hulk (2008), Batman: Face

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September 25, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3535 Views 0 Comment comic books, Opinion Piece, superheroes, writing
Comics Film TV 

How DC’s Doomsday Could Be Improved As A Character

(**Warning of Spoilers for Superman: The Man Of Steel issues 17 and 18 [1992], Superman: In the Name of Gog [2005],

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August 30, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4373 Views 0 Comment Characterization, comics, DC, Doomsday, Superman, writing
Comics 

Schools Of Thought On Superhero Attire

[***Possible spoilers for various storylines featuring Superman, The Fantastic Four, Wolverine, and several other characters.] There are two primary schools

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August 9, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3125 Views 0 Comment comics, Compare and Contrast piece, Opinion Piece, superheroes
Comics TV 

Five Reasons Why The Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reboot Might Not Succeed

[*Note: Underlined items are links to relevant outside articles.] Buffy The Vampire Slayer debuted in 1992 as a movie character

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July 30, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3858 Views 0 Comment Buffy the Vampire Slayer, comics, Dark Horse, Joss Whedon, Movie, Reboot, Television Show, Twentieth Century Fox
Comics Film TV 

Muddied Waters: Swamp Thing And Man-Thing Have Always Differed

[**Spoilers For Various Comics Featuring Swamp Thing And Man-Thing!] Marvel’s The Man-Thing and DC’s Swamp Thing share some similar qualities,

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July 26, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3852 Views 0 Comment comics, Compare and Contrast piece, DC, Man-Thing, Marvel, Opinion Piece, Swamp Thing
Comics Film TV 

Looking At Joss Whedon’s Recurring Story Tropes

[**Spoilers for Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1996-2003), Astonishing X-Men (2004-2013), The Avengers (2012), Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013 to Present), and other

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June 27, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3959 Views Agents of SHIELD, Astonishing X-Men, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, Opinion Piece, The Avengers, Toy Story, writing
Business Comics 

We Need A Main Registry For Public Domain Comic Books

There is a legal zone called the public domain which consists of things like comics, movies, etc., that anyone can

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June 19, 2018 Benjamin Hall 5228 Views comic books, Opinion Piece, Public Domain, publishing
Comics Film TV 

Schools Of Thought On Superman, Part 3: Idiocy Or Mastery Of Disguise?

**Warning Of Spoilers for various Superman stories including Smallville (2001-2011), Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman (1993-1997), Superman

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June 12, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3335 Views Compare and Contrast piece, DC, Opinion Piece, Smallville, Superman
Comics Film TV 

Why Shazam May Not Be A ‘Real’ Hero At All

**Possible Spoilers for Whiz Comics #2 (1940, Kingdom Come (1996), Captain Marvel #17 (1969), and other titles. The hero known

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May 30, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4028 Views comic book, DC, Fawcett Comics, Opinion Piece, Shazam
Comics 

Beloved Characters Develop Over Time: Rick Jones Vs. Snapper Carr

**Spoilers For Justice League Of America (1960-1987), Captain Marvel #17 (1969), Invasion (1988-1989), and various other titles. Both Snapper Carr

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May 29, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4722 Views comics, Compare and Contrast piece, DC, Marvel, Opinion Piece, Rick Jones, Snapper Carr
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Schools Of Thought On Superman, Part 2: Single Vs. Married Life

Click here for part one. **Warning Of Spoilers For Lois and Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman (1993-1997), and several

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May 28, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3534 Views comics, Compare and Contrast piece, DC, Opinion Piece, Superman, Television Show, writing
Comics Film TV 

Schools Of Thought On Superman, Part 1: Human Vs. Alien

[*Spoilers in the form of a quote from DC Nation #0 (2018) and comic panels below!] There are different schools

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May 21, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4018 Views Compare and Contrast piece, DC, Opinion Piece, Superman, writing
Comics 

Why We Are Beyond The Predictions Of Transmetropolitan, Part 3: Socialization & Conclusion

For parts one and two of this series click here and here. Warning of spoilers for the series Transmetropolitan (1997-2002)!

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April 25, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4289 Views politics, Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis, Wildstorm
Comics Film 

Why Shang-Chi Could Be Hard To Include In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

[**Spoilers for Secret Avengers, Vol. 2: Eyes Of The Dragon (2012) and Avengers World (2014-2015)! *Note: This is strictly an

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April 5, 2018 Benjamin Hall 5671 Views comics, Disney, film, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Opinion Piece, Shang-Chi, Television Show
Business Comics 

Let’s Give Comic Posters More Availability

Various disasters such as the 2017 hurricanes made me realize that if something happened, I could only replace so many

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March 28, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3257 Views art, business, Lifestyle, Opinion Piece, posters
Comics 

Will Inconsistencies In Wolverine’s Portrayal In Comics Lead To More Changes?

[***Warning Of Spoilers For Major Wolverine & X-Men Related Storylines like Days Of Future Past & Age Of Ultron!] Most

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March 22, 2018 Benjamin Hall 6162 Views Characterization, comics, Days of Future Past, Marvel, Opinion Piece, Wolverine, X-Men
Business Film 

Ways In Which The X-Men and Fantastic Four Could Join The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Disney purchased Marvel in 2009. However, there were certain characters that were already licensed out to companies like Twentieth Century

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March 13, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3833 Views Disney, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, movies, Opinion Piece, Twentieth Century Fox
Comics Tech 

Why We Are Beyond Transmetropolitan’s Predictions, Part 2: Technology And Media

[Click here for Part 1 in this series. Also **Spoilers for the series Transmetropolitan!] Last time, I ended things on

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March 7, 2018 Benjamin Hall 5589 Views business, comics, film, Lifetime, Opinion Piece, technology, Transmetropolitan, tv
Comics Film 

Teen Titans: The Judas Contract Is A Montage Of Bad Public Services Announcements

[***Trigger Warning For Various Topics Including Suicide And Non-Consent! Warning Of Spoilers For the Movie Teen Titans: The Judas Contract.]

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March 3, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4817 Views DC, Movie, Opinion Piece, The New Teen Titans
Comics 

Marvel’s Starfox May Work Better As A Villain Than A Hero

[**Trigger Warning For Non-Consensual acts. Spoilers For She-Hulk Vol. 4: Laws Of Attraction and Infinity Gauntlet!] Eros a.k.a. Starfox made

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February 20, 2018 Benjamin Hall 6288 Views Avengers, comics, Eternals, Marvel, Opinion Piece, Starfox, Thanos
Comics 

The Marvel Heroine Dazzler’s Winning Qualities

Marvel Comics’ main continuity has a character named Alison Blaire a.k.a Dazzler. For those that don’t know her, she is

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February 14, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4076 Views comics, Dazzler, Marvel, Opinion Piece, X-Men
Comics 

Exploring The Iconic And The Personal In It’s A Bird…Vs. All-Star Superman

[***Spoilers for It’s A Bird… (2004) and All-Star Superman (2006-2008)!] The twelve issue series All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank

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February 8, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4120 Views All-Star Superman, Compare and Contrast piece, DC Comics, Vertigo
Business Comics Film 

What Does The Future Hold For Valiant’s Post-DMG Entertainment Buy Up?

[**Note: The following are simply predictions and examples from history. Thus they don’t represent any real plans by DMG Entertainment

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January 31, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4371 Views business, comics, DMG entertainment, film, tv, Valiant Entertainment
TV 

A Cure For The Moonlighting Curse In TV Relationship Dramas

[*Warning: Possible Spoilers for Moonlighting, Castle, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman.] From March 3, 1985 to

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January 30, 2018 Benjamin Hall 4434 Views Television Show, writing
Comics 

Why We Are Beyond Transmetropolitan’s Predictions, Part 1: The Politics

[**NOTE: Warning of spoilers for the series Transmetropolitan! Also, links below lead to news sources.] Transmetropolitan was a series created

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January 25, 2018 Benjamin Hall 5154 Views Darick Robertson, politics, Transmetropolitan, Vertigo, Warren Ellis
Comics 

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns May Not Be A Masterpiece After All

[**Warning: Spoilers for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns below!] First off, I do think the comic in question is entertaining.

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January 18, 2018 Benjamin Hall 7529 Views Batman, comics, DC Comics, Frank Miller, Opinion Piece, The Dark Knight Returns
Comics Film 

Vote Howard The Duck For A Relatively Good Movie

Warning: Spoilers for the movie Howard The Duck (1986)! Howard the Duck is, in my opinion, one of the few

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January 11, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3514 Views Howard the Duck, Marvel, movies
Comics 

Should Deathstroke Even Have A Title Series?

[*Note: Watch out for spoilers for several prominent Deathstroke storylines below!] There have been a lot of great stories featuring Slade

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January 2, 2018 Benjamin Hall 3831 Views comics, DC Comics, Deathstroke, Opinion Piece
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