Tag: superheroes
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DeaconsDen Reaction – Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Honesty. If I were to give a one word summary of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, it would be honesty. The film that was released in theaters in 2017 is a compromised work that is quite patronizing and begging the audience to love what it’s doing after the reactions to Snyder’s Man of Steel and Batman […]
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DeaconsDen Reaction – Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
I did not expect the shared universe of DC Animated films to come to a conclusion this year. I spent some time revisiting every film in this continuity. Now we’ve reached the end. Apokolips War follows the surviving superheroes in the wake of a failed assault led by on the tyrant Darksied. We get the […]
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – DeaconsDen Reaction
2016’s Suicide Squad, (also reviewed here on DeaconsDen) introduced movie watchers to the cinematic Harley Quinn. No matter your feelings on that film, one thing that was positively mentioned was Margot Robbie’s portrayal of the former Arkham Asylum psychiatrist who is manipulated to criminal activity by The Joker. Now Harley is on her own in […]
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Superman: Year One – DeaconsDen Review
SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE, is another entry into DC’s Black Label imprint. It’s written by industry veteran Frank Miller and illustrated by fellow veteran John Romita Jr. This reunites the two who previously worked on the miniseries, DAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR. Miller had already presented readers with the first-year experiences of Batman in 1987’s YEAR […]
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Aquaman – DeaconsDen Reactions
The King of the Seven Seas arrives in his first full fledged motion picture. Aquaman is the sixth film in DC’s cinematic universe, taking place after 2017’s Justice League. Jason Momoa reprises his role as Arthur Curry and what we receive as viewers is a visually ambitious story of a man simply wanting to understand […]
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Comic Analysis – Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia by Greg Rucka
I’ve read a great deal of comics in my life. And with the many I have read, I’ve come across many iconic stories for some of my favorite characters. For Batman there’s classics like The Long Halloween, Year One, The Killing Joke. Superman you have Birthright, Kingdom Come and The Death of Superman. Yet for […]
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Gaming Gallery 7 – Marvel’s Spider-Man
Spider-Man is an action/adventure game from Insomniac Games for the PlayStation 4. You are placed in the shoes of Peter Parker as he does whatever a spider can around New York City. Like most games of this generation, there is a photo mode and it just may be my favorite one yet. Here are some […]
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Comic Review – Batman: Damned #1
Batman: Damned is the first original release from DC Black Label, an imprint of DC Comics. The purpose of this imprint is to showcase stories that are not part of main continuity and are more flexible in matters of content. This line is meant to have mature stories and subject matter. The line will consist […]
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Gaming Gallery 6: Injustice 2 – Nth Metal
Today’s Gaming Gallery takes us back to the world of Injustice 2. Some favorite characters of mine have new looks as well as a sleek sheen with the Nth Metal shaders, named after the fictional material in DC Comics. SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN BATMAN SUPERGIRL HARLEY QUINN GREEN LANTERN GREEN ARROW
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Teen Titans Go! To The Movies – DeaconsDen Reaction
Robin, Raven, Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy have hit the big screen together in this animated film based on the series Teen Titans Go! How did this quintet fare in their first movie adventure? So I must begin with a little history. Teen Titans Go is a comedic spinoff of the Teen Titans series that […]
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