When we last left Kyle Camden, the smartest kid in Bouring, he was still secretly plotting the downfall of Mighty Mike. Kyle is the only one who knows Mike’s secret: that Mike is really not a human kid, but arrived with the mysterious alien plasma storm. Who knows what sort ...

The villainous Flashback lay quivering on the floor, still covered in the debilitating cheese from his last battle. Wormhole unsheathed the nib of his Cosmic Pen and drew a portal. In a shimmer, the fortress vault appeared on the other side. A glass display protected an ancient book, containing the ...

I’m going to finish off this round of steampunk book reviews with an interesting twist on the steampunk genre. While I enjoy traditional steampunk stories, I do like the occasional mashup (such as westerns) and I’ve just finished the first book in a trilogy that manages to mix a dose ...

The thing about winning a major award without any sort of advanced notice is that you’re often caught with your virtual pants down and something difficult to explain in your hand. Seriously, have you ever tried to explain the perfect glass of bourbon? It’s not easy. So it was that ...

Want to attract women? Publish good material that doesn’t actively chase them away.–Kurt Busiek, on Twitter, 10/24/2011 I have been a reader of superhero comics since I could read, buying them off the spinner rack for a quarter. My love for them was sealed when I watched (in reruns) the first appearance ...

Marvel Studios presents “Marvel’s The Avengers”—the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known ...

Overview: Hero and villain battle it out in a struggle of brawn, speed, and wits. Super Showdown is a compact game set in the Golden Age of comics, but don’t be fooled by its small stature, because it packs a punch! This is an abbreviated review, because the game is ...

Almost a year ago, I wrote one of my first posts for GeekMom. It was about my then-2-½-year-old son, my sense that he would soon be interested in superheroes, and my worries about how to explain supervillains to him. I wrote: “… How am I supposed to explain good guys like ...

Captain Amazing is getting old. Sure, he can fly, he’s got super-strength and invulnerability, but that can’t keep him from aging. Oh, and he’s got a peanut allergy. When he can’t stop four supervillains from stealing a DNA transfer device, he decides it’s time to audition for a new sidekick. ...

This is such a great idea I wish I could go back in time to my wedding and do it myself. It’s possible my wife would not agree with this sentiment. Photo used by kind permission of Hoffer Photography. (Hat tip: Reddit.)