Mickey Rourke as Whiplash

Came across this photo earlier today with Mickey Rourke in costume on the set of Iron Man 2.  Note that his chest plate has a similar look to Tony Stark’s armor, as the technology is clearly based in the same roots.
Rourke plays Ruskie, Ivan Vanko who constructs his own suit to battle Iron Man.  Also [...]

Comics: Mighty Avengers #15

Without giving away the ending or ’spoiler’, let’s just say the transition of Hank Pym now makes sense if you are a reader of The Initiative and we get a clue to the larger puzzle of how the Skrulls were able to do what they did.

Comix: Final Crisis #2

I have a suspicious feeling the way the Lantern Corps and OA are involved so far that Final Crisis is really no more than a pilot to get the next big DC arc of the ground…The Blackest Night…which would do the whole Final Crisis resolution a big disservice.

X-Factor #1: Quick and the Dead

I was never too much a fan of the early X-Factor days.  I think the only issue I can recall is X-Factor #5 (Vol. 1) because this is credited as the first appearance of Apocalypse.  My friend Brian Liles actually bought this back issue for me as a birthday present years ago because he knew how [...]

Comix: Final Crisis ….or is it?

 I suppose you can call this my inaugural post.  I spent the last few days wondering how I really wanted to breakout to the world and it just so happens there are a few major ‘events’ in spandex universes that are synonymous with summer.
Between the major two, Marvel and DC, we have the requisite universe [...]

Welcome to all things KaBlam!

I’m sorta jazzed to start up this new blog.  I’ve always been a writer and reader by nature and have been looking to join a community in which I could find like minded people to discuss some of my own personal passions with.  Those passions include such things as video games, comic books, gadgets, and [...]