[REVIEW] MARCH STAFF PICKS
This month the Geek’d Out staff has your entertainment needs covered. We’ve got recommendations for what to listen to, read, and watch!
[EDITORIAL] CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT: SELINA KYLE
From romance and wrong-doings to retcons and reboots, Selina Kyle has done it all. But how well do we truly know this thrill-seeking heroine?
[REVIEW] ‘IS SUPERMAN CIRCUMCISED? THE COMPLETE JEWISH HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST HERO’
Is Superman Circumcised? is a great book for anyone interested in Superman and the intersection of history and folklore.
[REVIEW] THE FLASH #773
As fans of the character will attest, DC Comics has not been kind to Wally West. He’s been marginalized, erased from the timeline, brought back, and made into a killer. I’m not an avid Wally West fan, so there are probably a number of other unpleasant things done to the character that I’m not privy to. However, I can empathize with the feeling that your favorite character is getting the short end of the stick. Fortunately, The Flash #773 forgoes much of that messy history in favor of a lighter read that also serves as a decent jumping on point (you’ll still probably want to start with the previous issue first).
[LIST] JULY STAFF PICKS
It’s time for our monthly Staff Picks. Check out what some of the Geek’d-Out staff is reading, playing, and watching this month!
[REVIEW] CHECKMATE #1
Led by the mysterious figure known only as The King, a ragtag team consisting of Green Arrow, Lois Lane, Talia al Ghul, Steve Trevor, The Question, Manhunter, and Director Bones seek to reestablish Checkmate and take down Leviathan.
[RETROSPECTIVE] ‘SUICIDE SQUAD’ (1987) VOLUME 8
This last volume of Ostrander’s Suicide Squad collects issues #59-#66. Between Superman breathing down their necks and a trek through a nightmarish jungle, the stakes are appropriately high for the Squad.
[RETROSPECTIVE] ‘SUICIDE SQUAD’ (1987) VOLUME 7
Volume seven of Suicide Squad collects issues #50-#58. It’s the penultimate chapter in this series, so there are tons of fun callbacks to earlier issues. In fact, we get the return of the original Squad members from Suicide Squad #1.
[REACTION] ‘THE SUICIDE SQUAD’ TRAILER
Warner Bros. has officially dropped the trailer for their next DC Comics film, The Suicide Squad (2021). Written and directed by James Gunn and co-written by the original Suicide Squad comicbook writer John Ostrander, The Suicide Squad looks exactly as I expected it to from the man who directed Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and 2010’s Super starring Rainn Wilson. So without further ado, let’s dive in.