by Alan Kistler | Mar 14, 2017 | Comics, Nerd 101, TV
The planet Vulcan is known to many science fiction fans. No, not the world full of mercury swamps that the Second Doctor visited in 1966 in Doctor Who. I mean, of course, home of Spock from Star Trek. Just as famous is Krypton, the birth planet of Kal-El, known on...
by Alan Kistler | Feb 28, 2017 | Comics, Nerd 101
Last week, Warner Bros. announced that it wants to put a live-action Nightwing film into production, with The Lego Batman Movie’s Adam McKay as its director. Some of you may know that Nightwing is actually Dick Grayson, the first of Batman’s apprentices to...
by Alan Kistler | Feb 21, 2017 | Comics, Nerd 101
Published by DC Comics in 2001, written by Joe Kelly and Brandon Badeaux, with art by Mark Morales and Moose Baumann, Action Comics #783 gives a great single issue story. Advertised on the cover as “The Choice,” the story within is actually called...
by Alan Kistler | Jan 24, 2017 | Nerd 101
Recently in the CW series Supergirl, title hero Kara Danvers (played by Melissa Benoist) lost her powers while exposed to the radiation of a red sun. So it seems timely to delve into just what the power sources is for Supergirl, her cousin Superman, and other...