Gambit (a.k.a. Remy LeBeau) was created in 1990 for the Uncanny X-Men and is by far my favorite superhero (other than Batman, of course, but that’s a given). In the X-Men universe he’s a mutant with the ability to charge an item he touches with converted kinetic energy. Being a gambler and a...

  “X-Man, you say? Surely not, you mean X-Men, you comic book noob and total wannabe.” Actually, no, I mean X-Man, the short-lived, flame-out character of every comic book toting teenage discontent in the 1990s. You see, in 1995, Marvel had a problem, it’s successful X-Men...

Wolverine is my favorite superhero. However, it’s not because of his superpowers. It’s his history and his attitude that makes me respect him. If pressed, I’d say there’s one attribute that elevates Wolverine beyond all others. Before the first swing, he’s...

For a lot of kids comic books offer an escape from every day life. It’s an opportunity to live out incredible fantasies about people who started out as ordinary as these kids, but suddenly find themselves powerful, and always heroic. For a lot of kids comic books are one of the most ingrained...

Iron Man, Your Man, My Man I admit, I don’t know much about comics. *slinks away* But I have enjoyed some of the movies that have come out. The one I watch over and over again is Iron Man (I and II). As a scientist, I love the idea of a man that is a super genius inventor that creates super...

Iron Man and his alter ego (are they alter egos if they have no secret identity?) Tony Stark get a lot of grief from a certain camp. After all, Iron Man debuted in 1963, and a certain, reminiscent character from a rival comic book company premiered some twenty-five years prior. Both orphans...