Comic Book Syndicate

Category: Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics comic books reviewed here. (text, video and audio reviews)

  • Captain America II: Death Too Soon | TAPED CRUSADERS #13.1

    Captain America II: Death Too Soon | TAPED CRUSADERS #13.1

    Because no one demanded it!

    We are going back through the superhero archives and reviewing all those crappy movies and TV shows we missed the first time around.

    Writer Wilton Schiller and Director Ivan Nagy log in some hours in their filmmaking careers, and we are all the lesser for it.

    Bet Luthor joins Mike-EL for another captivating conversation about classic comic book cinema.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of Taped Crusaders twice per month on Youtube and on our website. 

  • Fantastic Four: First Steps | COMIC BOOK SYNDICATE

    Fantastic Four: First Steps | COMIC BOOK SYNDICATE

    How the F are they going to get out of this one?

    G.I.Jolie and Mike-EL review Marvel’s latest product.

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    Comic Book Syndicate reviews comic books, graphic novels, cartoons and superhero movies. Founded in 2007, they are the World’s Funnest Comic Book Review Show.

  • Blade II | TAPED CRUSADERS #61

    Blade II | TAPED CRUSADERS #61

    You obviously do not know who you are f***ing with!

    Director Guillermo del Toro joins writer David S. Goyer for the second instalment of the Blade Trilogy. Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson return, joined by new pals Norman Reedus and Leonor Varela, plus bad guys Ron Perlman and Luke Goss.

    Ryan joins Mike-EL, Champ-Ian and Joshua Murr-VELL for a flashback to a simpler time, when blockbuster films had only one writer and one director.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of Taped Crusaders twice per month on Mondays, Youtube and on our website. 

  • X-men (2000) | TAPED CRUSADERS #58

    X-men (2000) | TAPED CRUSADERS #58

    To me, my X-Men!

    Sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, the X-men recruit a man named Wolverine, who makes fun everyone else for having a funny-sounding superhero moniker.

    David Hayter and Bryan Singer adapt the classic comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, Chris Claremont and John Byrne (but probably, actually, just the 90s cartoon), to mixed results.

    “Harvey” Brent joins Mike-EL, Champ-Ian and Joshua Murr-VELL for a look back at this key moment in superhero movie history.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of Taped Crusaders twice per month on Youtube and on our website. 

  • Blade (1998) | TAPED CRUSADERS #56

    Blade (1998) | TAPED CRUSADERS #56

    Some motherf*ckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill!

    David S. Goyer and Stephen Norrington reboot the superhero genre! Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N’Bushe Wright and Donal Logue star in this proto-Matrix vampire/action film that just happens to be based on a Marv Wolfman/Gene Colan comic book character.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of Taped Crusaders twice per month on Youtube and on our website. 

  • Captain Britain by Alan Moore (Pt. 2) | UK CORRAL #18

    Captain Britain by Alan Moore (Pt. 2) | UK CORRAL #18

    Alan Moore & Alan Davis continue their underrated run on the UK’s greatest superhero.

    Reviewing The Daredevils (UK) #6-11 by Alan Moore & Alan Davis, originally published in 1983.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of UK CORRAL every other Monday, on Youtube, and on our website.

  • Shared Superhero Universes + more Steel | LAST CALL

    Shared Superhero Universes + more Steel | LAST CALL

    Superman *can* team up with Batman…but should he?

    In a world with a Superman, do we really need a Batman? In a world with a Thor, do we really need a Hawkeye? Radically unbalanced power levels make stretch the logic of shared superhero universes. Champ-Ian, Mike-EL and Joshua Murr-VELL have an impassioned debate about inter-character continuity.

    Plus: more about STEEL!

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    Last Call captures candid discussions from your Taped Crusading Laser Brainers, on an infrequent basis, whenever the need arises. 

  • G.I.Joe (Action Force) by Grant Morrison | UK CORRAL #13

    G.I.Joe (Action Force) by Grant Morrison | UK CORRAL #13

    Quick Kick, Master Of Kung Fu.

    Another hidden gem among toy tie-in comics. Action Force was the UK name for the G.I.Joe toys and comic book tie-in. Here are two rare stories written by Grant Morrison, featuring art by Steve Yeowell and Mark Farmer.

    Mike-EL, Nice Man and Adam-Antium review another glorious comic from the 1980s.

  • Captain Britain by Alan Moore (Pt. 1) | UK Corral #12

    Captain Britain by Alan Moore (Pt. 1) | UK Corral #12

    Dipped in magic, clothed in science.

    Alan Moore revamps Captain Britain, setting the stage for many revamps to come. Featuring art by the legendary Alan Davis.

    Reviewing Marvel Superheroes (UK) #386, #387, #388, Daredevils (UK) #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5.

    Mike-EL, Adam-Antium and Nice Man review another underrated comic from the glorious early 1980s.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of UK CORRAL every other Monday, on Youtube, and on our website.

  • Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | TAPED CRUSADERS #49

    Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | TAPED CRUSADERS #49

    Starring David F*cking Hasselhoff?!

    Writer David Goyer (Dark City, Blade, Batman Begins, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Man of Steel, Terminator: Dark Fate, Hellraiser) and Director Rod Hardy (JAG), present a painful 90 minutes that you’ll never get back.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of Taped Crusaders twice per month on Youtube and on our website. 

  • Transformers: The Man of Iron | UK CORRAL #10

    Transformers: The Man of Iron | UK CORRAL #10

    The first (and best) original Transformers story from Marvel UK.

    Steve Parkhouse, John Ridgeway and Mike Collins present a very different take on the franchise, from the early days of the Transformers franchise.

    Nice Man, Adam-Antium and Mike-EL review a classic comic from the 1980s.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of UK CORRAL every other Monday, on Youtube, and on our website.

  • Zoids by Grant Morrison (Pt. 2) | UK CORRAL #7

    Zoids by Grant Morrison (Pt. 2) | UK CORRAL #7

    More shockingly good toy tie-ins.

    Reviewing ‘Spider-Man & Zoids’ #40 – 50, illustrated by Kev Hopgood, Steve Yeowell and Phil Gascoine.

    Join Mike-EL, Nice Man and Adam-Antium for a look back at more early work by Grant Morrison.


    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of UK CORRAL every other Monday, on Youtube, and on our website.

  • Star Wars by Alan Moore | UK CORRAL #6

    Star Wars by Alan Moore | UK CORRAL #6

    Alan Moore wrote STAR WARS comics? I have a good feeling about this…

    Reviewing “The Pandora Effect” from The Empire Strikes Back Monthly #151 (art by Adolfo Buylla), “Tilotny Throws A Shape” from The Empire Strikes Back #154 (art by John Stokes), “Dark Lords’s Conscience” from The Empire Strikes Back #155 (art by Stokes), “Rust Never Sleeps” from The Empire Strikes Back #156 (art by Alan Davis) and “Blind Fury” from Star Wars Monthly #159 (art by Stokes).

    Mike-EL and Adam-Antium discuss a rare Alan Moore gig for Marvel Comics.

  • Night Raven by Steve Parkhouse | UK CORRAL #5

    Night Raven by Steve Parkhouse | UK CORRAL #5

    The Marvel UK superhero you’ve never heard of!

    Steve Parkhouse, artist of The Bojeffries Saga, delivers a vigilante superhero in the vein of The Shadow. Featuring art by David Lloyd (V For Vendetta) and John Bolton (Classic X-men, Someplace Strange).

    Adam-Antium, Mike-EL and Niceman review another lost gem (?) from the past.

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    Comic Book Syndicate drops a new episode of UK CORRAL every other Monday, on Youtube, and on our website.