“We … do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; …” That’s a truncation of President John F. Kennedy’s famous Rice Stadium speech exhorting the American public to support the Apollo space program. It’s one of my favourite speeches, not just because it talks …

One of four prelude issues leading up to The Defenders #1. This particular issue focuses on Namor, The Sub-Mariner and his attempt to find allies against the surface world under the sea.

Let’s face it: it’s not like we lead second lives, have secret identities or are the heroes in some grand adventure. But in comics, we can. Reading comics allows us the vicarious, albeit brief thrill of borrowing those features and losing ourselves in a fantasy with values that speak to …

One of the hardest lessons to teach a young person is that regardless of how hard you work, how much you want something or how much time you spend to get it, you won’t always get what you want. Yet we tell our kids: work hard, do the right thing …

The absence of a strong central authority in a given situation makes for chaos. Now, I’m not an advocate for absolute despotism, but I do recognize that there has to be structure in all things for them to run smoothly, and comic stories are no exception to this rule. The …

My first introduction to Stan Lee was in 1977 in a small bungalow in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where I first read copies of John Byrne’s Iron Fist and X-Men. These were my first comics in Canada, emigrating from Scotland. I had no idea who this “Stan Lee” was, presenting the comics …

Opposition in all things is not only an axiomatic fact of life but it’s a necessity. It’s necessary for our learning, it’s necessary for personal growth but it’s also necessary for a good story. We are living in a time of great opposition these days. By the time this article …

'Prodigy' #1 is a supremely entertaining blend of sci-fi and international thriller and introduces an exciting new black hero to fill the absence felt by the cancellation of 'Luke Cage.'

Well, Halloween is once more upon us. It only makes sense that the theme for this week would have to be one that’s inspired by scary stuff and things that “go bump in the night”. Maybe that’s too much of a simplistic theme but the one thing that I’ve discovered …

I don’t know about you, but this week, I need a little escapism. Oh hell … I need a LOT of escapism this week! Well, that’s the segue for this week’s comic pull list. I find that comics are a far more efficient medium for escapism than any other. A …

Revenge is like deep dish pizza. It tastes great in the beginning, but eventually, your stomach burns with regret. Still, it’s a powerful emotional motivator and so many stories are built around it. I’m okay with that though, because in the end, and I think a lot of people share …

Just what in the forgotten wastelands of Comic-dom am I going to write about this week? If you’ve been following my weekly column, I decide upon a theme and select Wednesday comics that fit that theme as my pull list for the week. This week, it’s a bit of a …

Life can be so complicated sometimes. If anyone ever asks you about the secret of life, it’s prioritization. In order to do the things we want to do, we have to finish what we have to do first. It seems overly simple, but you’d be surprised how easy it is …

Pop Mythology contributor John Kirk interviews one of the most popular comic book writers today, Tom King, former CIA officer and family man extraordinaire.

'The Magic Order' #4 arrives just in time to get the Halloween season off to a deliciously gloomy start.