The week in comics 16/01/13

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The Superior Spider-Man returns this week in not one but two new adventures, propping him next to other Marvel heroes that the regular Spider-Man shares a great deal of history with.

The week in comics 09/01/13

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When Miles Morales took up the webs in the pages of Ultimate Spider-Man, readers breathed a sigh of relief. Peter Parker may have been killed, but he lived on in the spirit of this new hero, a hero that managed to recapture the magic of a young, inexperienced vigilante that dealt with relatable issues like self-doubt, family troubles, and the internal struggle to do the right thing. It didn’t take long for fans to accept the newest member of Spider-family.

The Superior Spider-Man – now replacing the real Peter Parker - is not going to be as easy to welcome in.

Movie / Gangster Squad

A weird sensation washed over me this morning. I clambered out of bed after a victorious weekend sleep-in and fumbled my way downstairs for breakfast/lunch. As I poured my overly-sugary cereal into a bowl, I remembered something I hadn’t thought about in about 12 hours.

I watched Gangster Squad last night.

Movie / The Impossible

I usually come out of real life disaster movies feeling a bit hollow. There’s no denying that these tales of brutal loss and extreme survival can be powerful and emotional, but I can never shake the feeling of it all being shot through the eyes of an accolade-hungry director, looking for an easy path to movie stardom.