
Ms. Marvel, Champion of Science
Can we talk about Ms. Marvel for a second? Oh, and science fairs, but we’ll hit Ms. Marvel first. You know, the comic published by Marvel starring Kamala Khan, a Jersey City teenager who received polymorph powers (she can make herself big or small, and every size and...

Marvel’s Karnak and the Power of Sound
And then there’s Karnak. Karnak is an Inhuman (yes – one of those that you may be familiar with thanks to Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD) who has never been exposed to the Terrigen mists. Instead of “inhuman” super-powers Karnak is a phenomenal martial artist and mystic,...
Ant-Man Rides an Arrow in Captain America: Civil War. Can I?
Say you’re a miniature super-hero like Ant-Man, there's a Civil War going on, and you’ve got to get to your target super-fast. Let’s also say your super-hero pal just happens to be a guy with a bow and arrows. You see where we’re going with this? When the second...

Using Jupiter as a Weapon: Thor & The Great Red Spot
If you’ve been keeping up with Marvel’s The Mighty Thor, you know that things between the new(ish), female Thor and Odin aren’t going well. In issue #5 of the series (still available at your local comic shop or online via Comixology) things broke out into a total...

Supergirl’s Silver Banshee: Shattering With Sound
In the episode of CBS' Supergirl entitled “World’s Finest” that recently aired, a couple of super cool things happened: 1) The Flash guest –starred and 2) the Silver Banshee made her official, screamy debut as one of Supergirl’s villains. Having first appeared in...