Review: Teen Titans #1

The following is a guest post from a new friend I met at  Packrat Comics, Casey Dawson.
Teen Titans is a title that I had been waiting for since I heard about the DC relaunch. The collection of heroes that are much like the Justice League with more of the teenage drama that gives fair conflict to the team.

GeeksPodcast and Packrat Comics Team Up! Episode 1

Oh yes, the new show that I’d touched on previously has finally made its debut.  Ahem, it’s not an outstanding debut I’m afraid because I was down a co-host, but we did shoot in Packrat and it was a lot of fun putting it together.  These super quick episodes will be a weekly series that will come out late every Tuesday night and highlight the comics coming out that following Wednesday morning.

A big thanks to Jamie, Theresa, Bob,William, and Jon for all helping bring it to life!

Review: Aquaman #1

Ok, if I was apprehensive about Batgirl #1, Aquaman wasn’t even on my radar.  I’m ashamed to say I confused him with Marvel’s Namor on a few occasions, but hey- at least I’m being honest.

I think the only familiarity I’d had with the character a was a brief joke from The 40 Year Old Virgin and his appearance on Smallville.  That’s it.  So you can imagine my surprise when I dropped into Packrat yesterday only to have Jamie swear to me that I needed to check it out.  Despite a raised eyebrow, he reassured me that it was worth my time.

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