Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez Last time, Avery Silman, former hero Isom, was sent to find out the whereabouts of his sister's friend who vanished in the city. He runs into his old friend Darren Fontaino who is now a crime boss in the city and has several fights with one of his strongmen, an Except named Santwan. Now Avery returns to put on his old costume as he prepares for retaliation from Fontaino against him and his family.  The story opens with Altona, Avery's sister, riding an elevator within the Projexus building she works at, looking distraught. Her co-worker notices and asks if she's nervous about the upcoming merger. Altona says she's fine and says this isn't their first buyout. The co-worker says he had an odd feeling about it and will later tell her about his findings. Altona heads into her office at where there are some thugs waiting for her. Fontaino is sitting in her chair and says he figures she sent Avery after him. He asks how her daughter is doing. Altona get...

 By Mark Rodriguez So here's a book I've been waiting for, for a while. Unlike most of the independent comics I have reviewed in the past that used indiegogo or Kickstarter, Eric July opted to open his own business and self-publish his first superhero comic in hopes it would become its own universe. The pre-order campaign ended at 3.7 million and sold way more orders for books, shirts, posters and caps than anyone could have prepared for. They are currently shipping and on their way. Due to this, read this review at your own discretion since I'm sure many customers have still not received their copy. Also since this is a 96 page epic, I won't be doing the usual play-by-play since that will take forever. I'll give a synopsis and my thoughts.  Isom deals with Avery Silman, who gained powers and became the titular hero for a while. He discovered this sort of life wasn't for him so Avery retired and became a rancher. His sister calls him up one day and tells him abo...