Author Archives: W. Blaine Dowler

As you may be able to tell, my formal training is not as a writer. My degrees are in physics and education. In my day job, I work in supplemental education, which is why my productivity is lowest when report card season hits.

Comic Review – “The Eternal: Birth of a God”

Early this summer, I had to decide between picking up Runaways, or this title. I chose this one, for two reasons. First of all, it’s an update of a Jack Kirby series, and I assumed that Marvel wouldn’t try to update Kirby unless they knew they had a hit. Secondly, it was written by Chuck Austen. I’d never read Austen’s work, but I assumed that anyone assigned to a flagship title such as Uncanny X-Men had to have some considerable talent. Now that I’ve read the series, I’m convinced that I made a horribly wrong decision.
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