Dr. Narcisse = Dr. Doom - What it took to be a black gangster back in the day

Boardwalk Empire has always had bits of historical data peppered throughout it's story lines. None better than the current character of Dr. Valentine Narcisse portrayed by actor Jeffrey Wright. The character's ambition as a criminal pales in comparison to the shows other characters like Nucky Thompson and Meyer Lansky. You see the good doctor has much more in common with Dr. Doom the foil of Marvel Comic's the Fantastic Four. 

His actions are grandiose and he sets the stage by doing things on a truly global scale. He infiltration of Chalky White's empire was equal parts gutter gangster and Freudian to a fault. While the other characters simply are dealing with their issues with bullets and double crosses. Dr. Narcisse has a plan that will in his mind liberate African Americans from a fate he himself can only truly perceive and that only he can eliminate. Not unlike any other supervillan he has people every where will to do his bidding at a moments notice his plans come together making Hannibal Lecter seem humane. To see a real life supervillan at play while Boardwalk tosses around its other story lines is too live. -thegqlife 

Jupiter's Legacy Issue #1 Review

So you like the Walking Dead Television show, or Scandal, Arrow, maybe the Vampire Diaries. Have you seen Kick Ass and or Iron Man 3. Well this is for you, some serious next level Superhero stuff with a bit of Atlas Shrugg thrown into it. Jupiter's Legacy is the latest from Mark Millar and Frank Quitley the team that is responsible for current iterations of the Avengers we all now know and love that are now cannon that's used for television, animation, and video games.

The tale that Millar and Quietly brings us takes place in alternate United States of America where Superheroes come and save America from the "Great Depression" as early the 1920's. A man named Sheldon Sampson takes his girlfriend and his close friends to an island outside of Cape Verde that he saw in a dream. In this dream the island says he can save America but coming to it.

The comic moves the story to one hundred years later Sheldon and his sweetheart,(now his wife) and friends are still fighting crime. Things couldn't be better except their kids are spoiled little jerks. These jerks are the true stars of this story.Hence the title of the comic, I am guessing the island is Jupiter and legacy means some children. Sheldon's own prodigies are indulgent screw ups who only really care about endorsements and trying "space drugs". One look at their son Brandon Samspon in his element enjoying his doeses of the double headed hydra of fame and the spoils that it provides, lets you know their parent's pride in country has not been assimilated.Their daughter Chole' ends the first issue comic with an atomic sized dentonation after a dalliance with said space drug... 

Jupiter's Legacy is an awesome comic book it pushes the boundaries of Superhero lore past the point of what is a comfortable approach to the genre. I give it 10 out of 10 Planets-thegqlife