The Trench Reynolds Report

  • Crime Comics With Trench: The Knives: A Criminal Book

    I was never a fan of Ed Brubaker. Not because I didn’t think he was good. I just never read anything by him until now. When he was doing his famous Captain America run, I wasn’t even reading comics at the time. So I didn’t come into The Knives: A Criminal Book (sponsored link) with…

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  • A New Supervillain

    The other night, I came up with the concept of a new comic book supervillain. I call him “The Inconvenience.” He’s actually a pretty decent guy, but he always needs a ride to the airport. He also constantly needs help moving into a new place. That’s when he’s not between places and needing a place…

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  • Comic Book Recommendation: Out of Alcatraz

    Since I started reading comics from more independent publishers, I’ve been reading some really good crime comics. You might think I consume a lot of crime content since I write about crime, but I actually don’t. I don’t read true crime books all that much. I could probably count on one hand how many true…

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  • 2024: The Year in Trench

    Yeah. That picture kind of sums up the whole year, doesn’t it? TV: It’s all animated again this year. Suicide Squad Isekai was pretty good for an anime. I know a lot of people complained about how the Joker looked, but it’s an anime. That was exactly how an anime Joker would look. The second…

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  • 2023: The Year in Trench

    It was kind of a ‘meh’ year as far as pop culture went. That’s not to say there weren’t some gems to be found. TV: I’m not the biggest TV watcher anymore, but I did watch two series this year, both animated, of course. While I’m not the biggest anime fan, I did watch an anime series…

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  • Comic Book Recommendation: Murder Falcon

    I typically don’t get emotional over things like movies and TV shows. I can think of twice in my adult life when that actually happened. Now, we can add a third instance, and that was after reading a limited comic series called Murder Falcon. I’m sure you’re asking how I could get choked up over…

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  • 2022: The Year in Trench

    This is what used to be the Trenchie Awards. I didn’t do one last year because of depression, and I thought no one cared. Well, someone cared, and they know who they are. TV: I actually didn’t watch any series regularly last year outside of wrestling. So, no winner for 2022. Movies: I only saw…

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  • Comic Recommendation: Shazam! #15

    Single issue stories do not get enough love these days. Anymore it seems to be all about the massive world-changing crossovers. That’s why Shazam! #15 was such a breath of fresh air. Without getting into any spoilers, this comic was so fun for me on several levels and it showed many things without being patronizing.…

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  • R.I.P. Comic Book Writer Denny O’Neil

    I think I’ve said before that I don’t pay a lot of attention to who’s writing whatever comic book I’m reading at the time. That’s unless the run is so good I make note of who the writer is. One example of that is Mark Waid. Not only for his mid-2010s run on Daredevil but…

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