Comic Book Villains (Video 2002)

Comic Book Villains: Directed by James Robinson. With Donal Logue, Cary Elwes, Michael Rapaport, Natasha Lyonne. A guy dies after collecting comic books for decades. His mom inherits them and she ain’t selling. Owners of 2 comic book stores want the collection. Their scheming gets ever more desperate.

“Comic Book Villains is a satirical black comedy about, you guessed it, comic books and the sometimes strange people that collect them. The movie is a little darker than expected so perhaps I would have enjoyed it more had I known what I was about to see. Still, it was a fun movie that pokes fun at the world of comic book collecting/collectors.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDJ Qualls plays Archie, an all around good guy and the narrator of the story as well. Qualls is perfect as the comic book geek type. His favorite place to hang out and buy/read comics is at Raymond McGillicudyu0026#39;s (Donal Logue) comic shop (the names of the shops escapes me). Raymond is into the comic book scene and has the shop because he loves dealing with comic books. Across town is Norman and Judy Linku0026#39;s (Michael Rapaport u0026amp; Natasha Lyonne) comic shop. Norman and Judy are there strictly for the money. Archie loves Raymondu0026#39;s shop and his knowledge in comics plus he finds everything he likes there so he has never found a reason to visit the other shop. On the other hand, there is u0026quot;Conanu0026quot;, played by Danny Masterson from That 70u0026#39;s Show. Conan claims he is a descendant of the creator of Conan The Barbarian comic books and is the instigator for the whole movie because he visits both shops regularly and provides information to both.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie takes itu0026#39;s dark turn after both shop owners discover there is a pristine collection of comic books that belonged to a deceased comic book collector who had a great collection. After that, the backstabbing, double-crossing, dirty tricks and much more begins the dark tone of the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy favorite characters were Norman and Judy Link. Rapaport usually plays a tougher character and it was different to see him in more of a submissive position here, especially to his wife. Lyonne also did a great job as a u0026quot;comic book villainu0026quot; and certainly looked her best here as well. Also, Danny Masterson played a subtle instigator well, not unlike his character Hyde from That 70u0026#39;s Show. Overall, worth a look. 6.5/10”