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World’s Finest Comics #155 “Exit Batman-- Enter Nightman!”
Posted Apr 12 2010 by Albert

“Even by the bonkers rules of Silver Age superheroes, how does this make any sense? Beat up a superhero, get his sidekick? What the hell? Do superheroes usually operate according to the rules and customs of prison inmates? If so, Robin has just become Nightman’s bitch.”

Action Comics #176 “Muscles for Money!”
Posted Jan 27 2010 by Albert

Action Comics #176, cover dated January 1953, features Superman being an unbelievable dick, even by Superman standards. He alienates all of his friends, completely trashes his own image, and deliberately turns public opinion against him for rather unimpressive reasons. I almost think the writer came up with this story just for a laugh, never thinking it would actually ever see the light of day.”

Lois Lane #9 “Superman’s Mystery Song!”
Posted Dec 29 2009 by Albert

“In general, attempts to shoehorn real-life celebrities into comics are pretty disastrous, and have the unfortunate side effect of dating the issue before it even hits the presses. Doubly so when the famous person is already dated in and of himself.”

Jimmy Olsen #93 “The Batman-Superman of Earth-X!”
Posted Dec 1 2009 by Albert

"Having read through a handful of issues, I can confirm that the actual stories are just as baffling and nonsensical as the covers. If you told me Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen was a deliberate postmodern deconstructionist take on the superhero genre, I’d have no trouble believing it."

Batman #147 “Batman Becomes Bat-Baby”
Posted Aug 17 2008 by Lewis "Linkara" Lovhaug

"With the arrival of The Dark Knight, the second Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman movie, Albert asked me to take a look at a past Batman comic. But of course, this site being what it is, I knew he didn't have in mind Knightfall or A Lonely Place of Dying. Oh no. I got to look into the distant past of the Bat-franchise. And it's a scary, scary place."

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