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Category: Comic Book Review

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 13, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 5 of 5) Batman #442

Last week: Batman and Nightwing teamed up to take down Two-Face, but Harvey’s uber-elaborate trap proved to be too much for the pair. Meanwhile, Alfred, alerted by Dick’s foresight, knew where they were and that something had gone wrong because…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 7, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 4 of 5) New Titans #61

Last week: The stalker—who we can now openly call Tim Drake—explained how he met Dick the day the Flying Graysons died, and how he figured out who Batman and Robin are just by watching news footage on TV. Meanwhile, Batman…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 30, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 3 of 5) Batman #441

Last time: Dick Grayson returned to Haly’s Circus when he found out it was closing down. With the aid of his mystery stalker—a kid that was not Jason Todd (whom we all know is Tim Drake)—he uncovered a conspiracy of…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 23, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 2 of 5) New Titans #60

Last issue: Batman’s slow slide into mindless brutality was arrested by Alfred’s salient observations regarding the Dark Knight’s inability to cope with Jason’s death. As a result, he finally figured out Two-Face was back. Meanwhile, a mystery stalker who seemed…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 16, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 1 of 5) Batman #440

So Tim Drake, AKA Robin, Red Robin, Drake, and now Robin again, has been in the news recently for coming out as gay bisexual. Is it shameless pandering? A desperate attempt to garner publicity? A sign that the editors at…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jun 30, 2021

The Avengers vol. 3 (1998) #4 Heroes Return, part 4 of 4 “Too Many Avengers!”

Last issue: Morgan Le Fay was taken down, but the Vision paid the price by being torn literally in half. Now the question is, what next? With 39 potential Avengers, are we going to get a bunch of smaller teams?…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jun 23, 2021

The Avengers vol. 3 (1998) #3 Heroes Return, part 3 of 4 “Fata Morgana”

Last issue: Morgan Le Fey had reformed the world into something more to her liking, mind controlling the Avengers into her personal guard. But the Scarlet Witch, a key component in Morgan’s schemes, imprisoned in the dungeons below her castle,…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jun 16, 2021

The Avengers vol. 3 (1998) #2 Heroes Return, part 2 of 4 “The Call”

Last issue: Our Heroes had returned to find the team had been disbanded, but before they could look more into it, Thor arrived with dire tidings that spurred the gathering of a gaggle of Avengers. Morgan Le Fey and her…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jun 8, 2021

The Avengers vol. 3 (1998) #1 Heroes Return, part 1 of 4 “Once an Avenger...”

When DC’s editors handed Justice League of America to Howard Porter and Grant Morrison, it caused a stir. Everyone loved the pair’s insane writing and dynamic art and it became the comic to buy (at least, it seemed that way…

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· by Thomas Stockel · May 19, 2021

Grant Morrison’s JLA (1997) #4: “Invaders from Mars” (part 4 of 4)

Last issue: The League was down, save for the traitorous Martian Manhunter, as well as Batman, who’s discovered the Hyperclan are [gasp!] Martians! After taking out four superheroes, Protex seems to lose it and hits the doomsday button,…

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· by Thomas Stockel · May 11, 2021

Grant Morrison’s JLA (1997) #3: “War of the Worlds” (part 3 of 4)

Last issue: Wonder Woman and Aquaman were down! Green Lantern got double-teamed! Superman was rendered helpless by (sigh) kryptonite! And Batman is… dead? Possibly? Maybe? We open with two people talking about keeping someone alive, and we see…

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· by Thomas Stockel · May 4, 2021

Grant Morrison’s JLA (1997) #2: “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (part 2 of 4)

Last issue: Alien heroes calling themselves the Hyperclan have arrived on Earth, performing wonders, staging public executions of super-villains, and winning the hearts and minds of the public. Only Batman and the Justice League know they’re up to no good.…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 27, 2021

Grant Morrison’s JLA (1997) #1: “Them!” (part 1 of 4)

“Comics sucked in the ‘90s!” has been thought by many to be “common knowledge”. And I get it, because I was caught saying the same thing a time or two when I looked back at some of the dreck I…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 24, 2021

Snyder Cut inspirations: The New 52 Justice League (2011) #1-6

So a film dropped last week on HBO Max: Zack Snyder’s Justice League AKA the “Snyder Cut”. And apparently people are very positive about it, save a guy whose name rhymes with Taser Lisp. I’m not going to be reviewing…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 11, 2021

Ever dance with a boner by the pale moonlight? Batman #66

This story is a bit of an anomaly in my unending look at Bizarre Silver Age Comics. No, not because of a total lack of Superman being a dick to his friends… though, that does make it an outlier,…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 19, 2021

Genocide is more fun with Doctor Fate: More Fun Comics #61

We’re going way back for this one. While I’m filing this one under Bizarre Silver Age Comics for the sake of convenience, this is really my first-ever installment of Bizarre Golden Age Comics, since it comes from an issue…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jan 13, 2021

WandaVision’s inspirations: Vision and the Scarlet Witch vol. 2 (1985)

Three years later… While I can’t fit three years of Marvel Comics history into such a short space, I can at least provide a bit of background to set the stage. Damn, all that fun-poking I was doing regarding Bill…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jan 6, 2021

WandaVision’s inspirations: Vision and the Scarlet Witch vol. 1 (1982)

When it comes to comics, the one format that never made sense to me was the limited series; if a series was selling well, why would you stop at just four issues? We saw that happen with Marvel’s Transformers,…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 23, 2020

Running a train on Lois Lane: Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #29

I did it! I found a Bizarre Silver Age Comic where Superman’s not a dick at all—unless you count the ridiculous hoops he makes his friends jump through to save his life just so he can cruise in for a…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 16, 2020

He’s just not that into you, time travel edition: Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #20

It’s time for another installment of Bizarre Silver Age Comics, which is quickly becoming something I might as well rename Random Acts of Superdickery. Superman acts like a complete dick in this story—the dude literally changes history so…