Batman: Harley Quinn (1999)
There were a couple reasons why I picked this particular comic this time out. The first is the Birds of Prey movie is coming out in a few weeks. The second is Thundercats Roar snuck onto the internet, and it…
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Superman: Red Son #3 of 3 “Red Son Setting”
Remember how last time I praised that opening for issue #2?
As a Dark Lord of the Sith once said: Impressive. Most impressive. It’s the 21st century and Superman has celebrated his 63rd birthday. Brainiac has told him almost six…
Superman: Red Son #2 of 3 “Red Son Ascendant”
Last issue, Superman, having grown up in the Soviet Union, had become a staunch defender of all things communist. After Stalin’s death, Superman decided to lead the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, and the only person who might be…
Superman: Red Son #1 of 3 “Red Son Rising”
So, let’s talk about Mark Millar. A former associate of Grant Morrison’s, Mark has had an impressive career, working both for DC and Marvel Comics as well as independent titles. Several of his works have been adapted into successful motion…
Captain America #289 “Tomorrow, the World?” The Deathlok saga (part 4 of 4)
It’s weird, but when I picked the Deathlok Saga to review, the only thing on my mind had been the fact that the titular character was essentially an animated corpse; Halloween was the only thing on my mind. Then someone…
Captain America #288 “Mazes!” The Deathlok saga (part 3 of 4)
Part three of our story opens with Captain America wandering through the bombed out remains of New York City, circa 1993…Waitaminute. Lemme go back and check issue #286… Ah-ha! It was originally 1991! So was Godwulf chilling in that subway…
Captain America #287 “Future Shock!” The Deathlok saga (part 2 of 4)
Last issue had Captain America dealing with the problems of breaking in a new sidekick and the inner angst of being Steve Rogers, but then he got to ignore all that stuff when he met the clone of Luther Manning,…
Captain America #286 “One Man in Search of... Himself!” The Deathlok saga (part 1 of 4)
With the Halloween holiday upon us, I was wondering what comic I should review. I’ve already looked at Swamp Thing, and Man-Thing seemed a little obvious. I was never a fan of Marvel’s Dracula, and never read Werewolf by Night…
Batman #429 “A Death in the Family” (part 4 of 4)
We last saw our heroes, they were confronted by the Joker, now ambassador of Iran to the United Nations. The final part of our story opens with Batman and Superman in a dark room with CIA agent Ralph Bundy, who…
Batman #428 “A Death in the Family” (part 3 of 4)
In part two of “Death in the Family”, the Joker blew up a warehouse with Jason Todd inside and DC left it up to us to decide if he would live or die. Part three opens with Batman stumbling through…
Batman #427 “A Death in the Family” (part 2 of 4)
Last time, in a story jam-packed full of coincidences, Jason Todd, the least popular Robin, discovered his dead mom was not his biological mom. He went on a quest to find her and he and Batman wound up in the…
Batman #426 “A Death in the Family” (part 1 of 4)
DC Comics post-Crisis on Infinite Earths was a weird time. Initially, me and everybody I know who read that epic considered it one of the best stories ever printed. George Perez’s art was top notch as usual, and the…
Avengers/JLA #4 of 4 “The Brave... and the Bold”
Our story opens with a series of viewscreens showing calamity and disaster as a universe dies, as someone monologues about the end of this reality while we see a nebulous face that calls itself the “sentience of the universe”. It…
JLA/Avengers #3 of 4 “Strange Adventures”
It’s another amazing cover from George this time, with an honest attempt to get every single JLAer and Avenger on it. I mean, he has both Crimson Foxes on this thing! If he missed anybody, it must have been a…
Avengers/JLA #2 of 4 “A Contest of Champions”
So before we jump into the game, I just have to break down this cover.
It’s a fantastic work, and it’s great to see the one, true Captain Marvel featured on the front. Although I do have an issue with…
JLA/Avengers #1 of 4 “A Journey into Mystery”
X-Men/Teen Titans was the first DC/Marvel crossover story I ever bought. The stories published during the ’70s came out before I was buying comics, and I suppose when reprints were available they looked a little to, uh, Silver Age for…
Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans (part 2 of 2)
When we last left our tale, our titanically uncanny heroes, um, lost. Right. Moving on.
We cut to… the Wall.
Not that wall. This Wall.
Remember what I said last time about Simonson being Kirby’s spiritual successor? Well, here you…
Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans (part 1 of 2)
You know what we haven’t seen in a long while? A crossover event between DC and Marvel. I’m not saying it was ever a common occurrence, but does anyone remember All Access, or DC vs. Marvel? Or smaller…
Marvel Fanfare #13 “Black Widow, Web of Intrigue” (part 4 of 4)
As we take a look at the final installment of this four-part story, I want to take a moment to mention the cover art. For me, the cover should imply the action that will take place in the comic, and…
Marvel Fanfare #12 “Black Widow, Web of Intrigue” (part 3 of 4)
So I read the article over at Inverse regarding the Black Widow movie’s screenwriter, Jac Schaeffer, and I dunno. Some of what she says I agree with, such as not adhering slavishly to canon. It worked for Thor, for example;…
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