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Tagged: Batman

· by Thomas Stockel · Jan 20, 2020

Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1 (1996)

It might be hard for some modern readers to believe, but there was a time when Batgirl was not interesting. At all. In fact, the only pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Batgirl story I can remember was a story where…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Jan 13, 2020

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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· by Thomas Stockel · Jan 6, 2020

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…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Dec 30, 2019

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…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Dec 9, 2019

The 10 best comics maxi-series (part 2 of 3)

As promised, I continue to take a look at the “maxi-series” format and explore my top 10 favorites of all time. If you missed the first part of this list, you can read it right here. And now, on with…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 21, 2019

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…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 14, 2019

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…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 7, 2019

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…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 2, 2019

Hit or Bomb? October 2019 movie predictions

It’s October, and since Halloween lasts an entire month nowadays, that means plenty of dark, gothic, creepy, and emo films are on the release schedule. Here to determine which of this month’s movies will put a scare into audiences (or…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 30, 2019

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…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 23, 2019

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…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 16, 2019

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…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 9, 2019

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…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 3, 2019

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…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jul 15, 2019

Justice League of America #200 "A League Divided" (part 2 of 2)

Previously in part one, we had a recap of how the Justice League was formed after they defeated seven alien combatants who came to Earth to fight for the rulership of another world. The seven Kryptonite meteors they arrived in…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Jul 8, 2019

Justice League of America #200 "A League Divided" (part 1 of 2)

Back in the early ’80s, my comic buying habits were a bit erratic. Other than X-Men, there weren’t a whole lot of titles I was steadfastly wedded to. However, I do remember really enjoying Justice League of America when…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jun 24, 2019

Batman battles Swamp Thing in Swamp Thing #53 “The Garden of Earthly Delights”

A lot has happened between issue #21 of Swamp Thing’s title and now: Swamp Thing fought Jason Woodrue AKA the Floronic Man for control of a mysterious force known as the Green. He met John Constantine, who gave him some…

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· by Thomas Stockel · May 13, 2019

DC Comics’ Legends #6

The sixth and final chapter of this epic saga (I say this perhaps with only a touch of irony. A smidge. A scoch) begins with Darkseid ready to deliver an old school, classic monologue about how awesome he and his…

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· by Thomas Stockel · May 6, 2019

DC Comics’ Legends #5

Issue #5 starts out with young William Batson wandering the streets of… I think it’s New York? To be honest, I forgot which city he’s in. I guess it doesn’t matter, because America is burning due to G. Gordon Godfrey’s…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 29, 2019

DC Comics’ Legends #4

The last issue underwhelmed, being a bit too focused on exposition and not enough on action and plot advancement. That being said, it gave us our first look at what would become the Suicide Squad, so it was far from…

Tagged: Batman

Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1 (1996)

Batman: Harley Quinn (1999)

Superman: Red Son #3 of 3 “Red Son Setting”

Superman: Red Son #2 of 3 “Red Son Ascendant”

The 10 best comics maxi-series (part 2 of 3)

Batman #429 “A Death in the Family” (part 4 of 4)

Batman #428 “A Death in the Family” (part 3 of 4)

Batman #427 “A Death in the Family” (part 2 of 4)

Hit or Bomb? October 2019 movie predictions

Batman #426 “A Death in the Family” (part 1 of 4)

Avengers/JLA #4 of 4 “The Brave... and the Bold”

JLA/Avengers #3 of 4 “Strange Adventures”

Avengers/JLA #2 of 4 “A Contest of Champions”

JLA/Avengers #1 of 4 “A Journey into Mystery”

Justice League of America #200 "A League Divided" (part 2 of 2)

Justice League of America #200 "A League Divided" (part 1 of 2)

Batman battles Swamp Thing in Swamp Thing #53 “The Garden of Earthly Delights”

DC Comics’ Legends #6

DC Comics’ Legends #5

DC Comics’ Legends #4

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