Comments on: A new Comics You Should Own – without Batman!

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:23:28 +0000

I never read it, Gus. I bought these well after the series was done, and I have never actually looked for Messner-Loebs’ issues. I don’t know why, actually – I like Messner-Loebs.

By: gus

gus — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:51:24 +0000

How was Messner-Loebs’ run?

By: John Platt

John Platt — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:31:58 +0000

One of my all-time favorite comics by two of my all-time favorite creators. Good stuff.

By: Ken Raining

Ken Raining — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:55:05 +0000

I actually reread this series just a few months ago, and my own love for it echoes yours, Greg. It was such an odd title at the time, like DeMatteis’ Mr Miracle book spinning out of the wildly successful JLI, but Dr Fate very quickly went off in it’s own direction. I think a lot of people at the time had no idea what to make of it; this was before Vertigo, when complete reworkings of old properties became common. It would probably be better remembered today, in fact, if it were not Dr Fate but something unconnected to the DCU. It’s a shame, because this version of the character is much better than the idotic idea of making Hector Hall Dr. Fate. Oh, and one more thing about the comics: it had one of the best, most thoughtful letter pages I’ve ever seen. Make sure you don’t skip those.

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:12:45 +0000

I liked the mini a lot, actually, and if they released all 29 issues of this run (4 issue miniseries, 24 issues of the regular comic, 1 annual), I’d certainly buy it all.

By: Andrew Wickliffe

Andrew Wickliffe — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:29:54 +0000

I read this series a few years ago. Decent stuff, if a little slow…

and anything was better than DeMatteis and Giffen’s creepy mini that started it.