Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #362

By: Obliterator

Obliterator — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:40:54 +0000

The stupidity of this comic, seems like the inspired work of giffen in JLA or lobo. Absolutely awesome and sick ideas.

By: Francois

Francois — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:56:05 +0000

Wow, I came upon this site because The Heckler is the one comic series that keeps popping into my head after all these years. Great book, I still have the promo materials too

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:32:13 +0000

I've tried the first issue a few times and for some reason I can never get more than a few pages in.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:54:21 +0000

Thanks Ajit! I read that and for a brief, shining moment, I felt cool.

By: Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive

Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:14:33 +0000

[...] 362. The Heckler [...]

By: fanboy d

fanboy d — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:38:15 +0000

i HATE it when one of the reasons is something i may never get to read. this looks amazing!

By: Jesse Farrell

Jesse Farrell — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:28:44 +0000

Oh, I loved Heckler. I don't think I knew (didn't remember, maybe?) that it was set in the DCU.

By: Joe S. Walker

Joe S. Walker — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:38:31 +0000

If the Generic Man was intended as a spoof of Steve Ditko's Objectivist comics he's actually pretty funny.

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:00:14 +0000

Heckler!

Hell yeah!

Can't believe I almost overlooked this entry.

One of Giffen's many, many gems.

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:55:00 +0000

Giffen is one of my 3 all-time favorite comics writers, and I don't own The Heckler for some reason. I really need to get that series.

By: Ajit

Ajit — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:00:02 +0000

Mark, there actually was such a letter back in Adventure Comics 360. Time Burke, Flushing, NY, wrote: "I and a few of my friends formed a Legion Club. Each of us took a Legionnaire and we agreed that no one could switch to another hero. I chose Ferro Lad, and when he died I was kicked out of the club. I had spent money on a costume and now it was all for nothing. If you can't bring back Ferro Lad, at least tell me how to get back in the club." Weisinger's response: "Try haunting the clubhouse as Ferro Lad's ghost." [Which makes sense of a sort as this was the letter column on Adventure Comics 355, 'Ferro Lad's Ghost'.]

By: Black Rabbit

Black Rabbit — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:30:20 +0000

I love Keith Giffen's art--his amazing body of work as a whole, but his inky, moody Munoz-inspired stuff most of all. Video Jack, his "Five Years Later" Legion, his nightmarish stint on Justice, oddball stuff like his Creeper Secret Origins story...He did some classic stuff in the eighties, but the nineties were such a prolific, wildly experimental decade for Giffen. Including this great series. If y'all don't do Trencher next, one of the most visually experimental comics DC ever published, I'll kick a puppy.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:28:23 +0000

I loved the Heckler.

Great comic.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:17:38 +0000

The first issue had a letter page (I can't remember if it was fake but it seemed so real). Someone wrote in with memories of a Legion fan who used to dress up in the costume of his favorite character and read comics with his friends. When his character died, his pals booted him from the club on a technicality. I'm not sure if this would count as an urban legend but this story has haunted me from the day I first read it.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:12:03 +0000

John Doe, the Generic Man is now my new favorite comic character.

Pure genius