2009 February
Almost as Good as a Dylan Reference…
- by Brian Cronin
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Here’s the Band reference that I, well, referenced in my piece on Peter Tomasi’s Nightwing run. Dan Phillips wrote in to tell me I had to mention this, and I meant to, but I couldn’t find a scan. Luckily, helpful reader Zach sent me a scan of the scene from Nightwing #150, so, well, enjoy!
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 48
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we look at a cool scene from last issue of the Suicide Squad (in fact, it’s the very last scene [...]
Thank You, DC, for the Final Crisis HC
I have to give DC Comics a lot of credit. They made what I (and many other people, including the writer of the comic himself) felt was a bad decision when they announced that the Final Crisis hardcover would not include the Superman: Beyond two-parter that ended up being almost absolutely essential to the final [...]
The Many (Thousand) Deaths Of Batman
- by Brad Curran
- in General
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From Douglas Wolk’s excellent review of Batman #686: Where Batman ends–the only way Batman ends–is where you stop reading Batman, which is how Batman has actually had hundreds of thousands of endings: dissatisfaction or boredom, walking out of the theater (past a dark alley?), cutting losses and wondering if it would’ve gotten better again. So, [...]
Bi-Polar Graphic Novel Review: Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2 and Chronicles of Some Made
- by Brad Curran
- in General
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See, because they’re from two different poles of the comics industry!
Gotta Love DC’s Hardcover Pricing Policy
So the two-part “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?” storyline is being reprinted, along with three other Gaiman stories (Gaiman’s classic Secret Origins stories plus a Gaiman Batman: Black and White story). 128 pages. $24.99 Ouch. Same goes for the “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?” – 128 pages for $24.99, with three of [...]
Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: Multiple Personality Disorder Titles Pt.3 – Adventure Comics in the 70s
Ok – I’m only taking a quick look at a dozen or so years worth of Adventure Comics. Anything more than that would be exhausting. Here a quick look at the revolving door that was Adventure Comics in the 70s (and just a sliver of the 80s).
Comic Critics #38!
Here is the latest installment of the Comic Critics strip, courtesy of Sean Whitmore (writer) and Brandon Hanvey (artist)! You can check out the first thirty-seven strips at the archive here and read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog here! Enjoy!
If Only the Other Quasars Could be This Cool…
- by Brian Cronin
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From Iron Man (Vol. 1) #79, courtesy of Mike Friedrich and George Tuska, here’s……QUASAR! Watch him “punk” Iron Man! Have you ever seen such a cool Quasar before?!
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 47
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we look at a cool scene from the great Iron Man run of David Michelinie and Bob Layton, only this [...]
2/16 – Curious Cat Asks…
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You know how, for example, the current Green Lantern series would be referred to as Green Lantern (Vol. 4)? Okay, so what do you do with, say, Thor? It was Thor (Vol. 3) but now it took over the original numbering with issue #600. So is it still Thor (Vol. 3)? Or is Thor (Vol. [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 46
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we look at a cool scene from Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke’s JLA. Enjoy!
A curious grab-bag of comics
Yes, it’s time for reviews of things I got through a variety of ways (okay, only two ways) and which feature all sorts of genres, from old-school superheroes to surreal sex stories! Who doesn’t love surreal sex stories? (Oh, and way down at the end of the post are a couple of scans that might [...]
Peter Tomasi’s Nightwing Was Good
Reading the final issue of Peter Tomasi’s Nightwing run this week (the last issue of the series, as well), the book had the same sort of sadness I am sure a lot of readers had reading it, particularly the whole “but we just started something good!” feeling of it all. What struck me most of [...]
Lex Luthor Defeating Superman, NBA-Style
- by Brian Cronin
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Nate Robinson, of the New York Knicks, did his best Lex Luthor impression when he donned an all-green uniform, along with green sneakers and a green basketball, to work as kryptonite against “Superman,” last year’s winner, Dwight Howard. “KryptoNate” (all five feet nine inches of him) likely won over the voters at home by his [...]
