After the Surtur saga ends with Odin being taken off the board, this just keeps going with the epic storylines. We get considerably less Beta Ray Bill and considerably more Sal Buscema art, but neither's a bad thing, really.

I also wound up getting the Balder the Brave mini which tied in to the Siege of Hel storyline (which in turn gave us this classic story. I'd find the "buy another comic to get the full story!" trick annoying today (in fact, it's why I'm not buying Uncanny X-Men right now; I don't want to read Dark Avengers, even if it's written by Fraction. The $4 price tag doesn't help either).*

I had no problem with it in this case, though. It was nice that it wound up being more than just gimmickry, as Simonson picked up the plot thread in his swan song on the book, too. That said, I wonder how many people buying this off new stands were annoyed by the constant shout outs and call backs to it.

It kind of sucked to lose Simonson on pencils, but I've liked Sal Buscema's work since his days on Spectacular Spider-Man, so he's as good a replacement as you can get. Really loved the way he drew the Frost Giants, for one thing.

Simonson returned to do layouts for this issue. It was awesome. That's all I've got there.

The X-Factor crossover worked as well as it possibly could. That would make sense, given that Walt is pretty close to that book's writer. I also liked Iceman's brief involvement in Loki's scheme a few issues later.

Loved the Frog Thor issues. Just that they existed along with all the other issues of the series, really.

So, yeah, I'm pretty fond of this comic. In fact, as far as I'm concerned, it's the perfect Marvel comic. There's action, mystery romance, suspense, pathos, beautiful art, mythology, epic battles; face it true believer, it's pretty much everything that's great about Marvel in one broad shouldered, eventually bearded package.***

I also liked reading the Bullpen Bulletins. I often read them before the comics themselves. I hate to be nostalgic, but I kind of miss those. Hell, I liked it when they started running creator interviews last year. I also liked being able to read the reactions to the issues shortly after reading them.

I don't want to sound nostalgic, because that road leads to thinking that 1993 WWF**** was better than anything ever. That said, it's kind of sad that they don't exist anymore.

One last thing; I got a handful of issues that followed Simonson's run. Most of them are written by Tom Defalco, who'd have his own long run on the character. One is written by Jim Shooter, scripted by Stan Lee, and drawn by Eric Larson. This comes after Shooter lost his job as Editor in Chief (I think the announcement of that is in the same issue, but I can't be bothered to go and find it). So, that's a pretty crazy creative team.

I've only read Defalco's first issue, though. It's an inventory story set during Secret War, basically. It's as corny and bland as I've come to expect from Defalco, and features art from the painfully generic Ron Frenz (and I say that as a guy who likes Tom Grummett). That said, there's a solid idea there about the Enchantress almost changing her ways, so it wasn't as bad as I made it sound.

*Those really aren't comparable situations, I just wanted to bitch about the X-Men/Dark Avengers crossover. Even if I'll probably get the trade, because Jetpack Cyclops.

** So yes, I'm saying it's like the Spirit with Volstagg. Which makes it a better comic than the Spirt. That is a fact.

*** The debate over Thor growing a beard in the letter pages was hilarious. Of course, being overly fond of my own beard, so I may care about it more than I should. But seriously, people were freaking out because of the beard and the fact that he changed his costume. I realize this was happening around the same time that they were changing up a lot of the Marvel stalwarts (Rhodey as Iron Man, Black Costume Spidey, John Walker as Cap), but seriously; Simonson even worked in a line from Thor about how people occasionally change clothes, I assume with no evidence in response to the backlash.

**** I became a wrestling fan in 1993 and I'm not nostalgic for those shows compared to today's WWE! But then, growing up in the '90s made me pretty nostalgia immune.

18 Comments

• At July 29, 2009, Jamie Coville wrote:

  The issue with Erik Larsen (proper spelling BTW) was Erik's first work at Marvel. Shooter hired Erik and they worked ...

• At July 30, 2009, Bernard the Poet wrote:

  Sal Buscemi is a perfectly competent artist, but he seemed like a slap in the face following Simonsen's sumptious pencils. ...

• At July 30, 2009, Philip Ayres wrote:

  Doesn't Walt stopping drawing Thor roughly tie in with when he started drawing X-Factor ?

• At July 30, 2009, Paul G. wrote:

  DeFalco had the unenviable task of following Simonson on not just one, but two books, as he picked up Fantastic ...

• At July 30, 2009, Stephane Savoie wrote:

  Two asides:

  -Simonson would bring back one of his Thor characters, Justice Peace, in his great Fantastic Four run.

  -One ...

• At July 30, 2009, Ralf H. wrote:

  When Kirby left Thor, the stories became stale, like many other Marvel series. Uninspired. Boring. Rushed. When I got the ...

• At July 30, 2009, Scavenger wrote:

  Hmm..I remember that Enchantress fill in...I always liked it, but then it featured Lorelai and the Enchantress, and I alwayus ...

• At July 30, 2009, Lupin Yonsei wrote:

  I think you could argue that Simonson's Thor run was Marvel's high point of the '80s.

  In fact, I would argue ...

• At July 30, 2009, Bernard the Poet wrote:

  Miller's Daredevil?

• At July 30, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Yes, I love Simonson's Thor run. I've also got every issue of DeFalco and Frenz's run, and I love that ...

• At July 30, 2009, Edo Bosnar wrote:

  Just wanted to comment on Bernard the Poet's first comment, about fans in the early '80s being put off by ...

• At July 30, 2009, sterg wrote:

  I really liked Byrne's FF run about then as well. That's got to be up there for contention as Marvel's ...

• At July 30, 2009, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  While I've only read a handful, Stern's Spider-Man has a strong reputation. His Dr. Strange & Avengers were very good. ...

• At July 30, 2009, Mary Warner wrote:

  I haven't read many Thors from this time period. I've got some Surtur issues and a few early Defalco ...

• At July 31, 2009, Shawn Kane wrote:

  I personally thought DeFalco and Frenz's run on Amazing Spider-Man was great. The problem with their Thor run was that ...

• At July 31, 2009, Marc Kandel wrote:

  I don't mind Frenz at all as an artist- I loved his Ditkoesque fusion style in Spidey, and I liked ...

• At July 31, 2009, Pedro Bouça wrote:

  DeFalco's Thor run was good. Not great, mind you, but wouldn't be so reviled if, you know, it hadn't followed ...

• At August 2, 2009, brianobx wrote:

  Maybe a column/vote can be made on the greatest 80's Marvel comic runs.

  in no order,

  Simonson's Thor

  Miller's Daredevil

  Byrne's FF

  Stern's Avengers

  Claremont's ...

Tsui mentioned that there are plenty of no-brainers, like surfing and snowboarding, but that there are also opportunities for Silver Surfer and Hobgoblin games in the future

So, really, what are the injury projections if either of those get made? That said, a good Silver Surfer game of any kind is not something I'd turn down.

*As opposed to the Tony Hawk civic planning game. Which, knowing Activision, may be in the works.

**Screw subtlty, I'm gonna come out and say it; a Hobgoblin game? Seriously?

10 Comments

• At July 2, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  It couldn't be any more frustrating than the Surfer game for NES, where I die, every time, on the first ...

• At July 2, 2009, Stephen wrote:

  "It couldn’t be any more frustrating than the Surfer game for NES, where I die, every time, on the first ...

• At July 2, 2009, Adam wrote:

  That SS game was a lot more fun if you found the hidden cheat code that made you invincible. ...

• At July 2, 2009, Dalarsco wrote:

  What's so hard to believe about a Hobgoblin game using a balance board? I'd say it's only unlikely because ...

• At July 3, 2009, Ellis Wyatt wrote:

  I'd buy a system just to play a hypothetical Hobgoblin game.,

• At July 3, 2009, MCM wrote:

  I'd love a Hobgoblin (or Green Goblin) game. Who wouldn't want to chase Spider-Pansy around and heave pumpkin bombs at ...

• At July 3, 2009, John Cage wrote:

  "I’d love a Hobgoblin (or Green Goblin) game. Who wouldn’t want to chase Spider-Pansy around and heave pumpkin bombs at ...

• At July 3, 2009, rhod wrote:

  I too would happily buy a Hobgoblin game.

• At July 3, 2009, bad trotsky wrote:

  I would buy a good Green/Hobgoblin game. The more I think about it he is better suited for a video ...

• At July 7, 2009, tk. wrote:

  For that matter, I would buy a Hobgoblin comic book...

  I miss Hobby.

Spoiler Disclaimer: I'm gonna go ahead and talk about certain plot details from this comic run that is almost exactly as old as I am. So, if you haven't read it yet (I can't act all that snobby, since I just started reading it last week), you may want to sit this one out.

I like Beta Ray Bill as much as the next hammer wielding space horse afficionado, which is quite a bit in case you didn't guess. That said, I wonder how many people would consider him a "Mary Sue" were he introduced today? He beats Thor in combat twice (although under mitigating circumstances) and Odin and Sif develop crushes on him almost immediately after meeting him.

Hell, I wonder how many people were up in arms over him at the time? I know that one of the reviewers in Amazing Heroes hated him, going by the Watchmen special issue I got off ebay, but what about the rest of fandom? Most of the token complaint letters they've printed so far are more about people not liking Walt's art.

Speaking of those letter, it was pretty funny that even before the internet became the place for comic fandom discourse, people would make melodramatic proclamations that a new creative team had ruined their favorite comic, and that they were dropping it forever after having followed it for decades. Nice to see some things are timeless!

Anyway, I think Simonson stays on the good side of making his pet character shine at the expense of everyone else in the cast, but I can see people not agreeing.

The use of "Doom!" during the build up of the Surtur storyline is highly reminiscent of Hellboy, even if Mignola uses it in a different way. John Workman's lettering on this book in general is a sight to behold. I'm not usually a lettering fetishist (not that there's anything wrong with that), but Workman's right up there Ken Bruzenak and Todd Klein as someone who adds something to every comic they work on with their lettering.*

As Harvey Jerkwater pointed out, part of Simonson's appeal is that he does not hesitate to put a cap in a plot's ass. His two examples are great, and you can see even some of that tendency in the early stages of his Thor. That said, I would have loved it if he'd dragged out Thor drinking Lorelei's Golden Mead for months, mainly because it amused me that she kept getting cock blocked by Thor running of to fight monsters for a couple issues. So, yes, I am saying that he should have played it more like a sitcom. That would have mixed well with Norse mythology and Marvel Comics bravura, right?

This isn't comics related, but man, there were a lot of ads for video games in these comics. It's quite an eye opener to see that, especially the ad for Super Mario Bros. on the Atari. I think I knew that existed and stored it as a bit of trivia that I buried somewhere deep in my subconscious along with the names of the characters on C.O.P.S. and most of my college education. It's kind of hard to believe there were so many consoles before the NES (and that Frogger was made for all of them). It's really a trip to be reminded that Nintendo's mascot appeared on someone else's console.** It's like Tucker Stone says; you miss out on these kinds of details when you buy old comics in trades.

I am kind of regretting not doing that, though. Although the comics are in great shape for their age, but the visual quality can vary pretty wildly. Also, there's the space and aesthetic reasons to get the trades (or just wait for the eventual Omnibus). That said, the guy who sold them to me on ebay did send them in two large shopping bags, and there's something very cool about grabbing another issue of them after I've finished one. And there are the ads and letter pages; those are nice extras.

One of the few things that didn't work for me is the joke about Nick Fury giving Thor glasses when he asked him to hook him up with a new secret identity. I'm not sure if that's because I've seen a lot of those jokes before, though, and I honestly don't know if Thor bumping in to Clark and Lois just to drive the point home made it funnier or lamer. Is it possible to find something half funny, half whince inducing?

And hey, did Simonson ever draw a SHIELD story? If not, why the hell not?

Bemusement at Superman allusions aside, that's pretty much it as far as complaints so far. When you have to go to the throwaway gag well to find something bad to say about a comic, I'd say it lives up to its reputation. Also, given that I wanted Simonson to make a running gag out of Lorelei's love potion, I probably shouldn't be picking on anyone's comedic chops, especially since Dr. McNinja*** is a part of his legacy.

*Stan Sakai and Dave Sim would be part of that list if I'd read enough of Usagi Yojimbo and Cerebus. Oh, and Chris Ware's pretty okay at it, too.

**Well, beyond CDI, but I like to pretend that never happened. Just like Nintendo. And all sensible people, really. And Donkey Kong also muddles things there.

***You really need to read the alt text to get the reference there. Or know that Walt Simonson was Chris Hastings' professor in art school.

22 Comments

• At June 29, 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

  I tried to read Walt Simonson's Thor once, since I heard it was really good. Pretty much every time Thor ...

• At June 29, 2009, Jeff Parker wrote:

  It's my all time favorite superhero run, I crack it open every few years and enjoy it all again. The ...

• At June 30, 2009, Bernard the Poet wrote:

  "I wonder how many people were up in arms over him at the time? "

  Near the end of Simonson's run, ...

• At June 30, 2009, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Insoasmuch as I love Simonson's run on Thor, I really liked his Starslammers series.

  I was wondering about his Fantastic Four ...

• At June 30, 2009, tucker Stone wrote:

  I haven't read much of Simonson's Thor stuff, but what I have i've loved. I'm a big fan of the ...

• At June 30, 2009, The Dude wrote:

  I agree!

  This is the greatest superhero run ever. It's chock full of those "Fuck Yeah!" moments that reminds you why ...

• At June 30, 2009, mckracken wrote:

  read that like five years ago. cant relate to all the praise though.

  except for the thor "horse" idea, fairly run ...

• At June 30, 2009, Roquefort Raider wrote:

  Hey Brad,

  The "bump into Clark Kent" joke was a lot funnier back then, precisely because this comic is pretty old. ...

• At June 30, 2009, Adam wrote:

  Simonson's FF run had a lot to like about it, despite the fact that it didn't make a terribly significant ...

• At June 30, 2009, googum wrote:

  I was just thinking one of the smarter things Simonson did, was to ditch the vestigal Dr. Blake secret identity.

• At June 30, 2009, Beta Ray Steve wrote:

  To really appreciate Simonson's Thor run you'd have to wade through years of shitty Thor comics..and not with trades either, ...

• At June 30, 2009, Elegance Liberty / Mek wrote:

  Clearly, I openly admit to being biased in favor of Beta Ray Bill.

  However, I myself have wondered that exact same ...

• At June 30, 2009, Tuomas wrote:

  I thought Beta Ray Bill was an interesting character at first, because the process that created him had made him ...

• At June 30, 2009, dhole wrote:

  I just read this run beginning-to-end for the first time a couple of years ago and really, really enjoyed it. ...

• At June 30, 2009, Adam wrote:

  Starts in FF #350. IIRC, #351 was a filler issue that had nothing to do with the story. #352 ...

• At June 30, 2009, Sijo wrote:

  I've always been a fan of Simonson's work and I enjoyed his Thor run. That said, there were a few ...

• At June 30, 2009, Nick Marino wrote:

  i am all about buying up cheap runs of back issues and reading them that way instead of buying trades. ...

• At June 30, 2009, Ben Herman wrote:

  But then I always spend the last ten minutes of CSI shouting at the screen – “Demand to see a ...

• At June 30, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  I bought the whole run off ebay as well! Man, that was money well spent. Walt strolled onto the Thor ...

• At June 30, 2009, Brad Curran wrote:

  One thing that colors my reading of the book is that I have very little experience with Thor as a ...

• At June 30, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Oh, yes. In the DeFalco run which immediately follows Simonson's, the dialogue immediately goes back to pseudo-lofty Stan Lee verbiage. ...

• At July 10, 2009, Dean wrote:

  I am old enough to have read Simonson's THOR as it was coming out. My memory was that there ...

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5- I read most of this during my 90 minute break at work yesterday, proving that being a glorified babysitter for a school district has its benefits (if not health benefits). Normally, it would behoove me to finish the whole thing before reviewing it, but really; "c'mon, it's Scott Pilgrim" just about covers it, don't you think?

Still, I'll overplay my hand. My favorite part of the book so far (beyond Scott recapping old X-Men plots to an indifferent Ramona) is probably how everyone pretty much ignores the fights in this volume, since they've become common place. I'm a little sad that this is the penultimate volume, but given the release schedule, I have some time before the final goodbye, at least.

Umbrella Academy: Dallas #4- As much as I enjoy this comic (not as much as My Chemical Romance's song in the credits of Watchmen, though; Way really wrote a great tune there), it's getting to the point where I have no real reaction to it other than "yep, that sure is the Umbrella Academy." It's still enjoyable and worth reading, but it's not eliciting the kind of response that it did during the first series.

Well, at least it wasn't until that cliffhanger. Scott Allie may have told me to leave a chat one time, but the man has a point; all comics really should end like that.

Secret Warriors #2- This continues to be the superspy comic I always wanted Marvel to publish but was too afraid to ask for. I was a little disappointed that the cliffhanger involved a character I was only vaguely familiar with being presented as an earth shattering reveal, but hey, I was one of the guys laughing at all the Final Crisis consternation. I can't really get in to that spirit of things, because I'd feel like more of a goof than usual for typing feverishly about how nothing makes sense in this comic because I don't know ever single character in its total backstory.

So that sucks. Rest of the issue was great, though. Hickman's selling out continues to pay dividends!

Agents of Atlas #2- Should this book last beyond a year (and it damn well should!), it's definitely going to be the kind of thing where you can't say much about it beyond "it sure is very good," I think. Which could make word of mouth a problem. I mean, it's not like they put hyperbolic quotes from Chris Sims on covers of Jeff Parker written Marvel comics that start with a's, do they?

Age of the Sentry #6- Hmm. I'll be damned. It's great that this will do more to bolster Sims's profile than all of the links I've given him since falling in passionate love with discovering his blog. Really. Seriously. I'm not bitter at all.

Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Vol. 4- Yeah, so, after finishing off the Forever People (good riddance!) and the New Gods run with their final issues, this basically becomes a Mr. Miracle collection. That is a problem.

Not that I don't like Scott Free; he's my favorite fourth world character, actually, and his segements of the Fourth World saga are among my favorites (especially "Himon"). It's just that I got used to the constant switching between multiple serials, so it's hard to get used to so much continuous Scott and Barda. Well, that and the New Gods was getting really great before they pulled the plug there. Still don't care for the Forever People, though; they never really came across as whole characters to me, especially Beautiful Dreamer. She's like the anti-Barda. None of them (other than maybe Serifan) register as much more than stock characters. Or maybe I just really hate hippies, and the fact that Jack placed any faith in them to ever do anything. They did have a rad ride, though.

Not that I didn't know the score ahead of time; I actually read all of Mark Evanier's "post game" essays before I finished volume three. Those things were great. If only there were some repository for this sort of thing, published by and for Kirby aficionados. Oh well. I'll just have to be content with these swank hardcovers, since there is no such thing as a profesionally done Jack Kirby fan magazine.

Dr. Doom and the Master of Evil #2- Nice to see that my policiy of buying any comics featuring the Circus of Crime can pay off. Even if I didn't remember the cowboy guy at all. That was weird. I wasn't crazy about the first issue of this unofficial Marvel Adventures series, but this one hit the mark. It's possibly the best thing I've read by Paul Tobin yet.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #23- Calling the last couple issues the best Buffy comics in months is praise so faint it barely registers. I have enjoyed them both a lot. This one had something to do with moving the overarching plot of the series forward a slight bit, which I know a lot of people seemed to want to see, so that was nice. I am enjoying these one off stories. It reflects the tone of the series more than episodes broken down in to arcs, I think. Really, I just like having more ongoings with self contained issues out there.

This issue scores extra points because Andrew's dialogue makes me realize what going on road trips with me must be like, and makes it easier to understand why my best friend stopped commuting to college with me after one semester. And also stopped being my friend. We are good acquaintances, though! It's not everday a media tie-in comic allows you to improve your self awareness, is what I'm trying to say. It's right up there with that worldess GI Joe issue and the time the Transformers punched that other robot in achieving that for me.

Anyway, Eliza Dushku's likeness takes time off from being in a show that people are watching (or tivoing, in my case) out of some twisted form of loyalty to appear next issue. She's not bringing Brian K. Vaughan back with her, but I can still hope that things continue to trend back up to the level of quality established by the first couple of arcs. If nothing else, they seem to have Fray and Jeph Loeb out of their system, so that's a good sign.

Incredible Hercules #126- I'm just going to go with "C'mon, it's Incredible Herc" and call it an afternoon. Mostly because I'm guessing no one could possibly give a shit what I think of Neal Adams's Deadman, Dini and Nguyen's Detective, or Roy Thomas and Barry Smith's Conan; talking about the insanity of Fletcher Hanks's work in I Will Destory All Civilized Planets is played out (shame about him being an asshole, though); and there's not language adequate enough to describe how awesome Dr. McNinja is. That covers all the comics I've read for two weeks that weren't Watchmen, I wrote about that enough last goddam night.

4 Comments

• At March 7, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  and there’s not language adequate enough to describe how awesome Dr. McNinja is

  Quoted for truth.

  That series is outstanding.

• At March 7, 2009, Alan Coil wrote:

  Dr, McNinja might be a good character, but that name reeks of fanboy slashfic.

• At March 8, 2009, Dalarsco wrote:

  I agree about The Forever People. By far the weakest of the Fourth World line.

• At March 8, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Forever People kinda peaked in the middle of its run. But then, they did force Deadman onto Jack. And then ...

Yeah, so Marvel has free issues on their digital comics site every week. I just found out about this. Via a banner ad at Cracked. So, I feel sorely out of the loop. Of course, I have a very low tolerance for reading comics on my computer (although Marvel's dotcomics did help get me back in to the medium back in 2001, oddly enough), but holy crap, they have Captain America #100 and Kirby's Black Panther! That's pretty cool. Of course, I prefer the dying print medium, but still; I'll have to keep an eye on that.

Of course, I just found out about a lot of NYCC news via House to Astonish, so I'm out of the loop on a lot of comics related things. In this case, that's down to my personal preference for hearing comic book news via Scotsmen, and Paul and Al just fill that specific void perfectly (although I can always hope that Craig Ferguson and Sean Connery start doing their own comics podcast, I suppose).

But seriously; how did I not find out that Greg Rucka and JH Williams were doing a Batwoman comic until now? That's also something I'll keep my eye on, even if I think Douglas Wolk had a point when he said this about her status quo after 52:

BATWOMAN:
What Have We Learned?: She kicks ass and kisses girls, and her family's got money and a menorah. That is, I believe, literally all we know about her.
Do I Want to Read More?: Now that I've spent a year wondering if there might be any more to her than ass-kicking and girl-kissing, I suspect there might not be anything that would make stories about her different from Generic Bat-Eared Action Hero stories.

Still, 12 issues of Williams on anything is nothing to sneeze at. I am kind of amazed it took them this long to get her in a starring role.

15 Comments

• At February 18, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  I'll probably buy Batwoman just for the art. I can't resist JH Williams the Third.

  Marvel's digital thing is the most ...

• At February 18, 2009, Dalarsco wrote:

  In Rucka I trust. With JH Williams III on art as a chaser, I might have to buy Detective ...

• At February 19, 2009, Cass wrote:

  I heard J. H. William's mother was a virgin, that is, even after his birth.

• At February 19, 2009, J to the AAP wrote:

  I am kind of amazed it took them this long to get her in a starring role. Word on the ...

• At February 19, 2009, Rich wrote:

  Marvel’s digital thing is the most horrible, unreadable interface since… oh, Zuda.

  Agreed. I would sign up for the Marvel ...

• At February 19, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  Marvel.com posts a grab bag of free comics every Monday.

  Now, you know, and...so on.

• At February 19, 2009, Seth wrote:

  I've had a subscription to Marvel DCU for 2 years now (pretty much since it started) and I love it. ...

• At February 19, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  I heard Joe Quesada say something along the lines of "Now with Motion Comics, people finally appreciate Jack Kirby's art ...

• At February 19, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  BUT, I'm all for Marvel releasing their old archives in plain old electronic format, I think that's a great move. ...

• At February 19, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  At best I think they’re going to look like the old Hanna-Barbera style cartoons, where a cut-out mouth opens and ...

• At February 19, 2009, Wolfsbane wrote:

  Batwoman needs to be proven as something more then a lesbian version of Barbara Gordon and i don't think Rucka ...

• At February 19, 2009, Stephen wrote:

  "I think that by the time this is over the fans will realize that Kate Kane should not be given ...

• At February 19, 2009, agt wrote:

  “I think that by the time this is over the fans will realize that Kate Kane should not be given ...

• At February 20, 2009, Juss wrote:

  Ass-kicking, girl-kissing Batwoman sounds a heckuva lot like Xena to me--and being a big Xena fan, I think that's good ...

• At February 20, 2009, Gossip Geek wrote:

  Rucka's been working on the comic for two years, but DC kept on pushing back when they were going to ...