Dec 27

Re: Sabermetric Rating of Comic Book Runs

I received this e-mail today regarding the Greatest Fantastic Four runs of all time: I really enjoyed your attempt to bring rigor to the question of comic book run quality in your fantastic four article. Yeah the inputs are entirely … Continue reading

Dec 23

Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One Review

Real simple: Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One story arc ranks as one of the best comic book stories of all time. You gotta love DC back in 1987: Batman’s post-Crisis origin was retold in his regular series (Batman 404-407) as … Continue reading

Dec 12

Avengers Kree-Skrull War: Overrated or Classic?

Kree-Skrull War Review (1971-1972) What is the historical importance of the Kree-Skrull War story arc? It started a space war theme in the Marvel Universe (40 years in real time!) that is still referenced today in almost every major title … Continue reading

Dec 11

Marvel Crossover Events in the 1970s

Although the 1980s marked the most obvious and hyped Marvel crossover events (such as Contest of Champions and Secret Wars), the 1970s had special storylines that could be considered crossover events. So many people have different definitions of what makes … Continue reading

Dec 07

Political Power: Barack Obama Comic Book Review

Bluewater Comics came out with an August 2009 President Obama comic book as part of their Political Power franchise. Written by a Chicago native Chris Ward with great painted art by Azim Akberali, this comic covered Obama’s previous jobs and … Continue reading

Sep 09

DCnU: Justice League International #1 Review

Dan Jurgens takes on a the comedic Justice League International, a U.N. sanctioned team of B and C-Listers (with Batman as an unofficial member) in DC’s New 52. This is a solid superhero comic and although it isn’t as funny … Continue reading

Sep 08

Detective Comics #1 Review (DC’s New 52) Batman vs Joker 2011

Detective Comics #1 Review. Tony S. Daniel did a super job on the art and scripted a pretty generic yet easily accessible Batman vs Joker introductory comic book. It ends with a shocker. Detective Comics does more to establish the … Continue reading

Sep 08

Grant Morrison’s Action Comics #1 Review (DCnU)

Action Comics #1 Review- DC’s New 52, What Was Old is New Again. Grant Morrison and Rags Morales have the honor of producing the most famous comic book issue number of all time: Action Comics #1. It’s a great responsibility, … Continue reading

Sep 07

Flashpoint Review: DCU’s Final Event Before DCnU

FLASHPOINT REVIEW: I admit that I did not read FLASHPOINT until the event completed. My buddy dropped off all 61 crossover issues and I was so engrossed with them I read them all in around 3-4 days. Plotwise, FLASHPOINT is … Continue reading