Batman: Sword of Azrael was hyped to the heavens by Wizard Magazine in 1994. After DC had announced the Knightfall story arc, which culminated with Bane breaking Batman’s back, Wizard (with DC’s prodding) was speculating about Bruce Wayne’s replacement. It … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
DC’s New 52: Justice League #1 (2011) review: written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Jim Lee. FIVE YEARS AGO…superheroes were feared and considered criminals. Justice League #1 features Batman’s first meeting with Green Lantern, and a Cyborg subplot. Green … Continue reading
All of DC Comics are being rebooted to #1 in September 2011. DC hyped this up as the mother of all events and Editor in Chief Dan DiDio and Jim Lee truly were optimistic about DC’s New 52 at the … Continue reading
