This week saw the release of Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes, a $6.99 one-shot that ended the “first season” of Grant Morrison’s latest (and possibly last) Batman epic. The art (by Cameron Stewart and Chris Burnham) was quite good, and the story was surreal on multiple levels, which is pretty much par for the course with [...]
So I keep vacillating between love and lovenot for the new 52 titles. I love the fact that DC is revamping their entire universe–well as long as it’s permanent, that is. I’m a little concerned that in Legion of Super Heroes, they refer to this as the “52 Event” in the timestream. Is the new [...]
OK, gentle readers–I know what you’re thinking. Last week, Jerry rails against the sexualization of a couple of DC’s leading ladies; this week, he’s telling you to check out a pinup book! I never said I wasn’t a hypocrite… How many of you dug Batman, the Animated Series? Yeah, me too. What started out as [...]
Yes, dear readers, I bought a ton of new #1s from the continual fire hose of D.C.’s, The New 52! IN GENERAL, the reads were OK. There is a propensity across most of these renewed titles to be more visceral and “edgy,” with more graphic violence, more (attempted) sharp language, and more attitude. Definitely, it [...]
Dick Grayson is my favorite comic character. The first comic I ever bought was New Teen Titans #44, from a 7-11 spinner rack in Fairfax. I still have the book, beaten and torn, and I took it to Baltimore Comic Con a few years back to be signed by Marv Wolfman. He smiled and told [...]
So, I love comic books. Particularly super-hero comic books. And I love sex. Big surprise there–I’m a dude. I’m not even remotely prudish–ask my friends. I’m likely the anti-prude on any given day, within any given conversation. However, I’m not overly fond of mixing sex with super-hero comics. Hence the point of today’s discussion, [...]
We all know that the DC in DC Comics stands for Detective Comics, right? For years and years, the DC logo has appeared in the upper left corner of all of their titles, but since the New 52 relaunch, we suddenly have the logo followed by the word “Comics.” Unfortunately, the word “Comics” is set [...]
Here is another installment of Taking Covers Literally otherwise known as “Angie’s Explanation for Goofy Covers” (If you’re looking for Week 2 its not here, I’ll post it along with next weeks post… Enjoy!) Batman #1 It looks like there’s been an attempted escape in Arkham, but don’t worry Batman and his overly large cape [...]
Before I begin my post, allow me to quote verbatim DC Comics’ blog about Superman and the GD Controversy: You might have read online today about a particularly strong reaction that a comic book retailer has had to ACTION COMICS issue 1 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales. If not, here’s the scoop: a retailer in North [...]
Let me be the first to admit that I am woefully informed about what’s going on at DC comics regarding the restarting of their entire universe. My basic understanding is that as a result of the Flashpoint story arc, everything is going to be re-done and re-imagined. The first of the new books came out [...]
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