Last week, Civil War #2 arrived with the shocking moment of Spider-Man revealing his secret identity to the world (well, shocking if you don’t read Amazing Spider-Man or didn’t have Thunderbolts before Civil War in your reading order or don’t use the internet). And for the first time in a long time, I became angry…
Another week and another issue that seems to unravel the tightly-knit fabric that was DC continuity before and during Infinite Crisis. This time, the blame falls on another member of the holy trinity of DC superheroes, Batman. This isn’t quite so major as the The Superman Problem. If you blinked, or just weren’t reading very…
On any normal day in the DC universe, Superman flying over Wyoming and noticing a huge red orb covering the town of Riverrock wouldn’t be remarkable. It’s the kind of thing Superman would do. It even make s a strange bit of sense that Superman would be so geographically-inclined to know precisely where Riverrock, Wyoming…
I realized today at work that it’s been six months since Decimation hit the Marvel Universe and 90% of the Earth’s mutant population was de-powered, which using Marvel’s fuzzy math left only 198 mutants on the planet (198 remaining is closer to a 99.99% loss using Marvel’s claims that there were millions of mutants on…
Nothing ruins comics more than spoilers. Well, I guess that’s sort of obvious by the mere definition of the word “spoiler,” but I think you know what I mean. Spoilers can ruin a great comic story before it has a chance to be told. Take Civil War #1, for example. It was a good story,…
The Joker is one of, if not the greatest villain in the history of comics. I don’t think any comic fan could dispute that. I could discuss how great Batman: The Killing Joke is, or why Mark Hamill’s portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime in Batman: The Animated Series is the best on the…
Most comic strips suck. To make it into your local newspaper, a strip has to be watered down, non-threatening, non-offensive, and (apparently) non-funny. Half of the time, strips like Cathy and Family Circus don’t even include jokes (unless you consider listing 17 different types of sandals or the word “pasghetti” jokes). For Better or For…
I love The Tick. Ever since I first saw the cartoon on Fox oh so many years ago, I couldn’t get enough of the near-invulnerable blue numbskull. Now, thanks to DVR and Toon Disney, I get to relive those memorable days of my youth. Of course, there’s one big thing that separates The Tick from…
Last October, Marvel tried to one-up DC’s Infinite Crisis #1 by shipping House of M #7 the same week. Now DC’s returning the favor by shipping IC #7 May 3, the same day as Civil War #1. And just like last time, DC will come out on top. On one side, you’ve got the beginning…
So All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder, or ASSBAR, is all kinds of late. Issue #5 has been resolicited for a July 12 release. And here’s the Frank Miller cover to the issue: ASSBAR indeed.