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… again, I suppose, after that poop-tastic skidmark of “Spider-Man and His Mediocre Friends.” When I was a kid, my first intro to comics, beyond a Batman issue from “A Lonely Place of Dying,” was the “X-Men” cartoon, thanks to some cousins. I was enthralled, and soon became a Marvel zombie. As happens when I…

Saturday Night Live, March of 1979: Note the unremarkable mingling of Marvel and DC characters. Clark Kent’s absence is a source of ironic comedy, but most of the sendups are loosely related to the characters at best. For example, humor is derived from the Hulk stinking up the bathroom. Saturday Night Live, November of 1992:Funeral…

“When you’re chewin’ on life’s gristle, don’t grumble; Give a whistle, and this’ll make things turn out for the best.” – Eric Idle, Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” Every once in awhile, we find ourselves down in the dumps; it’s just part of being human. Whether you’ve recently been dumped, don’t have a job, struggle…

Really? You want to recruit comic book readers? Have you seen comic book readers? Seriously. We’re in no shape to join the Navy. So stop spamming my DC Comics already.

The majority of the attention and speculation from the “Batman R.I.P.” storyline has been appropriately focused on how this will affect Batman. It is, of course, called “Batman R.I.P.” and is happening in books named after and starring Batman. But while reading Batman #680, I couldn’t help but notice the dramatic changes that are happening…

Rich Johnston reported a week ago that DC had recalled Action Comics #869 due to what was apparently an unacceptable depiction of Clark and Jonathan Kent drinking beers while leaning up against a fence down home on the farm. DC’s way of correcting this problem was to Photoshop some “SODA POP” labels on the bottles…

While reading through some old posts on the site, I couldn’t help but notice a few lines that stuck out more than others. Doom DeLuise: I think that [Brad Meltzer’s] JLA has been an incredibly fun read. … Jim Doom: Are you going to try Countdown? DD: Hell yeah. I’m excited about it. — March…