Every now and then you read a book, and when your done you either read it again, or decide you can’t read any more comics for the day, because the bar has been set so high. To me, Justice League Dark is one of these books. I haven’t read many of the new DCU books … Continue reading A dark start
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A new Catwoman for a new DCU
DC described this series as “Meet Catwoman. She’s addicted to the night. Addicted to shiny objects. Addicted to Batman. Most of all, Catwoman is addicted to danger. She can’t help herself, and the truth is – she doesn’t want to. She’s good at being bad, and very bad at being good.” And the truth is … Continue reading A new Catwoman for a new DCU
A new grift
I wanted to like this book. The story starts off with Cole “Grifter” Cash on an airplane, and he’s not all there—he’s hearing voices and someone is chasing him. By the end of the issue, Grifter still isn’t sure what exactly has happened to him, and neither is the reader. The only sure things to … Continue reading A new grift
Men of Wars fights a new war
DC had a strong history with war books. Starting in the late 1950s through to the end of the 1980s, DC always had at least one book based on WWII on the stands. These books debut and focused on characters such as the Haunted Tank, the Unknown Soldier and Enemy Ace, and most importantly perhaps … Continue reading Men of Wars fights a new war
The league that might
When the reboot was announced I was excited. As each new creative team, title and cover was teased out over the month of June I grew more and more impressed and anxious for the titles to come. I wanted my Animal Man now. I wanted my Snyder Swamp Thing now. I wanted my Batwoman five … Continue reading The league that might
Buying based on the cover
One of my comic book buying weaknesses is buying books that have funny and/or interesting covers. Sadly since about 2000, the idea of making such covers has been replaced with making covers that are more of a pin-up. Don't get me wrong, there is a place for such covers. In the 1960's and 70's, DC … Continue reading Buying based on the cover
Meditations on Scott Pilgrim
A version of this entry appears on http://www.geekscape.net A quick primer on Scott Pilgrim: For those of you who haven’t had a chance to read the series, the concept is simple, Scott is a care-free slacker in his early twenties, who meets a girl one night named Ramona. In order to be able to date her, he must defeat … Continue reading Meditations on Scott Pilgrim