Posted in DC, tagged Grant Morrison, batman, Tony Daniel on July 4, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s long been a tenet of Grant Morrison’s comics runs that everything makes a lot more sense once it’s finished, and that in terms of the bigger picture, it’s often better to read the complete saga altogether rather than attempting to make sense of individual issues on a month-by-month basis.
But on the other hand, Morrison [...]
Posted in DC, Dusting Off, tagged Jeph Loeb, batman, Jim Lee on July 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Every Wednesday we take turns to delve into our trusty longboxes, pluck out a dusty back issue, and give you our thoughts. We’ll also try and place it in the context of the time it was originally published.
We’ve taken our fair share of pops at Jeph Loeb of late – it’s not something we’d [...]
Posted in DC, tagged James Robinson, Renato Guedes, Superman, Wilson Magalhaes on June 26, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s a well-established narrative trope – heck, you could call it a cliché if you want – that as soon as someone goes on about how happy they are with everything, something’s about to happen to make it rather less so. So when we open James Robinson’s first Superman issue with a charming scene featuring [...]
Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged Hellblazer, Jason Aaron, Sean Murphy on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Given that Andy Diggle’s run was just starting to pick up some momentum, I have to admit to not having been hugely enthused by the prospect of this fill-in two-parter by Jason Aaron. Not least because I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable with Americans taking on John Constantine – no offence, but it’s never seemed [...]
Posted in DC, tagged Superman, Geoff Johns, Gary Frank on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
DC appear to have been taking a looser approach to continuity of late. Perhaps it’s an acknowledgement that a succession of Crises have failed to sort things out once and for all, or simply that DC’s “shared universe” has always been somewhat less grounded in reality than Marvel’s, but I’ve noticed a growing attitude of [...]
Posted in DC, Dusting Off, tagged Teen Titans, Marv Wolfman, Ron Randall on June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Every Wednesday we take turns to delve into our trusty longboxes, pluck out a dusty back issue, and give you our thoughts. We’ll also try and place it in the context of the time it was originally published.
The first half of the ‘80s was a good time for character-driven, action-packed team books. At the same [...]
Posted in DC, tagged batman, Fabien Nicieza, Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley, Scott McDaniel, Superman, Trinity, Wonder Woman on June 5, 2008 | No Comments »
After the success of the really-rather-good 52, and the failure of the catastrophically-bad Countdown, it’s fair to say the jury’s still out on DC’s grand “weekly comic” experiment. So the question is, can Trinity push the balance back towards the favourable side?
The omens are good, in that lessons have clearly been learned from what [...]
Posted in DC, tagged Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, Superman on June 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I can’t remember a week of comics as good as this in a very long time. In a way, it’s a reflection of just how badly things tend to be scheduled – and certainly, for a writer of a site where we can only review four new books a week, it’s frustrating to have to [...]
Posted in DC, tagged Grant Morrison, JG Jones, Final Crisis on May 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Another week, another first issue of a Grant Morrison-penned “event” story. But where the opening two parts of Batman RIP have thrilled, the first chapter of Final Crisis underwhelms. The technical quality is there, but the story fails to deliver on the promises that this will be something huge, significant and epoch-making.
The main problem, [...]
Posted in DC, Dusting Off, tagged Flash, William Messner-Loebs, Mike Collins, Robert Loren Fleming, Carmine Infantino on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Every Wednesday we take turns to delve into our trusty longboxes, pluck out a dusty back issue, and give you our thoughts. We’ll also try and place it in the context of the time it was originally published.
So, for better or worse, they’re bringing back Barry Allen (at least, they appear to be – I’m [...]
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