I’ve decided to move my comic book reviews and rants over to my new blog, Spandex Justice: I’ll be putting up reviews for the various comics I read (these days, that’s not a lot) as well as some thoughts on the current season of Justice League Unlimited, one of the best animated shows ever. [...]

Comic books rarely make me cry. This one did bring a few bittersweet tears to my jaded eyes. And it did it by being smart, by sticking with strong characterizations, and by using genuine emotion. It’s one of those comics that does in a few pages what other comics never do.

The critics of the old [...]

Miracle Monday is here!

From Elliot S! Maggin’s novel, Miracle Monday:
Shortly before four in the afternoon on the third Monday in the month of May, the people of the city of Metropolis learned the meaning of joy. They had no explanation for this feeling, and there were gaps in their knowledge of what had gone [...]

Ah, another fun issue of JLA: Classified. At the end of the last issue, Booster Gold had wished the team into Hell. This issue, the team gets acquainted with their new surroundings and their new jobs (Hell has a burger joint!), while Guy Gardner and Power Girl mount a rescue.

We get a couple of interesting [...]

DC Comics seems intent on destroying Keith Giffen’s version of the Justice League. First, we have Identity Crisis, which killed Sue Dibny and turned the Elongated Man into a grim and gritty guy. Or whatever. I made it through an issue or so of it before ignoring it.

And now we have Countdown to Infinite Crisis [...]

I think Keith Giffen is an overlooked comic book genius. His work on the Legion of Super-Heroes was terrific, his Invasion crossover event actually didn’t suck, and his version of the Justice League was (and is) one of the best ever. The reason for his success is that, unlike probably 90% of the comics out [...]

I freely admit to being a comic book geek. When I was younger, one of my older brothers and I would make the trek to the local store and buy the latest issue of Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, among others.
During the late 1980s, DC Comics published a new series starring the Justice [...]