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Doug Moench’s over-the-top Batman
After an (unfortunately still) underappreciated run in Batman and Detective Comics in the mid-1980s, Doug Moench took a break for about five years before returning to Gotham City with a new attitude. If his earlier work had an emphasis on … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Brown, Denny O'Neil, Doug Moench, espionage, Grant Morrison, horror, J.H. Williams III, John Beatty, Kelley Jones, Mick Gray, politics, Russ Heath
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Peter Milligan’s heady Batman
Peter Milligan has written some of my all-time favorite comic series, including the surrealist fantasy Shade, the Changing Man, the existential crime thriller Human Target, and the superhero pop satire X-Statix. However, as even his biggest fans will point out, … Continue reading
Gerry Conway’s marvelized Batman
After being largely ignored for a long time, Gerry Conway’s Batman run in the early 1980s has been the object of well-deserved rediscovery in recent years (not least because of the haunting pencils by Don Newton and Gene Colan). These … Continue reading
Brian Azzarello’s off-the-wall Batman
Batman #620 Since 1939, there have been plenty of offbeat Batman writers, but I get a special kick out of the fact that Brian Azzarello has been allowed through the gates. After all, Azzarello seems mostly at home telling viciously … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dave Johnson, Eduardo Risso, espionage, Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Jamie Delano, Jim Mahfood, Jordi Bernet, Julie Schwartz, Lee Bermejo, Marcelo Frusin, noir, Patricia Mulvihill, Rick Veitch, Tommy Lee Edwards
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Alan Moore’s mundane Batman
Although he has fallen from grace somewhat in recent years, I think it’s not controversial to say that Alan Moore is a strong contender for the title of greatest comics’ writer of all time, and possibly God. Watchmen alone would … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Moore, Brian Bolland, Garry Leach, Rick Veitch
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Frank Robbins’ oddball Batman
The 1970s were a great time for the Caped Crusader, even if, looking back, we did miss out on the chance to see Batman with a turtleneck or Catwoman with an afro (problem solved). After the kitsch of the ’60s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Brown, Denny O'Neil, Frank Robbins, Irv Novick, Jim Aparo, Neal Adams, noir, politics
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Denny O’Neil’s pulpy Batman
Denny O’Neil has shaped modern Batman more than any other creator. And while he consciously sought to put the ‘dark’ in ‘Dark Knight,’ part of what makes his output so appealing is the fact that the ‘knight’ side is usually … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman: The Animated Series, Denny O'Neil, Dick Giordano, Irv Novick, Joker, Len Wein, Neal Adams, noir, Will Eisner
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Frank Miller’s goddamn Batman
All kinds of people have written Batman stories. Not just people: even Snoopy has done it. But one author has the particularity of having written both the most critically acclaimed Batman comics of all time, and the most … Continue reading