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Tag Archives: Denny O’Neil
Essential Batman stories every fan should read – part 1
A while ago, reader Dave Shevlin wrote to me about his latest project of picking somewhere around 30 or so of his favorite Bat-centric tales for an imaginary deluxe volume and challenged me to do the same. The idea would … Continue reading
Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS
Tagged Al Milgrom, Ben Oda, Bill Finger, Bob Brown, Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Denny O'Neil, Dick Giordano, Frank Miller, Glynis Wein, Ira Schnapp, Irv Novick, Jean Izzo, Jerry Serpe, John Costanza, John Workman, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley, Marshall Rogers, Milt Snappin, Neal Adams, Ray Holloway, Sheldon Moldoff, Stan Kaye, Stan Starkman, Steve Englehart, Terry Austin, Walt Simonson
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (May)
As the world slides into a bigger mess and as the entertainment industry further displays its seedier underside, it is harder to uncritically consume pop culture. That said, I do continue to find a degree of comfort in engaging with … Continue reading
3 badass Batman sequences by Don Newton
Don Newton could draw gritty action better than most, so it’s pretty great that he got to work on so many Batman comics from the late seventies and early eighties, when writers such as Denny O’Neil and Gerry Conway gave … Continue reading
Posted in ART OF BATMAN COMICS
Tagged Adrienne Roy, Ben Oda, Dan Arkins, Denny O'Neil, Don Newton, Frank Chiaramonte, Gerry Conway
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Great ‘No Man’s Land’ stories – part 1
No Man’s Land was an ambitious crossover that ran through the various Batman-related comic series throughout 1999. It took place after an earthquake had destroyed much of Gotham City, in Cataclysm, leading up to a strand of tasteless disaster-related stories … Continue reading
Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS
Tagged Alex Maleev, Bob Gale, D'Israeli, Dale Eaglesham, David Stewart, Denny O'Neil, Devin K. Grayson, Gotham City, Guy Davis, Ian Edginton, Lisa Klink, Lovern Kindzierski, Matt Hollingsworth, No Man's Land, Pamela Rambo, Phil Winslade, politics, Sal Buscema, Wayne Faucher
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The tragic fate of Sarah Essen
Batman #406 When people talk about the tendency for bestowing gruesome violence against prominent female characters in comic books – the ‘women-in-refrigerator’ trope – Sarah Essen is always one of the first names to come to my mind. She was … Continue reading
Batman collections for casual readers
You know who Batman is. At least the gist of it. You’ve seen him in books or in films or on television, hopefully at his best. Probably, you’re even familiar with some of his supporting cast and rogues gallery, not … Continue reading
Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS
Tagged Alan Grant, Archie Goodwin, Bob Haney, Brian Apthorp, Carlo Berberi, Carmine Infantino, Cary Bates, Chuck Dixon, Curt Swan, Dan Jurgens, David V. Reed, Denny O'Neil, Doug Moench, Eric Jones, Gardner Fox, Gerry Conway, J. Bone, J. Torres, Jack Abel, Jerry Serpe, Jim Aparo, Joe Giela, John Calnan, Kieron Dwyer, Landry Q. Walker, Len Wein, Linda Medley, Marshall Rogers, Mike Sekowsky, Neal Adams, Norm Breyfogle, Rich Buckler, Richmond Lewis, Stan Woch, Steve Englehart, Terry Austin, Tex Blaisdell, Tim Sale
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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
Posted in WRITERS OF BATMAN COMICS
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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