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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 October 2024)

This week, a tribute to the classic archetype of the pulpy mystery man!

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (9 September 2024)

Another Monday, another reminder that comic book covers can be awesome… This time, with martial arts!

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (24 June 2024)

Another reminder that comic book covers with facial portraits can be utterly awesome:

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1990s’ Batman comics reading guide – part 2

Batman #440 As promised a couple of weeks ago, here is the second installment of my recommended reading order for the various Gotham City-based comics of the 1990s, which tended to play particularly well off each other. What follows is … Continue reading

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1990s’ Batman comics reading guide – part 1

Legends of the Dark Knight #69 I’ve mentioned plenty of times in this blog how one of my favorite eras of Batman comics took place in the 1990s when, under the group editorship of Dennis O’Neil, the various titles in … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Vigilante

Vigilante #8 Vigilante was a train wreck of a comic – a baffling, mesmerizing, kamikaze train wreck of a comic. Published between 1983 and 1988, this was DC’s answer to the Punisher, only grittier and more depressing, spiraling as it … Continue reading

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Smells Like Will Eisner’s Spirit

Detective Comics #600 In terms of stylish, offbeat crime stories featuring a masked vigilante and a pipe-smoking, irresponsibly lenient police commissioner, it’s hard to beat Batman comics. However, while The Spirit didn’t have such an engaging protagonist, such a fascinating … Continue reading

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