Tag Archives: Jim Lee

Spotlight on Blackhawks: The Great Leap Forward

Posted on February 13, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

The original Blackhawk comics debuted way back in 1941 and revolved around the missions of an eponymous air squadron battling against the Axis powers during World War II. In typical comics fashion, though, the concept kept getting reinvented every generation … Continue reading →

Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES | Tagged BIT, Blackhawks, CAFU, Graham Nolan, Guy Major, Howard Chaykin, Jacen Burrows, Jeff Lemire, Jim Lee, Jonathan Hickman, Ken Lashley, Martin Pasko, Matt Kindt, Mike Costa, politics, Rick Burchett, science fiction | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (10 June 2024)

Posted on June 10, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

This week, a reminder that comic book covers in the 1990s were awesomely ridiculous:

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged Andrew Covalt, Brandon Peterson, Cable, Christian Zanier, covers, Cyberforce, Death Metal, Death Wreck, Donald Skinner, Genetix, Jim Lee, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Chiodo, Joe Quesada, John Livesay, Marc Silvestri, Michael Ryan, Ninjak, Prophet, Rising Stars, Scott Williams, Spawn, Stephen Platt, Stormwatch, The Darkness, Todd McFarlane | Leave a comment

Frank Miller’s objectivist Superman

Posted on February 22, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

As much as Frank Miller milked Superman’s symbolic potential, I also appreciate how much his comics simultaneously ‘humanized’ the character as well. Miller’s interpretation of the Man of Steel may be eccentric, but his Superman is an actual individual and … Continue reading →

Posted in WRITERS OF SUPERMAN COMICS | Tagged Andy Kubert, Frank Miller, Jim Lee, John Romita Jr, Mark Waid, politics | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 May 2023)

Posted on May 1, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

In this month’s reminders that comics can be awesome, we’re going back to spotlighting covers. Let’s start with a trio of representative covers from the 1990s which live up to that era’s reputation for violent, ultra-muscled men, highly sexualized women, … Continue reading →

Posted in AWESOME COVERS | Tagged Chapel, covers, Danny Miki, Deathblow, Donald Skinner, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Spawn, Todd McFarlane | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (27 September 2021)

Posted on September 27, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

A reminder that comics’ character designs can be awesome: M.O.D.O.K. – Head Games #1 WildC.A.T.S. #31 Eugenic

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Alan Moore, Bill O'Neil, Carlos Lopez, Dee Cunniffe, Eryk Donovan, Eugenic, James Tynion IV, Jim Campbell, Jim Lee, Joe Chiodo, Jordan Blum, M.O.D.O.K., Martin Martinez, Patton Oswalt, Richard Bennett, science fiction, Scott Hepburn, Travis Lanham, WildCATS | Leave a comment

The looks of Vicki Vale

Posted on March 28, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Among the fascinating things about Batman comics is the fact that, because they have been going on for eight decades, you get to trace social and aesthetic evolutions on all sorts of fronts. One of those fronts is the … Continue reading →

Posted in GOTHAM CITIZENS | Tagged Adrienne Roy, Alex Sinclair, Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Bob LeRose, Carl Potts, Charles Paris, Chuck Patton, Dick Sprang, Don Newton, Doug Moench, Fabien Nicieza, Frank Miller, Gene Colan, Gerry Conway, Jim Aparo, Jim Lee, Julie Schwartz, Julius Schwartz, Klaus Janson, Lew Schwartz, noir, Norm Breyfogle, Paul Gulacy, Rick Hoberg, Scott Snyder, Scott Williams, Sheldon Moldoff, Steve Bove, Tom Grindenberg, Tom Mandrake, Vicki Vale | Leave a comment

My ideal deluxe omnibus volume – part 3

Posted on November 28, 2018 by I.M. Baytor

If you read the last posts, you know what’s going on. Here are another ten stories that would definitely be included if I had a chance to put together a giant Batman omnibus collecting personal favorites: ‘Devil’s Advocate’ (Joker: … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Andrei Bressan, Archie Goodwin, Artur Fujita, Ben Dimagmaliw, Brandon Kruse, Christopher Priest, Chuck Dixon, Clem Robins, Dan Davis, David Hine, Dean Haspiel, Ed Brubaker, Gabe Soria, Graham Nolan, Greg Rucka, Greg Tocchini, Guy Major, Jim Lee, John Costanza, John Lowe, John Workman, José Muñoz, Kano, Lee Loughridge, Linda Medley, Nick J. Napolitano, Pat Brosseau, Pat Garrahy, Phil Felix, Rick Burchett, Sal Cipriano, Scott Hanna, Shawn Martinbrough, Sholly Fish, Stefano Gaudiano, Ted McKeever, Terry Beatty, Tim Harkins, Ty Templeton, Warren Ellis, Zylonol | Leave a comment

Imaginary Batman crossovers with Joe Casey comics – part 2

Posted on November 23, 2017 by I.M. Baytor

If you read the last post, you know what’s going on. Here are another five possible crossovers between Batman comics and some oddball series written by Joe Casey: GODLAND “Face the facts, true disbeliever… The human mind isn’t big enough … Continue reading →

Posted in WEBS OF FICTION | Tagged Bill Crabtree., Brad Simpson, Garth Ennis, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Godland, Intimates, Jack Kirby, Jim Lee, Jim Mahfood, Jim Starlin, Joe Casey, Justin Stewart, Miami Vice, Nick Filardi, Paul Maybury, Piotr Kowalski, Randy Mayor, Rian Hughes, Richard Starkings, Rob Steen, Rus Wooton, Sandra Hope, science fiction, Sex, Sonia Harris, Steven Chunn, sword & sorcery, Tom Scioli, Valhalla Mad | Leave a comment

Top 20 Batman: Black & White stories

Posted on August 27, 2015 by I.M. Baytor

It’s no secret that many of the greatest Batman short stories are black-and-white. There’s something about the mood, between art house and classic Hollywood (serials aside), the urgent page count, and the overall sense of bare-bones minimalism that seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Alan Davis, Alex Ross, Archie Goodwin, Blair Butler, Brian Bolland, Bruce Timm, Chris Samnee, Chris Weston, Dave Gibbons, Dustin Nguyen, Gene Ha, Harlan Ellison, Hilary Barta, Howard Mackie, Jim Lee, John Arcudi, José Muñoz, Mike Carey, Mike W. Barr, Neil Gaiman, noir, Paul Dini, Paul Levitz, Paul Rivoche, Rafael Grampá, Rian Hughes, Ronnie del Carmen, Simon Bisley, Steve Mannion, Ted McKeever, Tony Salmons, Walt Simonson, Warren Ellis | 1 Comment

If you like Joel Schumacher’s Batman films…

Posted on April 16, 2015 by I.M. Baytor

After Tim Burton brought to the screen a surreal, alternative version of the Batman universe with echoes of the 1940s, director Joel Schumacher picked up the mantle and drove this cinematic franchise into the Silver Age. Leaving behind the grim … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Alex Sinclair, Batman TV series, Chuck Dixon, Grant Morrison, Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Joel Schumacher, movies, Scott McDaniel, Scott Williams | Leave a comment