Category: Philosophy
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Short and sweet, folks… amidst the wonderfully poignant, mostly silent elegy for the recently departed (I won't spoil things if it you didn't read #654), Dan Slott and Marcos Martin's Amazing Spider-Man #655 portrays Peter in his dreamworld confronting those lost in his battle against evil, and being taunted by the evildors themselves for not…
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Scott Snyder and Francesco Francavilla offer up another fantastic issue of Detective Comics with today's issue 874, continuing the re-introduction of James Gordon Jr. in a tantalizing discussion with his father, while also exploring the aftermath of Dick's exposure to the Dealer's hallucinogenic gas in the previous story arc. There are many intriguing elements to…
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In a fantastic new interview at Newsarama, The Invincible Iron Man writer Matt Fraction discusses the future of the Iron Man title (including the mammoth #500 issue and the reflective #500.1 issue), previews Tony's role in the upcoming Fear Itself event, and–most interesting to me–compares Iron Man and Spider-Man in terms of their ethics. From the…
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In a new interview on Newsarama, comics writer (and sometimes artist) Bill Willingham discusses many things, including Fables of course, but also why he left JSA after twelve issues (contained in the trades shown to the left, The Bad Seed and Axis of Evil). In particular, he cites issues with accommodating crossovers and editorial interference, which…
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More about Krona's plan are revealed in this week's Green Lantern #62, as well as in the preview of "War of the Green Lanterns" included in all of this week's DC books. Spoilers after the jump…
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For my money–which ain't much, but still–J. Michael Straczynski is an amazing writer. His writing on Amazing Spider-Man was inspiring; his brief run on Fantastic Four was innovative; and his done-in-ones on The Brave and the Bold were stunning. (And don't get me started on Thor…) I hope to write posts on much of his…
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I've always had a soft spot for the Freedom Fighters, stemming from their introduction to the DCU during a 1973 JLA/JSA crossover, then into their short-lived late 70s series, and on into All-Star Squadron and Young All-Stars. It hurt to see most of them wiped out during the first issue of Infinite Crisis, but soon we…
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Check out the forums at The Green Lantern Corps, where they've started talking about Green Lantern and Philosophy: No Evil Shall Escape this Book. I recently joined the discussion myself - hopefully I'll get the chance to share some tidbits with the devout GL fans. (I started with the table of contents to the book.)…
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MILD SPOILER ALERT FOR SHAZAM! #1: Today's Shazam! #1 features the wizard Shazam's daughter, Blaze, who wants Freedy Freeman's powers for herself, and so battles Freddy, currently the world's mightiest mortal, Captain Marvel Shazam (thank you Judd Winick) along with the depowered Billy and Mary Batson. As she is about to be defeated, Blaze says…
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I haven't had much time to read comics the last couple weeks, so I caught up on a few today, including Superman #707, which continues the "Grounded"… well, "storyline" doesn't seem like the right term… "theme," maybe. Whatever. He's walking. (If he wanted to connect with the common man and woman, he'd realize that most…
Mark D. White 