POST 288 --- CATWOMAN: SELINA'S BIG SCORE
Darwyn Cooke had made a name for himself with his piercingly powerful psychological take with Batman: Ego. Few would have believed that...
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Scott Cresswell
Sep 2910 min
POST 287 --- BATMAN: EGO
In the crowded fields of talented creators, only a select few leave a significant or long-lasting impact on the comic book medium. Siegel...
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Scott Cresswell
Sep 229 min
POST 286 --- DC: HEROES AGAINST HUNGER
Popular culture is often at its most sensational and impactful when it reflects the grim realism of the world around us. The dreadful...
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Scott Cresswell
Sep 1512 min
POST 285 --- THE SHADE: FAMILY TIES
The ending of Jack Knight’s tale in Starman (vol 2) 80 was bittersweet – that sense of sadness at the conclusion of such a saga was mixed...
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Scott Cresswell
Sep 811 min
POST 284 --- BATMAN: THREE JOKERS
One of the more intriguing mysteries of the DC Universe during the turbulent 2010s was the enigma known as the Joker. Batman’s greatest...
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Scott Cresswell
Sep 113 min
POST 283 --- STARMAN: SONS OF THE FATHER
‘Every writer hopes to achieve a series that has the kind of impact Starman does, but few actually achieve it.’ These words – written by...
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Scott Cresswell
Aug 2515 min
POST 282 --- STARMAN: GRAND GUIGNOL
Every saga needs its finale. In a sense, every event and moment during James Robinson’s Starman (vol 2) epic has been building up to a...
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Scott Cresswell
Aug 1814 min
POST 281 --- GREEN ARROW: 80TH ANNIVERSARY SPECTACULAR
It is a tall testament to the success of any franchise when they begin rolling out the red carpets and releasing the 100-page issues for...
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Scott Cresswell
Aug 1111 min
POST 280 --- STARMAN: STARS MY DESTINATION PART TWO
During the 1990s, DC had an irksome tendency to prolong and lengthen story-arches. Readers would remember sagas like The Death of...
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Scott Cresswell
Aug 412 min
POST 279 --- STARMAN: STARS MY DESTINATION PART ONE
‘I was burned out. I needed a rest,’ wrote James Robinson in the fifth afterword of his famed Knight family saga. ‘But Starman (vol 2)...
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Scott Cresswell
Jul 289 min
POST 278 --- BATMAN/FLASH: THE BUTTON
When DC launched Rebirth in 2016 with the return of Wally West’s Flash, it marked the end of the New 52. Whatever way one looks at it,...
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Scott Cresswell
Jul 2112 min
POST 277 --- STARMAN: SPECIALS AND ODDITIES
So, with Jack Knight beginning his crusade into the depths and mysteries of space, the Starman title entered its second phase. All of the...
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Scott Cresswell
Jul 1413 min
POST 276 --- STARMAN: LIGHTNING AND STARS
1998 was a year that transformed James Robinson’s Starman saga. In his introduction to the fourth omnibus of the Starman saga, movie...
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Scott Cresswell
Jul 710 min
POST 275 --- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: A LEAGUE DIVIDED
It has been five-and-a-half years since I first posted on this blog. It all began with Grant Morrison’s JLA run in January 2019, a time...
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Scott Cresswell
Jun 2910 min
POST 274 --- BATMAN: THE 1989 MOVIE ADAPTATION
Before the expansion of cheap home media through VHS tapes and DVDs – all long before the advent of digital online streaming – it was...
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Scott Cresswell
Jun 2311 min
POST 273 --- STARMAN: STARS IN MY EYES
I’ve said in a previous review of the lengthy Starman saga that writer James Robinson doesn’t simply pen a title about one hero – nor...
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Scott Cresswell
Jun 1610 min
POST 272 --- STARMAN: INFERNAL DEVICES
It feels like a while since we last stepped foot into the world of Jack Knight. With the Shade miniseries out of the way, we return into...
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Scott Cresswell
Jun 915 min
POST 271 --- THE BIG ALL-AMERICAN COMIC BOOK
What were the titles that made DC Comics? Most people with even half an interest in comic books would know that DC Comics is named after...
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Scott Cresswell
Jun 111 min
POST 270 --- THE SHADE: THE LUDLOW CURSE
To me, a clear sign of success comes when a title, series, or movie, gets a spin-off. When an expanded universe is created around one...
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Scott Cresswell
May 2611 min
POST 269 --- STARMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DEAD EARTH
History and legacies are two overarching themes present consistently in James Robinson’s Starman run. Not only does Robinson dive deep...
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