POST 296 --- THE FLASH: THE HUMAN RACE
After writing just a few issues of The Flash (vol 2), Grant Morrison had already left his impression on the history of the title. His...
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Scott Cresswell
Nov 2412 min read
POST 295 --- THE FLASH: EMERGENCY STOP
The 1990s was very much a decade within comic books where the lunatics took over the asylum. Long gone were the days when writers used to...
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Scott Cresswell
Nov 1712 min read
POST 294 --- THE QUESTION: THE DEATHS OF VIC SAGE
“There is white, and there is black, and there is nothing in-between.” The deep and wispy voice of Alan Moore, repeating words written by...
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Scott Cresswell
Nov 109 min read
POST 293 --- ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE: DESTROY THE JLA!
The Adventures in the DC Universe title had come a long way. With its anthology-format and forever-changing cast of characters, each...
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Scott Cresswell
Nov 311 min read
POST 292 --- ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE: CIPHER RULES!
After something so vague and bleak like Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, it is comforting to return to the colour and...
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Scott Cresswell
Oct 2710 min read
POST 291 --- ARKHAM ASYLUM: A SERIOUS HOUSE ON SERIOUS EARTH
It’s that time of year again. Throughout the lifetime of this blog, I have attempted – though not always successfully – to review a story...
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Scott Cresswell
Oct 2014 min read
POST 290 --- ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE: SOMETHING WICKED
In those first few issues of the Adventures in the DC Universe title, we have seen those famous faces of the Justice League translated...
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Scott Cresswell
Oct 1311 min read
POST 289 --- ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE: A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THE WORLD'S GREAT SUPER-HEROES
Throughout the 1990s, the perception of comic books was changing in various ways. The days of dot-screen colouring and thought-balloons...
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Scott Cresswell
Oct 58 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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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