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Category: DC

  • Dollar Binging

    Spider-Boy Team Up #1 Amalgam Comics, June 1997 Hawkman Comics #12 DC Comics, Feb/Mar 1966 Spider-Boy Team Up #1 Probably the last of its ilk, Amalgam Comics will be known as the final example of Marvel and DC co-publishing anything. The 12 one shots that made up this line were all amalgamations of concepts of… →

  • Realistic Flintstones: Anthro

    DC Showcase #74 Anthro issues #1-6 DC Comics 1968-69 12-15 cents ea. Deep within the recesses of DC’s late sixties explosion of titles, a unique direction for mainstream comics occurs. I’m referring to Anthro, Howie Post’s take on prehistoric living. Post, a gag cartoonist, who first started drawing comic books in the golden age, was… →

  • Batman’s Junk

    Batman: Damned #1 DC comics, $6.99, 48 pages 2018 Ok then. The arrival in DC’s new line of “mature” titles featuring their biggest characters starts with an expressionistic take on the dark, forbidden knowledge portion of the Batman mythos. Not that it’s a new idea, Bats has been something various writers have stretched as far… →

  • How The West Was Really Won. At Least In Comics

    DC Showcase #76, Bat Lash #1–7 DC Comics, 12–15 cents ea. 1968 Ah, Westerns. For me, Westerns have always been that convenient, handy, all purpose source of fiction that utilizes Americans utopian, noble, and utterly romantic interpretations of ourselves and our history. A uniquely North American period of time, Westerns give forth the vision of… →

  • Superman: American Alien (October 2016)

    A review of the 2016 Superman comic book series AMERICAN ALIEN by Max Landis and various artists. →

  • World’s Funnest (April 2016)

    A review of the 2016 trade paperback WORLD’S FUNNEST by Evan Dorkin and various artists. →