Tag: DC Comics
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Batman: The Long Halloween TPB Review
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1996, DC Write: Jeph Loeb Artist: Tim Sale Colours: Gregory Wright Essentially years two and three to Frank Miller’s seminal Batman: Year One, Loeb and Sale’s superhero noir The Long Halloween resumes the Caped Crusaders conflicts with Gotham’s feuding Mafiosos, the Falcone and Maroni families, introduced in Year One, as well as providing an origin…
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Batman: False Faces TPB Review
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2008, DC Story: Brian K. Vaughan Pencils: Scott McDaniel, Rick Burchett, Scott Kolins, Marcos Martin Inks: Karl Story, John Lowe, Dan Panosian, Drew Geraci Colours: Roberta Tewes, John Wright, Pam Rambo, Tom McCraw With Y: The Last Man having reached its conclusion and Brian K. Vaughan receiving all manner of acclaim for his work on…
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Justice vol. 1 Graphic Novel Review
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2006, DC Story: Jim Krueger, Alex Ross Script: Jim Krueger Art: Alex Ross, Doug Braithwaite It has always been one of those great contradictions that, despite the potentially omnipotent powers of the various Justice Leagues combined, the DC Universe is still very much like ours. Poverty, famine and political corruption still persist, and the superhero…
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Batman: The Joker’s Last Laugh TPB Review
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Originally published 2001, DC Writers: Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty Pencils: Pete Woods, Marcos Martin, Walter McDaniel, Andy Kuhn, Ron Randall, Rick Burchett Inks: Andrew Pepoy, Mark Farmer, Alvaro Lopez, Walter McDaniel, Andy Kuhn, Ron Randall, Mark Lipka, Dan Davis Colours: Tom McCraw Gina Going The Joker has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Escaping high-security prison…
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Un-Men vol. 1: Get your Freak On! TPB Review
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2008, DC/Vertigo Story: John Whalen Art: Mike Hawthorne, Tomer Hanuka (covers) Colours: Tanya and Richard Horie Creations of mad scientist Anton Arcane, the abominable Un-Men first appeared in the pages of Swamp Thing. They were later re-imagined in the early nineties mini American Freak, the events of which this new incarnation continues a further decade…
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Comic Books and Graphic Novels – What’s the Difference?
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in ColumnThe definition of exactly what a comic book is – or indeed what it takes for a comic to become a graphic novel – has become increasingly murky territory.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TPB Review
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DC, 1986 Story: Frank Miller Pencils: Frank Miller Inks: Klaus Janson Colours: Lynn Varley Is there really anything to say about Frank Miller’s 1986 vision of the Dark Knight that hasn’t been said already? So… Robin’s a girl, joker dies, and a geriatric Batman beats the crap out of Superman with a pair of enormous…
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DC: The New Frontier TPB Review
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DC Comics Story, Art: Darwyn Cooke Colours: Dave Stewart It would be easy to dismiss Darwyn Cooke’s The New Frontier as another retro inspired reinterpretation of the currently stagnated superhero genre. Essentially, that is all it is. Comparisons to James Robinson’s The Golden Age are also inevitable, but Cooke avoids that book’s descent into darker…