He’s undead, Jim, but not as we know it: Morbius, the Living Vampire
As a teen I was never much interested in buying Marvel’s Bronze Age horror comics, with the exception of Son of Satan. I don’t regret that choice — I only …
Month: May 2022
Sea Devils, rebooted! Do you care deeply?
As I mentioned a couple of weeks back, the comics landscape changed a lot between the start of the Silver Age and 1965. It’s no surprising some characters had to …
Once was enough
Rereading old comics, I’m often surprised how frequently writers would create great villains, then stop using them. Not always, of course. The Joker has seen lots of use in every …
Damned with faint praise: Batman: Odyssey
Neal Adams was a very good artist and writer; let’s see if we can salvage anything from his most notorious output.