Crime clowns and deconstructed deathtraps: notes from Batman’s New Look era
As I approach the end of 1964 in my Silver Age rereading, I keep meaning to do one humongous post about all the 1964 stuff I want to cover. But …
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Darker than Deathstroke: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Writing about Identity Crisis last week, I complained that I often found comics attempts at doing hard-edged, “this is the real world, we can’t play fair” stories as naive as …
Return with me now to the thrilling days of 1964!
1964 was a big year for green people at the Big Two. Hulk, after a couple of years bouncing in and out of various Marvel books, got his own series …
The downward spiral of Arthur Light, Ph.D. (final Identity Crisis post)
Some comic book characters find eternal fame right from the start. Some rise from obscurity to become legends: John Stewart made one appearance in 1971, a few more Bronze Age …
Women in refrigerators have identity crises too you know!
So following on yesterday’s post, here’s another problem with Identity Crisis, the fridging of Sue Dibney. Back in the days when Gail Simone was a comics fan rather than a …
Identity Crisis: Where it went wrong for me
Reading Identity Crisis when it first came out (2004-5), I couldn’t quite pin down why I didn’t like it (other than Sue’s death, which left a very sour taste in …
For Valentine’s Day: “a love letter to the Silver Age”
Normally when I cross-post older stuff from my blog, I rework it quite a bit. I spent Saturday at the E/R with vertigo — happily it turns out it’s not …