Kids These Days
I’m guessing most of y’all have seen one of those Beloit College lists that go around every year, reminding teachers of what Kids These Days are like. If you were …
Category: Comics
Exactly how I’d expect Batman to act, yet it didn’t work: Tower of Babel
A few years back, I began rereading my Justice League of America books. As I don’t binge, I’m currently midway through Joe Kelly’s run (I have a lot of JLA …
Something else that annoys me
Yes, I’m venting again, though today’s pet peeve isn’t as irksome as Monday’s. I am not bothered by the Chosen One trope where someone is marked by Destiny to be …
Some characters are not worth the paper they’re drawn on
One of the problems with a medium that requires as many stories every month as comic books is that some uninteresting villains appear much more than they deserve, just to …
Greetings from Italy, fellow nerds!
Hi, everyone! I’m currently in Venice, and tomorrow we’re off to Florence and then Rome. We’re having a grand old time, and while we were at the museum shop for …
The Silver Age: Cute, goofy and … lethal?
One of the more annoying cliches about the Silver Age is that it was too utterly silly and lighthearted for the modern, sophisticated adults of today to take seriously, without …
1965: The year the Justice Society failed
By 1965, the Justice Society had become semi-regular guest stars in DC’s Earth-One series. Three popular crossovers between Jay Garrick and Barry Allen. Two highly acclaimed JLA/JSA team-ups. So it’s …