Challenge the unknown and ask the question
Which question? Well, that depends on your choice of unknown. As we all know, comic books are full of loose ends. Plots that never got resolved because the creative team …
Category: Fraser Sherman
Cheaters never prosper? Actually some do, but it’s still a bad thing to cheat.
(A repost from my own blog, just because) Recently college dropout Advait Paliwal claims he’s co-created an AI, Einstein, that will help college students cheat. Not that he phrases it …
Victor von Doom’s astonishing adventures!
I think we can all agree that Dr. Doom is a superior character to DC’s Eclipso. That did not, however, make him a more successful character. Eclipso debuted in House of …
Earth-One Comics Are Just Like Ours … Only Different
Roy Thomas transformed Earth-One’s comic books without even trying. Or probably even thinking about it. Up until Thomas wrote All-Star Squadron, it was canon that Earth-One in the 1940s had …
This sweet love story can only end in blood!
I’m not sure what put this topic into my head but as it’s there … does anyone remember the 1986 movie Something Wild? Jeff Daniels plays Charlie, a married salaryman …
“Batman? Are you named for that guy in the funny books?” The Earth-One Paradox
As we all know, when Barry Allen first popped over to Earth-Two in Flash #123 he discovered the 1940s Golden Age Flash he’d grown up reading about was a real …
Mr. Hyde was an innocent monster persecuted by torch-wielding mobs! Well, okay then.
Movies don’t always start with a brilliant idea. AIP, the legendary maker of low-budget drive-in movies, would often come up with a publicity campaign, then make the movie if theater …