Steve Englehart, the Lazarus Man
As a teenager in the Bronze Age, Steve Englehart was one of my favorite writers. Looking back, I still love his stories, but I’m almost as impressed by the number …
Tag: Batman
There are eight million stories in the Batman’s city. These are some of them.
Collecting the Golden Age Batman Omnibus volumes has been a joy in itself. Seriously; I now have every story for the first decade of Batman’s existence and then some. That’s …
Comics You Should Own – ‘Batman’ #515-552
One of the weirder runs in superhero history gets the spotlight!
Comics You Should Own – ‘Batman’ #452-454
Peter Milligan plus Batman means a short bibliography, but excellent stories!
Tom King Will Never Be a Co-Creator of Batman
So in response to a recent Twitter call for “most controversial Batman opinion,” Tom King responded that the O’Neil/Adams team, Englehart/Rogers and Frank Miller should get co-creator credit alongside Bob …
Dumb Fan Theories, Part I: The Killing Joke
This theory has been floating around for six years now, and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Namely, that Batman kills the Joker at the end of The Killing Joke.
Incarnation or ideal? Which do I love?
A passing comment in the recent round table about geek stuff got me thinking about why I keep reading Batman, even though the stories in the New 52 suck. I’ve …