He’s not the chosen one: Kamandi, the last boy on Earth
(This being a repost from my own blog) Jack Kirby’s Bronze Age series, Kamandi, Last Boy on Earth is the only post-Fourth World book of his besides Eternals that impressed …
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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 …
No, comics did not suddenly decline in quality as I got older
(Another post rewritten from four years ago on my blog) When I read some recent, particularly crappy comic from the Big Two it’s easy to grumble about how Kids These …
Life will make you doubt. Anti-Life will make you right!
The Forever People was far and away the weakest of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World books. Mister Miracle had colorful foes and Scott Free’s determination to be free of Apokalips (and “He cheats …
The Kiss of the Kobra
Back in 2014 (this is a repost from my own blog that year), as part of rereading my comics collection, I came across a Kobra story from the 1990s. On …
Steve Ditko’s Shade: The First Changing Man
Steve Ditko’s Bronze Age series Shade, The Changing Man has definitely been overshadowed by the later Vertigo reboot. That’s a shame — it’s easily my favorite of Ditko’s DC work. Rac …
Teen Titans Chronology
Over the past year, I’ve gone back and read a few comic series I own, in chronological order for the first time. One of those series was the 80’s-90’s Teen …