Unlikable women and shocking twists: Martin Pasko’s Swamp Thing
(Another repost from my own blog because it’s turned into a hectic week). In 1982, to correspond with the first Swamp Thing movie, DC revived the series with Martin Pasko’s …
Tag: DC Comics
Two 34s from 1965
By a weird coincidence, both today’s reviews come from a thirty-fourth issue. Once again, I think they show the respective strengths of DC and Marvel. First, from Green Lantern #34, …
What took them so long?
If there’s one thing we know about the Golden Age, it’s that publishers chased trends even more than they do now. Superman spawned more superheroes. Batman bred an endless string …
Batman splits from Superman, then fights … Hydra? More from ’64
Following on Monday’s Bat-post, there are a couple more Batman stories from 1964 I wanted to talk about. First, from World’s Finest Comics #143, we have a story that asks …
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 …