Comics Fondle

I hate it when things go wrong at the end of a story, especially a long story, because then it clouds the response. Like JLA: Year One. I was ready to call it a wonderful superhero comic and then I finished it and Waid capped it with a busy, all-resolving action sequence. Oh, it’d be […]

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When Lois Lane Forgot Superman!
by an unknown writer and Wayne Boring
…wash that man right out of her hair!
On assignment, Lois and Clark go to review a new play. The content–a commoner in love with a prince–reminds Lois of her love for Superman. She decides to emulate the commoner in the play and forget her love […]

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Grant Morrison can write a good, fun Batman, one who bickers with Alfred and has a tender relationship with Robin, so Batman and Son isn’t all bad. The big fight scene at the art museum is kind of fun–Morrison’s Batman narration is spot-on in these issues–even if Andy Kubert drawing a ninja man-bat is just […]

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Satin Returns

Simultaneously, peanut millionaire Ivan Tovaroff is murdered on his estate and Hildie and Ellen are kidnapped from Commissioner Dolan’s home. The Spirit investigates Tovaroff’s murder and finds information implicating Tovaroff’s second-in-command in the murder. As the criminal goes for his pistol, the Spirit is saved by Satin. They only have a few moments for […]

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