Comics Fondle

Unfortunately, after such superhero comic heights, Sword of the Atom goes out with a dull whimper. Gil Kane didn’t come back for this one, with Pat Broderick handling the art instead. Broderick can handle the icky elements of Strnad’s script, but he’s missing all the wonder Kane brought to the series. Actually, maybe there’s no […]

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The problem with any (and all) of the Classified titles is obvious. They’re glimpses at characters written by a writer who doesn’t usually handle them (at least not in mainstream DC titles, I know Barr wrote a few of the Justice League Unlimited issues). So, it’s no surprise when the second issue finishes, it all […]

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Unfortunately, Barr gets rid of his pervy, statutory rape ready romance between Halo and Geo-Force at the beginning of the issue. How? Well, Geo-Force’s romantic feelings toward Halo were really just misdirected feelings he never got to direct toward deceased little sister Terra. Yes, really.
For her part, Halo was just confusing her feelings of brotherly […]

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I guess critics had some problems with The Last Enemy, but I really can’t imagine what. (As I wasn’t asked to participate in Heidi MacDonald’s year-end online comic personalities review, I didn’t say “other critics”). The Last Enemy is exactly what it ought to be, a sequel to the limited series, continuing, developing and resolving […]

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Not being a Judd Winick reader, I have no idea if Green Arrow and Black Canary is an accurate sample of his superhero writing. If it is accurate, he’s terrible. Not terrible in an exciting way though, just terrible. Dumb (and bad) exposition balloons, way too much dialogue at the wrong places… it’s really bad.
But […]

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