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Moore’s greatest achievement with The Killing Joke is the humanization of the Joker throughout and the dehumanization of Batman. Batman discounts the Joker’s insanity theory, that a person can snap one way or another, but snap nonetheless. Moore’s got some problems with Batman’s motivation here–he starts trying to help the Joker, then he goes after […]

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Issues two, three and, probably, four of League’s second volume are–so far (hopefully)–the best in the series. They’re hilarious, feature lots of character development, and are just a great time. Unfortunately, the volume runs six issues.
The first issue is problematic but forgivable. Set mostly on Mars, featuring cameos from John Carter and some guy (well, […]

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What’s almost distressing about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, only from a writer’s standpoint, is how Moore set out to do something wacky and goofy–the superhero team-up with popular (or, at least, well-known) literary characters–and succeeded absolutely. While it’s far from his most ambitious or even best work, Moore creates an action comedy in a […]

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