Comics Fondle

When Lucius Fox and Alfred mysteriously run off to Paris together–after each receiving a telegram–does Bruce Wayne think the most obvious thing (an ebony and ivory gay marriage)?. Actually, we don’t know, because Conway never lets the reader know what Batman is thinking. Instead, Batman’s just a snoop. Admittedly, Lucius and Alfred running off to […]

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How come Batman used to work during the day but doesn’t anymore? Maybe because Conway’s script casts him more as a famous detective–of the Angela Lansbury or Raymond Burr variety–than a costumed vigilante. The first time no one checks to see who Batman is under the cowl, I noticed. The second time, I didn’t. I’m […]

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This issue is a Will Eisner tribute–past the dedication, the hotel where the action mostly takes place is the Dolan–but the art doesn’t fit. For example, Don Newton simply can’t draw the Eisner-seque villain, the Squid, but he does get the mood and a lot of the angles right.
And Batman does get the crap kicked […]

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These issues might be my first taste of this era of Justice League. I thought I’d read some Satellite Era issues before, but maybe I didn’t read them close, because I think I would have remembered such goofy storytelling. It kind of reminds me of what I figure “Super Friends” is like. All of the […]

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Wow, Tom Sutton actually turns in some good panels here. Really well-laidout ones anyway. Well designed. The details might not be perfect, but the design’s excellent. In fact, when the homeless army is attacking LA, it seems like Sutton would be perfect for a Planet of the Apes book or something.
Unfortunately, whatever momentum Conway had […]

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