Comics Fondle

I know Waid was intentionally not going for a direct relaunch of The Brave and the Bold (i.e. Batman and a guest hero), but come on. If Waid wanted to do a Challengers of the Unknown series, he just should have owned up to it.
I was two or three issues into this clump when I […]

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Maybe the title should be “Mark Waid takes you on a tour of the DC Universe”. Or, more appropriately, he takes you on a tour of the series near cancellation (Legion, Supergirl, Blue Beetle) in an attempt to get you to read said comic books. A lot of the comic feels like one of the […]

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Was I expecting more from All-Flash #1? Maybe. I probably shouldn’t have been. Meant to bring the existing Flash series to the return of Wally West, it turns a four page story into a twenty-two page one… most of the scenes belong in other comic books, most notably Justice League of America and this issue’s […]

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“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.”
Sorry, couldn’t resist. (You’ll have to read the comic).
I’ve known about Potter’s Field since it was called John Doe (I even interviewed Mark Waid about it… I think the interview’s still around Comic Book Resources somewhere), and I’ve been eagerly awaiting a look at it. Waid’s developed into […]

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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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