Quote: Old crooked witches’ teeth hurting Superman. That’s all wrong. Some characters most recently (or not so recently in some cases) seen in the Vertigo line of comics now turn up in the newly rebooted DC universe. Shade, the Changing Man, Madame Xanadu and John Constantine all make… Continue reading
Quote: No, hold back your men, Lukzov, I’m pretty good at this stuff. This book collects Batman Confidential 31 to 35 and was written by Peter Milligan with art by Andy Clarke. Peter Milligan is a veteran writer that I first came across in 2000AD where my favourite… Continue reading
Quote: And in the far north, Gotham Crags is a place of ghosts, lorded over by its insane ruler! This is an original graphic novel written by the Scottish writer Alan Grant who has had a long career in comic books. He has co-written many times with John… Continue reading
Quote: Next thing you know she’ll be trading in her top hat and fishnets for a cape and cowl. “Bat-anna”. It has a ring to it. This book collects Detective Comics 840 – 845 and a short tale from DC Infinite Halloween Special 1 that features Scarecrow… Continue reading
Quote: “… I was livin’ it up as personal court jester to the Clown Prince of Crime!” “You know he hates being called that.” “I’m sure he prefers it to “Puddin’”!” This book collects the first seven issues of this new series – one of a few started… Continue reading
This is an odd five issue mini-series from 2001. Each part is a separate story with the only link between them being the developing relationship between Batman and Jim Gordon. The series had three writers – Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker and Chuck Dixon – and seven artists (not including cover… Continue reading
This book collects issues 1 to 5 of the mini-series of the same name. It was written and drawn by Sam Kieth – creator of the Maxx and Zero Girl. I love Keith’s style of drawing and probably first came across him on the Epicurus the Sage books and most… Continue reading
[ Mood: Sleepy ] This book is a multi-part story spread across various Super-titles and collects Superman #160-161, Adventures of Superman #582-583, Superman: Man of Steel #104-105, Action Comics #769-770 and Superman: Emperor Joker #1. As the story is spread across the four titles and one special so the it and… Continue reading
This book collects Batman Confidential #22-25 and 29-30. It is written by Andrew Kreisberg with pencils by long-time Batman artist Scott McDaniel. The writer is new to me but I enjoyed this story so I might look out for more books that he has written – as well as… Continue reading
This collection follows on from my last read and collects Catwoman #20-24 – again written by Ed Brubaker. After the last volume, this one has a much lighter tone – in both the story and the art. Holly and Selina go on a road trip and on the way Selina… Continue reading
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