‘Batman: The Dark Knight Returns’ (1986) examines superheroes’ roles in a corrupt world
‘Batman’ flashback (Comic book review): Miller’s “What if” story examines Batman’s and Superman’s roles in a country with corrupt governance.
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EW’s 50 Most Powerful Superheroes list has absurd omissions
Commentary: An analysis of Entertainment Weekly’s list of elite superheroes.
‘Dollhouse’ flashback: ‘Epitaphs’ (2011-12) (Comic book review)
On the Season 2 DVD, Joss Whedon says “Dollhouse” was a pebble he could’ve turned over for as much as seven seasons. Unfortunately, we only got 26 episodes, but “Epitaphs” (2011-12) – a six-issue comic book series […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Knight Errant’ (2010-12) (Comic book reviews)
“Knight Errant” (2010-12), John Jackson Miller’s second “Star Wars” saga after “Knights of the Old Republic,” has one of the darkest possible premises: Lone Jedi Knight Kerra Holt tries to gather up slaves from Sith territory […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Ewoks: Shadows of Endor’ (2013) (Comic book review)
Ewoks are notoriously controversial among “Star Wars” fandom. The reason, as a famous episode of “How I Met Your Mother” outlined, is simple: They were (successfully) aimed at kids. The marketing was so effective that […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi: The Dark Side’ (2011) (Comic book review)
Part of Disney’s argument for why the “Star Wars” timeline had to be rebooted was that a new movie on the original timeline couldn’t be understood by a newcomer who didn’t know the wider story. […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: Ranking the 6 ‘Adventures’ digests (2009-11) (Comic book reviews)
Dark Horse’s “Star Wars Adventures,” a series of six comic digests from 2009-11, seems like a good way to experience character-focused stories set during the time of the original trilogy. However, these comics are aggressively aimed at […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Blood Ties’ (2010-12) (Comic book reviews)
George Lucas’ revelation in 2002’s “Attack of the Clones” that Boba Fett was the clone son of Jango Fett opened up a new vein of Fett stories. While subsequent stories would retain some of the […]
This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘Dark Fathom’ (2016) (Comic book review)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics and novels. All of these spin-off materials were recently released […]
This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘ID4’ Issue 0 prequel (1996) (Comic book review)
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics and novels. All of these spin-off materials were recently released […]