Markley’s Fevered Brain: 52 Thoughts on 2011
Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls
Westfield’s Wayne Markley looks back at 52 things that shaped comics in 2011.
Westfield’s Wayne Markley looks back at 52 things that shaped comics in 2011.
MORE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT FEB. ’12 COMICS (and a couple, not so much)
Ralph Wiggum Comics
KC Carlson recommends some of the books he likes in the new Previews including DC’s Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo, Marvel’s Avengers: Kree/Skrull War, and Bongo’s Ralph Wiggum Comics.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: A Tale of Two Men
Thor: The Mighty Avenger
Westfield’s Wayne Markley looks at some of the best stories featuring Captain America and Thor.
KC COLUMN: Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’…
Captain America: Man Out of Time
KC Carlson explains the concept of of a floating, or sliding, timeline and what it has to do with comics. You may want to take notes.
Beauology 101: Super Friends: Respect And Friendship
Captain America
Beau Smith tells us about a story he’d love to see Ed Brubaker write in Marvel’s Captain America.
10 THINGS I LIKE ABOUT NOVEMBER ’10 COMICS (and a couple I’m not so crazy about).
by KC Carlson
Well, Christmas is over! Hope you had a great holiday season!
Of course, in the real world, the holidays are still several months away! But in the wacky world of comic book advance ordering, pretty much all of the industry’s major wares have already been offered up. Since the last three months have been SO packed with goodness, this month’s offerings pale a bit in comparison. Still, there’s plenty of great stuff if you dig around a bit, so here are my picks, along with a bit of commentary here and there since I haven’t had much chance to talk about current comics lately. On to it…
Markley’s Fevered Brain: My Favorite Character is Dead! Long Live My Favorite Character!
by Wayne Markley
I have long complained about comic book companies who kill off characters only to bring them back as a different person, in a different costume, but using the same name as the original. This was basically how DC Comics started the Silver Age of Comics with Flash, Green Lantern, Atom, Hawkman, etc., all being reintroduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They had the same heroic name as their Golden-Age counterparts, but they were new people in new costumes. Most of these new characters were highly successful. In the last 20 years or so, DC has done this over and over again with the same characters – Flash, Green Lantern, Atom, etc. – and have failed almost every time. All of these re-launches ended up with the original character back in the costume – Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Ray Palmer, etc. Strangely, all of these were the Silver Age versions of the Golden Age characters where the modern versions failed to find an audience. I think this is largely due to the fact the reading audience is older and they like what they know, and that is the Silver Age versions of these characters.