Ricky Church reviews Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman – The Deluxe Edition… If you’re still feeling celebratory for Batman’s longevity after the release of Detective Comics #1000, DC has just the thing to scratch that it. Whereas the landmark issue of Detective was a celebration on how far Batman has come and a look to the […]
Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #1000
Ricky Church reviews Detective Comics #1000… After 80 years, Batman has finally reached the milestone issue Detective Comics #1000, only the second publication in history to do so after Superman in last year’s Action Comics #1000. Much like that aforementioned issue, Detective Comics #1000 is a celebration of the Dark Knight and his adventures, examining why he’s remained such […]
Comic Book Review – The Man of Steel by Brian Michael Bendis
Ricky Church reviews The Man of Steel by Brian Michael Bendis… One of DC’s biggest coups of the last year was gaining superstar and fan-favourite writer Brian Michael Bendis to work on their oldest and most reverent superhero, Superman. Bendis is taking over on both Superman and Action Comics, but before his tenure on those flagship titles […]
Comic Book Review – Dark Days: The Road to Metal
Ricky Church reviews Dark Days: The Road to Metal… One of the big events of the DC Universe in the last year was Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s long awaited Dark Nights: Metal, an event that built off their New 52 Batman run. Before the beginning of that story, however, there were some other essential steps for readers […]
Comic Book Review – Action Comics #1000
Ricky Church reviews Action Comics #1000… This is it. The big one. In 1938 the world was introduced to Superman in the pages of Action Comics #1 by two young writers and artists from Cleveland, Ohio named Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Flashforward 80 years later and Superman has somehow remained so popular in the public consciousness […]
Countdown to Batman v Superman – Superman Unchained
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Superman Unchained… With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice getting its wide release Friday, its time for the final entry into our Countdown for the film and, funny enough, the final story that I recommend is one made by an entirely different […]
Countdown to Batman v Superman – Batman: Hush
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Batman: Hush… While the most famous physical confrontation between Batman and Superman was in The Dark Knight Returns, there is another equally famous confrontation between the two icons in Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s Batman: Hush. Uncovering a vast conspiracy involving many […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #1
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #1… “The Black Vault” part one! When a mysterious and definitely super-important cosmic item falls out of the heavens and into enemy hands, America has only one option: Task Force X, Amanda Waller’s strike team of incarcerated super-criminals. A one-stop-shop for plausibly deniable espionage and ultra- violence, this “Suicide Squad” […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #2
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #2… “THE BLACK VAULT” part 2! What was meant to be a routine mission to retrieve a “cosmic item” from an undersea fortress has become a nightmare beyond anything the Suicide Squad ever expected. And with half the team down, it’s up to Harley Quinn, Katana, and a demon-possessed graphic […]
Exclusive Interview with DC Comics artist Jason Fabok
Jason Fabok is a Canadian comic book artist living in Southern Ontario, Canada. He is currently doing work for DC Comics on such lines as Batman Eternal, Man of Steel, Justice League, Detective Comics and more. He took time out of his schedule at WonderCon to exclusively speak to Flickering Myth’s own Tai Freligh about […]
