Tag Archives: Jim Lee

Frank Miller’s objectivist Superman

As much as Frank Miller milked Superman’s symbolic potential, I also appreciate how much his comics simultaneously ‘humanized’ the character as well. Miller’s interpretation of the Man of Steel may be eccentric, but his Superman is an actual individual and … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (1 May 2023)

In this month’s reminders that comics can be awesome, we’re going back to spotlighting covers. Let’s start with a trio of representative covers from the 1990s which live up to that era’s reputation for violent, ultra-muscled men, highly sexualized women, … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (27 September 2021)

A reminder that comics’ character designs can be awesome: M.O.D.O.K. – Head Games #1 WildC.A.T.S. #31 Eugenic  

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The looks of Vicki Vale

          Among the fascinating things about Batman comics is the fact that, because they have been going on for eight decades, you get to trace social and aesthetic evolutions on all sorts of fronts. One of those fronts is the … Continue reading

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My ideal deluxe omnibus volume – part 3

If you read the last posts, you know what’s going on. Here are another ten stories that would definitely be included if I had a chance to put together a giant Batman omnibus collecting personal favorites:   ‘Devil’s Advocate’ (Joker: … Continue reading

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Imaginary Batman crossovers with Joe Casey comics – part 2

If you read the last post, you know what’s going on. Here are another five possible crossovers between Batman comics and some oddball series written by Joe Casey: GODLAND “Face the facts, true disbeliever… The human mind isn’t big enough … Continue reading

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Top 20 Batman: Black & White stories

It’s no secret that many of the greatest Batman short stories are black-and-white. There’s something about the mood, between art house and classic Hollywood (serials aside), the urgent page count, and the overall sense of bare-bones minimalism that seems to … Continue reading

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If you like Joel Schumacher’s Batman films…

After Tim Burton brought to the screen a surreal, alternative version of the Batman universe with echoes of the 1940s, director Joel Schumacher picked up the mantle and drove this cinematic franchise into the Silver Age. Leaving behind the grim … Continue reading

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10 Killer Croc designs

Of all the members of Batman’s rogues gallery, Killer Croc has got to be one of the most inconsistent. He has been written as a street smart thug with a skin disease, as a dumb superhuman monster, and even as … Continue reading

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Frank Miller’s goddamn Batman

                    All kinds of people have written Batman stories. Not just people: even Snoopy has done it. But one author has the particularity of having written both the most critically acclaimed Batman comics of all time, and the most … Continue reading

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