Author Archives: I.M. Baytor

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (February 2019)

Posted on February 7, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Your monthly reminder that comics can be awesome… 2000 AD #1778 DC Challenge #11 Prism Stalker #2

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged 2000 AD, Al Ewing, Ariana Maher, Brendan McCarthy, Carl Gafford, Cary Bates, Dave Hunt, DC Challenge, Ellie DeVille, John Costanza, Keith Giffen, Len O'Grady, Marv Wolfman, Prism Stalker, Sloane Leong, Zaucer of Zilk | Leave a comment

Great post-‘No Man’s Land’ stories

Posted on January 31, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

A year ago, I did a couple of posts about the coolest stories from the 1999 mega-crossover No Man’s Land, in which Gotham City, partly destroyed by an earthquake, descended into chaos and was cut off from the rest of … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Batman's personality, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bronwyn Carlton, Chuck Dixon, Dale Eaglesham, Dave Johnson, Denny O'Neil, Devin Grayson, GCPD, Glenn Whitmore, Gotham City, Graham Nolan, Greg Rucka, Joe Staton, John Byrne, John Floyd, John Kalisz, Louis Small Jr, Manuel Gutierrez, Mike Deodato, No Man's Land, Pamela Rambo, Phil Hester, Sherilyn van Valkenburgh, Staz Johnson, Steve Mitchell, William Rosado | Leave a comment

Yet another busy week in the life of Batman

Posted on January 24, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

MONDAY Detective Comics #69 TUESDAY Batman #13 WEDNESDAY Detective Comics Annual #3 THURSDAY Batman and the Mad Monk #4 FRIDAY World’s Finest (v2) #3 SATURDAY JLA #43 SUNDAY Batman #552

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Weird futuristic war comics

Posted on January 17, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

It has become a kind of winter tradition here at the blog to do a post spotlighting cool sci-fi comics about warfare. This started out years ago, as a one-idea post prompted by Rogue One, but there is an endless … Continue reading →

Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES | Tagged 2000 AD, Cary Nord, Cold War, D'Israeli, Doug Moench, Ed Hannigan, Hilary Barta, Janice Cohen, Jim Mooney, Joe O'Brien, John Ostrander, Keenan Marshall Keller, Lenin Delson, Mark Nelson, Mike Gold, Mike Grell, Mike Gustovitch, Mike Ploog, movies, Paul Cornell, Planet of the Apes, politics, Rob Prior, Robert Venditti, science fiction, space opera, Starslayer, Steve Oliff, Timothy Truman, Tom Neely, Tom Sutton, Ty Templeton, Xtnct | Leave a comment

Spotlight on Aquaman / Batman team-ups

Posted on January 10, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

I tend to give DC’s live-action movies a lot of crap in this blog, so I guess it’s only fair to admit I had a great time watching James Wan’s Aquaman. It’s a fun slice of schlock that manages to … Continue reading →

Posted in GOTHAM CITIZENS | Tagged Aquaman, Bob Haney, Brian Bolland, Cold War, Dan Davis, Devin Grayson, Jim Aparo, John Calnan, movies, Neal Adams, Rick Burchett, Sholly Fisch | 2 Comments

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (January 2019)

Posted on January 3, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

I had so much fun doing these last year that I’ve decided to carry on… Here are another three pulpy splash pages to remind everyone that comics can be awesome: The Unknown Soldier (v2) #10 The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master … Continue reading →

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged Agustin Mas, Bill Mantloi, Carl Gafford, David Michelinie, Doug Moench, James Owsley, John Costanza, Marcos Pelayos, martial arts, Master of Kung Fu, Nestor Redondo, Paul Gulacy, Phil Gascoine, Sal Trapan, Swamp Thing, Tatjana Wood, Unknown Soldier | Leave a comment

Have a Gotham 2019

Posted on December 31, 2018 by I.M. Baytor

Shadow of the Bat #94

Posted in GOTHAM INTERLUDES | Tagged New Year, Pablo Raimondi, Sean Parsons | Leave a comment

2018’s book of the year

Posted on December 26, 2018 by I.M. Baytor

This is the time of the year when bloggers share their best-of-the-year lists. I don’t usually play along because I mostly read old stuff and don’t have enough of a grip on current publications to make any authoritative claim about … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOKS OF THE YEAR | Tagged Al Feldstein, Bernard Krigstein, Bernie Krigstein, Bill Gaines, Cold War, Greg Sadowski, horror, Nick Drnaso, noir, Otto Binder, politics, Ray Bradbury, science fiction | Leave a comment

Gotham City holidays

Posted on December 19, 2018 by I.M. Baytor

It’s Christmas in Gotham City. As you can see from the covers below, it’s a time of violence! Sure, putting a twisted spin on Christmas by playing its supposedly merry spirit against dark comedy isn’t exactly original… Pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in WEBS OF FICTION | Tagged Christmas, Gotham City | Leave a comment

10 Jokerized covers

Posted on December 12, 2018 by I.M. Baytor

I’ve talked before about my fascination with covers featuring the Joker. The Clown Prince of Crime is one of the all-time great sinister villains in popular fiction. His resonance after all these decades of mayhem and, especially, his signature maniacal … Continue reading →

Posted in COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged covers, horror, Joker | Leave a comment