Tag Archives: Phil Hester

Spotlight on Slam Bradley

The Dark Knight isn’t the only detective in Batman comics. In fact, having finally read last year’s six-part mini-series Gotham City: Year One, my mind has been on the astounding significance gained by one of the oldest detectives around: Slam … Continue reading

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On The Spirit’s title pages – part 2

The Spirit (v2) #3 I tend to be quite distrustful of attempts to update Will Eisner’s The Spirit. Because most creators cannot begin to match Eisner’s experimentalism, the appeal ends up being little more than the curious, nostalgic exercise of … Continue reading

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Great post-‘No Man’s Land’ stories

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

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