Happiness through misdirection
Thoughts, opinions, and rants on comic books
A look at the Marvel comics of Al Ewing, part 1 A look at the Marvel comics of Al Ewing, part 2 Ultimate We saw in New Avengers where White Tiger and Power Man ended up after Mighty Avengers, but what about the rest of the team? Well, Blue Marvel and Spectrum join the Ultimates,…
A look at the Marvel comics of Al Ewing, part 1 New to You One of the best parts of Hickman’s Avengers run is his development of Roberto “Sunspot” DeCosta from a two dimensional, rich hot head New Mutant to a three dimensional, rich leader of the Avengers. The fact that more isn’t being done…
Starting with The Mighty Avengers, Al Ewing strung together a series of great Avengers books Al Ewing should write the New Warriors. Ewing excels at touching multiple corners of the Marvel U in a single series, something that hasn’t been done well for an extended period of time since the original run of the New…
I love the Legion of Superheroes. I could — and probably will — write endless posts about how much the Legion has meant to me over the years. I could write about how fascinated I was when I first read about them, how hunting down back issues was so much fun, how fan fic filled…
Let me start with three opinions: 1. Super Sons (Jon Kent and Damian Wayne) was fantastic and I miss both the series and the relationship that those two characters had. I loved that imaginary stories from decades earlier suddenly became real in the DCU. 2. The actual story that aged Jon was bad. It made…
More from the Triangle Years: Part One: Embrace Continuity A month before the Triangle Years begins, Clark Kent proposes to Lois Lane. She still doesn’t know he’s Superman. This is, of course, a total dick move on Superman’s part, but it’s something that’s rectified just a few months into the Triangle Years. The Triangle Years…
Bold statement: Superman’s glory days happened during the Triangle Years in the ’90s. I can understand if that sounds insane, particularly since I’m making the above statement as someone who loves the hell out of Silver Age Superman. If you’ve never read Superman stories from the Silver Age, you really should. They are bat shit…