Born Again In January of 1989, Comico released The Elementals Special #2 (#1 had been published years earlier and featured a story about child abuse). The issue is written and drawn by Willingham (with script assist from long time collaborator Jack Herman). It’s telling that in the “The Story So Far” recap section on the…… Continue reading The Elementals, Part 2: Extreme Edgelord
Category: Indie Superheroes
Discussion and review of superhero comics published by independent publishers or, more specifically, publishers other than The Big Two.
The Elementals, Part 1: The Forefather of Superhero Realism
Writing about Bill Willlingham’s The Elementals is a tightrope walk. On side, there’s the fact that this series was well ahead of its time, dealing with mature themes and realistic portrayals of superheroes in ways that, when it was being published, had yet to become commonplace. On the other side, there was a growing movement…… Continue reading The Elementals, Part 1: The Forefather of Superhero Realism
End of the Line: Acclaim/Valiant 2.0, Part 2 – Legacy
In part one, I gave a general overview of the Acclaim/Valiant line, may it rest in peace. But I don’t want to undersell what were some very, very good comics that fell under the Acclaim umbrella. The line didn’t fail because the books were bad, in my opinion, but because there was no market for…… Continue reading End of the Line: Acclaim/Valiant 2.0, Part 2 – Legacy
End of the Line: Acclaim/Valiant 2.0, Part 1 – The Middle Child
Acclaim Comics/Valiant Heroes happened at the perfect time for me. I think I was reading two books from Marvel, Thunderbolts and Untold Tales of Spider-man. And I think I’d jumped ship on the Superman books, but was still holding on to the Legion of Superheroes and Legionnaires. So my Big Two spending was at a…… Continue reading End of the Line: Acclaim/Valiant 2.0, Part 1 – The Middle Child
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