In 1990, Epic launched “Critical Mass,” subtitled “A Shadowline Saga.” Each issue was 64 (the finale was 72!) pages in what was then called the “prestige format.” It had a card stock cover and felt more like a thin trade paper back than a comic. This was meant to tie the three titles together into…… Continue reading End of the Line: The Shadowline Saga, Part 2 – Critical Mass
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End of the Line: The Shadowline Saga, Part 1 – Out of the Shadows
The Shadowline Saga is one of the lost gems of 1980s comics. I cut my comic book teeth on 80s Marvel comics, so it took me years to realize just how conservative those books were, particularly when compared to what Marvel had been publishing a decade earlier. Much of this was due to Jim Shooter’s…… Continue reading End of the Line: The Shadowline Saga, Part 1 – Out of the Shadows
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