The second comic book release put out by Jim Shooter's last new comic book company Broadway Comics was SHADOW STATE #1. And to begin with, what a lousy cover--badly composed, poorly colored, overly designed. A real eyesore, for all that it definitely did the job of making a prospective buyer's eye linger on it on … Continue reading Brand Echh: SHADOW STATE #1
By the time that he launched BROADWAY COMICS in 1995, one gets the sense that EIC and Chief Creative Officer Jim Shooter was getting a little bit tired. After being ousted from Marvel Comics in 1987, he's launched an unsuccessful bid to buy Marvel, pivoted into founding VALIANT when that proved unsuccessful, then was forced … Continue reading Brand Echh: POWERS THAT BE #1
The second release from Jim Shooter's new company DEFIANT was DARK DOMINION, which seemed like it might prove to be something interesting. The series was co-created by Shooter and legendary creator Steve Ditko, and it's clear that Jim was intending to build a title that would allow Ditko to flex the same kind of visual … Continue reading Brand Echh: DARK DOMINION #1
