5BC: Five Middling Marvel/DC Crossover Books

With a big Omnibus collecting all of them coming out any time, my mind has been drawn to the assorted authorized crossovers undertaken by rival companies Marvel and DC over the years. Some of those stories were triumphs, sagas that compared and contrasted the characters involved skillfully, and which were just crackerjack entertaining in their … Continue reading 5BC: Five Middling Marvel/DC Crossover Books

Brand Echh: Hero Alliance graphic novel

1986 was the year in which the wider world began to become familiar with the concept that comic books could be vehicles for more serious and thoughtful ideas than merely slam-bang adventure stories for children. The twin juggernauts of Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and Moor and Gibbons' WATCHMEN along with the release of … Continue reading Brand Echh: Hero Alliance graphic novel