The concept of "The Full Run" is pretty simple: we'll pick a comic book run we like and review every single issue in no more than a few lines.
Did you know Jack Kirby almost made a bizarre comic strip based on Frank Zappa's hit single Valley Girl ? I didn't either, and I found out too late to use it in this list, so I'm mentioning it here in the intro.
Few realize the true impact Rob Granito has had on comic book history.
Let's open this review with a really bland and boring question: WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD SUPERPOWERS? Okay, now try that again without the bullshit, you self-deceiving bastard -- What would you really do if you had superpowers? If even thinking about that made you feel uncomfortable –and especially if it didn't—then by all means buy this comic.
Comic book crossovers are a lot like one night stands: the characters meet, share an intense experience together, and then never mention each other again.
his issue might get some attention due to the fact that it includes a story conceived by Lemmy Kilmister (better known as “that guy from Motörhead”), but the real star is the opener, “I Screwed Up Big-Time And Unleashed The Glavin On An Unsuspecting World!” (or “…I Totally Saved The Earth’s Butt And Made The Glavin Cry Like A Little Wuss”), by Evan Dorkin.
These are all popular comic book characters, with hundreds of message board posts, Geocities pages, and depressingly long Wikipedia entries devoted to each one of them.
The basic premise of the Justice League ("superheroes doing stuff") leads to a lot of interpretation.
Organized crime and police corruption run rampant in Central City, and Police Commissioner Dolan chooses to walk the line between right and wrong as he runs a police force that is bought off by The Octopus and his eight organized crime families.
The cover to 2008's Flash #247 , the final issue of the Wally West series, wasn't exactly subtle in its message.
