The 1st DC Rebirth: Legends, Part 6
And, lo, there was an ending. And it was good. That it's ending. The actual story? Well, that's a mixed bag. Justice League #261 Vibe is dead. Steel is dead. Everyone else has quit. But J'onn J'onzz is...
The 1st DC Rebirth: Legends, Part 5
Welcome, welcome, to the penultimate edition of our stroll down memory lane. We're into month five of Legends. Things get serious! More tie-ins! And a rather boring event starts pushing us towards some great...
The 1st DC Rebirth: Legends, Part 4
It's time for month #4 in the Legends story. Does the series get better? Are the tie-ins important? Will there be Watchmen? Justice League of America #259 Vibe is dead. I know, that's a blow to all...
The 1st DC Rebirth: Legends, part 3
Welcome to another week of Legends! Time to close out the first half of DC's big event. JLA #258 The Justice League Detroit, as they are affectionately called, is a fascinating group. There are no A-list...
The 1st DC Rebirth: Legends, part 2
Legends powers into its second month! Could the tie-in comics be as great as they were in month one? Green Lantern Corps #207 This is a tie-in to Legends somehow. I think maybe "tie-in" isn't the right...
The Watchmen Exorcism: DC Rebirth #1
I'm tempted to refer to DC Rebirth #1 as Abed Nadir #1, because it has so many layers and is so full of meta commentary that it might be the greatest comic I've ever read. Or the worst. Because regardless of...
The New Universe 30 Years Later, Part 2
After the first year, half of the New Universe's original 8 titles were canceled. The titles that survived weren't necessarily the ones that had the most potential, at least on paper. The fact that Star...
The 1st DC Rebirth: Legends, part 1
It's appropriate that DC is launching their Rebirth initiative this year, given that 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of their big event comic, "Legends." Rebirth, after all, is supposed to give a new version...
The New Universe 30 Years Later, Part 1
I wonder if the New Universe had launched the way it was supposed to, with top of the line creative teams and more support from Marvel, would the superhero fans of 1986 have embraced it? These days...
Temps, Part Two: Brand Building and Diversity
In part one, I talked about the replacement superhero trend of the 1990s, specifically the number of replacement characters rolled out by DC. But while the trend may have come to prominence in the 90s, it...
