In light of recent developments that take this story out of DC Continuity, I'm going to depart from my normal practice and actually review an old comic that is still in print. You can go down your local comic shop and probably find a copy at cover price. Batman: The Killing Joke March 1988 Writer: … Continue reading Batman: The Killing Joke – Reviews of Old Comics
Uncanny X-Men #213 – Reviews Of Old Comics
This week, we re-visit Marvel Comics in the 1980s once again with the Uncanny X-Men. This is one of those pivotal issues in the title's history. As is the case with most pivotal X-Men issues, it involves Wolverine. This issue marked the point where Sabretooth became one of Wolverine's primary foes, and by extension, a … Continue reading Uncanny X-Men #213 – Reviews Of Old Comics
Iron Man #152 – Reviews Of Old Comics
Let's revisit the early 1980s this week with a review of Iron Man #152, which featured one of the first specialized suits of armor, his all-black Stealth Armor. The first was his Space Armor ten issues earlier, and at this time it seemed that Bob Layton and David Michelinie were using the logic behind Tony Stark custom … Continue reading Iron Man #152 – Reviews Of Old Comics
Valor #18: Reviews Of Old Comics
Let's see if we can't get this tradition of reviewing old comics started again with an issue of the short-lived Legion spin-off, Valor. When DC editorial decrees necessitated the Legion of Super-Heroes writing Superboy out of their history, the inspiration for the Legion's founding shifted to Mon-El, but renamed him Valor. This series followed the … Continue reading Valor #18: Reviews Of Old Comics
Star Wars #8: Reviews of Old Comics
With us being only days away from the seventh Star Wars movie, it seemed like a good time to review an old Star Wars comic. I could have gone with a Dark Horse comic, but when Marvel took back over the Star Wars license this year, a lot of people made references to forgotten character … Continue reading Star Wars #8: Reviews of Old Comics
Legion Of Super-Heroes #2: Reviews Of Old Comics
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #2 September 1984 Let's continue with reviewing the Legion of Super-Heroes comics that helped hook me on comics. Here we continue with the five issue Legion of Super-Villains story. The super-villains are now a full-fledged Legion each with a sworn oath to kill a Legionnaire. The threat is much more dire than the last time that … Continue reading Legion Of Super-Heroes #2: Reviews Of Old Comics
All Star Squadron #22: Reviews Of Old Comics
This week's review of an old comic is All Star Squadron #22, part two of a long storyline that featured almost every Golden Age hero that DC had the rights to. It also featured them facing off against the Ultra-Humanite, who would later in the series pull in the children of the Justice Society, Infinity, … Continue reading All Star Squadron #22: Reviews Of Old Comics
Excalibur #1 : Reviews Of Old Comics
We're back with an new review of an old comic, Excalibur #1. This time we go back to the late 80s when Marvel started spinning off its popular Uncanny X-Men title. Wolverine's regular series came along about this same time. After the X-Men had apparently died in their own title, a few of the team … Continue reading Excalibur #1 : Reviews Of Old Comics
Fantastic Four 258: Reviews Of Old Comics
FANTASTIC FOUR #258 September 1983 With his prominence in Secret Wars, and the endless speculation about how he could be done better in film, Doctor Doom has been on my mind a lot lately. However, for all of my recent disappointment with John Byrne, he was the first writer, for me, that made Doctor Doom a … Continue reading Fantastic Four 258: Reviews Of Old Comics
Morningstar Special #1: Reviews Of Old Comics
Morningstar Special #8 April 1990 Wouldn't you know that I went to find an independent comic to review, and I end up picking Morningstar Special from 1990, another Elementals issue. This one features story and art from creator Bill Willingham from later in his career when his art style was maturing and becoming a thing of beauty. If you … Continue reading Morningstar Special #1: Reviews Of Old Comics
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