Non-Marvel
THE BEST DC COMICS MINISERIES OF THE 1980s
The top 10 miniseries by DC in the 1980s. I’m sure you can guess #1, but can you guess my second favorite?
BATMAN INCORPORATED #10-13 AND THE END OF GRANT MORRISON’S BATMAN
Seven plus years in the making, this is how Grant Morrison’s Batman ends. Gotham is on the brink of explosion. Damian is dead. Batman is wanted by the GCPD. How will he get out of this one?
GRANT MORRISON’S BATMAN PART 3: The Origin of Damian (or “Batman Gets Raped”)
The first in a new series on this blog examining the best batman stories of all time. Today: The first appearance of Ra’s Al Ghul.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VOL. 1, #88: The Oddest Batman Sequence Ever
Batman as a girl-chasing wimp?!?
WALT SIMONSON’S DOCTOR FATE SOUND EFFECTS
I’ve pointed out the genius of Walt Simonson many times, particularly as to his lettering and sound effects. But when I ran across this early piece of work from 1976, I was astounded at how early he’d shown that the use of sound effects could actually help tell the story, not just serve as emphasis. That they could be part of the art, not an explanation for the action. Check these out: