This is why Samaritan is an accountant and not a chiropractor.
Astro City #14
Vertigo (October, 20140
“Elle’s Friends” WRITER: Kurt Busiek ARTIST: Brent Eric Anderson COVER ARTIST: Alex Ross COLORISTS: Alex Sinclair & Wendy Broome LETTERER/DESIGN: John G. Roshell & Jimmy Betancourt ASSISTANT EDITOR: Jessica Chen EDITOR: Kristy Quinn EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Shelly Bond
I don’t usually link to Comics Alliance‘s cosplay photo articles, but I have never seen anyone cosplay as characters from Silverhawks. At least until now! Although the writer misspelled Mon*Star’s name, it’s a hard one to guess.
I’m not sure they make eye drops for this.
Iron Man #149
Marvel Comics (August, 1981)
My copy is a 2002 reprint released with Toy Biz’s “Marvel Legends” Iron Man figure, which I reviewed over at my other site.
“Doomquest” WRITER: David Michelinie PENCILER: John Romita, Jr INKER/CO-PLOTTER: Bob Layton COLORIST: Bob Sharen LETTERER: Joe Rosen EDITOR: Jim Salicrut
For the purposes of this review series I will be using the trade produced by DC Comics in 2008. All week we will be looking at this crossover. Starting next week, the Saturday retro review will be getting to the DC and Marvel crossovers, which in my longbox is in its own section of the crossovers section. I’m sure we all have our own quirks when it comes to how we file our media. Once my video collection is under control I want to separate the movies and TV shows, with sections for DC and Godzilla, for example. I had that for Transformers at one point, before it all became one big mess.
You’re probably wondering why I don’t review this crossover the same way I plan to the rest. Some may even argue that DC Versus Marvel/Marvel Versus DC was the bigger event, if only for the Amalgam comics and huge fight. There’s actually a big difference. While Versus was a larger story and established a darn interesting mythos involving Access and the brothers it was otherwise a pure fanservice story, larger in scope but otherwise no different from any other crossover story. JLA/Avengers, however, does something a little different, at least according to my memory and having already re-read the first issue, in that it compares how the two universes operate, or at least did until the New 52 came along and pushed the DC Universe fully into Marvel mode, something started before the reboot even happened but now they aren’t ruining previous continuity, just tossing it in the trash.
That’s why I really want to look into this. Also, it’s written by one of my favorite writers, Kurt Busiek, and drawn by artist extraordinaire George Perez. This isn’t just another crossover but a love letter to what makes each universe work and that’s why I want to dedicate a whole week to going over this series. This first part will focus on the external history because it’s rather interesting.
“Since when is Pismo Beach inside a bunker?”
Superman #34
DC Comics (October, 2014)
“The Men Of Tomorrow” part 3: “Ulysses WRITER: Geoff Johns PENCILER: John Romita, Jr. INKER: Klaus Janson COLORIST: Laura Martin LETTERER: Travis Lanham ASSISTANT EDITOR: Anthony Marques GROUP EDITOR: Eddie Berganza
When comic art begins, better artists than me start with a rough version of what will end up in the panels. It’s very rough and unfinished. The lettering isn’t always added but here you will be glad. Louie Del Carmen and Bobby Chui put together a pitch for a Superman story in a potential anthology (I’m guessing not Adventures Of Superman, the recently ended one, or he would have said.) While that fell through, Del Carmen posted the roughs of the pitch, a 10-page story in which Superman and Krypto go on a rescue mission on an alien planet. It’s a good story on it’s own, even for roughs it’s pretty good and you get a bit of insight into the pitch process. Enjoy.
“I don’t think my back is quite THIS sore.”
Fury Of Firestorm #34
DC Comics (April, 1985)
“The Big Freeze!” WRITER/EDITOR: Gerry Conway PENCILER: Rafael Kayanan INKER: Alan Kupperberg COLORIST: Nansi Hoolahan LETTERER: Philip Felix
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
