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JLA: New World Order Revisited or, What Makes a Story Essential?

Tom Shapira — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:00:44 +0000

JLA: New World Order Revisited or, What Makes a Story Essential?" title="JLA: New World Order Revisited or, What Makes a Story Essential?" style="float:left;" />The world of cape-comics has a rather tortured relationship with certain sets of words used to describe a character, creator or project. ‘Iconic,’ for instance, is probably one of the most overused words in our… [more]

Spotlight on Classics on Infinite Earths

Mike Phillips — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:48:57 +0000

Classics on Infinite Earths" title="Spotlight on Classics on Infinite Earths" style="float:left;" />With DC expanding its movie and TV offerings, we thought we’d remind you about our big book on the Justice League and DC’s universe-wide crossovers, written by Julian Darius. In this series, acclaimed comics scholar… [more]

Smorgasbord #47: Liberty’s Lingerie

Tom Shapira — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 12:00:26 +0000

This week, Tom and Shawn discuss Frank Cho’s line in the sand, 9-year-olds who love V for Vendetta, Joe Casey’s auto-plagiarism, Justice League finally getting some Action, and October Previews. We also review The Hunt… [more]

What Classics on Infinite Earths Means to Me

Julian Darius — Tue, 05 May 2015 17:00:27 +0000

Classics on Infinite Earths Means to Me" title="What Classics on Infinite Earths Means to Me" style="float:left;" />I’ve been writing this book for ten years, and it’s hard to believe it’s finally done. At over 160,000 words, Classics on Infinite Earths is the longest book Sequart’s ever published. Flashback: it’s 2005, and… [more]

Sequart Releases Classics on Infinite Earths: The Justice League and DC Crossover Canon

Mike Phillips — Mon, 04 May 2015 17:00:28 +0000

Classics on Infinite Earths: The Justice League and DC Crossover Canon" title="Sequart Releases Classics on Infinite Earths: The Justice League and DC Crossover Canon" style="float:left;" />Sequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of Classics on Infinite Earths: The Justice League and DC Crossover Canon, by Sequart founder Julian Darius. In this series (which is currently slated as a tetralogy),… [more]

Finding Comfort and Joy in Justice League this Christmas

Stuart Warren — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 17:30:21 +0000

Comfort and Joy in Justice League this Christmas" title="Finding Comfort and Joy in Justice League this Christmas" style="float:left;" />Christmas episodes are generic now in the year of our Lord, two thousand and fourteen, but they are embedded in a larger history of seasonal programing that transcends mediums of all forms. Holiday festivals, derivative… [more]

“For the Man Who Has Everything”: The Animated Adaptation

Ian Dawe — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 20:00:44 +0000

Getting Alan Moore to approve of an adaptation is like… getting Alan Moore to approve of an adaptation. So, it’s very interesting to hear that the 2006 WB Animation adaptation of “For the Man Who… [more]

Brian’s Comic Book Grab Bag: Bloodstrike Volume 1 #2

Stuart Warren — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:00:17 +0000

Bloodstrike Volume 1 #2" title="Brian’s Comic Book Grab Bag: Bloodstrike Volume 1 #2" style="float:left;" />Last Christmas my brother gave me a booster pack of random, non-sequential issues from a variety of popular comic book titles that syndicated in the late eighties to mid nineties. The nineties was a time… [more]

Dear Zack Snyder: Get Wonder Woman Right!

Marc DiPaolo — Sat, 10 May 2014 11:00:54 +0000

“You’ll never believe this, but the Dredd movie is fantastic!” my brother Brian informed me. “Oh?” I didn’t want to say that all I really cared about was the portrayal of Psi-Judge Anderson, but …… [more]

On DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks (Part 3)

Julian Darius — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:18 +0000

DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks (Part 3)" title="On DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks (Part 3)" style="float:left;" />In which we continue our discussion of DC One Million, begun here and continued here. Above Earth, Green Lantern has joined the heroes fighting a losing battle against Solaris. Solaris isn’t prepared for Green Lantern’s ring, and… [more]

On DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks (Part 2)

Julian Darius — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:00:46 +0000

DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks (Part 2)" title="On DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks (Part 2)" style="float:left;" />In which we continue our discussion of DC One Million, begun here. As issue #2 opens, the present-day narrative has caught up with the Montevideo explosion. The Justice Legion A, infected with the virus, joins… [more]

On DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks

Julian Darius — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:00:02 +0000

DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks" title="On DC One Million, by Grant Morrison and Val Semeiks" style="float:left;" />DC One Million was published in September 1998 (the month cover-dated Nov 1998) as a weekly four-issue mini-series – or almost weekly, since the JLA tie-in issue effectively served as an issue of the mini-series.… [more]

Secret Wars, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and the Development of the Universe-Wide Crossover

Julian Darius — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:00:43 +0000

Secret Wars, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and the Development of the Universe-Wide Crossover" title="Secret Wars, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and the Development of the Universe-Wide Crossover" style="float:left;" />While Crisis on Infinite Earths was DC’s first universe-wide crossover, there’s some dispute over whether it was the first in comics. The answer largely depends on one’s definitions. Whatever one thinks about this, one shouldn’t… [more]

No John Blake for Justice League, Please

Mike Greear — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:00:18 +0000

Justice League, Please" title="No John Blake for Justice League, Please" style="float:left;" />A few days ago, some friends and I were embroiled in a discussion about the rumors surrounding the new Justice League movie. This is the film that Warner Bros. and DC have been talking about… [more]

Justice and the Hero: Encountering Archetypical Motives in Justice

Stuart Warren — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:00:52 +0000

Justice" title="Justice and the Hero: Encountering Archetypical Motives in Justice" style="float:left;" />There is a growing confusion of what to make of the archetypal Hero / Villain dichotomy in the postmodern world. As the moral distinctions begin to dwindle between good and evil in an age of… [more]

On the First Year of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’ Justice League International (Part 2)

Julian Darius — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:00:01 +0000

Justice League International (Part 2)" title="On the First Year of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’ Justice League International (Part 2)" style="float:left;" />We previously examined the first four issues of Giffen and DeMatteis’ seminal Justice League from 1987-1988. Today, we conclude our examination of that title’s first year, which works as its own unit. Chronologically, the next… [more]

On the First Year of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’ Justice League International

Julian Darius — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:10:42 +0000

Justice League International" title="On the First Year of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’ Justice League International" style="float:left;" />While Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’s run on Justice League (retitled Justice League International with #7) is fondly remembered, it’s worth looking at how that title’s first year, published from 1987 to 1988, develops and… [more]

On Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch’s JLA

Julian Darius — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:00:01 +0000

JLA" title="On Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch’s JLA" style="float:left;" />With Grant Morrison’s departure from JLA in 2000, DC made the absolute best decisions possible for the title’s new creative team. As writer, DC chose Mark Waid. Waid had written Kingdom Come (which had inspired… [more]

On Denny O’Neil and Dick Dillin’s Justice League of America

Julian Darius — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:15:50 +0000

Justice League of America" title="On Denny O’Neil and Dick Dillin’s Justice League of America" style="float:left;" />While many celebrate Gardner Fox’s inaugural run on Justice League of America, comparatively few appreciate the run that immediately followed it: that of Dennis “Denny” O’Neil and penciler Dick Dillin (who had illustrated Fox’s final two… [more]

On Super Powers (second series), by Paul Kupperberg and Jack Kirby

Julian Darius — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:20:09 +0000

Super Powers (second series), by Paul Kupperberg and Jack Kirby" title="On Super Powers (second series), by Paul Kupperberg and Jack Kirby" style="float:left;" />The six-issue, second Super Powers mini-series from 1985, written by Paul Kupperberg, penciled by Jack Kirby, and inked by Greg Theakston, has been almost completely ignored by critics. All three Super Powers mini-series were produced… [more]

On The Weird, by Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson

Julian Darius — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:00:30 +0000

The Weird, by Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson" title="On The Weird, by Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson" style="float:left;" />The 1988 four-issue mini-series The Weird — written by Jim Starlin, with art by legendary comics artist Bernie Wrightson and inks by Dan Green — isn’t told from the Justice League’s point of view. Rather,… [more]

“Roots”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #24

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:00:12 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #24" title="“Roots”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #24" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #24: “Roots” Cover date: May 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. This issue is the climax to Moore’s opening story… [more]

On JLA: Earth 2, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

Julian Darius — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:00:21 +0000

JLA: Earth 2, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely" title="On JLA: Earth 2, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely" style="float:left;" />Like many classic comics from the 1980s onward, JLA: Earth 2 (the 1999 original graphic novel written by Grant Morrison with art by Frank Quitely) plays with comics history in a postmodern way, offering new… [more]

On Kingdom Come, by Mark Waid and Alex Ross

Julian Darius — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:00:51 +0000

Kingdom Come, by Mark Waid and Alex Ross" title="On Kingdom Come, by Mark Waid and Alex Ross" style="float:left;" />1996’s Kingdom Come — a self-contained, fully-painted series by writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross — was first published as a four-issue, prestige-format mini-series, designated as an Elseworlds (i.e. out-of-continuity) tale. The story was… [more]

Justice League #1-6 Review: Not the Back-Ups, Not All the Filler Art or Teases for Future Storylines

Midhat Khan — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:00:09 +0000

Justice League #1-6 Review: Not the Back-Ups, Not All the Filler Art or Teases for Future Storylines" title="Justice League #1-6 Review: Not the Back-Ups, Not All the Filler Art or Teases for Future Storylines" style="float:left;" />Team books were always a challenge in the old days. Narration was limited, character focus was sparingly used, and sudden jumps from scene to scene distracted this early reader’s emotional investment with the narrative. Books… [more]

A “Redundant” Justice League: An Analysis of DC’s New 52 in Light of Umberto Eco’s Theory of Narrative Redundancy

Phillip Bevin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:00:11 +0000

It can be argued that Justice League, the flagship title of DC’s “New 52,” is predominantly a narrative of images. The structure appears to have been designed to allow Jim Lee to let loose with… [more]

Ultimate Thor: Continuity Offender

Cody Walker — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:47 +0000

Ultimate Thor: Continuity Offender" title="Ultimate Thor: Continuity Offender" style="float:left;" />Many mini-series set in the Ultimate Universe are known for being odd ducks indeed. Ultimate Adventures was created to be a parody of the Batman and Robin motif and was part of the very strange… [more]

Justice League International #1 Review

Julian Darius — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:00:59 +0000

Justice League International #1 Review" title="Justice League International #1 Review" style="float:left;" />It’s hard to put into words how silly Justice League International #1 is. On the one hand, it’s written in a style that’s a throwback to the very early 1990s. That shouldn’t be a total surprise:… [more]

Not Your Daddy’s Superman: How Grant Morrison’s Action Comics #1 Works

Julian Darius — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:00:24 +0000

Action Comics #1 Works" title="Not Your Daddy’s Superman: How Grant Morrison’s Action Comics #1 Works" style="float:left;" />Having slammed Justice League #1 so severely in the last week, I feel as if I’d be remiss not to point out how excellent Action Comics #1 is and how it gets right virtually everything… [more]

Hollow Spectacle (or How Super-Hero Comics Warped My Logic Circuit)

Julian Darius — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:00:42 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with spectacle. Even, I’d argue, for its own sake. Hell, it used to be its own genre of Hollywood movie (e.g. Cleopatra and more recently Gladiator)! But there’s good and bad spectacle,… [more]

Loud Sounds and Bright Lights: Comic Books and the Addict

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:18 +0000

I hate the new Justice League. Let me be emphatic on this point: I loathe the new Justice League. I realize to a few this may seem a bit dramatic. After all, isn’t this book exactly what… [more]

How Not to Relaunch a Universe: A Negative Review of Justice League #1

Julian Darius — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:18:28 +0000

Justice League #1" title="How Not to Relaunch a Universe: A Negative Review of Justice League #1" style="float:left;" />How bad is Justice League #1, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Jim Lee? It’s virtually a road map for how not to write super-hero comics. The most obvious problem is that nothing happens.… [more]

How to Launch a Universe in 52 Easy Steps: A Positive Review of Justice League #1

Cody Walker — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:08:26 +0000

Justice League #1" title="How to Launch a Universe in 52 Easy Steps: A Positive Review of Justice League #1" style="float:left;" />Though I typically skew toward hyperbole when I discuss anything, I will do my best to avoid such in this review. So let’s get this out of the way right now: is Justice League the best… [more]

A Closer Look at DC’s Line-Wide Relaunch: The Big Guns

Julian Darius — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:00:24 +0000

Unless you’re hiding under a rock, you’ve heard that DC is relaunching its entire super-hero line, including venerable mainstays like Action Comics and Detective Comics, in the wake of the company’s Flashpoint crossover. There will… [more]

Flash and Green Lantern Films Get Directors

Julian Darius — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:00:47 +0000

Flash and Green Lantern movies have been given directors and new directions in the wake of the upcoming Justice League film. While work continues on Justice League, set to spin off a number of DC characters into… [more]

Comics Addictionado (or, The Comic Reader’s Manifesto)

Brian Graiser — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:45:05 +0000

Enter, mortals, and despair! This is Tact is for the Weak, the article that’s been eating Mexican food all day and can’t wait to spend the night at your place! Admittedly, comics fans are a… [more]

Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Power Girl

Julian Darius — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:00:40 +0000

Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Power Girl" title="Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Power Girl" style="float:left;" />Power Girl, one of the major players in Infinite Crisis, was one of several characters whose history became convoluted in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Originally the cousin of the Earth-2 Superman, that Earth’s parallel… [more]

On Identity Crisis

Scott King — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:08:14 +0000

Identity Crisis" title="On Identity Crisis" style="float:left;" />Welcome to “Trade Waiting,” where we wait till comic book arcs are collected in trade format so that we can study and analyze the story on a whole. We will focus on character arcs, plot… [more]

Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Hawkman

Julian Darius — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:00:29 +0000

Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Hawkman" title="Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Hawkman" style="float:left;" />Given Hawkman’s role in The Rann-Thanagar War, it’s useful to briefly consider Hawkman’s history and his ties to Thanagar. This is actually more difficult than it sounds. Hawkman’s history, while not as convoluted as some, is… [more]

Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Adam Strange

Julian Darius — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:00:13 +0000

Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Adam Strange" title="Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Adam Strange" style="float:left;" />It’s hard to claim that Adam Strange has a particularly glorious history, but he remains one of the DC’s most beloved science fiction characters. He goes back to the dawn of the Silver Age and… [more]

Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: “Crisis of Conscience”

Julian Darius — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:00:27 +0000

Infinite Crisis: “Crisis of Conscience”" title="Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: “Crisis of Conscience”" style="float:left;" />“Crisis of Conscience,” running in JLA from #115 to #119, was promoted as bridging the gap between Identity Crisis and Infinite Crisis. While no small feat, the story certainly lived up to its billing. In fact, in terms… [more]

Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: “Sacrifice” Concludes

Julian Darius — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:00:49 +0000

Infinite Crisis: “Sacrifice” Concludes" title="Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: “Sacrifice” Concludes" style="float:left;" />It’s time to update our look at “Sacrifice,” the storyline that spun out of The OMAC Project. Specifically, it’s time to look at the end of that storyline… But before we continue, it’s fair to note that… [more]

Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: “Sacrifice”

Julian Darius — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:00:46 +0000

Infinite Crisis: “Sacrifice”" title="Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: “Sacrifice”" style="float:left;" />We’ve looked at the first three issues of The OMAC Project. Now it’s time to look at the shocking storyline those three issues flowed into: “Sacrifice,” running through an entire month’s Superman and Wonder Woman… [more]

Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: The OMAC Project

Julian Darius — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:00:33 +0000

Infinite Crisis: The OMAC Project" title="Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: The OMAC Project" style="float:left;" />Having examined DC Countdown, let’s turn our attention to the four mini-series it spawned, beginning with the one that most directly springs from DC Countdown‘s narrative: Greg Rucka’s The OMAC Project. This is a story with everything. It… [more]

DC Plans Justice League Classified

Julian Darius — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:19:18 +0000

Justice League Classified" title="DC Plans Justice League Classified" style="float:left;" />Grant Morrison’s long-awaited return to JLA will come as an arc in Justice League Classified, a new title. The book will feature rotating arcs, much like JLA, but these arcs will take place during various… [more]