I'd like to say that this book was unrecognized or underrated during the time it was published, but I don't know if that's true considering that I never read it when it first came out and wasn't even reading comics at the time. I begin with this because even at this early stage, it's starting …
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Suicide Squad #1-7
The John Ostrander-penned Suicide Squad book is probably one of the more seminal runs of the late 1980s. With a rotating group of villains and heroes, some of whom were B-list (or even C-list), it's known for breathing life into characters who probably would have ended up in the "mort" pile otherwise. Furthermore, it's known …
Podcasts Ripped from Today’s Headlines
I am not a true crime buff, which is something I guess I should state up front because what it does is put me in the category of quite a number of people who have listened to podcasts in the last few years. But I am a fan of good journalism (which sounds silly to …
The Abandoned Carousel
I think that I love listening to podcasts so much because it reminds me of going to the library when I was a kid--there's something for all of my interests. Thus, I have an eclectic collection of shows that reflect the way I bounce from topic to topic. And it's not surprising to me that …
Some Comics in Brief 11/21/19
The last month or two have not wanted to let go of me. Between doctor's appointments, after work meetings, before work meetings, professional development days, podcast recording podcast editing, grading, planning, and teaching, I have not been able to see an ending in sight and it's almost Thanksgiving. I mean, what I am thankful for …
Some Comics in Brief, 10/24/19
I've been back on the comics reading horse and decided to take a chance at reading some of the one-off comics of various genres that I've got lying around, making sure to read the horror books that I've pulled out of cheapie bins over the last few years. I haven't read as many comics as …
The Shadow (1988) #9, 10
During last year's Shortboxtober event at my LCS, I grabbed a number of comic books that DC published featuring The Shadow in the late 1980s. I managed to find most of the Howard Chaykin series as well as these two issues of the book by Andrew Helfer and Kyle Baker. I'm going to see if …
