After two six-issue storylines, we get a one-and-done story where Helena Bertinelli is dealing with the fallout from everything that she has been through with her family, the mob, the serial killer, and the mob. It's presented at the very beginning as her being pulled in two different directions and literally being torn apart in …
The Huntress (1989) #7-12
After taking us through Helena Bertinelli's rather brutal origin story in issues #1-6 of her solo series, Joey Cavalieri, Joe Staton, and Bob Smith had the task of following that up with a storyline that kept the reader interested. Personally, I think this is actually harder than an initial arc, much like the second season …
The Huntress (1989) #1-6
My experience with The Huntress as a character begins with the end of her first version; specifically, her death in Crisis on Infinite Earths. As a result, I never had much of an attachment to Helena Wayne and when when I first encountered Helena Bertinelli in a Detective Comics two-parter in the fall of 1992, …
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective, Vol. 1
Reblogging this from Required Reading ... because it does fit into the category of reading something that I own but haven't read. For the record, this is a keeper. -Tom
Raver #1
Professor Alan is to blame for this one. And yes, I mean blame ... but in the nicest way possible. Over the holidays, the man spent his well-earned quarters on a number of comic books for his friends and in the package I received was Raver #1 from Malibu Comics. Published in 1993, it was …
Detective Comics #556
So here's one that I had been familiar with but had never read because the cover image was used on one of the introduction pages of The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told. It's also one that, if I had owned it back in the day, I would have definitely held onto because even though there's …
On getting rid of books
One of the most trending Netflix shows lately (is that how the kids say it?) is Tidying Up With Marie Kondo. I haven't watched it yet, but from the way I've heard it described, it sounds like it's a lot like Clean House or any other number of shows where people are coached on how …
The Storm Before the Calm
If you're familiar with the Christian tradition of Lent, then you're probably also familiar with the tradition of Mardi Gras. It wasn't something I actually celebrated when I was growing up--I always assumed it was a regional, New Orleans thing--but over the years, I've seen it become more widespread. Granted, most of that "more widespread" …
Ambush Bug (1985) #1-4
Humor comics can be hard to pull off. Okay, they can actually be pretty easy to pull off if you're looking to make a quick sale and have some cheap laughs. But if you want it to stay funny well beyond its publication, that's a bit tougher. I think Ambush Bug, probably more than any …
The Adventures of Superman #424-425
A slight cheat here because I have read Adventures of Superman #424 multiple times--in fact, I bought my original copy off the stands back in 1987. But in the 30+ years since the book's publication, I had not read #425 (or #426--my collection had always gone 424, 427, 428, and then a few random ones …
The Uncollecting 