Jun 15, 2013

“Superman, where are you now?” A musical question, posed by Phil Collins of Genesis, in the “Land of Confusion”.   The answer…in the Man of Steel movie, now in theatres. I’ll attempt to summarize with a few more musical questions…and maybe give a few answers (without any spoilers.). After all, “There’s too many people, making too many...

Jun 12, 2013

The Phantom Zone was home to Krypton’s greatest criminals, and, oddly, they survived Krypton’s destruction by being sent there.  They also broke free on occasion, and ended up menacing Superboy, Supergirl, Superman, and all of Earth! The Phantom Zone first appeared in Adventure Comics #283 (April, 1961 by writer Robert Bernstein and artist George...

Jun 5, 2013

Well, sometimes Ollie and Clark weren’t the best of friends, so the Emerald Archer might have wanted to hit the Kryptonian Crusader, but for the most part their relationship was cordial.   And, it isn’t a small screen/big screen crossover that brings them together (though Arrow is enjoying success on the CW, and the Man of Steel will be...

May 29, 2013

Jumping ahead a little in my occasional coverage of the Teen Titans to a time when there was great change in the group (both on and off the page), inspired by my weekend at the Motor City Comic Con.   By October, 1980, the Teen Titans had been off the comic racks since February, 1978…but that all changed with DC Comics Presents #26, with a special...

May 22, 2013

Remembering those who gave their lives for our country during wartime with a little of artist Joe Kubert’s Our Army At War cover artwork (who passed recently), featuring Sgt. Rock and the soldiers of Easy Company, like Bulldozer, Wildman, Little Sure Shot, Jackie Johnson and Ice Cream Soldier.   Sgt. Rock started in Our Army At War #81, and continued...