"I'm cheating here, but, since summer is beginning in this hemisphere:
When I saw this on display in the library, I assumed it was a graphic novel. In fact, it's a prose YA novel. At the time I was still teaching, and we were looking to expand and…"
"Philip Portelli said:
Alan Scott, or at least the current iteration of him, was made gay because his Earth-Two Obsidian was retconned as gay then retconned away! So they had the father replace the son.
They also needed a major Bat-character to be…"
"Another look at Halo, and a hint of the mystery that surrounded her. Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo took the unique approach that while cover featured from the start, this plot point/story wasn't told and resolved in consective issues. (Image courtesy…"
"DC Comics Presents #18 was a big deal to me because of ZATANNA's co-star role!
While the tophat/fishnets look is her most iconic and her George Perez outfit is well-liked, it was her "Young Sorceress" garb that she wore when she joined the JLA and…"
"How odd is this? People often post "theme" covers that someone else intended to post, but there are zillions of potential #18s. I'd set aside this one for a later-this-month post, figuring, yeah, it's not like anyone is going to post Two-in-One #18.…"
"From a thrift shop in town decades ago, I bought a beat-up copy of Dead of Night #11 (Au'75), the first appearance of Marvel's latest Monster hero, the SCARECROW! It was also the last issue of the series.
I missed his second appearance in Marvel…"