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Dynamite home entertainment has revealed new comics based on Lee Falk’s The Phantom with innovative direction from Alex Ross

The genuine Scarlet Witch returns together with the young Avengers (and the original young Avengers innovative team) in the 9-issue bi-weekly mini-series Avengers: The Children’s Crusade in July

Here’s the very first picture from the very first all-new Futurama episode renewal airing on June 24 on comedy Central

Kick Ass film director Matthew Vaughn has signed on to direct the X-Men: very first class film coming next June

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by Josh Crawley

We’re going to do some link blogging this week! I know what you’re saying. “You’re still moving, Josh?!” Honestly, I actually left my copy of Previews at the store and I really didn’t feel like driving back just to get it to write a column. Let’s see what I can find and babble about this week (as pet dog The Bounty hunter plays in the background).

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Be sure to take a peek at the The Illustrious Omnibus of incredibly Powers. While an argument could be made about, say, Iron Fist’s placement not with the Mastery of Martial Arts, it’s still pretty epic.

A bunch of people were laid off from Dark horse yesterday, including someone I had contact with on a few occasions (on Tales of The concern agent shorts written by Hilary Barta): Dave Land. For some interesting insight from a former DH employee, head over to Comics Alliance, and be sure to read the comments (at least this one). one of the things I find really interesting is the mention of the Jim Shooter Gold crucial books. It makes me wonder if they shipped late because they weren’t selling, if they weren’t selling a lot more because they started shipping late, or if neither influenced the other.

The American Panther name sounds pretty lame, but this design looks just the opposite.

Mark Millar has four new titles coming out soon. Honestly, I really wish the books that were running four months or so late could actually ship before announcing a lot more stuff that, a lot more likely than not, will ship horribly late. and just so no one accuses me of being too negative: I really hope Leandro Fernandez gets the attention he’s long-deserving of for his amazing art.

Retroactive JLA

DC recently announced on The source blog a bunch of the artists for their Retro-Active summer one-shots. Sadly, the accompanying artwork carries the note “…this art is style guide art and is not artwork from the actual issue.” I understand wanting to have a piece of artwork to opt for a blog post, but I’d rather have the usefulness of one post instead of five separate articles with artwork that’s generally useless.

Also, I think it’s been a while considering that I pimped the Doughnuts & top Cow podcast, but this week’s pimping will be a touch different. If you’re on Facebook, you can “Like” our page and get interesting replies from professionals to comments we have on the podcast. Don’t believe me? Troy Hickman has already proven you wrong!

And that’s it for this week, dear readers! good journey!

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Avengers: absolute Vision book 1

by Robert Greenberger

Ever since Roy Thomas agreed to Stan Lee’s request that the next Avenger be a robot, the Vision has been one of the most prominent as well as withstanding members of the ensemble. The bad synthezoid has likewise been put with the wringer, assembled, disassembled, tortured, reprogrammed, as well as so on to the point where his backstory is a jumble of contradictory stories. What has not altered is that in many methods he stays one of the core elements of The Avengers as well as a mainstay in the marvel Universe.

In a curious collection of stories, marvel is releasing Avengers: absolute Vision book 1 as well as while it contains some stories featuring the character, it’s got a great deal more packed into it so the title is somewhat misleading. You may thing this collects whatever from his unforgettable very first appearance in 1967’s Avengers #57, however that is far from the case. For the record, the book contains 1982-1983’s Avengers #231-241 as well as annual #11-12, outstanding Spider-Man annual #16, amazing four #256, as well as physician strange #60.

For completists, the book starts off with the inconsequential 1982 Avengers annual from J.M. DeMatteis, series penciller Al Milgrom as well as inker Jack Abel. It’s a team-up with the Defenders which DeMatteis had been composing at the time as well as includes the cosmic being Nebulon.

The glue holding this assortment together is writer Roger Stern, who was composing stories that further interconnected the marvel Universe. The former Avengers editor ended up being its writer as well as continued to stir the pot with comings as well as goings while likewise well diverse the stories from cosmic threats to earthbound dilemmas. We begin the mammoth collection with the introduction of Monica Rambeau, ending up being the latest hero to wear the name Captain marvel (courtesy of Stern, John Romita, Jr. as well as John Romita, Sr.), as well as she goes from Avenger-in-Training to full member when Iron guy quits. Saturn’s Eros, stuck on Earth, seeks out the team to ended up being a member, earning his location after saving them from, yes, the Plant-Man, who threatened president Reagan. He then takes the name of Starfox as well as lives as much as his reputation by flirting as well as bed linen his method with the stories.

Meanwhile, Annihilus has put a seemingly impenetrable null-barrier around the Baxter building over in FF. As the Vision attempts to utilize his phasing power to penetrate the barrier, he is shut down as well as it takes weeks before he regains consciousness, paralyzed as well as stuck in a holographic form. as well as since we’re speaking about Annihilus as well as Marvel’s very first family, there’s an problem of FF that tangentially crosses with Avengers #233 with John Byrne guest pencilling the book. The barrier is pierced thanks to a tip from the Avengers’ newest member to the team’s next newest member.

With that success, the focus shifts from the comatose android to his lover, the Scarlet Witch. problem #234 recounts her origin as Hawkeye, who broke his leg a bit earlier, gets his very first sky cycle. Over in physician Strange, Wanda as well as the team come to the Sorcerer Supreme’s aid as Stern kicked off the browse for the book of the Darkhold storyline, pitting the mage against Dracula. since the book was safely in Avengers Mansion, he counted on his future allies for help.

Avengers #238

After that breather, Spider-Man turns up for a few problems as the concern of his location on the team is debated when more, foreshadowing his ultimately membership. however one arachnid provides method to one more as the final arc includes the spirit of Spider-Woman. Basically, her spirit was trapped on the astral airplane thanks to Morgan LeFay so it took the integrated efforts of Avengers as well as physician strange to rescue her.

The story flow is interrupted for assistant Editor’s Month as Mike Carlin brings the team to talk show hold David Letterrman’s stage for a silly as well as fun one-off. Additionally, there’s the 1983 Annual, which came from expense Mantlo, Butch Guice, as well as Rick Magyar, as the team, the FF as well as the Inhumans crowd the problem as the world governments face the truth that the heroes assisted the Inhumans establish their new house on the Moon.

Most of the Avengers problems are drawn by Al Milgrom as well as Joe Sinnott so it is emblematic of the home style that was in vogue during this period, with a clearness of storytelling trumping distinctness.

It’s an fascinating time capsule of a book, showing what the marvel world was like at this point in its history however the genuine Vision story doesn’t truly begin up until volume two when he wakes up as well as tries to take over the world.

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Frank Frazetta’s Egyptian Queen

by Josh Crawley

There are many people who have so extremely inspiring stories about Frank Frazaetta.

I’m not one of them. I cannot reject the excellent creative influence he had on such artists as the Comic Twarts, of which Tom Fowler captures the feel of Frazetta the very best for me, with Simon Fraser (not one of the Twarts however remarkable as all get out) a extremely close second. nor can I share a story on the level of Ron Marz, which virtually gets to the heart of the “Frazetta women legacy.”

His style influenced Masters of the Universe, which is what led me to comics. may not be a huge offer to you, however that directed my life. My LIFE.

His style is what made me recognize anorexic women weren’t “all that.”

Thick thighs, muscled yet curvy stomachs… f*****g sexy. Literally.

Look at some Frazetta. That’s beauty. Take it house with you from the bar. like it like you will never like again, since you may never see it again… however that is the epitome of beauty.

You showed us the goddess in the every day, Frank. I raise every damn single one of my drinks to you, from right here on out.

And you, reader. Don’t trust us to show you the gorgeous beauty of Frazetta women. browse the internet. buy books. Don’t take a look, however truly LOOK.

No, really; look. They’re beautiful.

And if you don’t like it, somebody else will.

Whatever preconceived notions you’re given… they’re wrong. look at these women, as well as then see them in who you already have… as well as like those women. They’re beautiful.

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Josh Crawley has been reading comics for a long time. perhaps not as long as you, however he doesn’t truly care right now. Go like that lovely Frazetta lady in the other room. She is the only thing matters to you, or you don’t matter.

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Global Frequency

by Robert Greenberger

“You’re on the global Frequency.”

With that call, Miranda Zero summoned some of the 1001 people in her network to crowdsource a rescue operation when all other options had been exhausted. The worldwide collection of operatives included people who were the top of their specific fields, from bio-weapon engineering to scientific researchers to academics, athletes, and even former criminals. She summons them via a unique mobile vid-phone and begins the countdown to success.

This science fiction series was one of the most unique offerings from WildStorm when the maxiseries was published between 2002-2004 and spawned a failed television pilot. The entire dozen issues of global frequency are finally being collected in a single softcover volume. If you missed this before, the package is ideal.

Written by Warren Ellis, this near-science fiction tale features art from a stellar array, including Steve Dillon, Glenn Fabry, Garry Leach, David Lloyd, Jon J. Muth, Brian Wood, Liam McCormack-Sharp, Liam Sharp, Lee Bermejo, Simon Bisley, Tomm Coker, gene Ha, Jason Pearson, Chris Sprouse, and Karl Story. David Baron’s colors unify the package. No wonder this was nominated for “Best limited Series” Eisner award in 2004.

Over the course of the series, we learn more about the operation along with the background of the enigmatic Zero and her dispatcher, Aleph. What we do know about the business is that many of the world’s leading governments help fund the expensive operation. In exchange, their dirtiest secrets are kept in the dark. global Frequency, therefore, is sometimes summoned, but they are typically proactively at work as secrets start to emerge into the light.

Of course, the concept was devised to allow Ellis to explore issues that struck his fancy, allowing him to go from high tech all the way to the paranormal. Each emergency mission allows him to introduce a wide variety of characters, letting him put his writing prowess on display and he rarely disappoints. until they recognize the GF symbol, worn inconspicuously on their person, fellow agents don’t know one another. Obviously, when you bring strangers or mere acquaintances together, start the countdown and unleash them, there are sure to be sparks. given the nature of such missions, no one was guaranteed to survive, adding an element of danger usually missing from most ongoing series. After all, if an agent died on a case, another specialist could always be recruited.

Best, Ellis writes to each artist’s strength so visually, the world of global frequency is stunning in its variety and detail.

If there was ever a concept tailor-made for a long running television series, this was it. Ellis was deeply involved as a producer and mark Rogers, who once wrote Blue Beetle and today masterminds Leverage, wrote the pilot for Warner Bros. Michelle Forbes was cast as Zero and the pilot has been circulating around the web and showed its potential. In 2009, a new pilot was mentioned but nothing ever became of it, more’s the pity.

Looking back, one could argue that this was one of the first series exploring such territory, which has been steadily mined by creators ever since. You can catch a whiff of global frequency in many of the current wave of image titles so its imprint is subtle, but evident. We can still enjoy these adventures, which are well worth your time and attention.

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*George Takei, Mr. Sulu of star trip fan will be guest-starring in this November’s Kevin Keller #6 from Archie Comics. It doesn’t rather have the shock value of the time that The Punisher showed up in Riverdale, however it’s still quite cool.

*DC entertainment has declared Thursday, July 19 as The Dark Knight Rises Day to celebrate the opening of Christopher Nolan’s final bat-film opening in theaters as well as IMAX ® on Friday, July 20.   Fans who go to their regional comic book retailer on July 19 will get a free, special edition comic book featuring a number of special previews of present as well as upcoming Batman comic books as well as graphic novels as well as Batman buttons on a first-come, first-served basis.

*Ed Brubaker will be stepping down as writer on Captain America with problem #19, however will continue on winter Soldier for the near future.

*DC is lastly releasing Doc savage #18, the final problem as well as 2nd part of a 2-part story that never saw the light of day when DC pulled the plug on their Firstwave pulp line last year. However, the problem is only offered for digital Download. Hey, at least you can checked out it!

*Even though this week discovers Alan Moore completing up his latest league of extraordinary Gentlemen project, he has already revealed a new one for 2013 called Nemo: Heart of Ice, starring Pirate Jenny.

*No more Akbar as well as Jeff! Matt Groening has decided to end his Life In hell comic strip after 30 years.

Last year, San Diego Comic-Con had to cancel their enormous yearly event. Sadly, they didn’t have much time to build an appropriate online event. but though we all prayed to Odin, the event planners have officially canceled SDCC 2021. At least, they canceled the live event. once again, they’re going for SDCC @Home. However, in buy to get fans “attending,” they’re going to have to take note from DC’s at-home event last year, which had major reveals, panels, and a polished presentation So, what can we expect?

Now That They canceled SDCC 2021, expect a much smaller event than 2020

His wi-fi went out during DC’s most current announcement. It was a reboot, Superman. It’s always a reboot. (Image: Superman #423, DC Comics)

In their (long) press statement, the event runners noted that “unfortunately, the challenges of this past year and the multiple postponements of our two largest events have left us with limited financial resources.” As a result, SDCC @Home will be a shorter 3-day event, running July 23-25, 2021, which is still better than 100% canceled. This sucks for everyone. especially a web site comic news editor counting on those amazing announcements, the SDCC runners clearly feel the most pain. but it’s not just because SDCC 2021 would have been a substantial moneymaker. However, now that they canceled the event, the geek community won’t have their enormous shared experience. In their statement, they write:

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Never could we have thought of what the world experienced in 2020 and continues to experience today. While we are buoyed by the rollout of the vaccine and the growing number of individuals being inoculated, it appears that July will still be too early to safely hold an in-person event of the magnitude of Comic-Con.

What Comic Years plans To do for the Event

actual image of me when I found out I won’t see my friends. (Image: X-Men the Animated Series, 20th Century)

After NYCC 2019, we were all ecstatic to fly in from around the continent (we’re everywhere) and meet up for the next big convention. So, Either SDCC 2020 or NYCC 2020. So much for that. However, president Biden says that he hopes that we’ll get to a near-normality by Christmas. As a result, NYCC 2021 will probably be canceled just like SDCC. but we’ll cover all the interesting panels…assuming there will be interesting panels. See you in 2022, CY crew (can we make that a thing?) until then, hopefully, the SDCC will livestream their panels like they did last year.

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Come, accept My Words!–Beau Smith

by beloved Smith

There’s a great deal to state about living a long life as well as having experience, mainly since you’ve lived a long life, so the experiences stack up.

There’s likewise a great deal to be stated about being young as well as innocent, lacking experience…or being stupid..which most of us have been at some point in our youth.

What I truly mean is that there is a significant pleasure about lacking experience as well as the reward is earning, or gaining, understanding as you roll or stumble along with life.

A part of my younger pleasure came from books, comic books, TV, as well as movies—Popular Culture. A great deal of it ended up being benchmarks in my life that I always have to refer to. One that stands out for me is Doc Savage.

Doc Savage: guy Of Bronze Bantam books Cover By James Bama

In late grade institution I found the Bantam books paperback adventures of Doc Savage. Those novels complied with me all with junior high, high school, as well as even into college. I have to admit that the James Bama covers were what caught my eye as a youngster when I browsed the shelves of Nick’s Newsstand in my hometown of Huntington, West Virginia. Nick’s news was a cornerstone in my life where I discovered as well as bought many of the comic books that would ended up being my career.

If you’re reading this column, then more than likely you understand of the artist James Bama. The Manhattan born artist was incredibly prominent in my life since not only did he paint the incredible, eye catching Doc savage Bantam book covers, he likewise did tons of industrial paintings for toys, models, as well as other pop culture products of my youth in the 1960s. I was familiar with his Western Art as well. As a kid, his cowboy as well as western paintings were just the type of art that held my young eyes captive. It was as if James Bama had the exact same photos in his mind that I did, only he was able to put them to paper as well as canvas. I still marvel at exactly how anybody might ever draw that well. His work has always struck a chord with me, as a youngster as well as as an adult.

I feel he reached an untouched level of greatness with his Doc savage covers. exactly how might anybody withstand buying these books if they saw them on the stands? I couldn’t.

Doc Savage-The Majii as well as The golden Man

The finest part of finding Doc savage paperbacks was that the stories inside similarly matched the painted covers by Bama. The author was listed under the name of Kenneth Robeson, which many years later I found was a “House Name” utilized by different writers in the publisher’s hire. The bulk, if not all, of the Doc savage books were written by Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage.

Dent’s stories were not written for children, meaning they were not as many of today’s books, dumbed down for kids. I likewise don’t mean they were “Adult” as far as cuss words, sex as well as gore, they were true adventures with action. Yes, there were more times than not that I had to look words up in the dictionary, however Stan Lee had me doing that with marvel Comics of the ‘60s. That’s a great thing.

Lester Dent churned these stories out. I have checked out where he composed a book a month! Each book averaged around 140 pages. There were some events where he did two a month. This is just the Doc savage books. He was likewise composing all kind of other stories as well as prose also at the time. Lester Dent was the meaning of Prolific. Others of that time were, however I don’t believe any type of others had the high material that Dent did. just my opinion.

The Doc savage books got me into the book adventures of The Shadow, The Avenger in addition to the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs. I cannot believe of much better fiction to grow up reading than these. It developed so much of my own composing profession in addition to deep respect of exactly how to tell a story full of character as well as action with intelligence.

I can keep in mind being totally stunned someday when I checked out the copyright to the story I was reading was 1933. WHAT….1933??? That was older than my parents. That got me to do some searching, which was harder method back before the internet. Being young, I was amazed that stories so great as well as so appropriate were written so long ago. Being a teenager, nothing old was cool, however I was provided a lesson in respect that day.

Ron Ely As Doc savage 1975

I cannot tell you exactly how many times I have read, re-read, bought, as well as bought once again these Doc savage Bantam Books. They are a treasure for all ages. I likewise have to tell you that in 1975 when the Doc Savage-Man Of Bronze film was released, I was skeptical. I had already been “tricked” with the 1966 Batman TV show. Tricked meaning I wasn’t expecting the campversion. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed as well as grew to like it of what it was, however I was expecting a serious Batman show, just as James Bond was a serious film.

In 1975 I likewise understood that innovation truly wasn’t prepared to create Doc savage on the level the books had. I understood innovation as a whole truly wouldn’t be able to bring The amazing Four, Superman, or The Avengers to any type of type of level that would be as awe inspiring as the comic books. I still feel I was appropriate in this thinking. The Superman movies were specify of the art for the time in the ‘70s, however even then I understood they weren’t great sufficient to coming close to matching what was in the comic books. I enjoyed them of what they were, however it was more settling for me than a house run. I’m extremely thankful that I have lived long sufficient to see innovation catch up with comic books being able to represent the material on TV as well as the huge screen. even more proud that I might have a development of my own represented on the TV screen in the way I produced it (Wynonna Earp). I cannot begin to discuss that feeling to you.

I recognize I may have rambled a bit in this column this week, however my primary point is that from the 1930s to present day 2018, the Doc savage books are as appropriate home entertainment now as they were so many decades ago. I don’t hesitate in the least to suggest you choosing one up as well as reading it yourself or providing it to a kid of 11 as well as letting them find the exact same thrills people of all ages have for many, many decades.

Doc savage as well as His wonderful Five

I look ahead to the possible upcoming Doc savage film starring Dwayne Johnson. I believe he is a perfect option to play the part as well as I understand innovation is more than ready. My only hesitation now is that I pray they cast his “Fabulous Five” team to match that within the books, particularly the character, Monk.

If you get the chance, discover a copy of a Bantam books Doc savage as well as delight in the very best 140 pages of action/adventure you’ll ever read.

Enjoy,

Beau Smith

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If you’ve not yet seen The Batman, inspect our non-spoiler review, however be alerted there’s some minor spoilers in this piece relating to exactly how the motion picture treats wealth. In The Batman, Matt Reeves guaranteed they’d talk about the principles of Bruce Wayne being a billionaire vigilante instead of just utilizing his money to save Gotham City. While this aspect was extremely vital to the plot of the film, particularly one of the villains’ plans, the ethnical concern wasn’t truly attended to beyond just stating that Robert Pattinson’s kid billionaire just didn’t care about his wealth. In a way, it’s the most brutal handle Bruce Wayne in the films yet, a type of pinnacle of rich entitlement. Yet, in this new movie, we truly don’t get to understand the Bruce side of Batman that much at all. (Though one scene is the most emotionally bare Bruce we’ve gotten, however I digress.)

Still, in spite of the focus this gets in the movie, there is no “Luke Cage talks to Danny Rand” scene here. as well as provided exactly how Pattinson is playing this Bruce, I don’t believe it’s a stretch to state that he’s never even thought about utilizing the Wayne riches to assist his city. I suspect that this is part of Matt Reeves’ plan, as well as that his series of Batman films will be akin to the MCU Spider-Man movies. It took a whole trilogy for the Peter Parker of the MCU to look like his comics counterpart in the methods that indicate the most to fans. Where Chris Nolan set out to tell the catastrophe of the Batman in three acts, I believe Matt Reeves is going to take three acts (or more?) to tell the story of exactly how this vigilante youngster becomes the Dark Knight Detective. Still, Bruce Wayne billionaire playboy is not a character we’ve truly dealt with in the movies. (Yet.)

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The principles of Bruce Wayne Being a Billionaire, While Batman Beats Up Gotham City bad People

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None of this is real, as well as part of the fun of comics stories is taking them “too seriously,” at times. provided exactly how lots of billionaires there are now (and that none of them have ended up being Batman), it’s fair to believe about this. Because, in theory, Bruce Wayne might do a lot more to impact modification in Gotham City as a billionaire than he ever might as Batman. Yet, as one Comic Years visitor on Facebook explained – a story about a person navigating the institutional hurdles of setting up a 501(c)3 doesn’t produce riveting action cinema. In the contemporary Batman stories that address this, things normally end up getting in the method of this. Bruce Wayne is a billionaire whose principles are on point, however he’s so distracted by being Batman that he lets Gotham City grifters take advantage of things. Or he runs into some kind of corrupt institutional hurdle.

Either way, this occurs since stories requirement conflict. The line from Zack Snyder’s Justice league where Bruce tells the Flash that his “superpower” is being “rich,” he’s not lying. Bruce Wayne is conceptually a person who’s got a lot more money than God. If you are thinking about stories about evil billionaires, may I suggest instead reading or enjoying Superman provide Lex Luthor the super-business?

Of course, ignoring his riches is not the response either. Every Batman is a reflection of his time, as well as you can still tell these stories in methods that keep the lore however aren’t propaganda for the super-wealthy. From a harshly analytical lens, you can take any type of superhero as well as make them a villain or mad-person. The technique is to treat Bruce Wayne’s riches as a lot more akin to a curse than a gift.

Even With the Wayne Fortune, the story needs to validate having a Batman

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One unfortunate drawback to the nature of comic book storytelling, particularly in the beginning, is that the heroes precede the villains. Thus, any individual reading these stories with a important eye, need to ultimately ask the question: Does the costumed hero produce their own monsters? We’ve seen as well as checked out many examples of storytellers answering that concern in the affirmative. However, Alan Moore – who understands a thing or two about extreme takes on heroes who may really be villains – cracked this issue in Watchmen. in that story, the criminals are the very first ones to fit up as well as embrace goofy names. This just like the 2010s series Gotham. (Pretty sure this is the very first time any individual has compared Alan Moore’s work to that show.)

The Gotham series is most likely extremely discouraging to fans of Batman lore. Yet, one great side impact of this version of that story is that the villains all pre-date Batman. (In fact, quite much all of them kidnapped Bruce Wayne,normally over principles concerns of him being a billionaire kid.) In this case, Batman makes sense. He’s the costumed action rather than the very first one to fit up. We can likewise apply this believing to why Batman doesn’t utilize money to save Gotham City instead of his fists as well as gadgets.

As a fellow Joshua (Rivers) composed for Polygon.com:

“Gotham City is a fake city cartoonishly damaged to the point where vigilante superheroes are the only rational choice since nothing else works. as well as if there is a mental health problem with symptoms that manifest as “freakishly competent murder clown,” it sure isn’t in the DSM.

“In other words, Batman can’t just buy crime, since that both ignores the truth of world earth — where there is no such thing as a criminal class, simply a shifting body of guideline as well as policy that outlaws as well as disenfranchises an ever-changing group of people — as well as the specific, fictional function of Batman stories.”

Any story wanting to address the riches question, needs to describe why that just doesn’t remedy all the ails of the city. In fact, The Batman does this rather well, particularly when coupled with exactly how bit Bruce cares about that part of his family’s legacy. This really hearkens back to the late, excellent Denny O’Neal’s Batman stories in the 1970s as well as 1980s. Bruce Wayne as well as Batman took a two-pronged technique to saving the city. Batman would fight the baddies, as well as Bruce would pay to repair things for the better. Again, this doesn’t dive that deep into the principles of Bruce Wayne being a billionaire, while Batman saves Gotham City by punching poor people who have method less money than he does. Yet, it doesn’t neglect that truth either. It just produces a new challenge for the hero to overcome.

Still, it’s odd exactly how people react to these movies. I’d state that people are wise sufficient to recognize that Bruce Wayne being a billionaire is not a major principles worry since Gotham needs both Batman as well as money to save it. Yet, then again, people started keeping racoons as family pets after Guardians of the Galaxy came out.

What do you think? Are the principles of Bruce Wayne being a billionaire in dispute with his objective as Batman to save Gotham City? Share your thoughts, reactions, as well as arguments below.

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Last week on 10 Things: KC was frustrated because diamond forgot to send copies of Previews to his LCS. So here’s the non-DC-and-Marvel stuff.

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Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes

I am so delighted for my long-time friend (and occasional housemate) Jeff Moy, as he’s penciling the new star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes six-issue miniseries/crossover from IDW. What’s so great about this is that I just happen to know that star trek and the LSH are two of his a lot of favorite things in the entire world! how often does a project like that land in your lap!? Jeff is joined by inker (and brother) Phil Moy and Eisner-nominated writer Chris Roberson for an adventure set in the 23rd Century — but in a universe not familiar to either group. The original enterprise crew meets the great Darkness Saga-era LSH. bet you never saw that coming! (I sure didn’t!) Can’t wait for the sure-to-be-classic Mr. Spock/Brainiac 5 scenes. It’s also the first DCU/IDW-verse crossover and will feature regular covers by Phil Jimenez and variants by classic LSH and ST artists — including Keith Giffen and Gabriel Rodriguez for #1.

Usagi Yojimbo #141

When you add in the previous series from other publishers, Usagi Yojimbo #141 (from Dark Horse) is actually the 200th issue of the rabbit ronin. and every single issue was written and drawn by designer Stan Sakai! This issue will be a special celebration of the anniversary featuring a 200 theme, as a humble stonecutter receives a vision to carve two hundred stone figures in “200 Buddhas”. just as he has finished the 199th, he encounters a long-eared stranger. delighted Anniversary, Usagi (and Stan)!

CBLDF liberty annual 2011 Matt Wagner Grendel cover

This year’s CBLDF liberty annual 2011 looks to be both a barn-burner and a big money-earner for the Comic book legal defense Fund. starting off with your choice of a sensational speechless Uncle Sam cover by John Cassaday or a new Matt Wagner Grendel cover (and interior story), the CBLDF liberty annual 2011 will be a 48-page collection of stories by J. Michael Straczynski, Frank Quitely, J.H. Williams, Steve Niles, Judd Winick, mark Waid, Carla speed McNeil, and lots of others, including the first-ever color story from Craig Thompson. Plus, marvel and DC stars will be popping in for pin-ups, including Batman by Dustin Nguyen, X-Men by Greg Land, green lantern by Ivan Reis, and Avengers by Greg Horn. It’s all packaged by all-star editor Bob Schreck. All-in-all, a pretty painless way to donate to a fantastic cause.

Princeless

Check out this exclusive preview of a fun, new all-ages comic — Princeless, written by Jeremy Whitley and drawn and colored by M. Goodwin. It’s a fun twist on a familiar fairytale scenario with some stunning cartooning. You’ve read about a princess trapped in a tower before, but this one is figured out to rescue herself.

Also of note this month: A new IDW title by John Byrne, cold war #1, a secret agent thriller, and Roger Landridge’s captivating Snarked #1. (Hopefully, you’ve all seen the preview by now!)

BOOKS

Milk and Cheese: Dairy products Gone Bad

They hate what you hate — and they hate you! Milk and Cheese: Dairy products Gone bad is a 240-page collection of every single silly Milk and Cheese cartoon that Evan Dorkin ever thunk up and doodled from 1989 to 2010, including tons of supplemental awesomeness and random pieces of Dorkin’s brain — assuming the scotch tape holds up. featuring all the various Milk and Cheese #1s (you think I’m kidding, don’t you?) and all the rest of the junk, too. My favorite thing in the world is our collection of Milk and Cheese coasters which drive my in-laws crazy when they come to visit. and now I’ll have a big ol’ Milk and Cheese book to give them for Christmas! From Dark horse (who must know better, although I’m looking forward to their Milk and Cheese distressed statuettes series). (Editor’s note: Not an actual product — but it must be!)

Meta Maus

Meta Maus: A look inside a modern Classic, Maus: In which designer Art Spieglemen pertains to terms with the project that consumed him for over a decade — maybe. This 300-page hardcover — and its accompanying DVD — covers everything that you’d want to know about Maus, including the frequent questions: Why the holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? This looks to be one of the most detailed and emotional retrospective/deconstructions of a major comics work to date, and it has the potential to be just as affecting as the original work. published by Pantheon.

The quality Companion

The quality companion is the current in a long line of exceptional comics history books from TwoMorrows. this one features a detailed look at one of the best of the original golden Age comics publishers, as well as following up on how their a lot of popular characters — the freedom Fighters (including Uncle Sam and Phantom Lady), Plastic Man, and the Blackhawks — fared in subsequent decades after being acquired by DC Comics. In their heyday, quality publications featured some of comics’ best artists including Jack Cole, will Eisner, Wally Wood, Lou Fine, Bob Powell, and Reed Crandall. The 256-page trade paperback is written by Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash and features copious illustrations.

Government Issue: Comics For The People: 1940-2000

I love quirky collections like government Issue: Comics For The People: 1940-2000, a 304-page study of public-service comics produced by federal and state governments — by artists including will Eisner and Milton Caniff. Walt Kelly’s Pogo informs parents about how much TV kids must watch, and Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace shows us the dangers of poison (?!?). Plus, Bert the Turtle shows us how to “Duck and Cover!”, from the popular educational film. (One I actually saw in school!) Covers just about every aspect of American life from jobs, money, health, and safety to sex and drugs (what, no rock ‘n roll?). features both complete comics and many excerpts, as well as a history of the public-service comic book.

1001 Comics You need to read before You Die

I’m never quite sure about books like 1001 Comics You need to read before You Die, because you just never know what the criteria for inclusion was. Superhero fans must probably be aware that they won’t be all superhero comics, as it will draw from all of comics — including graphic novels, manga, and independently published work. This collection is nearly 1,000 pages (960 to be exact), so it will be great and thick. Personally, I’m hoping that I’ve already read all 1,001 of them — I hate homework!

CLASSIC COLLECTIONS

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck by Carl Barks

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck by Carl Barks — I recently raved about Fantagraphics first Mickey mouse by Floyd Gottfredson volume over at Comics worth Reading, so you can probably imagine how ecstatic I am by Frantagraphics’ new line of affordable, full-color, hardcover books featuring Disney’s other comic book star — Donald Duck — as written and drawn by “the good Duck Artist” Carl Barks. This first volume features over 200 pages of vintage (and prime) Barks stories from 1948-1950, including Barks’ personal favorite “Lost in the Andes”. All the artwork has thoroughly restored and re-colored for this collection. There are also in-depth commentary/annotations for every story, written by the foremost Barks authorities around the world, as well as an introduction by Barks scholar Donald Ault.

SPECIAL NOTE: You may have heard recently that Fantagraphics is also re-packinging the classic EC Comics material, beginning in summer 2012. Don’t be confused by the ad in the current diamond Previews featuring volumes of EC material published by the previous publishers (Russ Cochran and Gemstone publishing — although this is not pointed out in the ad). This advertisement is disingenuously placed ideal next to the Fantagraphics listings in the August 2011 Previews, and it may be confusing to fans who have heard the Fantagraphics/EC Comics announcements. The ad is re- soliciting (for what’s left of) the 2006-2008 Cochran/Gemstone versions of the EC Archives line — NOT the upcoming Fantagraphics collections.

Bob Powell’s Terror

Two golden Age classic artists get their due this month from IDW. In Wally Wood’s EC Stories: artist Edition, Woody’s EC stories and covers get the deluxe reprinted-from-the-original-art treatment. The material is reproduced at the original size, and considering that these pages are from the 1950s, that indicates “twice up” or twice the original printed size — making the dimensions of the 144-page book a massive 15” x 22”! holy Moley! . . . Meanwhile, Craig Yoe is assembling a 148-page full-color hardcover collection of Bob Powell’s classic 1950s horror stories in Bob Powell’s terror — part of “The Chilling Archives of horror Comics” series and chock full of gruesome ghouls and stunning gals.

If You’re Cracked, You’re Happy

If You’re Cracked, You’re Happy: The history of Cracked is actually two volumes, totaling nearly 1,100 pages of material from the “2nd greatest humor Magazine”, featuring work by John Severin, Jack Davis, Don Martin, will Elder, Jack Kirby (don’t blink, he only did one piece), Steve Ditko, Al Jaffee, and lots of others — making this pretty close to all the Cracked you might ever need. but there’s also a history of the long-running magazine, designer interviews, rare photos and artwork, and a complete checklist of every Cracked issue– all compiled by historian mark Arnold! NOTE: You may have already seen these books at your local bookstore — assuming your area still has bookstores…

MISC.

Alter Ego #105

Alter Ego #105 will be of interest to those interested in the now-defunct Comics Code. “Tales From the Code” will showcase a number of Before/After examples ofsome of the “best” of what the Code didn’t want you to see — featuring work by Simon & Kirby, Ditko, Buscema, Cole, Steranko, Krigstein, Williamson, Orlando, Heath, and lots of more!

DC Superhero Figurine Collection Magazine

I don’t follow figure/toy collecting much, but this month’s DC Superhero Figurine Collection magazine from the UK is a Mr. Mxyzptlk/Bat-Mite special with a very cute hand-painted Mxy/Mite figurine which is kind of tempting… It would have to be — the magazine itself is only 20 pages long! Yikes!

KC CARLSON: only 17 days to a new DC Universe. hope my little rocket is ready in time to get off the old one before it explodes.

As always, WESTFIELD COMICS is not responsible for the silly things that KC says. especially that thing that really irritated you.