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This article was originally published at Comics Bulletin on December 8, 2016. Every week in a new installment of “Leading Questions”, the young, lantern jawed Publisher of Comics Bulletin Mark Stack will ask Co-Managing Editor Chase Magnett a question he must answer. However, Mark doesn’t plan on taking it easy on Chase. He’ll be setting …
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This article was originally published at Comics Bulletin on May 26, 2016. “Beneath me, this awful city, it screams like an abattoir full of retarded children.” – Rorschach, Watchmen #1 I’m so goddamn tired. When you read a comic book published by DC Comics that is ostensibly about the last 30 years of their superhero …
This article was originally published at Comics Bulletin on April 7, 2016. Every two weeks in a new installment of “Leading Questions”, the young, lantern jawed Mark Stack will ask Comics Bulletin’s very own Chase Magnett a question he must answer. However, Mark doesn’t plan on taking it easy on Chase. He’ll be setting him …
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This article was originally published at Comics Bulletin on January 14, 2016. Every two weeks in a new installment of “Leading Questions”, the young, lantern jawed Mark Stack will ask Comics Bulletin’s very own Chase Magnett a question he must answer. However, Mark doesn’t plan on taking it easy on Chase. He’ll be setting him …
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This article was originally published at Comics Bulletin on October 1, 2015. “Forever Evil”, the last Geoff Johns’ penned superhero event from DC Comics, was an unabashed shit show. It stretched two and a half plot points (a generous estimate) across a mini-series and various tie-ins, treated dialogue like something you solved in a puzzle …
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This article was originally published at ComicBook.Com on December 1, 2014. Superman #36 represents the big turning point in Geoff Johns, John Romita Jr., and Klaus Janson’s first story on the title: “The Men of Tomorrow”. It is exhibited as a shocking twist and major reveal. That sort of presentation is common in superhero comics, …
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This article was originally published at ComicBook.Com on November 20, 2014. Justice League #36 begins a new storyline, “The Amazo Virus”, one that isn’t tied into events and doesn’t crossover with other series. It’s a story that’s entirely contained within the pages of Justice League and already appears to be one of the better parts …
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This article was originally published at DC Infinite on May 21, 2014. Forever Evil #7 is a comic that leaves a lot of questions to be answered. Why do we need a love triangle between Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman? Where did all of these plot threads come from? When did Lex Luthor’s personality …
This article was originally posted at Infinite Comix on March 6, 2014. Forever Evil #6 is a significant improvement over previous issues. It actually engages its characters by changing their circumstances and moving the story forward. The campiness of the story is really able to shine in a way that hasn’t been evident since Forever Evil #1, …
This article was originally published at Infinite Comix on February 11, 2014. Forever Evil #5 is a comic that features a lot of action without very much actually occurring. That wouldn’t be such a problem (action sequences can be a lot of fun) if the action was any good. Instead, David Finch’s art drags the issue …
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