SUBWAY JACK: A BATMAN ADVENTURE

We've got a special treat just in time for Halloween! PJ Frightful himself (Ryan Daly to his friends) of the podcast It's Mightnight...the Podcasting Hour brings us a review of one of the most terrifying Batman stories ever.  From The Further Adventures of Batman anthology comes..."Subway Jack."

“Subway Jack: A Batman Adventure”

Written by Joe R. Lansdale

Reviewed by Ryan Daly

HOUSE OF MYSTERY #270

Three chilling tales from Cain's endless library of haunting stories.

SUPER POWERS VOL 2 #4

WRITER: Paul Kupperberg
PENCILS: Jack Kirby
INKS:  Greg Theakston
COLORS:  Joe Orlando
LETTERER:  Albert DeGuzman

SUPERMAN RED/SUPERMAN BLUE

"SUPERMAN RED SUPERMAN BLUE"
WRITER: DAN JURGENS, STUART IMMONEN, KARL KESSEL, LOUISE SIMONSON
PENCILS:  STUART IMMONEN, RON FRENZ, TOM GRUMMETT, PAUL RYAN, JON BOGDANOVE
INKS:  JOSE MARZAN, JR., JOE RUBENSTEIN, DENIS RODIER, BRETT BREEDING, DENNIS JANKE
COLORS:  GLENN WHITMORE
LETTERS:  ALBERT DEGUZMAN

SUPERMAN #24 (1988)

"Power Politics"
WRITERS: Roger Stern
PENCILER: Kerry Gammill
INKER: John Beatty
COLORIST:  Petra Scotese
LETTER:  John Costanza

ACTION COMICS #550

"The Day the Earth Exploded"
WRITERS: Bob Rozakis, E. Nelson Bridwell
PENCILER: George Tuska
INKER: Sal Trapani
COLORIST:  Gene D'Angelo
LETTER:  Ben Oda

DEATH TALKS ABOUT LIFE

WRITER:  Neil Gaiman
ART:  Dave McKean

NOTES: This story has appeared by itself, as well as being featured in Hellblazer #62, The Sandman #46, Shade the Changing Man #32 and was collected in the trade collection Death: The High Cost of Living.

THE RED CIRCLE: THE SHIELD ONE-SHOT

"The Shield"
WRITER:  J. Michael Straczynski
PENCILS:  Scott McDaniel and Tom Derenick
COLORS:  Tom S Chu and Guy Major
INKS:  Andy Owens and Bill Sienkiewicz
LETTERS:  Sal Cipariano

GUEST BLOG: THE POWER OF SHAZAM #27

A HUGE thanks for Jeff Farnham of The World's Mightiest Mortal blog for writing this post while I am away. An amazing book with amazing coverage for all of you.  

"The Tenants of Time"

Writer:  Jerry Ordway

Pencils:  Pete Krause

Ink:  Mike Manley

Color:  Glenn Whitmore

Letters: John Costanza

Associate:  Frank Berrios

Editor:  Mike Carlin

ROBIN II #1

"The Funniest Thing Happened..."
WRITER:  Chuck Dixon
PENCILS:  Tom Lyle
COLORS:  Adrienne Roy
INKS:  Bob Smith
LETTERS:  Tim Harkins

HOURMAN #1

"Through the Hourglass"
WRITER: Tom Peyer
PENCILS:  Rags Morales
INKS:  David Neikis
COLORS:  John Kalisz
LETTERS:  Kurt Hathaway

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2016

For those who aren't familiar, Free Comic Book Day is the first Saturday in May. It is a day for comic book stores to give away comics to customers both as a token or appreciation to loyal customers and as a way to try and bring in new readers.  For more information visit http://www.freecomicbookday.com

My kids and I have made this event a yearly tradition, and hopefully many of you out there do the same. This year I was fortunate enough to pick up several great titles. Today I will take a very brief look at three of those.

THE QUESTION & BLUE BEETLE SPECIAL

This week, my coffee comrades, we take a look at some team-up adventures of Ted Kord and Vic Sage, aka Blue Beetle and the Question!  A Twitter poll was posted to ask which era to examine, Charlton or DC. The results came out dead even so looks like we get to compare the two. What a treat!  So, without further ado, I give you CHARLTON BULLSEYE #1 and BLUE BEETLE #5!

SUPER-TEAM FAMILY #7

Super-Team Family was a series from DC Comics in the 1970s.  It started out reprinting stories from a variety of DC's more popular series--Superman, Batman, Teen Titans, etc.--before branching out into original content featuring DC's heroes toward the end of its run.  Sadly, the series only lasted 15 issues, but all 15 serve as tribute to some of DC's iconic characters in their late Silver Age/early Bronze Age glory days.

GREEN ARROW ANNUAL #4 (1991)

Dearest readers,

This week we have a special treat. Darrin and Ruth of the outstanding podcasts Warlord Worlds and Trekker Talk have been kind enough to do a review of an issue that is right up their alley.  To coincide with the coming of Spring, this blog welcomes new thoughts to a green topic.  Without further ado, I give you the Sutherlands' review of the 50th anniversary spectacular that was Green Arrow Annual #4.

SUPER POWERS MINI-COMICS SPECIAL

                   



This week I have decided to take a look at three short mini-comics that were included in the earlier waves of the Super Powers figures released by Kenner in the early 1980s.

FATE #5

"Twist of Fate"
WRITER: Steven Grant and Len Kaminski
PENCILER: Anthony Williams

INKER: Andy Lanning

COLORIST: Mike Danza

LETTERER: Clem Robins

SPAWN/BATMAN

WRITER: Frank Miller

PENCILER: Todd McFarlane

INKER: Todd McFarlane

COLORIST: Steve Oliff (with computer colors by Olyoptics)

LETTERER: Tom Orzechowski

BLACK CONDOR #12

"Wings Over Gotham"
WRITER: Brian Augustyn

PENCILER: Rags Morales

INKER: Richard Space

COLORIST: Stuart Chaifetz

LETTERER: Gaspar Saladino

JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #0

WRITER: Gerard Jones

PENCILER: Chuck Wojtkiewicz

INKER: Bob Dvorak

COLORIST: Gene D'Angelou

LETTERER: Clem Robins