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A man of steel, a hand that rocks the world, a fact with unbearable truths attached.
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thanekosSo this week gives us the 13th Action Comics Annual, and it's just as much about Lex Luthor as the rest of Action Comics is right now.
Rather than serving as an elaboration on The Black Ring, it's what Paul Cornell calls "kind of a Secret Origin continued", showing us Young Lex out of Smallville with a full head of hair.
There're two stories, one drawn by Marco Rudy and one by Ed Benes, chronicling his life and time before prominence and LexCorp; both pit him against some real movers and shakers.
( The Rudy-drawn one opens the annual, and let's just say listening to the Metropolis OST complements it rather well. )
Rather than serving as an elaboration on The Black Ring, it's what Paul Cornell calls "kind of a Secret Origin continued", showing us Young Lex out of Smallville with a full head of hair.
There're two stories, one drawn by Marco Rudy and one by Ed Benes, chronicling his life and time before prominence and LexCorp; both pit him against some real movers and shakers.
( The Rudy-drawn one opens the annual, and let's just say listening to the Metropolis OST complements it rather well. )
ID of mystery woman?
Nov. 18th, 2010 07:23 pmfrutepyeSo saw this while rereading the whole series.
Whoa. Brother? All his underlings call him master. Is it literal? Thoughts?
Whoa. Brother? All his underlings call him master. Is it literal? Thoughts?
angelophilebenicio127 and shelleymaree are taking a break today, so the mods are stepping up to kick off today's 30 Days of Scans topic - Favorite Rogues Gallery.As per usual, you can comment with your choices in this post, or make your own!
So, S_Ders, which is your favorite gallery of rogues?
( The obvious choice under the cut. )
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icon_ukLook, it's "One Perfect Moment" week, it's me... you KNOW I had to do one of these, right?
You're a new villain, you want to make a splash, make a name for yourself. For that you need Batman as your nemesis, and how do you go about getting him to even notice you, after all, it's not like Gotham isn't awash with bad guys already...
( You could send flowers, or chocolates, or write him a letter or... )
And at no extra charge, ANOTHER One Perfect Moment from only two pages later in the same issue
( How to introduce a new bad guy with STYLE! )
The above courtesy of Batman 232, by Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano.
You're a new villain, you want to make a splash, make a name for yourself. For that you need Batman as your nemesis, and how do you go about getting him to even notice you, after all, it's not like Gotham isn't awash with bad guys already...
( You could send flowers, or chocolates, or write him a letter or... )
And at no extra charge, ANOTHER One Perfect Moment from only two pages later in the same issue
( How to introduce a new bad guy with STYLE! )
The above courtesy of Batman 232, by Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano.
Batman the murderer
Apr. 1st, 2010 03:09 amflint_marko
( Images behind the cut. )
title: batman, creator: mike w. barr, creator: trevor von eeden,char: ra's al ghul, char: talia al ghul,char: batman/bruce wayne,char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson
zechs80Four scans of the latest issue.
char: ra's al ghul, char: robin/red robin/tim drake, title: red robin, creator: chris yost, publisher: dc comics
( Read more... )
char: ra's al ghul, char: robin/red robin/tim drake, title: red robin, creator: chris yost, publisher: dc comics
( Read more... )
Batman Family "Dollar comic" back covers
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glaurung_quena.insanejournal.comIJ account created, check. Joined S_D 2.0, check. Userpic, can't find the damn thing, heck with it I'll get one later. Here we go...
The relentless stagflation of the 70's was not kind to comics. 50 cents for a 100 page super-spectacular became 60 cents, then became 60 cents for a 64 page giant, and finally 60 cents for a 48 page "giant." (back then, comic companies were actually reluctant to raise cover prices, you see). Then came the "Dollar Comic," at 80 pages for a dollar, with all-new content. But 80 pages was just too much paper to be affordable, so after only a few months of 80 page dollar comics, the page count was cut back to 64 pages.
But again, this was an era when comic publishers felt a responsibility to deliver value for your dollar, so DC eliminated all advertising from the 64 page dollar comics. 64 pages with no ads was nearly the same number of story pages as 80 pages with ads, so they could tell readers that nothing had changed except a lower printing bill for DC. And it gave the artists the opportunity to create pinups for the back cover.( Read more... )
Dial-uppers may want to visit my flikr stream instead of clicking that link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glaurung_q
The relentless stagflation of the 70's was not kind to comics. 50 cents for a 100 page super-spectacular became 60 cents, then became 60 cents for a 64 page giant, and finally 60 cents for a 48 page "giant." (back then, comic companies were actually reluctant to raise cover prices, you see). Then came the "Dollar Comic," at 80 pages for a dollar, with all-new content. But 80 pages was just too much paper to be affordable, so after only a few months of 80 page dollar comics, the page count was cut back to 64 pages.
But again, this was an era when comic publishers felt a responsibility to deliver value for your dollar, so DC eliminated all advertising from the 64 page dollar comics. 64 pages with no ads was nearly the same number of story pages as 80 pages with ads, so they could tell readers that nothing had changed except a lower printing bill for DC. And it gave the artists the opportunity to create pinups for the back cover.( Read more... )
Dial-uppers may want to visit my flikr stream instead of clicking that link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glaurung_q
Tags:
- char: alfred pennyworth,
- char: bat-mite,
- char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon,
- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: catwoman/selina kyle,
- char: etrigan/jason blood,
- char: jim gordon,
- char: joker,
- char: man-bat/kirk langstrom,
- char: penguin/oswald cobblepot,
- char: ra's al ghul,
- char: riddler/edward nigma,
- char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson,
- char: scarecrow/jonathan crane,
- char: two-face/harvey dent,
- publisher: dc comics,
- title: batman family
