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superboyprimeThe break-out character from Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run explodes into avaricious action in his own brand-new series!
'Larfleeze is a chance to do a fun comic book, surrounding him with new characters, new villains, new ideas, new sections of the galaxy. New, new, new, new, new, new, new.
'I guarantee six major, new, cosmic villains in the first 12 issues, as well as alien worlds and all kinds of craziness with Larfleeze.'
'And fun. No deep thoughts, no misdirection or trickery. You just come in, there's Larfleeze and look! He's having an adventure, with a bunch of exciting new characters and concepts. At the end of the book, you say, "Yeah, I had a good time reading that book."'
- Keith Giffen
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'Larfleeze is a chance to do a fun comic book, surrounding him with new characters, new villains, new ideas, new sections of the galaxy. New, new, new, new, new, new, new.
'I guarantee six major, new, cosmic villains in the first 12 issues, as well as alien worlds and all kinds of craziness with Larfleeze.'
'And fun. No deep thoughts, no misdirection or trickery. You just come in, there's Larfleeze and look! He's having an adventure, with a bunch of exciting new characters and concepts. At the end of the book, you say, "Yeah, I had a good time reading that book."'
- Keith Giffen
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"Web of Death"
Jan. 20th, 2013 10:42 am
Tags:
- char: dr. octopus/otto octavius,
- char: mary jane watson,
- char: scarlet spider/kaine,
- char: spider-man/peter parker,
- char: stunner/angelina brancale,
- creator: j. m. dematteis,
- creator: mark bagley,
- creator: sal buscema,
- creator: tom defalco,
- event: clone saga,
- title: amazing spider-man,
- title: spectacular spider-man
Justice League Detroit: The End IV
Dec. 15th, 2012 08:49 pmmrosaThe conclusion of the storyline that ended the first volume of Justice League of America, before it was rebooted as the hilarious Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League International.
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Justice League Detroit: The End I
Dec. 9th, 2012 08:21 pmmrosaProfessor Ivo, an old enemy of the Justice Leagues, seeks revenge for his disfigurement. Although that league no longer exists, he doesn't have a problem taking revenge on its current rooster.
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starwolf_oakleyThe Life and Times of Savior 28 was a five issue miniseries from IDW, written by J.M. DeMatteis and drawn by Mike Cavallaro. DeMatteis based the idea on his original plans for CAPTAIN AMERICA #300, where Cap would start his own peace movement and get assassinated.
( Violence is bad. Or something. )
( Violence is bad. Or something. )
The man who hated everything
Jun. 28th, 2012 02:08 pmmrosa
J.M. DeMatteis' excellent origin for the Red Skull expanded on what Jack Kirby had already established and made him even more twisted and unredeemable. I love this Red Skull because it shows that from an early time there was something deeply wrong with his head. DeMatteis doesn't really try to psychoanalyse him away - he just writes him as being consumed by an incomprehensible hatred for all life, including his own, a hatred he then channeled into wonderfully horrible projects.
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Realworlds: Justice League of America
May. 28th, 2012 09:20 pmsuperboyprime
Five childhood friends who used to play superheroes together meet up again after twenty years.
Story by J.M. DeMatteis, art by G.L. Barr.
( 16 pages from a 48 page comic )
chocochuyGreetings, Mortals! Chocochuy reporting for duty...after a long absence!
Today I would like to take the chance to provide you with a double treat : A contribution to the Cute Romance Week as well as providing a brief review of the newest Ghost Rider film which I had a chance to see some hours ago. Now sit back and enjoy the show!
( Vengeance and Love )
Today I would like to take the chance to provide you with a double treat : A contribution to the Cute Romance Week as well as providing a brief review of the newest Ghost Rider film which I had a chance to see some hours ago. Now sit back and enjoy the show!
( Vengeance and Love )
The Last Bwahaha
Aug. 26th, 2011 02:01 amarbre_rieur
This week's RETRO-ACTIVE: JUSTICE LEAGUE is the 90s issue. Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire all reunite for one last tale of Justice League International. And it really will be their very last one; Giffen and DeMatteis have mentioned in interview that even if they're offered a chance to do another in the future, they'll turn it down. They feel that they've said all they want to say with these characters.
( One last time )
On a completely unrelated note, I'm vacationing in China these days, where apparently you can't access imageshack pictures or their website. Can anyone recommend some way to get around this that an idiot layman like myself would be able to implement?
Tags:
- char: blue beetle/ted kord,
- char: booster gold/michael jon carter,
- char: maxwell lord,
- char: oberon,
- creator: adam hughes,
- creator: j. m. dematteis,
- creator: keith giffen,
- group: justice league international,
- in-joke: context is for the weak,
- publisher: dc comics,
- title: justice league international
Why Blue Beetle Hated Captain Atom, Part 3
May. 6th, 2011 02:28 amTags:
- char: blue beetle/ted kord,
- char: bolt/larry bolatinsky,
- char: captain atom/nathaniel adam,
- char: catherine cobert,
- char: elongated man/ralph dibny,
- char: fire/beatriz da costa,
- char: general wade eiling,
- char: ghost/alec rois,
- char: kid flash/flash/wally west,
- char: maxwell lord,
- char: mister miracle/scott free,
- char: power girl/kara zor-l/karen starr,
- char: sergeant ray "goz" goslin,
- creator: cary bates,
- creator: greg weisman,
- creator: j. m. dematteis,
- creator: keith giffen,
- creator: pat broderick,
- creator: rafael kayanan,
- creator: tim gula,
- group: justice league international,
- publisher: dc comics,
- title: justice league international
Daddy Issues A-Go-Go with Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, and Vermin(?) in "The Child Within"
Apr. 22nd, 2011 04:28 amthehefnerMy favorite Spider-Man writer of all time is J.M. DeMatteis, and not just for the masterful Kraven's Last Hunt (which was posted here, but you really should read it as a whole if you can).
I think that I like him so much because he writes villains like broken people rather than evil monsters, essentially treating them the way Batman: The Animated Series treated its own villains. In fact, I dare say that DeMatteis wrote the definitive stories for not just Kraven, but also Harry Osborn. But between both characters is a lesser-known, little-loved original creation of his named Vermin, which brings us to this story.
1991's The Child Within is the missing link between Kraven's Last Hunt and Harry's death, and yet it's inexplicably never been collected and reprinted! It's a damn shame. Even besides the significance it has to both stories, and lays the foundation for Harry's final bout into Goblinville, it's a surprisingly raw and powerful look at abuse. Hopefully some of that will come across in the scans I've included here from this densely-packed epic.
( A tragedy of fathers and sons behind the cut )
The rest Harry's powerful story has thankfully been mostly reprinted in the Son of the Goblin trade paperback, but I urge you to track down DeMatteis' entire run of Spectacular Spider-Man from issues #178-200. It's a run that deserves more love, especially if the two recent posts about DeMatteis' Vulture story--the greatest Vulture story ever written, IMO--have gotten only a handful of comments each.
Eventually, I'm going to take a look at DeMatteis' Batman/Two-Face: Crime and Punishment, which feels to me like a condensed version of The Child Within. With that in mind, I think Vermin and Harry's stories shed new light on the nature of Harvey Dent's madness, especially as told by DeMatteis.
I think that I like him so much because he writes villains like broken people rather than evil monsters, essentially treating them the way Batman: The Animated Series treated its own villains. In fact, I dare say that DeMatteis wrote the definitive stories for not just Kraven, but also Harry Osborn. But between both characters is a lesser-known, little-loved original creation of his named Vermin, which brings us to this story.
1991's The Child Within is the missing link between Kraven's Last Hunt and Harry's death, and yet it's inexplicably never been collected and reprinted! It's a damn shame. Even besides the significance it has to both stories, and lays the foundation for Harry's final bout into Goblinville, it's a surprisingly raw and powerful look at abuse. Hopefully some of that will come across in the scans I've included here from this densely-packed epic.
( A tragedy of fathers and sons behind the cut )
The rest Harry's powerful story has thankfully been mostly reprinted in the Son of the Goblin trade paperback, but I urge you to track down DeMatteis' entire run of Spectacular Spider-Man from issues #178-200. It's a run that deserves more love, especially if the two recent posts about DeMatteis' Vulture story--the greatest Vulture story ever written, IMO--have gotten only a handful of comments each.
Eventually, I'm going to take a look at DeMatteis' Batman/Two-Face: Crime and Punishment, which feels to me like a condensed version of The Child Within. With that in mind, I think Vermin and Harry's stories shed new light on the nature of Harvey Dent's madness, especially as told by DeMatteis.
