![[community profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
And Montpellier makes three
Mar. 15th, 2012 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arbre_rieur
THE SHADE 6 continues the previous issue's examination of the superhero scene in the DC Universe's Spain...
( Read more... )
The Return of Dread Carlphisto
Apr. 9th, 2011 03:57 pmcyberghostfaceI actually thought the last couple issues of ASM were a bit decent--Peter struggling with the people dying around him, the "Human Torch" memorial issue and even the Flash!Venom prelude. In retrospect, they were all absent of one thing--the Embodiment of Evil known as Carlie Cooper.
Well...she's baaaaaaaaaaaack....
( Scans under the cut... )
thehefnerSo a month ago, I started to explore to themes of Harvey being the Trial by Fire for the Robins, starting with Jason and then Tim. Now, of course, there is no Robin who has a more bitterly personal connection with Harvey than the first, Dick Grayson. It seems, in fact, that Two-Face is now officially Dick's arch-nemesis.
But why? How did this come about? What is it about Harvey, one of Batman's very worst enemies (second only to the Joker, IMO), that makes him ideally suited to be Dick's # 1?
I was going to post scans from "Prodigal" (the first "Dick as Batman" story from the 90's), but before I do that, I think it'd be best if we actually went back a bit further. Starting with the prelude to "Prodigal"--ROBIN #0 from 1994--and including the expansion/revisions of that story in the more-popularly-read ROBIN: YEAR ONE, both of which are helmed by Chuck Dixon, whom I believe we can therefore credit for inventing this particular archenemy dynamic.
Now, I consider Dixon to be one of the finest Batman writers, the only one of the 90's trio of Dixon, Moench, and Grant to be worth a damn (and the three of them working on "Prodigal" next week will be further proof of why I feel that way). And yet, he also writes what I consider to be one of the worst depictions of Two-Face ever put to print.
This might be due to the fact that Dixon, as far as I know, has never written a villain sympathetically. They're all either criminal masterminds (Blockbuster, Two-Face) or shifty losers (the Riddler Year One annual, Cluemaster). Best as I can tell, Dixon writes expressly for the heroes, which he does wonderfully. Problem is, that means the villains, even antivillains like Harvey and Mr. Freeze, suffer as a result.
Not that there aren't strengths to this depiction of Two-Face...
( Read more... )
And thus the stage is set for the imminent rematch between Dick (who will be assuming the mantle of Batman for the first time) and Two-Face in "Prodigal." Hopefully next week, after over a month of talkin' about it, I'll finally get to those scans as well.
Suggested tags:
char: two-face/harvey dent
char: batman/bruce wayne
char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson
char: robin/red robin/tim drake
creator: chuck dixon
creator: scott beatty
creator: javier pulido
creator: tom grummett
But why? How did this come about? What is it about Harvey, one of Batman's very worst enemies (second only to the Joker, IMO), that makes him ideally suited to be Dick's # 1?
I was going to post scans from "Prodigal" (the first "Dick as Batman" story from the 90's), but before I do that, I think it'd be best if we actually went back a bit further. Starting with the prelude to "Prodigal"--ROBIN #0 from 1994--and including the expansion/revisions of that story in the more-popularly-read ROBIN: YEAR ONE, both of which are helmed by Chuck Dixon, whom I believe we can therefore credit for inventing this particular archenemy dynamic.
Now, I consider Dixon to be one of the finest Batman writers, the only one of the 90's trio of Dixon, Moench, and Grant to be worth a damn (and the three of them working on "Prodigal" next week will be further proof of why I feel that way). And yet, he also writes what I consider to be one of the worst depictions of Two-Face ever put to print.
This might be due to the fact that Dixon, as far as I know, has never written a villain sympathetically. They're all either criminal masterminds (Blockbuster, Two-Face) or shifty losers (the Riddler Year One annual, Cluemaster). Best as I can tell, Dixon writes expressly for the heroes, which he does wonderfully. Problem is, that means the villains, even antivillains like Harvey and Mr. Freeze, suffer as a result.
Not that there aren't strengths to this depiction of Two-Face...
( Read more... )
And thus the stage is set for the imminent rematch between Dick (who will be assuming the mantle of Batman for the first time) and Two-Face in "Prodigal." Hopefully next week, after over a month of talkin' about it, I'll finally get to those scans as well.
Suggested tags:
char: two-face/harvey dent
char: batman/bruce wayne
char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson
char: robin/red robin/tim drake
creator: chuck dixon
creator: scott beatty
creator: javier pulido
creator: tom grummett
Tags:
Some Robin Year One
Mar. 29th, 2010 11:52 ambenicio127cloud_wolf requested some Bruce/Dick interaction scenes from Robin Year One and I said I'd help out. I read this for the first time maybe a month or two ago and absolutely loved it. It's long, but I read it so fast, it actually felt short. There's four parts and each part is comprised of 52 pages. Beautiful art and little! Dick Grayson being awesome. What more could you ask for?
Also, I decided to pop in a sketch I got from Cameron Stewart over the weekend at the Wizard World Comic Con in Toronto, it's pretty awesome.
Enjoy.
( Some Bruce/Dick/Alfred chats in Robin:Y1 )
( Red Hood by Cameron Stewart :-) )
Suggested tags: char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: robin/red hood/jason todd, creator: scott beatty, creator: cameron stewart, creator: javier pulido, creator: robert campanella,
Tags:
A tale of two Rhinos
Mar. 20th, 2010 04:50 pmflint_marko
( Story behind the cut. )
creator: max fiumara,title: amazing spider-man,char: rhino/aleksei sytsevich,char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: joe kelly,creator: javier pulido
thanekosyes, it's time for Spider-Man to clear the next hurdle in the Gauntlet: all-new, all-better Mysterio!
He hasn't gotten a power-up, however; he's merely modified his modus operandi. His gambits and misdirections are now at the service of others; just as he helped Norman Osborn fake Harry's death, he also helped dissatisfied Maggia elements stage a coup using a Silvermane robot... then turned around and killed those elements.
Now he's the one running the show, and he's pitting the Maggia against Negative's men at some dock warehouse, ostensibly to help the former crush the latter.
( .. but is a power grab his real motive? )
He hasn't gotten a power-up, however; he's merely modified his modus operandi. His gambits and misdirections are now at the service of others; just as he helped Norman Osborn fake Harry's death, he also helped dissatisfied Maggia elements stage a coup using a Silvermane robot... then turned around and killed those elements.
Now he's the one running the show, and he's pitting the Maggia against Negative's men at some dock warehouse, ostensibly to help the former crush the latter.
( .. but is a power grab his real motive? )
NuSpidey spoilers: This could be either good or bad, depending upon how it's told ...
Dec. 16th, 2009 03:16 pmbox_in_the_boxIn Amazing Spider-Man #615, Spider-Man goes to Betty Brant for some assistance, during which we learn that she has access to a source of inside information:
( So subtle, I almost missed it: )
( So subtle, I almost missed it: )
![[identity profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
