Hearwax’s self-proclaimed comics expert Karsten School and his plucky band of helper-monkeys tackle Week 1 of the DC Comics Relaunch, featuring zombies, faith-healing, terrorists, malevolent celestial bodies and much, much more!
There are certain questions that new comic readers like to ask and old school collectors will endlessly debate- what are the greatest comic books of all time? Was Watchmen really as good as people say? How does Batman: Year One stack up against The Dark Knight Returns? How about comics that aren’t about superheroes? For the benefit of you, the Hearwax Universe, I’ll be answering these questions for you over the coming months as I count down the Two Hundred and Fifty Greatest Comics of All Time.
All praises here, chaps – I return with some of my top picks of this and last week’s pull. Other issues I picked up were as follows: Amazing Spider-Man #140, Casanova # 2, Uncanny X-Men # 527, Ex Machina #50, Batman And Robin # 13, Wonder Woman # 701, Ultimate Spider-Man #13 Booster Gold #35 …
Batman #701 (DC) Grant Morrison (writer), Tony Daniel (artist). Like Wonder Woman and Superman, Batman hit a milestone number last month with issue number seven hundred. Unlike those the other two books, which are currently going through controversial “new directions,” it’s business as usual in the pages of Batman. And that’s not a bad thing- …
There’s something undeniably special about being with people who are united for one single purpose. Be it for whatever reason such as sports, a concert, a film or a convention, there’s a great energy to which everyone contributes. You feel a connection even though you’ve never met most of the people there. This feeling is …
Batman: The Odyssey #1 (DC Comics) Neal Adams (writer and artist). So, here’s a quick history lesson for all you amateur Batmanologists out there. In the early 1970s, artist Neal Adams and writer Dennis O’Neil were instrumental in ridding Batman of the campiness inspired by the Adam West TV show, bringing the character back to …