In Warner Bros.’ “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” DC Comics’ two greatest titans go mano-a-mano.
The loser: Audiences.
Warning: There be spoilers. If you haven’t seen the film – and I encourage you to wait until it’s on TNT some Sunday morning next year – tread at your risk.
Marv Wolfman had only been writing Marvel Comics’ “Tomb of Dracula” for a few months when he created the most dynamic, dangerous character in the horror comic’s supporting cast – one who would help launch Marvel from the printed page to box-office success.
Welcome Blade – the vampire-slayer!
Or the vampire killer.
Your call. The comic flips between both.
One thing is obvious: Blade is nothing like the other hunters chasing Dracula.
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The world waits with bated breath for the opening of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” on March 25.
The Dark Knight meets the Man of Steel for the first time in a live-action film, and it looks to be a brawl for the ages.
And that got me thinking. How did the comics – you know, the source material for just about every blockbuster film keeping the major studios afloat these days – handle the first meeting of DC’s greatest titans?
What threat could possibly be dire enough to bring the two champions of justice together?
The Anti-Monitor? Darkseid? The Joker and Lex Luthor together?
Would you believe … a cruise ship vacation?
Continue reading “Superman & Batman: The Original Super-Friends”
Say you’re the parent of a fourth grader curious about the presidential campaign. It’s only the election of the next leader of the greatest country in the world.
Your wee one wants to know everything about the political process, how the primaries work, how the two major parties function, even the purpose of the electoral college.
All those things can be explained – perhaps with some difficulty, but still.
But what the heck do you say about the behavior of those running for only the most important job on the planet?
Continue reading “Election ’16: When the Circus Stops, We’re Screwed”
It’s news both unexpected and overdue: DC will again publish a Justice Society title.
From what little has been reported of this reboot, part of the upcoming “DC Rebirth,” the team allegedly will still be young, somehow plucked from the timestream from the 1940s – sort of like the original teen X-Men now running around in Marvel’s various X-books. This premise seems like a tactical misfire for the world’s first and greatest super-team, but everything depends on the execution.
Despite being a best-selling and award-winning title during the ’90s and ’00s, from Geoff Johns no less, “Justice Society” once again, fell out of favor with DC management.
Continue reading “The ONE story the New ‘Justice Society’ Writer Must Read”
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