In one of the bonus features on the new “Watchmen” DVD set, writer Damon Lindelof refers to this nine-part HBO series as “fan fiction.”
He was a boy when his father thrust the first two issues of the now legendary DC series “Watchmen” into his hands. His father didn’t think he was ready for the groundbreaking story. He had no idea how much it would change the course of Damon’s life and influence his writings.
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Courtney finds two new members of her Justice Society in the new episode of “Stargirl.”
Warning: Minor spoilers follow!
Those fabulous freaks are back.
DC Universe’s “Doom Patrol” – starring the most unlikely heroes of all time – returns for a second season, this time on HBO MAX.
From the fresh trailer, it seems our misfits will be adjusting to their powers and to each other as a team – and just in time, as the Chief’s (Timothy Dalton) reality-bending daughter Dorothy is about to take them on a walk down one twisted road.
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I don’t like Harley Quinn.
There. I’m owning my bias.
It didn’t start that way.
I enjoyed Harley in her appearances on “Batman: The Animated Series.” No one can match Arlene Sorkin’s off-kilter take on the malice and the mirth in the character.
But after Harley became canon in the DC universe, she got a makeover into an overly sexualized vamp who never addressed the trauma of her past.
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Three episodes in, “DC’s Stargirl” has launched a new hero into the stratosphere and laid the groundwork for the return of the first and greatest super-team.
But there are some urgent questions that need answers sooner rather than later.
Mark Perigard 