https://youtu.be/5NclGqFir2Y It all started with Final Crisis. Well, arguably it all started with Grant Morrison taking the reins on Batman, and so effectively leading his story for the next several years, but I’m not going to talk about Morrison’s entire run on Batman right now. So, instead, we’re starting at Final Crisis. Because during that... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/GI2QcsTJYMk As I mentioned in my full review of the New 52 Batman series, Snyder and Capullo's run was pretty Joker heavy. By the point this event started, we'd already seen the final days of criminal mastermind Red Hood, though after falling into a vat of chemicals he vanished, left to potentially become the Joker. ... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/JHfZY-eSHiI Writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale made quite a name for themselves working together on some DC series including Batman: The Long Halloween, Superman for All Seasons, and Catwoman: When in Rome. Ha. You thought that last one would be Wonder Woman, didn’t you? Because that would be the logical thing. But no.... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/Zvrah7zkBwg Unlike much of the rest of the DC universe, Batman and his little Bat-family would actually keep a lot of their history intact going into the New 52 reboot. The specific details would often get changed, but in general you could trust that more or less the characters had a familiar history. This was... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/KJzhHi9SlNk As you'll recall if you at least watched my Flashpoint video, that story ended with Flash breaking across universes while looking for his original timeline. A mysterious lady narrated his travels for us, indicating that the main DC Universe would be united with what had, overtime, become a separate Vertigo universe. But more than... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/Rv9vmarI1ys In the 1988 Batman story The Killing Joke, the Joker would end up shooting Barbara Gordon in the spine, robbing her of the use of her legs. But this would not get the former Batgirl to give up on her sense of justice. So she would begin working as the woman in the chair... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/actCNRbAy2o Yes, yes, I know. Ramsey's covering another comic I've never heard of. Why does he keep doing this? I don't know, you guys. I guess I just hate success. Or maybe it's because I said I'd cover every New 52 comic ever and, dammit, I meant it. Though, I have to say, it's surprising... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/Of5dTx89CuM When Scott Snyder took over writing Batman for DC during the New 52, he was still a relatively small comic creator. So he accepted the job with all the gravity working on such a high profile comic would deserve. And that meant he had to come up with a way to write the comic... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/oydCb1qCTIw Following the unexpected popularity the purple archer known as Hawkeye received following the Avengers movie, Marvel decided they needed a series to really revamp the character for a new generation of readers. And that series would be the critically acclaimed 2012 to 2015 series Hawkeye by Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Matt Hollingsworth. So,... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/QgxjWluF318 You may have never heard of Sword of Sorcery, and that wouldn’t be surprising. It doesn't exactly seem like DC made a big point of getting the word out there about this comic. And what this comic is is a great big mash up of things. And stuff. Stuff and things. The first of... Continue Reading →
Captain Away 