Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Wanted TPB : The Bat, the Croc, and the Snowman

Writer:Various
Artist: Various
Publisher: DC Comics (1970's and 80's)
Includes: Man-Bat: Batman #341-343, Batman #348, Detective Comics #527, and Batman #361. Killer Croc: Detective Comics #523, Batman #357, Detective Comics #524, Batman #358, Detective Comics #525, and Batman #359. Snowman: Batman #337 and Detective Comics #522

I have noticed that several of Batman's foes (Scarecrow, Two Face, Ra's al Ghul) have gotten TPBs dedicated to them. It's time to give Batman's monster foes the same treatment. I would just do it a little different and put them all in one book. A nice fat TPB!

I know you are asking...why the Snowman? Because the reason is the question. Think on that for a bit.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

INDIANA JONES and the punch in the gut by Shane Prigmore

This is one of the funniest comic strips I have ever seen!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Wanted TPB : Red Tornado Mini-Series

Writer:Gerry Conway (Justice League of America) and Kurt Busiek (mini-series)
Artist: George Pérez (Justice League of America) and Carmine Infantino (mini-series)
Publisher: DC Comics (1981 and 1985)
Includes: Justice League #192-193 and Red Tornado #1-4

The Red Tornado has been playing a major part in the Justice League for decades and these two issues put him on the map for me.
I know a George Perez Justice League of America TPB is in the works, but I would love to have these collected with the
Kurt Busiek and Carmine Infantino mini-series.

OR

Have a collection; which comprised of all the Red Tornado tales told in the World's Finest Comics from issue #265-270 and 272 and his greatest moments in the Justice League issues.

Wanted TPB : Firestorm, The Elemental War

Writer: John Ostrander
Artist: Tom Mandrake
Publisher: DC Comics (1989)
Includes:
Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #90-93 and The Spectre #19-22

This four issue story arc I found interesting, because it took on the concept of the elements being personified in the DC-verse.

Fun Fact (clipped from Wikipedia): Naiad (Mai Miyazaki) is the elemental of water for the planet Earth. The Parliament of Waves, is a group made up of older Water Elementals. The five Elemental Parliaments (Trees, Waves, Stone, Flames, Vapors) were destroyed by a Spectre level being called The Word. Naiad shares the title of "Elemental" with Firestorm the elemental of (fire), Red Tornado the elemental of (air), and Swamp Thing the elemental of (plants).

Monday, April 6, 2009

Wanted TPB : Amethyst, Max-Series #1-12

Writer:Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin
Artist: Ernie Colón and others
Publisher: DC Comics (1983)
Includes:
Legion of Super-Heroes #298 (insert), Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1-12 and Annual 1

I know this original series was aimed at a young girl audience, but I enjoyed reading it too, even though I have a penis.

I think it is funny companies feel the need to aim a property at a particular gender when they should aim at making good stories period.

By the way DC, this is also a series my Mom actually enjoyed reading. So if you made it a TPB, I'd have to buy two copies one for her and one for myself. Come on, Christmas is just around the corner.

Wanted TPB : Deadman mini-series

Writer:Len Wein (DC Comics Presents) and Andrew Helfer (Deadman mini-series)
Artist: José Luis García-López
Publisher: DC Comics (1980 and 1986)
Includes: DC Comics Presents #24 and Deadman #1-4

This mini-series picks up, storywise, where Neal Adams left off from his original run in Strange Adventures; which was published in a Deadman Collection in 2001. There is a 17 year gap of stories ignored between the Collection and this mini-series.

This would be a nice edition to sit next to the Neal Adams collection...plus both the DC Comics Presents and mini-series were drawn by
José Luis García-López and you can't go wrong with his art. I'd buy it just for that fact alone.