Tag Archives: superheroes

Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Century: 1910

Posted on 28th February 2022 by Robert M. Tilendis

I confess to a bit of ambivalence about Alan Moore’s work. Swamp Thing didn’t really catch me at all, Watchmen left me cold (it seems to me that if you’re going to do a successful parody, you can’t take yourself … Continue reading →

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John Ridley and Georges Jeanty’s The American Way

Posted on 28th February 2022 by Richard Dansky

There’s a little bit of Watchmen in The American Way, in which a hidden conspiracy uses superheroes and manufactured threats to manipulate public opinion for the “greater good.” There’s a bit of Marvels, with a regular Joe type (in this … Continue reading →

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Paul Dini and Chip Kidd’s Batman Animated

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Cat Eldridge

We in this household have been watching the Warner Brothers DVD release of the animated Batman series covered in Batman Animated one or two episodes at a time for a few months now. There’s at least three more animated Batman … Continue reading →

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Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert’s Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Aptil Gutierrez

Here at GMR we are rather fond of our graphic novels, trade paperbacks and manga. But it’s the rare – very rare – case where we review individual issues of a title or series. The only other time we’ve done … Continue reading →

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Grant Morrison and Tony S. Daniel’s Batman R.I.P.

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Richard Dansky

Pity the poor Batman. He’s had his back broken, his sidekick killed, another sidekick shot and paralyzed below the waist, his city ravaged by plague and earthquake, and his pet supercomputer go berserk and try to take over the world. … Continue reading →

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Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, and Philip Tan’s Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Robert M. Tilendis

Grant Morrison, in Batman Reborn, has brought us the next generation of — well, of Batman and Robin. In this case, Batman is Dick Grayson, the former Robin, the former Nightwing. Robin is Bruce Wayne’s son Damian, ten years old, … Continue reading →

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Matt Wagner’s Batman/Grendel

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Robert M. Tilendis

Matt Wagner did two crossover series, the first a joint effort between Comico, his publisher at the time, and DC Comics, and the second between Dark Horse and DC, to bring together Grendel and Batman. In the first mini-series, originally … Continue reading →

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Anthony Johnston and Wilson Tortosa’s Wolverine Volume 1: Prodigal Son

Posted on 24th August 2021 by Elizabeth Vail

Does anyone remember walking into dollar stores and seeing the knockoff toys? You know, all the “Spider-Mans” and “Battman” and “Wunder Woman” toys in garishly wrong green, orange, or magenta costumes. The toys made by cheap distributors who thought neon … Continue reading →

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Allan Heinberg’s Young Avengers

Posted on 10th November 2020 by Robert

After reading Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways, I decided that Young Avengers was one series I definitely wanted to follow up on. It was worth it. The story starts with the “Sidekicks” story line, and a full-page frame of … Continue reading →

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Zeb Wells’ Civil Wars: Young Avengers & Runaways

Posted on 10th November 2020 by Robert

Marvel’s crossover series, Civil Wars, has offered up at least one gem: the Young Avengers & Ruanways volume. The U.S. has passed the Superhuman Registration Act, the end result of the high-profile conflicts between various superheroes and supervillains. Superhumans, no … Continue reading →

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