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Absolute Joker 🃏

If you haven't picked up Absolute Batman #15 yet, get it now. Scott Snyder, Jock, and Nick Dragotta are killing it for DC.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy Birthday to the late, legendary John Buscema. A versatile illustrator with a dynamic style. I particularly enjoyed his work when he did both pencils and inks.
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Scooby-Doo crew
- George Perez.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
One of the best comic book covers ever.
🎨 George Perez
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My favourite line is from The Comedian after Nite Owls laments the loss of the American Dream.
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✍🏼 Alan Moore
🎨 Dave Gibbons
🗨️ DC Comics
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Finally picked up The Avengers #201 (November 1980). It's a day-in-the-life story with a little action. It's also the last issue George Perez did in the 80s.
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💡Jim Shooter 💔
✍🏼 David Micheline
✏️ George Perez 💔
✒️ Dan Green 💔
🎨 Ben Sean
🔤 John Costanza
🗨️ @marvelentertainment.tumblr.com.web.brid.gy
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Dave Schultz
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October 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's covers for Sin City: The Big Fat Kill.

*Dark Horse Comics
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Marv Wolfman and George Perez's New Teen Titans were perfect comic books.
October 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Absolute Batman is my favourite Batman series. Thank you Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I bought the Deadpool/Batman one-shot last week. Frank Miller revisits Wolverine and Batman in the final story. If you've read the blog, you know I'm a fan. I can't really bring myself to say how I feel about Miller's work here. I'll let it speak for itself.
September 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I'll have to find Alex Toth's work in the back issues bins of my LCS.
September 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Damn.
Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta are putting their Batman through another meat grinder.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Batman #1 is a perfect jumping-on point for new readers. Mark Fraction and Jorge Jimenez bring bat the grey and blue with familiar faces. It's really good, but the Bat-book for me is Absolute Batman.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you're looking for comic book classics, head over to Nefarious Comics. Found New Teen Titans #13 in the back issues bins. It starts the second year of Marv Wolfman and George Perez's incomparable run on the series.
✍🏼 Marv Wolfman
✏️ George Perez
✒️ Romeo Tanghal
🎨 Adrienne Roy
🔠 Ben Oda
September 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Marvel put the Punisher red band variant in a polybag. Comic book fans, being comic book fans, have asked the question, "Do I open it?". I plan on opening mine because I read comic books, putting more value in the story, art, and rarity. The value will invariably spike, but long-term will level off.
September 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Alex Ross' redesign of classic Captain Marvel.
September 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Archie Andrews - one of comic books' open foot fetishists 👣😂!
August 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Marvel used to have great annuals. Hulk Annual #7 is a stand-alone, actioner with the Hulk and the X-Men's Angel and Iceman. Roger Stern wrote it. John Byrne and Bob Layton teamed up for the art. Comic book greatness.
August 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Two classics from my LCSs.
* The Uncanny X-Men #165
Chris Claremont, Paul Smith, Bob Wiacek, Lynn Varley, and Tom Orzechowski. Marvel Comics, 1982
* Hardboiled #1
Frank Miller, Geoff Darrow, Chris Legris, John Workman. Dark Horse Comics, 1990
August 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The *All Her Monsters" storyline is a slow, but good burn. Tynion's scripting is getting much tighter allowing Dell'Edera and Muerto to tell the story with the art.
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✍🏼 James Tynion IV
✏️ Werther Dell'Edera
🎨 Miquel Muerto
💣 Boom Studios
August 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Happy Birthday to the immensely talented, underappreciated Ed Hannigan. 🎂🗨️
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August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Well, well, well... 😏... You're a twisted one, Black Canary. 😂
August 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A cropped version of Bob Budiansky and Ernie Chan's for Marvel Treasury Edition #18. It's one of my favourites.
August 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Batman and Carrie Kelley - Robin.
-Batman: Dark Knight Returns
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July 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM