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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy
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Owner of sterlingsilvercomics.com, blogger at progressiveruin.com, Mike Sterling-er at http://mikesterling.com

37+ years in the comics biz! (I used to work for other stores, now I have my own shop!)

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Absolutely. There's already a movement of comics now under the tag #iceoutcomics, and these stories should be read and shared far and wide
January 22, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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I was just lamenting the fact it has a stelfreeze cover bsky.app/profile/1900...
@seemoreevil.bsky.social once again dives into the deep abyss with a comic book starring ICE. 1900hotdog.com/2026/01/nerd...
January 22, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Whoa, I didn't see that.

I had this comic here the last couple of weeks waiting to put it up on Bluesky. What a...hoo boy.
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Pretty much what I told the guy straight out here.
January 22, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Oh my gosh, I don't remember now. And of course I didn't specify in my post because I was being all "trade secret, shhhh" about it. I *think* it may have been the Joker one, judging by what I say about it.
January 22, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I'll have to look those up. I'm always interested in that sort of thing.
January 21, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I loved those Preview issues. Still have a full set of AH at home! Great reference material.
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
But is kinda great.
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Will definitely mention this when I bring up that old Killing Joke post of mine on the site again.
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Yes! Sorry, didn't save the link. I think it's issue #134 or #137.
January 21, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Ostrander had a habit of taking wild stuff from other books and incorporating it into his own, which is how I think we got Barbara as Oracle in SUICIDE SQUAD. (I'm sure the Batman editorial office had to sign off on it.)
January 21, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I was just searching the 'zine database for mentions of KILLING JOKE (kwakk.info) and found Andy Mangels' original review, which essentially said the same thing. (Still gave it a top grade, though.)
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Possibly! That was one of my points -- "it's called 'The Killing Joke,' DUH" :)
January 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This is my beef with THREE JOKERS, a non-continuity Black Label book, resovling the in-continuity "there are three Jokers" puzzle from JUSTICE LEAGUE. It's still technically unsolved!
January 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I mean, Morrison is a slightly bigger name in comics than me, so I don't blame anyone. :)
January 21, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I feel like it was announced as being outside continuity originally, but I'll have to dig through my Amazing Heroes Preview Specials to track that down.
January 21, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Yeah, one has to infer it happening, jumping through a number of hoops. NOW TO GO ON MY CRUSADE AGAINST ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH ME
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
augh "they" not "he," my mistake
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Here we are...nope, it was definitely 2013. Here's my post talking about (in the second half of this rather long entry): www.progressiveruin.com/2013/08/19/i...
I can’t wait to explain to my customers why they can’t see the special 4D covers all at once.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Reading your post...Good Lord, did I predate Morrison saying this by nine years? Though I could have sworn he said it earlier. Let me look through my site and see if I can pull up a reference.
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Here's my post, from...egads, 2004:

www.progressiveruin.com/2004/03/05/t...
Thinking too much about The Killing Joke
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January 21, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I was going to refer to the KJ theory in my blog overview of this Bluesky hoohar...mind if I link to your post when I do?
January 21, 2026 at 9:52 PM
if you're nasty
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM