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Swamp Thing Annual 3 (1987)
This issue, even for an annual, has way too many hands in the art pot. Besides Veitch, who pencils some in addition to writing the script, there’s Shawn McManus, Jim Fern and Stan Woch. Tom Yeates...
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Swamp Thing 111 (September 1991)
Collins shows off a lot this issue. She turns the comic into a domestic–it’s young parents Abby and Alec bantering about the baby. Unfortunately Collins dumbs down Abby–she’s just a mom now instead of...
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Swamp Thing 116 (February 1992)
Guest writer Dick Foreman tries a little hard to be precious, but the issue’s still a success. Foreman and Shawn McManus tell a traditional boys’ story. A kid with a crappy, absentee father discovers...
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The Man Called A-X 1 (October 1997)
The Man Called A-X is a strange and awful thing. It’s pronounced “A 10,” but “A ex.” I wasn’t sure it mattered, but then the hard cliffhanger reveals it does matter. The comic is a near future thing...
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Detective Comics 535 (February 1984)
Doug Moench has two subplots going; it’s hard to say if one’s a B and the other’s a C, or if they’re both equally weighted. There’s a new crime boss in Gotham, at least Bullock thinks so and Gordon...
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Detective Comics 536 (March 1984)
Much of the issue consists of Alfred whining to his daughter about being the only father she has left. Yes, the poor woman is distraught, but it’s like Moench couldn’t come up with anything else for...
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Detective Comics 537 (April 1984)
Quick observation about the Green Arrow backup before I forget–McManus has some great panels. Not all of them, not consistently, but he has some amazing close-ups. The feature story has Batman getting...
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Detective Comics 538 (May 1984)
It’s a strange issue and not just because the feature’s incredibly boring. It’s a sting operation where Batman follows the new Catman–who is the new Catman because the old one sold out his cellmate...
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Detective Comics 539 (June 1984)
Bob Smith inking Don Newton is something to see. There’s almost an Eisner-like quality to the faces. It’s beautiful art on the feature. But Moench’s writing is awesome too, whether it’s the main plot...
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Detective Comics 540 (July 1984)
There’s something off about Colan’s layouts for the feature story. Moench splits it between Batman and Robin for the first half–Batman dealing with his Scarecrow-induced fears, Robin dealing with the...
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Detective Comics 541 (August 1984)
It’s a strange issue with Batman chasing the Penguin down to Antarctica to stop him from selling military secrets to the Russians. Moench throws in a couple twists, both of them vaguely amusing, but...
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Detective Comics 542 (September 1984)
It says something when Moench’s got more character in two or three dialogue interchanges between Jason and Alfred’s daughter–they don’t like each other or something–than in a bunch of lengthy...
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Detective Comics 543 (October 1984)
Wow, what’s Moench thinking? He’s done some great, ambitious stories since he started writing the Batman comics but… a supervillain adopting Jason Todd? Noctura is back–she looks like a vampire,...
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Detective Comics 544 (November 1984)
What an issue. How to even start. Okay, so Moench is having so much trouble figuring out why Bruce Wayne wants to adopt Jason Todd, he actually has a scene where Nocturna “tempts” him with the promise...
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Detective Comics 545 (December 1984)
This issue has some beautiful art from Gene Colan and Bob Smith in the feature and then Shawn McManus in the backup, but it’s a disaster otherwise. Moench spends most of the feature with his really...
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Tom Strong 19 (April 2003)
This issue, containing three different stories by two writers (Moore on the first and last, daughter Leah on the middle one) and three different art teams (Howard Chaykin on the first, Shawn McManus...
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Swamp Thing 111 (September 1991)
Collins shows off a lot this issue. She turns the comic into a domestic–it’s young parents Abby and Alec bantering about the baby. Unfortunately Collins dumbs down Abby–she’s just a mom now instead of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Swamp Thing 116 (February 1992)
Guest writer Dick Foreman tries a little hard to be precious, but the issue’s still a success. Foreman and Shawn McManus tell a traditional boys’ story. A kid with a crappy, absentee father discovers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Man Called A-X 1 (October 1997)
The Man Called A-X is a strange and awful thing. It’s pronounced “A 10,” but “A ex.” I wasn’t sure it mattered, but then the hard cliffhanger reveals it does matter. The comic is a near future thing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Detective Comics 535 (February 1984)
Doug Moench has two subplots going; it’s hard to say if one’s a B and the other’s a C, or if they’re both equally weighted. There’s a new crime boss in Gotham, at least Bullock thinks so and Gordon...
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