Postcards from Earth-2 (Part One)

This week we ask our favorite alternate reality denizen a question only he could answer. Take it away Earth-2M… How different is the Batman of Kingdom Come from Dr. Doom of the Silver Age? Earth-2M: During Kingdom Come Batman has abandoned all pretense that he was ever anything other than Batman. Wayne Manor lies in…

Superman Food For Thought

Super-Food For Thought with the 13th Doctor What are the key elements to a good Superman story? In my opinion, the best Superman stories are the ones that focus on the man, not the super. Action Comics #775 and Hitman #34, are great examples. They explore what morals and ethics make Clark Kent special, not…

Ultimate Pull List

So I came up with this thought exercise a few weeks ago, Earth-2M and the 13th Doctor were kind enough to once again oblige with a response. I asked the crew to come up with creative teams that they would like to see working, once again, on some of their favorite titles. We were not…

What Is Galactus?

Barone Zemo: Well, Kirby seemed to like personifications of abstract concepts, like DC’s wacky Black Racer as death. Ugh, I know bad comparison. But Galactus seems to be a personification as well… of a major, natural, and unstoppable catastrophe, like Pompeii, an earthquake, or tsunami. He’s not as much a villain as a force of…

Which Side Are You On?

My thoughts never stray far from the Invisibles. So when my old friend CB texted me in the past hour, “What is your final take on the Invisibles?” I responded, “There is no final take. Each time I re-read it I come away with something new.” For this atheist it serves as a stand-in for…

New 52: Whatever Happened to the Doom Patrol?

Let me jump right into this by saying I enjoyed Flashpoint AND bought and read all DC New 52 #1 issues. Not only did this reboot inspire curiosity but I was hopeful that they would be better than what DC was producing at the time. The prior reboot, a quarter of a century ago, was…

Democracy of the Blade

Sean Phillips handled most of the cover chores for volume 1 of the Invisibles. However, issue 5 is a departure from that status quo and a shot at the die-cut monstrosities that littered the decade. The cover made of recycled paper included an Invisibles mission statement on the inside as well as brief synopsis of…

Auric Interference

Kudos to Grant Morrison, Steve Yeowell, Daniel Vozzo, Clem Robbins, Stuart Moore and Julie Rottenberg for bringing the first arc of the Invisibles to close. With Myrmidons closing in Dane/Jack Frost decides to become “free in ways you can’t imagine.” The Myrmidons are welcomed with a grenade (Dane must’ve pulled the pin we know he…

You’ll Not Kick Pigeons Again So Fast

“Cry when you must, laugh when you can. Shout. Scream. Run. Fly Kites. Live.” The dialogue between Dane and Tom sizzles in this issue. Clearly, Grant Morrison is at the top of his game writing what seems to be “Harold and Maude” on blue mold. When I was younger I would often quickly read through…

We’re All Receivers

In the 2nd issue of Volume I of the Invisibles, Grant Morrison and team serve up many of the themes that would go onto inspire other works of fiction like the Matrix. Throughout the run of the book, Morrison used the letters column to spout his influences and even led a sigil to save the…

Beetle Synchronicites

Since its publishing date of Sept. 1994 I’ve re-read Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles quite a few times. And I’ve always made a promise to myself I’d re-read it before the prophesized end to the Mayan calendar. After all, that’s when the culminating events of the three-volume epic take place. So many synchronicities, Karen Berger the…