On this episode, I resurrect the Air Fighters feature to recap & comment on one of my favorite Blackhawk stories!  Issue #242 was as close as you can come to a reboot for the legendary team of aviator adventurers without actually rebooting.  Editor Dick Giordano, writers Bob Haney & Marv Wolfman and artist Pat Boyette blow-up the unsuccessful  'Junk Heap Heroes' era of the Blackhawks, dispose of the atrocious 'hero names' & appalling outfits and bring the Black Knights back to basics!

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Nazi Negative Man, from the Earth-X Doom patrol?

G.E.O.R.G.E. headquarters (and those ridiculous 'super hero' outfits) - no more!

Zinda, the Hawk Kite, and a gauntlet thrown

Origin of the Winter Soldi-- I mean Black Mask!

Frozen in mid-air as the War Wheel crashes in silence

On this episode, I rhetorically as the question 'Where's the Trade?' of writer Karl Kesel's run on Daredevil from the mid-90s.  In my mind, this run was a 'back to basics' approach to a character who was at the time in desperate need of it.  In addition to speaking generally about the run, I'll be recapping & commenting on my favorite issue from this run, Daredevil #360 in which our hero takes on the menace of the Absorbing Man!

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Karl Kesel interview on manwithoutfear.com

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DD's senses perceive Creel's switch from brick to cold metal

A refreshingly understated revelation tucked at the bottom of the page

Love the way Nord/Ryan's cowl hugs DD's face

Is this an artistic tribute? I sense a Hulk/Thor battle referenced here

Crusher Creel, ancient statue

An oddball story this time on Shanna Showcase - I'll be recapping & commenting on the Marvel/World Wildlife Fund co-production, Wolverine: Global Jeopardy!  Shanna shares panel space in this adventure with Wolverine (of course), Ka-Zar, Namor the Submariner & perhaps a surprise guest stomping through the proceedings!

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Shanna & Ka-Zar eat poachers like this for breakfast

Namor & Co. play a game of 'Spot the Platypus'

The force of nature that is Devil Dinosaur foil the plans of the Conservator

Shanna's logic & tongue-lashing win the day

Awwww . . .

My favorite Coluan is by far the Legion of Super-Heroes' Brainiac 5 -

and I love reading stories about his adventures in the far future.  But

if there's anything better than reading about 1 Brainiac, it's reading

about 3!  In this 2-part story from Showcase '96, Brainiac 5 encounters his most infamous descendants, Superman's great enemy, Brainiac & Vril Dox II, founder of the interstellar

peacekeeping organization, L.E.G.I.O.N.

Please join me as I recap and comment on this most important chapter in the adventures of the Legion of Super-Heroes' resident super genius!

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Brainiac 5 - oblivious & nose deep in his smart device

A dandy Captain Comet calls Vril Dox to action

Saturn Girl's telepathy points the way to the biggest brains on the planet

Priceless subversion of the Brainiac legacy - matter over mind

On this episode of I'm the Gun, we're celebrating the United States' birthday by taking a look the middle story from Tomahawk #70 - 'The Midnight Ride of Tomahawk,' featuring the meeting of 2 titans from American History & folklore - DC Comics' frontier super-star Tomahawk & founding father and chief cheerleader of the Continental Army, Thomas Paine!

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Passable portraits of Paine & Gen. Nathaniel Greene, as Paine puts pen to paper

Tomahawk & Paine's mutual admiration society

The Midnight Ride

Paine's writing does its work

The Eclipso: The Darkness Within coverage continues with this look at the DC Comics' event finale!  Helping me shed some light on the Darkness Within is Chris Sheehan of the excellent blog, chrisisoninfiniteearths and co-host of the Cosmic Treadmill podcast!

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Creepiness in what you don't see; plus, great reaction shots

Eclipso revealed; plus great reaction shots

Disgusting

Awesome double-page spread and bit of contrasting dialogue

A claustrophobic spread of inexplicable Keith Giffen art

Last year, a loose collection of brave bloggers & podcasters attempted the impossible and covered bits & pieces of the much-maligned 1993 DC Comics x-over event, Bloodlines!  This year, that same group, plus a few new friends, will shine a light on another DC event, Eclipso: The Darkness Within!

Hard to believe, but it's been 25 years since the heroes of the DC Universe faced the Darkness Within, and on this episode, I'll be having a look at one chapter of the event which ran through DC's summer line of 1992 Annuals - L.E.G.I.O.N. '92 Annual #3

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Vril Dox, punished for that ridiculous 'private eye' get-up

Mike McKone doesn't skimp on the backgrounds

Eclipso takes a shining to his new body

2 pages of an extended knock down/drag out slugfest

Now, I dialed JLA a long time ago - see how late they're reactin' (apologies to Public Enemy)

Just in time for Wonder Woman's blockbuster turn on the silver screen, this episode of ITG's ABCs (which is short for Anthology & Back-up Comics Stories), looks back at a WW Battle Classic from the pages of World's Finest Comics #s 246-247!

Join me as I recap and comment on this story featuring the debut of a sinister villain fated to continually plague DC's wartime heroes & Diana's meeting with a familiar fellow female freedom fighter!

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Perhaps the purest Don Heck panel in the story

Churchill, obviously drawn from a photograph makes contact with the 'camera'

Diana's awesome physical feat

Marie's bullets are no match for Diana's bracelets, but WW is easily felled by a rifle butt

Blitzkrieg loses a battle of face lasers & bracelets

On this episode of ITG's ABCs (which is short for Anthology & Back-up Comics Stories), I'll be taking a look at a Supergirl short story from Superman Family #189!

Just in time for the Supergirl Season 2 finale, I'll be recapping this story, in which Kara gets into some legal trouble & receives some unlikely help in the form of Phantom Zone testimony from her once & future comrade in the Legion of Super-Heroes (and TV show co-star), Mon-El!

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Surrendered to the Phantom Zone

What IS Snapper Carr up to?

Mon-El's memories to the rescue

Emergence from the PZ & threats

This episode, I'll be finishing up the recap & commentary on 'Eye for an Eye,' the story arc running through Eclipse Magazine that introduced Max Allan Collins' & Terry Beatty's iconic private investigator, Ms. Michael Tree! 

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Michael Tree - meet Mike Tree?!

The awkward pause triggers my inner groan

Odd face-hiding word balloons

Pulling the needle out - like a boss