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A cornucopia of characters
With the aquisition/licensing of the Thunder Agents, Milestone, and Red Circle (Archice) characters DC Comics looks like it reverting to a fragmentary format that goes right back to the foundation of the company. The history is a little fuzzy, but there were two brands of the company operating in the early 1940s.
National (The World Finest) [...]
A measure of a civilisation
On this 40th anniversary of the lunar landings, I was thinking about how we compare civilisations. A bit dull I know, but it passes the time. I think a fairly good measure is their physical size versus their sphere of exploration. The distinction is important. The ancient Roman Empire was the same approximate physical size [...]
The 52 in 52: Part 6 – The Truth
In this run down of 52 I’ve been concentrating on the subplot behind the number 52 itself. Rip Hunter and Booster Gold have been fighting an evil version of Booster’s sidekick, Skeets, a library/security robot from the 25th century. It knows that time is broken, that something powerful and new has been left behind in [...]
The 52 in 52: Part 5 – The return of the Red Tornado
So far in our coverage of the 52 in 52 (parts 1, 2, 3, 4) there have been several Red Tornado references, but nobody knows where the majority of his body is. It turns up in Week #17 when its discovered by a ground of Aboriginal Australians in the outback. He’s been badly damaged and [...]
The 52 in 52 – Part 4: Skeet’s hunt for Rip Hunter
52 was DC’s first modern weekly comic. It bridged the missing year between INFINITE CRISIS and the “One Year Later” relaunches. At heart was the mystery of the 52 – what was the significance of the number? I’ve been following the 52 subplot through the series. First I covered the missing super geniuses from across [...]
The 52 in 52 – Part 3: The replacement League
I’m running down the events of 52 that eventually led to the revelation of the central mystery of the series. So far I’ve covered the disappearance of the evil geniuses and the death of Booster Gold. A slight interlude this time with a look at the wannabe Justice League from Week #24 – this is [...]
The 52 in 52 – Part 2: The Death of Booster Gold
Last time in this analysis of the mystery behind 52 we saw the genesis of several subplots – why were the Red Tornado’s last words “52″, why is Intergang kidnapping evil geniuses, and just what has Mister Mind turned into? Now it’s time to look at one of 52’s big players – Booster Gold (Michael [...]
The 52 in 52 – Part 1: The missing minds
Following on from our quick look at the publishing history of DC’s Multiverses I thought I’d go over the discovery of the 52 Multiverse in the series 52. Following the conclusion of INFINITE CRISIS the internal chronology of DC’s superhero titles jumped forwards by one year in a stunt called “One Year Later.” The idea [...]
Capsule History of the Multiverse
The Multiverse is one of DC Comics’s big fundamental settings, but its something the company has wrestled to exploit or even understand. How have we reached this situation?
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