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Review: "The Batcave Companion" Provides Lots of Insight into an Iconic Character.
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II The writer/editor of the critically acclaimed The Krypton Companion and the designer of the...
Michael W. Rickard II
Oct 4, 20194 min read
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Book Review. "Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus."
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II With a film starring the Joker as played by Joaquin Phoenix in the works for fall 2019, DC...
Michael W. Rickard II
Sep 10, 20195 min read
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Happy Birthday to the Batman
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Batman's first appearance (Detective Comics #27 to be exact) and he's been pretty busy ever since...
Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 30, 20191 min read
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Book Review: "Aquaman: The Search for Mera"
Mera, the queen of Atlantis, mysteriously disappears, and Aquaman begins searching high and low to find her. In addition, Atlantis is in...
Michael W. Rickard II
Dec 20, 20184 min read
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Book Review: "Comic Book Implosion" Examines a Key Moment in Comic Book History
Copyright 2018 Michael W. Rickard Things looked bleak for comic books throughout the 1970s because of plummeting sell-through rates....
Michael W. Rickard II
Nov 23, 20185 min read
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Book Review: Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition
Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II This book is packed with some of Superman's greatest stories from Action Comics, but is it worth...
Michael W Rickard II
Apr 25, 20185 min read
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Did Superman's Creators Rip Off a Science-Fiction Novel? Part Two of Two
Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II Last week I began my analysis of Phillip Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator and its influence on...
Michael W. Rickard II
Apr 16, 20184 min read
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Did Superman's Creators Rip Off a Science-Fiction Novel? Part One of Two
Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II While Superman was an innovative creation in comic books, the character of a superhuman living...
Michael W. Rickard II
Apr 9, 20184 min read
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"'Batman: War of Jokes and Riddles' Reads Like Bad Fan Fiction."
Cool cover conceals some Bat-guano Batman has always been one of my favorite comic book characters, going back to when I watched reruns...
Michael Rickard II
Feb 7, 20185 min read
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"The Legion of Super-Heroes, Comics' Greatest Heroes Yet to Come. Part Two of Two."
The Legion had a great line-up of villains too. There were classic villains like the Fatal Five (five villains so bad they could take on...
Michael Rickard II
Oct 4, 20174 min read
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"The Legion of Super-Heroes, Comics' Greatest Heroes Yet to Come. Part One of Two."
Comic books were always great escapist fare as a kid, and still are for some adults, including yours truly. What youngster wouldn’t want...
Michael Rickard II
Sep 27, 20173 min read
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