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Wolverine’s Conclusion Against Adamantine

There are some rough and violent strikes in the battle between Wolverine and Adamantine. However, the art isn’t gritty enough for me. I think Humberto Ramos’ run in volume 3 is one of the artistic peaks of the Wolverine franchise. In large, it’s because the art matches both the raw, violent nature of the story and Logan’s internal strife. Even when it’s drawn in a more cartoony manner, I felt the art never lost its edge.

Wonder Man: Found Footage

I often have issues when they take a character who I know and like and turn them into something wholly different for an adaptation. Usually I say the more seemingly random changes they make, the worse the adaptation is. The MCU has managed to exempt themselves from this rule of mine a few times (really, it makes a lot more sense that techno-genius Tony Stark made Ultron than bio-chemist Hank Pym). They are doing so again with their take on Wonder Man, who has very little in common with his comic book counterpart, but they are telling a great story here, which continues in “Found Footage.”

Harley Quinn: Gotham’s Hottest Hotties

The animated Harley Quinn series is back for a fourth season. In an interesting media crossover, some of what happened between seasons three and four was covered in a comic book limited series, “Legion of Bats.” But now the show is back, with, among other things, Harley and Ivy trying to find a new balance in their lives, since Harley is working with the Bat-family in Batman’s absence, and Ivy is running the Legion of Doom. Talk about a mixed marriage.

Wonder Man: Doorman

Doorman, in the comics, is a minor character, part of a group of lesser-known, mostly used as joke characters called the Great Lakes Avengers. He’s actually not the first of the GLA to show up in the MCU, since a version of Immortal Man popped up in the She-Hulk series. He’s been referenced several times so far during Wonder Man. Now, we finally get to see what happened that led to the “Doorman clause” that prohibits superhumans from working in Hollywood movies. Probably tv shows, too, but that hasn’t really been spelled out yet. They use black and white to emphasize that almost the entire episode is a flashback, as we get the story behind “Doorman.”

Prince´s ¨Batdance¨: A brief history of a track that—for better or worse—changed the music industry and Batman forever. 

  Picture an era before the current grittiness we associate with the crime-riddled streets of Gotham City. Before critics and fans deplored the casting of Heath Ledger and eyebrows were raised at George Clooney’s controversial nipple suit, there was Tim Burton’s Batman. Every odd was against this film from its inception. Burton created whimsical, horror-adjacent films, while Michael Keaton was known as a skinny, comedic actor. Neither were…

Superman & Lois: Head On

The writing on Superman and Lois has consistently been really good. They’ve taken a lot of interesting approaches to things and made some great choices. Lois having cancer is, to the best of my recollection, the first time they’ve gone in that direction, and it’s the kind of crisis that all of Superman’s powers can’t do anything about. Dealing with the issues related to that, the Kent/Lane family face it the only way they can: “Head On.”

Wonder Man: Pacoima

As many comic book readers know, Wonder Man/Simon Williams has a very complicated family history. His brother Eric is the supervillain known as the Grim Reaper, who has never been able to accept Simon’s return from the death that was part of his origin arc. Complicating things still further, a recording of Simon’s brain patterns was used by Ultron when creating the Vision, making them essentially brothers, and earning Vision a place on the Grim Reaper’s hit list as well. Things aren’t that serious, at least not yet, but we do get to see that Eric and Simon don’t get on in the MCU as well as the comics as we attend a celebration in “Pacoima.”

Artist Corner: Alex Ross

As one of the leading illustrators in the comic industry, Alex Ross’ influence cannot be understated. With a lifelong interest in comic books, Ross began creating at the age of 13. Roughly a decade later he was hired by Marvel Comics for the 1994 comic book event, Marvels (Alex Ross Art, n.d.). The son of a commercial artist, Ross followed in his mother´s footsteps and attended…