Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #499

Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #499 edited by Carl Gafford & Nicola Cuti I managed to find another issue of the digest-sized Adventure Comics from 1983. Let’s take a look at the treasures inside! “Plastic Man” (no chapter title) written by Len Wein, art by Joe Staton and Bob Smith features the obvious character. Plastic… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #499

Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

Cover by Ross Andru & Mike DeCarlo

Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes edited by E. Nelson Bridwell “Secret origins” are a big part of the superhero genre. Since, back in the day, most superheroes had secret identities, just how exactly they’d come to gain powers or the motivation to fight crime was also a… Continue reading Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #22: Secret Origins of Super-Heroes

Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #494

Cover by Keith Giffen and Romeo Tanghal

Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #494 edited by Carl Gafford I’ve dug out another of the Adventure Comics digests from the early 1980s. As mentioned in my review of #497, each of these only had one new story fronting a bunch of reprints, including at least two related to the Legion of Super-Heroes. Let’s take… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #494

Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #497

Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #497 by Various Creators For a while in the early 1980s, Adventure Comics was turned into a digest format by DC Comics, with more pages but smaller ones, and multiple series represented, a mix of new and reprint stories. Let’s take a look at this typical installment. “All Together Now!”… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #497

Comic Book Review: The Best of DC Blue Ribbon Digest #44

Comic Book Review: The Best of DC Blue Ribbon Digest #44 by various creators Archie Comics wasn’t the only company doing digests, of course. DC Comics also had a vast library of back issues able to be reprinted in a smaller, checkout aisle friendly format. At one point, it was used as part of a… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC Blue Ribbon Digest #44

Movie Review: JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time

Movie Review: JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time The Legion of Doom’s latest plan has been thwarted by the Justice League of America, and Lex Luthor is trapped in ice for a thousand years.  He’s accidentally unleashed by two teenage heroes of the 31st Century, Karate Kid and Dawnstar.  Luthor promptly steals an hourglass that controls… Continue reading Movie Review: JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time