Flashback Issue Bin: “The Batman Adventures” #1
1992 was a big year for the Bat. The sequel to Tim Burton’s “Batman” film, “Batman Returns”, was released and “Batman: The Animated Series” aired its…
Flashback Issue Bin: “The New Teen Titans” #18
Marv Wolfman is as much a master at delivering emotional punches to the gut as he is at spinning exciting tales. One such punch was laid…
Flashback Issue Bin: “Batman” #251
The story of “The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge” in 1973’s “Batman” #251 is an iconic tale (with a gorgeous and iconic cover) that would rescue the Joker from…
Flashback Issue Bin: “The Amazing Spider-Man” #229 and #230
What is it about “Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut” that has made it one of the most enduring Spider-Man stories for longtime fans of the Web-Slinger?…
Flashback Issue Bin: “Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man” #71
When Bill Mantlo wrote “With This Gun… I Thee Kill!” for “Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man” #71 in 1982, its aim was neither to support the…
Flashback Issue Bin: “Detective Comics” #568
Like my previous entry in the Flashback Issue Bin, I read this story as a child in a collected volume. This time it was in “The…
Flashback Issue Bin: “Justice League of America” #200
As a kid, “Justice League of America” #200 was a perfect thing. A mammoth-sized book at 72 pages and free of a single advertisement for Hostess…
Flashback Issue Bin: “The Brave and the Bold” #197
As a child, I read and reread my copy of “The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told” softcover religiously (along with my assorted graphic novels and weekly…
Flashback Issue Bin: “X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills”
When “X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills” was released in 1982, I was about two years or so into my “Uncanny X-Men” reading. They had tussled with…
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