All posts by FraBig
Always enjoyed Equinox. Awesome desing.
This is a debated yet mostly unexplored matter of comic history. Personally, I'd agree we have come a long way from the 1986 shift between Bronze and Modern, but I think it's actually too early to trace a specific date that marks the start of a new macro-Age of comics.
Most of the Ages people mentioned above are just sub-divisions of the greater and more general Ages we all know. Copper Age, Dark Age (that also has a double meaning referring also to the late 1940s - early 1950s), Atomic Age, Marvel Age... they're all more specific ways of looking at comic book history, but the general Ages still stand as the main points of reference if we consider comic book history as a whole.
In my opinion, as a comic book history buff, I'd say the most impactful shift that still connotates our current comic book era happened sometime during the late 2000s, early 2010s. But it's undoubtedly true that we cannot ignore the many changes that underwent before that moment and after 1986.
"Mystery Men" is a term that was used back in the early Golden Age to refer to superheroes (see, e.g. the Mystery Men Comics series published by Fox Feature Syndicate), as the term "superhero" wasn't really as widespread, given it derives from Superman.
In recent times, it has become a term used to refer to superheroes operating in the 1930s and 1940s as a reference to the usage of this term during that period.
Some authors tend to associate it more to pulp/vigilante characters, narrowing it down this style of superheroes, more similar to the proto-superheroes of the 1930s (the Shadow, the Phantom, the Clock...).
Marvel has more consistent terminology. Mutates are people who underwent some kind of transformation that got them superhuman powers. Mutants are the ones having an X-gene.
In DC "metahuman" is an umbrella term for people with superhuman abilities.
It was a nice couple. I liked the dynamic itcreated in the JSA, with people not knowing Billy's real age.
Bane just because he "broke" the bat.
I'm all in for Bane representation in movies, but this just feels like they randomly selected two Batman villains for a team-up.
I actually never read Brightest Day but I want to.
He was. They also fleshed out all the other Corps too.
One of my favourite Green Lantern sagas.
Sandy Hawkins' Sandman. Great homage to his mentor's costume yet it manages to be original.
His costume as "Sand" was awesome too.
Mano is a very unique villain in terms of powers.
Probably Bane out of these. Hawkgirl as a close second.
Ultra-Humanite is one of the most original villains and one of the most interesting ones. Always loved him.
Dr. Fate is awesome so I'm going with him. Always liked his Egypt-based powers and design.
Heath Ledger encapsulated what Joker is. A mysterious villain with mysterious motives only focused on spreading chaos and destruction.
Jack Nicholson gets the visual accuracy prize, though.
They're cool, yeah. I'd like to see them more. Star Sapphire has also been a long running character even before the invention of all the new spectrum Corps.
Citizen Steel sweep
That's nice! I'm not a fan of the movie but buying DVDs is always cool.
That's awesome! I like to get some spotlight on lesser known Silver Age characters. Also the New Gods covers looks awesome, maybe it's the chance to read more about Orion, which I always wanted to do.