Ghost Rider(Johh.The full data from Diamond Comic Distributors for July is out, and The Comics Chronicles estimates that the distributor shipped more than 335,000 $3.99 copies of Walking Dead #100 to North American comics shops in July.
So, Who Would Win?: The Black Panther VS.So, Who Would Win?: Green Lantern(John Stewart) VS.Back-Issue Spotlight: Incredible Hulk#313(Vol.1).They're America's Best Comics imprint DC was a muh better example of them being innovative. So while the quality of artwork and stories wre better, it wasn't anything that hadn't already been done before with the original source. They could've really done something different and unique wit him, but instead just turned him into the Pre-Crisis Superman. Moore Veitch's Supreme was commerically and creatively better than the original incarnation, but they were pretty much using him to write Superman stories. And once that happens, they'll all like "Well I guess he or she wasn't all that bad". Taking for grnted and even calling for the end of certain characters to die or whatever. It just makes you fel kinda' dirty after reading it, but he's right though.
It's really really good, but so depressing. The Bratpack was one of those works I'd always heard about, but never got a chnace to read it in person until very recently. The story starts off in the ficitional city(well aren't they all?) of Slumsberg. So with that in mind.here's my quick review of Rick Veitch's Bratpack. Simultaneously surprised and shocked that comic readers would actually vote to kill of such a character like Robin(even if it wasn't the original) was enough to get Vetich thinking about the actual absurdity of sidekicks in comics. The second event that directly led to the creation of the Bratpack, was the infamous 1988 "Death In The Family" Batman storyline where readers voted to kill off the Jason Todd incarnation of Robin. So, Veitch quit right there and then, and hasn't worked for DC ever since.Ģ). Nothing too conroversial there.untill then DC president Janette Kahn and some of the other DC read the part at the end of the script where Nazarene would be crucified with Swampy standing in as the cross he gets crucified too.ĭespite numeous prior viewings by his editor and others, he was green-lit to run with it.īut then Kahn saw that one little part, and all of a sudden Veitc and that entire issues was labled blasphamous and DC refused to publish it. Well for issue 88, SW was supposed to meet Jesus (but going by the name Nazarene instead). Swamp Thing #88 to be exact.Īpparently Veitch had Swampy going backwards in time, where he visted famous historical characters, both DC and real historical figures. He had recently taken over the writing reins from Alan Moore, and was well into his run, when he hit a snag. In the process of writing Bratpack, but before any major work was actually done, he was currently writing DC's Swamp Thing.
Now to get some quick historical context of Bratpack, I'll briefly explain where the idea of Bratpack came from and what was going on at the time.īratpack came about because of two major occurances in the professional life of Rick Veitch ġ). I bought it for only 6 bucks, and now I get to review it. Two weeks ago I happened by a store called 2nd and Charlie's that buys and sells new/used items like comics, books, trades, games, etc.Īmongst a bunch of really good and cheap finds, was this trade collecting all the issues of Bratpack, a very famous and influential piece of work I've heard about for awhile, but never saw in print. Today I'm covering the collected trade version of the highly controversial and influential work by writer/artist Rick Veitch. And welcome to the first 2015 edition of Back-Issue Spotlight.