Comments on: Complicity, History, and Captain America #292

By: David

David — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:22:53 +0000

I’m also taking this as a challenge to try and find the last few great Superman stories. The pre-(and slightly-post) Crisis Alan Moore stories leap immediately to mind, but there’s GOT to be something else. I’m thinking, actually, the Superman story in Hitman is good, as is Kingdom Come

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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:23:45 +0000

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By: ghettoManga

ghettoManga — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:57:17 +0000

i don’t agree that there are no great stories being told, but i do agree that it’s harder to tell them now. on the other hand, if you were ten again, some of the current stuff would be pretty freakin’ SWEET!

nostalgia is great, but it’s just a feeling. go check out a random comic from the eighties that doesn’t tie to a memory of your youth and it’ll read alot like an issue of savage dragon: not necessarily that BAD but not necessarily that great…

the majors go up and down in waves as far as quality goes. but i do agree the negative effect “branding” has on storytelling.

but people buying wack stuff is the real culprit.

characters may NEVER get a great run unless the sales fall on their titles. otherwise, the “it ain’t broke don’t fix it” instinct leads editorial to kick in. so as much as i love spidey, when it feels like the writers are treading water, i drop it. when a stupid crossover happens, i drop it. when it seems fun/interesting i pick it up. vote with your dollar and all that.

but now i’m rambling. great blog.
peace.
samax.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:57:42 +0000

I’d throw “Superman: For All Seasons” out there as a great Supes story from the last ten years.

By: Professor Fury

Professor Fury — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:17:09 +0000

Well, I ain’t saying there are no great stories with these characters, but simply that its hard to tell good stories with icons so central to the WB (or whatever) “brand.”

By: gorjus

gorjus — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:53:39 +0000

I’m also going to look for great Batman and Spider-Man stories. A worthy challenge!

By: Professor Fury

Professor Fury — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:05:10 +0000

I dunno. I’d be less inclined to think it a sad mantra if I could think of a truly great Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man story from the last 10 years. (Morrison’s Supes might end up being great, but the jury’s still out). Comic book companies make storytelling decisions based on multi-market “synergy” all the time, and those decisions rarely result in good stories. But I’ll bite: can you elaborate on why you think that’s a too easy claim to make?

I’m intrigued by your final sentence, too, but a little confused; what’s the diff in the european and American or Southern “haunted by history mode”?

By: X-height

X-height — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:46:57 +0000

“the reason you haven’t read a good Superman story in years is because Warner Brothers needs to sell S-emblazoned bedsheets and party hats.”

Groan – this sad little mantra has become doctrine for all too much bad critique.

Interesting ideological find though, encapsulating Liberal Guilt and the ever new american which Faulkner rebeled against joining the european haunted by history mode.

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PrettyFakes » Blog Archive » Candy Everybody Wants. — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:46:58 +0000

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By: Regulator

Regulator — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:59:03 +0000

Great stuff!

Let’s not forget how complicit we all are in the sins of the present.