A Moment of Comics

Maybe Jack Kirby wasn't firing on all cylinders in the eighties, but he didn't deserve this treatment. Here in issue #5 of Secret Wars 2 we have Jim Shooter's Beyonder character (drawn by Al Milgrom) bitch-slapping all the Celestials from his Eternals opus. Given that the issue of Jack Kirby's unreturned artwork was ongoing, this seems like a less-than-subtle "screw you" to Kirby and his later creations.

 

It seems that anything Jim Shooter created at the end of his tenure as Marvel's Editor-in-Chief was meant to be an alpha in whatever fictional universe he was working in. Of course, he'd have his comeuppance later, but that's another story. Maybe for another month.

I Had Issues! My Old Review of Flashpoint #4

Oh, this is when the fun began as a comics reviewer. I hate event comics, but I jumped into the whole Flashpoint and New 52 deluge with wild abandon. These were the reviews I had the most fun writing. Another "By-The-Numbers" style review, which were even more fun to do (and helpful when I was on deadline). Originally published August 30, 2011. Edited for grammar and clarification.