In this fourth episode of this podcast mini-series, Alan continues his attempt to talk about EVERY comic in his collection. Picking up where he left off last time, he covers comics including but not limited to: Doomsday Clock, Evangeline, Fables, Elf Quest ... and MORE!
How many of these comics are independent books from the eighties, anyway?
Listen to this episode ... and find out!
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Another great deep dive Prof. Always intrigued to hear what is in other people's collections especially when there is little to no overlap with my own.
ReplyDeleteSome thoughts -
Doomsday Clock - the one book in your collection that did overlap with mine. I think this was supposed to be a huge deal for DC, redefining it as going back to the classic take on heroes. I think explaining the New 52 and the 'gray' heroes as Dr. Manhattan messing with things was a convenient excuse to wash it all away. The last issue is a love letter to Superman, saying how his hope is the axle the universe spins on. I loved that bit. LOVED IT. And it did rewrite some stuff - like bring the Kents back from the dead.
BUT ...
One, it wanted to hard to be Watchmen, so hard to be literary, so hard to be intellectual, that at times it read like a parody of the self-important vanity project.
Two, it was horribly delayed such that took two years for the 12 issues to come out and 7 months for the last 3. As a result, it overlapped with some big event DC was planning and as a result feels like an afterthought/Elseworlds to continuity.
And three, I can't help but feel a little icky that I think DC shoving all the Watchmen characters into this DCU book somehow entrenches their hold on Moore's characters legally.
Whew ... okay. Briefer comments coming.
Echoes - never heard of it. But if you liked it, you should seek out 'Kill or be Killed' by Brubaker/Phillips which also covers the 'is this real or madness' as a mentally troubled and heavily medicated (but noncompliant) young man is instructed by a demon to kill.
Elric - the character sounds like someone I would love reading but like you I have never read anything.
Evangeline - thank you for the correction because I was thinking Avengelyne in my head and wondered how Mrs. QuarterBin would allow a deep collection of that in the house.
Fables - another one that has completely missed me, despite friends telling me how awesome it is (a group that now includes you).
But what 'F' comic do you have over a hundred of? I assume FF? And what 'I' comic ???
On Doomsday Clock, I would never put it past DC to do it to keep hold on those characters. The quote relates to sports and TV, but it applies just about everywhere: "The answer to all your questions is money."
DeleteKill or be Killed is terrific. It is not in my collection (I read it digitally), so thanks for bringing it back to my mind.
Of course I can't reveal those titles, that would be spoiling.