Klaus and the Crisis in Xmasville
Klaus is Christmas’ Superman, replete with red cape, an indefatigable product of the greatest imagination of our generation, a perfectly designed emblem of highest selves.
Doomsday Clock #1
After years of an admixture of apprehension and anticipation for the inevitable continuation of Watchman, Doomsday Clock #1 does not disappoint.
Metal #3 pits the Dark Knights vs. The Worlds’ Greatest Detective
Snyder’s thesis is this: Batman would not be made better by having powers; such would prove a crutch, over-reliance on which would cripple Bruce’s brilliance.
Playing the Detective in Dark Nights: Metal #2
Snyder’s sensational storytelling is reward enough, but the chance to crack the case while working alongside the World’s Greatest Detective adds all the more satisfaction.
Metal #1 pays appropriate attention to word meanings given that the big bad is a curse word made manifest
From the Big Bang to the Big Freeze, there was Batman and there was Barbatos, the ultimate enemy and the greatest evidence as to just how expansive the Batman mythos extends.
Dark Days: The Casting forges a strong foundation for Metal
Snyder and Tynion pull on dozens of similar threads from the works of earlier writers to weave a grand tapestry nearly unequaled in its ambition… The genius of building a narrative around a theme such as Metal is that it’s so elemental as to be ubiquitous across the pre-existing mythology with which they’re working.
Superman #18
Much more than Kryptonite, clinging so closely to the past is what’s really weakening the Man of Tomorrow.
