Heroes Never Rust
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Heroes Never Rust #14: Earth X
Heroes Never Rust #14 by Sean Ironman Earth X Comics follow no rules. I spoke to a class of undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida this week about this very topic. Because there are no rules in terms of form, there are no rules in story. Comic creators are not confined by stunts Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #13: What if the Villains Won?
Heroes Never Rust #13 by Sean Ironman What if the Villains Won? Since last week’s post was about a Mark Millar comic (Kick Ass) that I found frustrating, this week I’ll look at one I like—Wanted. The miniseries’ first issue came out in 2003, and, while Mark Millar had been writing comics since the ‘80s, Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #12: A Frustrating Superhero Comic
Heroes Never Rust #12 by Sean Ironman A Frustrating Superhero Comic So far I’ve only talked about superhero comics that I enjoy. I thought it would be interesting to highlight one that I don’t. Now there’s superhero comics I hate, storylines that I feel were huge mistake, characters that I can’t stand, but I didn’t want Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #11: Gotham Central
Heroes Never Rust #11 by Sean Ironman Gotham Central At the end of September, Fox announced they were developing a TV series featuring Detective James “Jim” Gordon before he became commissioner, before Batman. I love the idea of concentrating on the police force in Gotham City. A cop show that is able to draw on Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #10: Grant Morrison’s Animal Man
Heroes Never Rust #10 by Sean Ironman Grant Morrison’s Animal Man Neil Adams, one of the comics’ greatest artists, once said, “There are no bad characters, only bad writers.” After reading comics nearly my whole life, I not only have to agree with Adams, but I don’t even understand how someone could argue otherwise. When Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #9: In Defense of Daredevil
Heroes Never Rust #9 by Sean Ironman In Defense of Daredevil Whenever I’m in a conversation about the worst superheroes, someone mentions Daredevil (him and Aquaman). I think much of this comes from the poor Mark Steven Johnson film starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. It’s not a great film, but there are far worse Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #8: Chris Claremont, I Miss You
Heroes Never Rust #8 by Sean Ironman Chris Claremont, I Miss You For the first time, I had no idea what I was going to write about. I have a list of blog post ideas in a spiral notebook, but none really grabbed me this week. Then, I received The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1 Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #7: Miracleman, or Why I Hate Lawyers
Heroes Never Rust #7 by Sean Ironman Miracleman, or Why I Hate Lawyers In the comic book field, as in many other fields, people rip each other off. Many comic book publishers have a version of a superhero that is similar to a character published by another company. Sometimes these characters are created at the Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #6: Women in Superhero Comics
Heroes Never Rust #6 by Sean Ironman Women in Superhero Comics I’m a white, heterosexual male. As such, I never really paid attention to how minorities are portrayed in superhero comics. I’m sure that sounds bad, but let’s be honest. Portrayals of minorities was never an issue for me because I was well-portrayed. And when Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #5: Cultural Respect
Superhero Comics In 2000, Bryan Singer’s X-Men hit theaters. It made almost $300 million off a $75 million budget. Two years later, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man earned over $800 million on a budget of $139 million. Once money starts getting made, people pay attention. Comics became cool. Sure, they had their followers in certain circles for Continue reading
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