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Heroes Never Rust #21: Roles and Expectations
Heroes Never Rust #21 by Sean Ironman Roles and Expectations In the first issue of Gødland by Joe Casey and Tom Scioli, the hero, Adam Archer, fights Maxim, a dog-like alien creature who had just arrived on Earth. Like superheroes such as Spider-Man, Archer taunts the alien. But then he thinks, “Christ…Why do I keep Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #20: The Future
Heroes Never Rust #20 by Sean Ironman The Future I keep coming back in my attempt to define a superhero to it being a person with superpowers who saves people. That is the most basic answer I can find. But what does “saving people” mean? Save them from what? In what way? Most superheroes seem Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #19: Justice
Heroes Never Rust #19 by Sean Ironman Justice At the end of Black Summer, a mini-series by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp, Tom Noir, the main character, asks, “How far do we go in pursuit of justice?” In an earlier post, I attempted to figure out what makes a superhero a superhero. One of Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #18: A Different Take
Heroes Never Rust #18 by Sean Ironman A Different Take I hate fan fiction. I believe it’s copyright infringement and can be harmful to those writers who are working on an ongoing series. As a writer, I can’t understand why someone would spend so much time writing a story involving someone else’s characters. Some people Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #16: A Different Side of Superhero Comics
Heroes Never Rust #16 by Sean Ironman A Different Side of Superhero Comics While most of what I read tends to be dark and filled with violence and sex, I also like to read lighter stories. I’ve never understood people who read the same type of stories, whether in comics or prose, over and over Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #15: The Fifth Grade
Heroes Never Rust #15 by Sean Ironman The Fifth Grade My father, who was a passionate reader, was afraid his children weren’t reading enough, so he made it a priority to get us reading at a early age. If we started reading when we were young, he thought, then we’d be readers for life. Judging from Continue reading
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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 #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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