Tag Archives: Final Crisis

Why I haven’t given up on comics

by Darren Burr
2 Comments
Why I haven’t given up on comics

My fellow blogger on this site, Robin has yesterday written a post on why he has given up on comics. Many of the points he makes are very valid, they are all objections to the state of the market that I have felt myself, both as a comic shop manager in what some people call the dark days of the mid-Nineties, but primarily as a fan. A total, unrestrained fan. However, I felt driven to respond in defence of my favoured medium, as I think we may be reading in very different fashions. Let’s take these points one by one. 1) Rising Costs If I was to be honest, I Read more »

State of the Multiverse 4

by Darren Burr
Leave a comment
Legion Of Three Worlds together.

Well, it’s finally here, and it was well worth the wait. `Of course I’m talking about the final chapter of Final Crisis: Legion Of Three Worlds. And without gushing and revealing umpteen spoilers, all I can say is it was brilliant. I have always loved the Legion, and to see Grant Morrison write a Legion story, with George Perez art no less, is enough to give this fanboy an earth-shaking geekgasm. That’s not even to mention the fact it is a team up between the 1980’s Earth One Legion, the Reboot Earth 247 Legion and the Threeboot Legion. (Just wait until you find out where they come from!) Of course, Read more »