by Doc Schaefer | Dec 4, 2024 | Docs Corner, Reviews
JSA #2 DC COMICS Well, thanks to a flashback, we finally get to see the old guard in action. But something feels off. Some of the results of old storylines are being ignored or warped a bit. Obsidian had gone through therapy and was more stable but not now....
by Graham Crackers | Dec 3, 2024 | Articles
Happy Holidays Friends of Graham Crackers Comics! Now if you’ve been a part of the GCC family for a while you might find the article below a little familiar and there’s a chance that we dug into the achieves and are “regifting” it this holiday...
by Graham Crackers | Nov 27, 2024 | Articles
I’m a big fan of lists. For the past 11 years or so, I’ve kept a list of every single book I read each year. The title of every issue, every graphic novel, every prose novel is stored safely in the Notes app on my phone until the end of the year when I sit at my...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 27, 2024 | Docs Corner, Reviews
THE FLASH #15 DC COMICS Well, it looks like the genie has been let out of the bottle and there’s no putting him back. As a younger reader in the 60’s and 70’s, I was a big fan of Flash Facts. Little informative interludes between Flash stories...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 20, 2024 | Docs Corner, Reviews
ROCKETFELLERS #1 IMAGE/GHOST MACHINE COMICS The newest title launched for Image’s collaboration with Ghost Machine introduces us to Rocketfeller family. Who for some reason, needed to escape from the 25th century and ended up … well … now. But...
by Graham Crackers | Nov 19, 2024 | Articles
“We’re all just one bad day away from being the bad guy on some level.” “The hero is only as good as their villains.” “From their point of view, Villains are the hero of the story.” Watching Adam West Batman or 60s cartoon Spider-Man it always seemed so clear....
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 13, 2024 | Docs Corner, Reviews
BLACK LIGHTNING #1 (1977) DC COMICS Our story begins with creative powerhouse Tony Isabella with an artist helping hand from artist Trevor Van Eeden. Isabella whose track record on Marvel’s Luke Cage makes him the perfect fit for this new title. Story has...
by Graham Crackers | Nov 12, 2024 | Articles
Hey, it’s Nick from GCC Andersonville, once again here to talk about one of my favorite things in comics: gimmick covers! This time, I will focus on one of the best all time gimmicks: holograms! In the early 90’s, Marvel Comics were all about the future (2099...
by Graham Crackers | Nov 6, 2024 | Articles
In 2016, I was basically out of comics. I was a DC kid, had been ever since I’d met Geoff Johns after reading Blackest Night at the tender age of 12. Good times. I only had a short window to appreciate the world I had stumbled into, however, before DC started up the...
by Doc Schaefer | Nov 6, 2024 | Docs Corner, Reviews
JSA #1 DC COMICS Well, DC is going to try again. And while Jeff Lemire and Diego Olortegui are trying their best, (and remember when it comes to the Justice Society of America, I have some very high standards that need to be met) we have some definite issues...
