@avclub-e7c26e48b7ee853cbf5e49de5d800745:disqus @avclub-f688ae53ecd9ab39288ac465aa4f86d8:disqus To me the sloppiness is part of the aesthetic. It lends an organic feel to the ROCKIN'.

I disagree with that. I think of solos first with Page, especially on live recordings. (Not to dispute the obvious truth that Zep's riffs were also great.)

Arsenio's right to point out how overlooked Iommi can be, despite the band's fame. The thing is, when people talk about great guitarists of the past, they tend to focus on great solos and soloists—thus the Page worship. Now in my opinion Iommi's got plenty of pantheon-worthy solos, but people forget about the craft of…

Thanks for making me aware of this, Rowan. This sounds like perfect Christmas break viewing.

Yeah, credit for DP and Cable goes to Nicieza in my book. I love the way he writes their weird friendship.

Agreed re: Batman. There are a few good Gotham books—I like Batwoman, Batgirl, Batman and Robin and Nightwing as well—but Batman is the book I look forward to all month. Issue 2 was my favorite individual DC issue since the relaunch.

I'm glad to hear J.T. Krul is off Green Arrow. I'm a Green Arrow fan, and the first issue was just upsetting—on the top of the simple badness of the writing, Ollie himself was unrecognizable, and his supporting cast seemed to have been entirely replaced. I'd like to have GA as a part of my regular reading, so…

There are a few youtube videos of different credits done in the style of ANGEL, which rules because ANGEL's credits rule.

I know she was made of clay (before the reboot) but is it canon that Hades was there? Because if it is (er, was before the reboot) than yeah, I was wrong, but I hadn't been aware of that and assumed that was just a twist JLU put on it, in which case it is a revelation in the context of the show, not trivia.

See, I always sided with Tycho on that strip, in principle at least. Obviously KING KONG is an extreme example—that story has hit the point where it's pretty much part of our culture whether you've seen the movie or not. JUSTICE LEAGUE hasn't, though. That's the difference for me—it's not like the events of a…

I watched the episode—the spoiler I meant was when Oliver described events in a later JLU episode.

Okay, it's ten years old, and I'm watching it for the first time now. I don't understand the "statute of limitations" argument on spoilers. Why am I obligated to "keep up" on pieces of pop culture? What's wrong with enjoying them on my own timeline and politely asking that two words be placed in front of certain…

Oliver, could you warn spoilers in your reviews in the future? I know serial mythology isn't exactly the key to enjoying this series, but I'm not much farther ahead than here and I'd prefer not to learn things ahead of time.
[EDIT: In case it wasn't clear, I meant spoilers for *later* episodes, not the episode…

Well, @openid-21618:disqus , my degree will technically be in "Liberal Arts". My concentration is in creative writing for visual media and the history of graphic narrative, but it won't say that on the piece of paper.

Trust me, @avclub-5b7e0a1ad5d9ac9ef3063b05f55b6d31:disqus , I didn't make that decision under the impression I'd come out of it with an especially marketable degree. (Sorry this is in the wrong column. It wouldn't let me reply to Enkidum for some reason.)

I read it only a few years ago, but before I was aware of his late-period lunacy.

Astro—it's the book that made me take comics seriously. I've spent all of college studying comics because of that thing.

Yeah, a guy whose name will forever be associated with Batman and Daredevil doesn't get to do the "NEEEEERDS" thing.

I dunno. I'll always love his 80s work no matter how far he goes off the deep end.

"Hi, I'm Frank Miller. I haven't drawn anything worth looking at in at least 15 years and my hat is dumb. Here's what I think about stuff."