His run on Detective Comics and the collection of Batman: TAS-related stories (including Mad Love) are some of my favorite Batman works. Definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of his work in other mediums.

I loved that run, though the Streets of Gotham book was mired by Dini's shifted attention as the head writer on the awful Countdown to Final Crisis weekly title.

I haven't decided yet whether or not I'm picking up Spidey, but it sounds promising. Robbie Thompson's been knocking it out of the park on Silk, and Nick Bradshaw's art is really delightful and can match a monthly pace.

I actually enjoyed the two different stories that were 3 mini-series within a larger maxi-series. The two stories are the Ultimate Galactus Trilogy by Ellis and Ultimate Doomsday by Bendis. Both can be found for relatively cheap these days. I actually really enjoyed the Ultimate depiction of Galactus, and Doomsday is…

Ultimate X-Men was fun to read for a long time up until it went down the crapper, but for a while I thought it was really fun because it was the only self-contained X-book in the entire line and thus the most accessible.

The rushed finish is pretty weak, but overall I thought the series was pretty worthwhile. It's a must-have if you're an Allred fan, and there really aren't many books out there quite like it.

I've been meaning to check those out, but the collections have always seemed overpriced.

I think that partial credit for the Image renaissance is due to Vertigo's simultaneous downturn. The creator's playground used to be more widely distributed between Vertigo, Image, Icon, and other similar imprints. (Ex Machina was even published by Wildstorm!).

I remember reading a Brubaker interview on Comics Alliance about his Batman work, and at one point Vulcan comes up. Brubaker refused to discuss the character and argued that it wasn't his fault Vulcan turned out to be so terrible. It sounded like an editorial mandate if I'd ever heard one.

There have been a ton of top shelf writers tackling the main X-titles in the past decade - Bendis, Gillen, Aaron, Fraction, Brubaker, etc. - and I don't think it could be argued that any of them delivered career-best work. Since the 90s, the X-Men have always just been a team with too many editorially restrictions for…

The Mystique reveal and its vague sweeping-under-the-rug resolution was the most annoying part of that storyline to me. I mean, was it ever supposed to have any character based meeting aside from being a cute allusion to their future son from the Battle of the Atom story? It was one of the times it felt like Bendis…

UXM was fun for a really long time. Millar's run was dumb in an entertaining way that reminded me of the 90s cartoon, and BKV had a pretty interesting run that I'd like to revisit. Vaughan is definitely not at his best working on other people's properties (Runaways excepted) but UXM was his longest sustained run that…

I know — especially when they have those Ant-Man blu-rays to sell!

I thought that Fraction did a wonderful job of redeeming Tony without fully hitting the reset button during the "World's Most Wanted" story.

The Spider-Man twist looks even worse in hindsight. At the time, at least there was the idea that they were exploring new territory in Spider-Man storytelling. After One More Day, it became clear that Marvel just wanted to do one huge twist that they could quickly undo with the reset button after less than a year. It…

I only pointed it out as someone who's actually been on this train: it's pretty obvious what the train is meant to be advertising. If you're not seeing it in the photos, then it likely means those photos are taken in a way that will heighten the "outrage" factor.

The exterior of the subway car is also emblazoned with the words "THE MAN IN THE GIANT CASTLE" in huge lettering, plus a rather large Amazon logo.

I read the first collection of Scarlet and thought it was ok, but not as good as other Bendis creator-owned stuff I've read (Powers, Torso). I feel like the main character frequently breaking the fourth wall ruined it a little for me. There was just too much rambling and by that point I had grown tired of Bendis'…

I remember thinking Kevin Smith's arc was good because it was honestly the first Daredevil story I ever read (I was 15). I haven't revisited it, but after reading all of Miller's run it just felt like he was trying to recreate Miller's Greatest Hits. "And now some more shitty stuff happens to Karen Page. And then…

The "good" thing about Greg Land these days is that he doesn't seem to stick around for too long. Marvel just seems to think he can launch books as a "hot" artist, whereas in most circles I feel like people avoid him like the plague. It's really unfortunate because there are a lot of books with potentially great…