Unearthed: Watchmen: Chapter VII: A Brother To Dragons
Let’s have a look at the brilliance of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s Watchmen!
October 18, 2021
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Let’s have a look at the brilliance of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s Watchmen!
Continuing on with our look at comics that we WON’T mock, we come to the infamous French comics collection Metal Hurlant, or as it came to be known in the United States, Heavy Metal!
Welcome back to the weird and wonderful Heavy Metal magazine! This second issue continues stories begun in #1, but also gives us rare nuggets of only the finest French science fiction. Let’s dive in.
My apologies for the delay in getting this up; personal issues prevented its timely delivery. Keeping this one short, too, as I’m behind on my own deadline for this week’s Marvel Retold (debuting on Friday!). So! Let’s get to it.
Dear friends, we are irreverent here at Comics Breakdown, as I’m sure you’ll have noticed by now. Yet there are certain comics that — even while containing mock-worthy elements — we hold with the proper regard and esteem. Amazing Fantasy #15 is one such issue, because it’s the first appearance of Spider-Man!
Welcome back, True Believers! Spider-Man made his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 (which was to be the final issue of that series), but he proved to be so popular he got his own series. Here it is:
My apologies for the delay, True Believers! Today we’re finishing up Amazing Spider-Man #1, which features both the Fantastic Four and the Chameleon!
This isn’t the first issue of Batman; maybe we’ll get to that another time. But this IS the Batman Spring Issue, which is… just as good?
Wh-what are you saying? ONE episode of Batman wasn’t ENOUGH? You… you people, I — I just don’t know what to DO with you! *sobs*
Good golly Miss Molly! It’s the final look at the revered Batman Spring Issue! Can you believe it? We’ve come so far, endured so much, and it all comes down to this. *sniffle* I-I’m sorry, I have something in my EYE
Jeepaz creepaz! Have you ever read the first appearance of Superman? It’s not what you think!
In this further look at the first appearance of Superman, we delve into Clark Kent’s relationship with Lois Lane. Is she always portrayed as a firecracker! Let’s find out… TOGETHER
O my goodness. What on Earth will Clark DO? Fortunately, we’re in a unique position to answer that VERY question. ONWARD
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