Content warning: this essay contains racist imagery taken direct from the issue being covered. By Steve Morris Okay, so for all that we were enjoying Plastic Man’s debut story as part of Poli…

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Originally published on The Gutter Review on December 6th, 2022. The spirit of The Gutter Review lives on today in the form of Trash Humper, a zine you can buy with your grubby hands right now: hea…

Is evil what it used to be? The most popular villains in comic book history are almost all characters who debuted half a century ago, their terrifying legacy and merciless reputation continuing onw…

As ever there’s going to be spoilers at the end of this piece – very real spoilers which you will not want to read if you plan on reading Judge Dredd’s “Oz” story at some point. Turn back now…

By Leo Healy Carlos Ezquerra, Judge Dredd’s co-creator and responsible for the iconic visual design of one of British comics’ most recognisable and unique characters, was also the artis…

By Tom Shapira “Letter from a Democrat” was first published in Prog #460 in the year 1986. It’s a short story, running a mere seven pages and written by the regular team of the time, John Wagner an…

By Steve Morris One of the most commonly-heard arguments on the comics internet is this: Bruce Wayne should not dress up as a bat, go out at night, and punch the criminally insane. Rather than put …

Originally published on The Gutter Review on October 8, 2021. The spirit of The Gutter Review lives on today in the form of Trash Humper, a zine you can buy with your grubby hands right now: head h…

Originally published on The Gutter Review on October 8, 2021. The spirit of The Gutter Review lives on today in the form of Trash Humper, a zine you can buy with your grubby hands right now: head h…

By Steve Morris There’s not many characters like Batman in media as a whole. He’s existed so long that writers and artists can genuinely take the character, wrap him up in any issues or…

By Steve Morris There’s not many characters like Batman in media as a whole. He’s existed so long that writers and artists can genuinely take the character, wrap him up in any issues or…

Originally published on The Gutter Review on May 26, 2023. The spirit of The Gutter Review lives on today in the form of Trash Humper, a zine you can buy with your grubby hands right now: head here…

Originally published on The Gutter Review on May 26, 2023. The spirit of The Gutter Review lives on today in the form of Trash Humper, a zine you can buy with your grubby hands right now: head here…

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“There was a time above. A time before… There were perfect things. Diamond absolutes. But things fall – things on Earth. And what falls… Is fallen.” ~ Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck), from Ba…

By Lillian Hochwender We all have our own personal Batman: for some, it’s the mascara-smeared Robert Pattinson; for others, it’s Frank Miller’s blocky brute. But over the decades, the specifics of …

By Steve Morris When Batman was first created by Bill Finger and a dozing Bob Kane in 1939, billionaires were as rare in the real world as depressed vigilantes dressed as nocturnal mammals. The con…

By Andy Tuttle Obsession; it’s a hot word right now thanks in large part to Curry Barker’s 2026 horror film of the same name, in which a lovesick loser makes a wish that the girl of his dreams woul…

Originally published on The Gutter Review on May 31, 2022. The spirit of The Gutter Review lives on today in the form of Trash Humper, a zine you can buy with your grubby hands right now: head here…

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By Alex Jaffe “What if The Question… fought The Riddler?” The Question, Steve Ditko’s faceless, iconoclastic ode to The Spirit for Charlton Comics, is my favorite superhero. But it’s not the hero a…

By Gregory Paul Silber On paper, Animal Man seems like a joke. It’s about as generic-sounding as a superhero name can be, and with the power to absorb the abilities of any creature in the animal ki…

By Hank Kennedy The battle between Marvel’s Sgt. Fury and DC’s Sgt. Rock was, to my eyes, no contest: I would take the Combat Happy Joes serving under Frank Rock over the Howling Commandos any day …

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