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Tag: J.M. DeMatteis

  • Justice League Quarterly #5

    I am going to take a page out of Frank’s book and recommend something from the past, inspired by Comic Book Ninja. This week it is Justice League Quarterly #5 and in particular a beautiful story written by Mark Waid and drawn by Mike McKone called Be Careful What You Wish For, which is the lead story. As you know from Comic Book Ninja Part I, Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis had a very successful run on Justice League International. During this period two titles spun off from it, Justice League Europe, and Justice League Quarterly, which was a comic book that came out every three months and had around 80 pages.

    Be Careful What You Wish For is extremely touching. I implore all of you to dig up this issue and I know you can probably find it in a lot of dollar bins out there. I do not want to spoil it, but the story focuses on Ice and her insecurities. Professor Ivo sends his Amazo robots out into the world and they steal powers from specific super-heroes for a specific reason. Again, I do not want to spoil it but it is extremely well written, well drawn, and there are a lot of fun moments. I will give one away, Ice ends up using Guy Gardner’s Green Lantern ring at one point…

    It’s just a great comic. Additionally, Mark Waid is still going strong and pretty much runs the D.C. line at this time of writing and he has used Professor Ivo quite a bit in World’s Finest and other places, so it does seem like he really enjoys writing the character.

    Cheerio

    -Marv

  • 13 – Comic Book Ninja

    13 – Comic Book Ninja

    And the cast of characters in this epic webcomic continues to increase in number that will achieve greatness and become one of the best team books in the history of the universe!

    Seriously, I am very excited to see the return of Comic Book Ninja. And you must ask return? That is right because CBN and I are familiar with each other, and you will have to return next to week to get the full story. This is the beginning of a grand yarn that should entertain in the weeks to come and bring us right into spring!

    And to end, if you have not read the incredible Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis run on Justice League, which turned into Justice League International, which turned in Justice League America, do so. The issues are still very affordable in the back issue bin and DC Comics have also collected them in some nice Omnibus editions. Also, there is a wonderful podcast, called the BWAH-HA-HA podcast, that dives into all these issues and acts as a incredible companion piece.

    -Marvelous Marv