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Tom Taylor

Nightwing Vol 1: Stepping Into The Light Review

August 24, 2021 by Vishal Gullapalli 7 Comments

Fandom is an interesting beast. Especially Big 2 fandom. Because of the nature of these characters as superHEROES, there’s often more emphasis on the idea that these characters have to be heroic, as near-flawless as one can make them. There’s a defensiveness that comes out when someone who doesn’t regularly read comics tweets “Batman would do more good if he spent his money on social welfare.” When someone implies that by not actively fighting any and all injustice in the world, Superman is not really a hero. There’s a refusal to allow these characters to have flaws baked into their concept, because, for some people, this ruins the idea of a superhero.

I reject this idea. I believe that any and all superheroes, just by nature of the choices they’re making, are flawed individuals at best and should be allowed to be (for lack of a better term) messy. I don’t want mistakes or moral ambiguities in characters retconned away, I want them to be explored and confronted to deepen the story’s complexity. I’m not interested in characters being pure or perfect.

Tom Taylor does not write for me. [Read more…] about Nightwing Vol 1: Stepping Into The Light Review

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured, Reviews Tagged With: nightwing, Tom Taylor

SUPERIOR IRON MAN #1: Tony Stark: Earth’s Mightiest D-Bag

November 16, 2014 by Matt Lehn Leave a Comment

As a byproduct of widespread super-personality wackiness currently making its way through the Avengers & X-Men: Axis storyline, Marvel has relaunched Iron Man with a whole new m.o. Oddly enough, it falls well into place with the billionaire industrialist’s old m.o. pre-life-changing chest wound. Decidedly off the wagon, Tony is making fresh starts all over the place: new armor, a new city, a new attitude and a new creative team. Although the perspective may be questionable, the actual changes themselves seem pretty good so far. [Read more…] about SUPERIOR IRON MAN #1: Tony Stark: Earth’s Mightiest D-Bag

Filed Under: Featured, Marvel Reviews Tagged With: Iron Man, Tom Taylor

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