Always remember...

We will never forget the sacrifices that so many made so that the rest of us can enjoy our freedom.

Justice Inc. #6

 

The final showdown begins!

Justice Inc. #5

 

Is this the end for the nascent Justice, Inc.?

Justice Inc. #4

 

The Justice Leag... er, Justice Inc. begins to take shape.

Justice Inc. #3

 

The Dream Team with their respective teams!

Justice Inc. #2

Let's see where this team-up leads us.

Justice Inc. #1

 Let's look at the original Justice League.  Street & Smith's templates for The Bat-Man, Superman and, uh, Clayface (as a hero?).  Stay tuned for the entire 6 issue run that Dynamite Comics published in 2014.  Let's call it a revisit on the 10th anniversary of the gathering of three of the pulps greatest heroes.

The Shadow: Year One #10

 

And so begins the final issue of The Shadow: Year One.

The Shadow: Year One #9

 

Shocking... simply shocking!

The Shadow: Year One #8

 Probably my least favorite of Ross' covers for this series.  A bit too James Bond for my taste (and I am a huge 007 fan...).

The Shadow: Year One #7

 

 High Flying Adventure

awaits us in

Issue 7!

The Shadow: Year One #4

 Another great Alex Ross cover.  Let's start issue #4... on Monday.

The Shadow: Year One #3

 Not sure why this cover, while really well done, just doesn't do it for me.  Perhaps it's the fact that The Shadow's head is so very much larger than Margo's.  For whatever reason, this is the least favorite of  Alex Ross' covers for this series.

The Shadow: Year One #2

 Nice imaging of The Sanctum.  I really loved the covers that Alex Ross did for this series.  Well... for all of the Shadow books Dynamite ran.  He's a stellar addition to the great cover gallery artists that made The Shadow so popular.

The Shadow: Year One #1 page 3

 

"<Do you know... who I am?!>"

The Shadow: Year One #1 page 2

 

"<...it...it laughed!>"

The Shadow: Year One #1 page 1

 

"<Tren.  Gods protect us... it... it's horrible!>"

The Shadow: Year One

 Okay, let's start a looooong journey with Matt Wagner's "The Shadow: Year One".  This is a ten issue series that does a pretty decent job of working out the earliest adventure of The Shadow with one glaring error.  Yep, he works Margo Lane in right from the beginning.  Oh, and that damned scarf!  Both of these are conceits to a modern, casual audience.  Still, this is an enjoyable re-imagining of our hero and his assembling of his army of agents and also how his tales came to be recorded and disseminated to an eager post war, Depression era public.  Wonderfully clean art by Wilfredo Torres and colors by Brennan Wagner and, in this case, covers by Alex Ross.  I hope you enjoy this epic trek with me.

Alex Ross knows how to treat The Shadow in red

Just because I really don't like how Gladney didn't use the flames to really the best effect on The Shadow's garb.  Enjoy.
 

Just because it's a cool image...

 Alex Ross really does a great job with The Shadow.  Not always a fan of his rendition of Margo but this image is really a solid knockout.