Comments on: Showcase Presents Batman: Volume 1

By: Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About » Blog Archive » Tales of Masks & Mayhem: Volume III

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:21:27 +0000

[...] action featuring the hero The Crimson Bat. It’s very blatant that the character is amalgam of Batman with elements of The Spider thrown in, since the Bat has guns and will shoot people. The story [...]

By: Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About » Blog Archive » Showcase Presents Batgirl: Volume 1

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:00:54 +0000

[...] BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THIS SERIES: • SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN: VOLUME 2 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD BATMAN [...]

By: Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About » Blog Archive » QUICKGASM >> 8.29.07

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:03:30 +0000

[...] up SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN: VOLUME 2 if you liked VOLUME 1, because it’s 500 more pages of the same 1960s insanity and inanity, obviously both [...]

By: Bookgasm » Blog Archive » Showcase Presents The War That Time Forgot: Volume 1

Wed, 23 May 2007 11:51:49 +0000

[...] BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THIS SERIES: • SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD BATMAN TEAM-UPS: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS [...]

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Wed, 16 May 2007 02:16:54 +0000

I haven’t read all of them, but of those, BATMAN and BRAVE AND THE BOLD are the best superhero titles, with honorable mentions to METAMORPHO and SHAZAM! for being so weird.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 15 May 2007 09:35:36 +0000

What about your favorite traditional superhero Showcase title?

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Sun, 13 May 2007 14:07:16 +0000

That’s tough to pick from so many good ones. From a pure fun factor, I’d say HOUSE OF MYSTERY. For overall quality, JONAH HEX.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 13 May 2007 07:06:07 +0000

Hi Rod, I’m just loving your Showcase review. I was wondering… which one is your favorite?

By: Bookgasm » Blog Archive » Showcase Presents The House of Mystery: Volume 2

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:53:23 +0000

[...] BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THIS SERIES: • SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD BATMAN TEAM-UPS: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS [...]

By: QUICKGASM >> 2.5.07 » Bookgasm

QUICKGASM >> 2.5.07 » Bookgasm — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:26:40 +0000

[...] As you’ll see clearly in SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN ARROW: VOLUME 1, the super-skilled archer is modeled after Batman. But instead of a utility belt full of gadgets, he’s got a gaggle of arrows, each with a different, ludicrous purpose: a glue arrow, a rope arrow, a balloon arrow, ad nauseam. Green Arrow’s secret identity is that of a rich bachelor, who lives with his young ward Speedy, who not only fights crime beside him, but sleeps in the bed next to him. Eyebrows raised? Is it accidental Green Arrow is named Oliver Queen? Together, they get into all sorts of trouble, from angering a tribe of Native Americans to time-warping back into the days of King Arthur. It’s all harmless, of course, but also one of DC’s most repetitive books from that era. Each six- or seven-page story – most backup features from ADVENTURE COMICS – follows the exact same trajectory: 1. Problem arises. 2. Special trick arrow is fired. 3. All is well. –Rod Lott [...]