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

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:01:28 +0000

[...] 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE ELONGATED MAN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN ARROW: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HAUNTED TANK: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY: [...]

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

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:55:09 +0000

[...] • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE ELONGATED MAN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN ARROW: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HAUNTED TANK: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS JONAH HEX: VOLUME 1 • [...]

By: Showcase Presents The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups: Volume 1 » Bookgasm

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:59:25 +0000

[...] OTHER BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THIS SERIES: • SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE ELONGATED MAN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN ARROW: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HAUNTED TANK: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS JONAH HEX: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS METAMORPHO: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE PHANTOM STRANGER: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS SHAZAM!: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN FAMILY: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER: VOLUME 1 [...]

By: Showcase Presents The Unknown Soldier: Volume 1 » Bookgasm

Showcase Presents The Unknown Soldier: Volume 1 » Bookgasm — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:53:42 +0000

[...] Like THE HAUNTED TANK, a little SOLDIER can go a long way. But try any of the upfront stories, written and drawn by the masterful Joe Kubert, because they are the most well-done of the entire collection. Illustrated with flair and told with economy, they fly by. This is not the case when Frank Robbins and Archie Goodwin took over the character; not only are their scripts overly wordy, they just don’t make a hell of a lot of sense. But the title gets a late reboot with David Michelinie and Gerry Talaoc, who practically revamp the character. Not only do they dare show the Unknown Soldier unmasked (he looks like the Red Skull after two minutes in the microwave), but they heap on the gore and fisticuffs as they plant our hero into campy situations worthy of some of the Roger Moore 007 films or Bruce Lee’s ENTER THE DRAGON. After the stagnant middle, this over-the-top approach is the jolt it needed. –Rod Lott [...]

By: Showcase Presents Batman: Volume 1 » Bookgasm

Showcase Presents Batman: Volume 1 » Bookgasm — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:18:34 +0000

[...] OTHER BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THIS SERIES: • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE ELONGATED MAN: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HAUNTED TANK: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS JONAH HEX: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS METAMORPHO: VOLUME 1 • SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN FAMILY: VOLUME 1 [...]

By: Showcase Presents The Elongated Man: Volume 1 » Bookgasm

Showcase Presents The Elongated Man: Volume 1 » Bookgasm — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:57:11 +0000

[...] The Elongated Man is no different from other pliable stretchers of the comics like Plastic Man or Mr. Fantastic, except that is hair is red, his suit is purple and his nose often grows and wobbles back and forth like a semi-erect phallus. Oh, the joys that are in store for you with SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE ELONGATED MAN: VOL. 1. Continuing to dig deep in their obscurity pile, DC Comics unearths another mostly forgotten character for a near-600-page collection. [...]

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:05:52 +0000

I never got to read war comics as a kid, thanks to my overprotective mom. But my younger brother was (first child paranoia syndrome, I guess) and he primarily read SGT. ROCK and later G.I. JOE.

So I can’t say I was a fan of war comics, but I am now.

By: Brian M. Thomsen

Brian M. Thomsen — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:07:33 +0000

I have to admit that I jumped for joy when I heard DC was putting this together as a SHOWCASE. This and ENEMY ACE were my favorite war comics … and though both series tend to suffer from the slings and arrows of outragious plot repetition … they nonetheless delivered archetypal tales of heroism within a situationally limited setting (imagine if Batman could only fight bank robbers or if Aquaman could only battle underwater and one might better appreciate the confines of WWII Nazi fighting or WWI dogfighting)

… so now I move my prayers on to a new subject … a HAUNTED TANK movie perhaps (think Tim Burton’s first war film, dare I dream).