The Week In Ink: February 11, 2009

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The past few days have been devoted to the subject of love, but tonight, it’s time to get back to what’s really important: People getting kicked in the face.

 

 

Bob Diamond style, son!

Yes, it’s Thursday night (for real this time), and that means that it’s time once again for another round of the Internet’s Most Heartbreaking Comics Reviews! Here’s what I picked up this week…

 

 

…and here’s what I thought about ’em!

 

 

Amazing Spider-Man #586: One of the most appealing things about the post-Brand New Day Spider-Man has been the introduction of new characters, as it at least gives a semblance of doing exciting new stuff instead of just having him fight Doc Ock and the Lizard again, even if they do tend to fall into that mold. With this issue, though, Marc Guggenheim takes all of the intrigue and mystery of one of the new characters to give us an origin that’s been building for a full year (at three issues a month, mind), and manages to make it one of the most boring stories I have ever read.

To be fair, it’s not nearly as bad as the last big reveal that we got, as unlike Jackpot, Menace’s identity actually does play fair: There are clues that are referenced and explanations for behavior, and there’s even a letter in this issue from one Matt Hoek that lays out exactly how he came to his conclusion. So on that front, it’s a pretty big improvement. The problem here is with the execution, as the secret comes out in an issue that’s virtually nothing but Lily and Harry Osborn standing around talking to each other.

At this point, it shouldn’t really surprise anyone that I tend to favor comics with a little more action than just a token attempt at Harry Osborn awkwardly slapping his total psycho girlfriend (and getting busked in the mush for his trouble), but really now: One of the classic tenets of storytelling of any kind is Show, Don’t Tell, and this issue’s just a whole mess of telling, through the time-honored technique of one character standing around in wide-eyed shock while another monologues about her Sinister Master Planâ„¢. Seriously, flip through it: Just panels and panels of a doe-eyed Harry Osborn being lectured, and it’s about as exciting as it sounds. It picks up a little at the end–in an epilogue that starts in the middle of the page–with the promise of action to come, but, well, that doesn’t do a lot for this issue, does it?

 

Batman #686: Here we are with the first issue of “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader,” and, well, that was certainly a Batman comic by Neil Gaiman, wasn’t it?

Huh. On reflection, that probably comes out a little more harsh than I mean it to, so to clarify, I don’t have anything against Neil Gaiman. Quite the opposite, in fact: I like Sandman enough to have the Absolute Editions, I’ve owned Neverwhere in three different formats, and I liked Coraline enough that I was pretty excited when I got one of the “Coraline Boxes” in the mail from the people who made the movie. It’s just his recent comics work–Starting with the ending of 1602 and rolling right through the snooze that was Eternals, which I’ve mentioned before–that’s been a letdown, and while I wouldn’t go so far as to say this issue’s bad, it pretty much just lays there.

Nobody with a lick of sense is going to dispute that Neil Gaiman’s a talented guy, but let’s be honest: The man’s got his tricks, and since this isn’t the story of someone finding a hidden magical world that the squares don’t know about, it’s the one about people in a story sitting around telling stories. And again, that’s not a surprise; metafiction like that’s been a touchstone throughout Gaiman’s career, from the Riddler story in Secret Origins to Worlds’ End to Batman, Superman and the Martian Manhunter talking about their crazy Silver Age dreams in The Wake. What is surprising, though, is how little reason he gives anyone to care.

Of course, one could argue that all the reason we need to care is intrinsic to the fact that it’s a Batman comic, and if you don’t care about Batman already, you wouldn’t be here to begin with. And that’s all well and good, except that in its attempts to parallel Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, they’ve hobbled themselves at the gate. That story was, for all intents and purposes, the end of Silver Age Superman; this is just a story that’s pumping up sales before a crossover written by the guy who did The Tenth and a rehash of Chuck Dixon’s Prodigal. Sure, it’s a harsh comparison, but it’s one that the book invites, and the ersatz Canterbury Tales starring Batman–while exactly the sort of lit major high concept that we were all expecting–doesn’t really do much to contradict that.

Which brings us to the story itself, and I’ve gotta say, it hits its high point on page one with a billboard (or Bill-board, ha-ha) reading “Don’t Just Type It–FINGER IT!” (which one assumes would mean typing it and then not getting any credit for it) and then goes downhill from there.

Actually, that’s a lie: I’ll confess that I thought this bit…

COMMISSIONER GORDON: That one day someone would say “Hey Jim, whatever happened to the Caped Crusader?” I’d tell them “Pretty much what you’d expect. He’s dead.”

…is a pretty fantastic bit of dialogue. The rest of it, though, just sort of sits there, starting with Catwoman’s stretched-out riff on Robin Hood’s Death and then moving into Alfred’s bit, which is far more enjoyable, but still lacking. Again, it’s not bad by any stretch, and it’s interesting, but that’s all it is, and the fact that it’s tied together with first-person narration from Batman and a Mysterious Figure that basically tells the reader “Don’t worry, we’ve got a point to this, you’ll see!” doesn’t really fill me with hope that the second part’s going to be a lot better. Admittedly, I’m judging half a work here, but it’s a half that doesn’t do a thing for me, so unless the next issue is all about late-80s Batman and his penchant for chucking auto parts at hired guns, I think I’m good.

 

Batman Confidential #26: And on the flipside of the Batman coin, we’ve got this one, wherein Nunzio DeFillipis and Christina Weir introduce King Tut to the DC Universe Proper. Given my feelings about Batman ’66, this would seem to be right up my alley, and despite the fact that it sounds like it could get ridiculously bad–King Tut totally stabs a dude in the eyes!–it’s actually pretty good, with some very nice moments with the Riddler.

The real star of the show, though, is the art team of Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez being inked by Kevin Nowlan, and man, it is hot like fire. I don’t think I’m breaking any news here when I say that JLGL is a legend whose work was ubiquitous when I was growing up–and it doesn’t hurt that he drew one of my favorite splash pages either–and Nowlan’s inks give his lines the heavy depth that the latter’s known for. The result’s just plain great comics art that’s pretty close to being what I’d consider archetypical, with the added bonus of some downright beautiful expressions. Very solid stuff.

 

ISB BEST OF THE WEEK

 

 

Captain Britain and MI-13 #10: Those of you who have muddled through the first two reviews in tonight’s post might have come away with the idea that I don’t like comics where people do things other than kick each other in the head, and while that’s not entirely inaccurate, it’s not exactly true either.

See, it’s not that I don’t like comics where people explain things or have conversations, or that I have a standard number of Punches That Must Be Thrown before I can enjoy something, it’s just that I think these things have to work in a balance. Talking is fine, but if that’s all you’re doing, that shit is boring, and while I love action, if there’s no soul to it, then you’re left with just a bunch of pointless stories of people jumping out of helicopters to invade enemy bases. I’ll admit that I tend to err on the side of explosions more often than I should, but I’m fully aware that emotions and characterization are the lynchpin to getting you to care about what’s exploding in the first place.

So take note, because this comic is how you do that.

Yes, it’s a comic where people talk about their feelings for each other, their reluctance to get into relationships and their regrets, and there’s a lot of actual, literal Standing Around, mostly from Blade and his ridiculous haircut. There’s a lot of conversation that provides very strong insights into the characters’ thoughts and feelings.

But this is also a comic book where racist Dracula shoots vampires at England from some kind of vampire-shooting cannon that he has at his castle on the fucking Moon.

BALANCE ACHIEVED.

 

GI Joe #2: And now, a Joeku:

Destro with no mask
Is hardly Destro at all
Stacy lookin’ fly

 

Wolverine: Manifest Destiny: Getting back to what I said about balance for a moment, I’m willing to concede that there are certainly exceptions to the rule. There are masterfully done issues of Sandman and Hellblazer, for instance, that are pretty much just the principal characters wandering around talking about things, and sometimes, those can be perfectly enjoyable.

And sometimes, you just need a comic where Wolverine has to learn kung fu so that he can fight a guy who can punch you in the soul. And this is that comic.

A while back, Rachelle said that Jason Aaron was the one guy who remembered that Ghost Rider was a guy who rode around on a motorcycle with his head on fire, and really, that’s the best way to describe him. He’s one of those dudes with a gift for boiling characters down to what makes them so appealing to begin with and then spinning them off into these incredibly fun stories with all the gloriously insane trappings that comics allow for. And here, he did it again, chucking Wolverine into a four-issue kung fu movie that guest starred the Sons of the Tiger and ends up with everyone’s favorite Mutant Super-Hero Avenger S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Honorary Power Packer as the head of the Chinatown mob.

And it is a hoot.

 

 

And that’s the week. As always, feel free to leave any questions in the comments section below, but before you ask about why I haven’t mentioned Incognito, I’d just like to remind everyone that it’s a super-hero crime thriller by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips with bonus articles by Jess Nevins, and once you say all that, the stuff about it being totally awesome sort of follows logically.

72 thoughts on “The Week In Ink: February 11, 2009”

  2. No, REBEL, Patsy Walker,The Wizard of Oz, or Thor? I’m ashamed of you Chris.

    REBEL was actually surprisingly good, and I was surprised that Tony Bedard actually wrote a good book. Braniac 2 is just great.

    The Outsiders Special was also surprisingly great, with a serious tearjerker of a moment.

  4. Really, no comment on Fables 81? I mean, I know you don’t generally review Fables because it is consistently excellent, but I thought Blue’s exit – and that amazing, brutal smackdown of a speech to Rose Red – deserved something. It’s my personal Best of the Week for sure (though admittedly my list is much smaller than yours).

  8. okay, the gordon line about batman being dead was nice, but i HAVE to give it to Two-Face for delivering my favorite line in the book. not to mention there is no way that car was not put together with the utmost care. meaning that SOMEONE carefully wrecked and rusted the hell out of that thing, but made sure it can still run, then spliced it to a nicer car. that kind of craftsmanship is not found so easily these days.

  10. These comics are my first venture into G.I. Joe. I ended up reading about Destro’s mask on wikipedia and several in-depth articles. And people say comics aren’t for intellectuals.

  11. On that Batman thing, the divide is pretty remarkable between Batman and Batman Confidential this week. Don’t get me wrong, I love Gaiman’s work, and as a fan of Batman as well I was pretty excited about this issue. And I think I liked it a great deal more than you Chris, if I’m reading your tone right. I thought it was a damn good issue and I’m genuinely intrigued to see how it all ties up in Tec.

    But as you say, it’s yet another story about stories, and the trouble with that is we’re coming off a big run from Morrison which was all about stripping Batman down and finding out what makes him tick. Batman is deconstructed all to hell. And it feels like Gaiman’s coming along now and taking those parts to pieces.

    Meanwhile, in Confidential, we get a fun, practically “classic” Batman story, where a new, powerful villain comes to town and Bats has to figure out what his deal is and stop him before more people die. No redactivity. No navel gazing. Just a fun comic.

    I’m not saying people should stop writing comics which work on those higher levels, just that sometimes it’s nice just to read a damn comic, you know?

  12. Chris has said before he didn’t like the Patsy Walker mini (though I can’t really speak for him).

    Which is frigging annoying, because my wife and I both got letters published in it (we shared Todd McT. in issue 4, and Jill got in issue 5 all on her own).

  14. “No, REBEL, Patsy Walker,The Wizard of Oz, or Thor? I’m ashamed of you Chris.”

    I don’t think he has ever bought an issue of JMS’s Thor. But I am surprised that Chris didn’t buy REBELS. I think its perfect for a Legion fan.

    Jason Aaron is the real deal definitely.
    Chis, have you been giving Scalped a shot? That’s one series that deserves all the hype.

  17. I was gonna be all Picky McPickypants and not how you’ve spelled Sandman Sandamn, but then I realized how cool that word is- SANDAMN! and will let it slide.

    And I am still trying to wrap my head around the weapons-grade awesomeness of Drac launching vampires from the Moon…

  19. Neil Gaiman, big-name famous comic writer, writes stories about stories.

    Alan Moore, big-name famous comic writer, writes stories about stories.

    Grant Morrison, big-name famous comic writer, writes stories about stories.

    Just sayin’.

  20. Sons of the Tiger are back? Sweet. Bob Diamond is the Marvel Comics translation of Chuck Norris. Even in translation, even after the craze has faded, Norris is awesome.

    Bob Diamond’s jeans have a kicking gusset. Fear them.

  21. You forgot to mention that the vampires Dracula was shooting at England were on fire. I feel this is a qualification worthy of note.
    And that’s not a haircut – Blade has fashioned his hair into extra eyebrows for grimacing purposes.

    Also, I forgot Wolverine was an honorary member of Power Pack, but I assume this a subconscious attempt to block out the dumb idea of kid superheroes from my memory. Kids being superheroes is just silly and not what comics are about at all.
    You may now begin shouting.

  22. Bombarding Earth with a hail of vampires from a castle on the Moon?

    That’s gotta be a Golden Age plotline.

    I love it.

  23. The idea of kid superheroes might be stupid but with some exceptions.

    Runaways comes to mind.

    And also Kid Omniman from Invincible. He’s already dismembering bad guys like a pro!

  24. Also, I forgot Wolverine was an honorary member of Power Pack, but I assume this a subconscious attempt to block out the dumb idea of kid superheroes from my memory. Kids being superheroes is just silly and not what comics are about at all.

    By “comics” I assume you mean “superhero comics,” but that can’t be the case, because you’d be ignoring the many, many, MANY kid superheroes present in every era of superhero comics.

  25. Also, I forgot Wolverine was an honorary member of Power Pack, but I assume this a subconscious attempt to block out the dumb idea of kid superheroes from my memory. Kids being superheroes is just silly and not what comics are about at all.

    I’m kind of hoping you’re kidding, there, and that it’s too early in the morning for me to detect irony in blog comments, but putting aside the obligatory objection to you dismissing child wish-fulfillment characters in what is, at heart, a children’s genre, I gotta ask: Bucky? Robin? Captain Freaking Marvel? There’s NO value in ANY of those characters? REALLY?

  26. “racist Dracula shoots vampires at England”

    Now, does this mean he has a gun (cannon?) that fires vampires instead of bullets, or just that he’s firing bullets from the moon into vampires on earth?

    I mean, they’re both worthy ideas, I just think we can agree that one is cooler than the other.

  27. In defense of JW: Stan Lee hated the idea of kid sidekicks. So calm down about comic books. Seriously. Don’t do that.

  28. Hilariously, I didn’t mean that as a serious comment at all – I made you dance using the power of the mind!

    Runaways and Young Avengers are ‘teen’ characters so The Sex can be used to build connections between characters more easily than a writer could if he was writing for a cast of – for instance – pre-teen family members, but do Marvel have any actual child (not teen) superheroes apart from Molly Hayes outside their Marvel Adventures line?
    Don’t get me wrong – Molly’s one of the best things about Runaways, but as we’re constantly told by the cast of the Runaways, they aren’t superheroes, they just have superpowers, fight supervillains, live in secret bases and have codenames.

    Modern Marvel has no kid superheroes – and the ones they do, they either don’t use them, or they sidestep the whole ‘superhero’ angle.

  29. No comments on Comic Book Comics? I picked it up from Van Lente and Dunlavey at NYCC. The Comic Code stuff read like The 10 Cent Plague, but there’s also stuff like Pop Art to make things fresh. I also liked the last page, where poor Jack Kirby ends up going back to the last guy he’d want to see again. I also got this sweet sketch from Dunlavey while I was at that table.

    Also, I’m taking you’re not a fan of unmasked Destro in the movie? I don’t think I’ll be interested enough to see it in a theater, even with Christopher Eccelston as Destro. I’m still hoping he comes back to Heroes soon.

  30. Apologies for the consecutive posts, but have you heard of Bad Dog? It sounds a lot like your Hard Ones; Joe Kelly has two bounty hunters in the lead roles, and the title character is a werewolf that refuses to go back to his human form. It’s Kelly unleashed, so it’s pretty darn fun.

  31. I passed on Hellcat because the story that ran in Marvel Comics Presents didn’t do much for me.

    I passed on Thor because the current series is stupid and terrible.

    I passed on R.E.B.E.L.S. because I read it and was pretty underwhelmed.

    I passed on Bad Dog because I don’t read comics by Joe Kelly anymore, as I’ve mentioned on occasion.

    I didn’t mention Comic Book Comics because, while I loved it, there’s not much to say beyond “this is incredibly informative and incredibly fun, just like everything else Van Lente and Dunlavey have done.”

    Booster Gold didn’t hit my shop this week.

    And I quite like kid superheroes.

  33. “I passed on Bad Dog because I don’t read comics by Joe Kelly anymore, as I’ve mentioned on occasion”

    Is that definitive, like your No Star Wars? You might’ve not liked his past work but I think you’re really missing out on some of his more recent stuff.

    I Kill Giants was cool and Bad Dog was a great 1st issue

  34. Is that definitive, like your No Star Wars? You might’ve not liked his past work but I think you’re really missing out on some of his more recent stuff.

    Have you read his JLA/Justice League Elite? It’s like the opposite of chocolate.

  35. I haven’t read it, but I trust your judgement on that one.
    But I’d put Bad Dog more in line with his Deadpool run, and that one I loved.

    As for Spider-Man, it’s too bad that Mark Waid is the editor of Boom because he should be writing it full-time. This Spidey Brain Trust isn’t cutting it.

    And I totally agree with you regarding Thor. JMS’s run takes decompression to another level

  36. Chris, as long as it’s the day of the week when we all tell you what to read, I wanted to make sure you knew that a new cheerleader movie is coming out next weekend, and I can say without fear of contradiction that there is no one in the world I trust more than you to review it.

  38. “Have you read his JLA/Justice League Elite? It’s like the opposite of chocolate.”

    Right there, that’s what killed Joe Kelly for me, too. His run on JLA was like chewing up a big mouthful of broken glass and washing it down with lemon juice.

  39. But as you say, it’s yet another story about stories, and the trouble with that is we’re coming off a big run from Morrison which was all about stripping Batman down and finding out what makes him tick.

    I realized last night right before I went to sleep that there’s a level on which the first issue of Gaiman’s Batman is the exact opposite of Morrison’s. In WHTTCC, Batman’s “dead” (after a fashion), largely absent, and when he does show up as a caption, has no idea what’s going on.

    In R.I.P., which came out this week an which readers will remember that I absolutely loved, Batman’s not only not dead, but will never die and not only knows exactly what’s going on and has been in control of the situation since day one.

    I found the latter to be pretty thrilling, but Gaiman’s stuff just seems like kind of a rehash of the story where everyone sits around talking about how they killed Batman (and are eventually proven wrong), which was also recently reprinted.

  40. All I’m going to say is that Joe Kelly is back. It’s not a comeback since he’s been here for years, but his indy stuff (as well as Bang Tango for Vertigo) is kicking ass. Of course, I didn’t mind his run on JLA at all, so that might deduct a few points from my score. And I brought up Bad Dog on the “Hey, you both do bounty hunters!!” tip.

  41. I loved Gaiman’s Batman, but I’m glad your not liking it has not led to a tedious bitch fest. That could mean that I was one of the only people to like it. Or that it’s only when you have the temerity to like something that people hate that they bitch. If nothing else, that’s the best Lil’ Kubert art work I have ever seen.

    I want to get that Thor issue, but only because of the backmatter. There’s a Stan Lee/David Aja story, Mini-Marvels, and a bunch of Kirby reprints! Shop over ordered, so I’ll get one next week.

    Other notes; you finally convinced me to jump on Cap Britain and Friends. Like, maybe now, although working down the street from the comic shop this week has led me to spend too damn much money there.

    Also, I’m going to marry Wolverine: Manifest Destiny when the trade comes out, I’ve decided (I slept on it, and the singles have been selling out at my shop, so they either under ordered or you are a taste influencer in South Texas. Those are the only two possibilities).

  43. Further! ASM did kind of eat a dick this week. I don’t have enough of a connection to Lilly to give a crap that she’s the poor man’s Hobgoblin, although there were a couple funny scenes (I liked how she accepted Harry’s proposal while he was in the midst of freaking out). To be honest, if we get more stuff like this and the Molten Man arc (which was okay, but not much else) that preceded it and less Waid and Marcos Martin, I may drop it, And I’ve mostly liked BND!

  45. Isn’t the opposite of chocolate vanilla?

    I believe the opposite of chocolate is carob. (AKA dirt.)

  46. I kind of figured the opposite of chocolate was peanut butter. See, since opposites attract, and they’re two great tastes that go great together, and um. . .

    Say, I’ve got a question. You say on your shopping list that you will never read the Showcase: Aquaman volume you bought. May I ask why you decided to purchase it? Did it just really interest you more at the time you ordered it and you’ve cooled on it since? I am also totally prepared to accept that you were just joking and I’m overthinking things, I was just curious.

  47. Isn’t the opposite of chocolate vanilla?

    No, because vanilla is also delicious.

    You say on your shopping list that you will never read the Showcase: Aquaman volume you bought. May I ask why you decided to purchase it?

    Sure! I got it because I get all of the Showcases, and I will never read it because those Aquaman stories–even the ones by Haney and Aparo–are so bad. And I know: If I don’t like it, I shouldn’t be buying it out of habit (which is something that I’ve railed against myself several times), but I like to support getting as much of that Silver Age stuff into affordable reprint volumes as I can (in hopes that we’ll one day get around to Sugar & Spike, among other things), and I’ll admit that there’s another reason for it as well: Showcases make for excellent blog fodder.

  48. I have to disagree with you about Gaiman’s Batman, but that could be because I love the man. But I really enjoy all the little touches that were put into both the story and the art for people who are familiar with the mythos, like Joe Chill as the barman.

    Then again, I probably wouldn’t have liked Morrison’s Batman, because I can’t stand anything he writes anyway, so I think this just comes down to a fundamental difference in taste.

  49. Whoa, yeah, it was already touched on, but that “Dracula’s moon palace” seems like a rather blatant swipe from Dr. McNinja. This will not stand?

  50. Speaking of Aquaman I was wondering what you thought of the Aquaman on the Brave and the Bold cartoon and the cartoon in general so far

    2 part Season Finale has Owlman and the Crime Syndicate :D

  51. Was I the only one who thought that G.I. Joe cover was “G.I. Joe… now featuring Sarah Palin”?

    Doug M.

  52. Dracula with a castle on the Moon, eh? How very…plagarized. I hope that earns Marvel a savage beating from Dr. McNinja. Heaven knows he likes roughing up corporate shills, as the Clown will attest to.

  54. “And I totally agree with you regarding Thor. JMS’s run takes decompression to another level”

    that’s probably my only issue with JMS’ Thor, the pacing is GLACIAL, but when I read the first TPB I have to admit I likd it.

    alos seeing Thor throw Norman Osborn through a building was awesome

  55. Am I the only person who saw this week’s Kick to the Face panel and thought “Wow, when did Sun Boy learn how to throw down?”

  56. @Nathan:
    This last issue of Thor had more fighting than the rest of JMS’s run combined. And all the extra material was also very good.

    The art is always amazing and I even like the dialogue but I love the Simonson Thor run too much, so I can’t help but find this version incredibly inferior

  57. I keep staring at the G.I. Joe comic, and keep not buying it. You’re starting to make me feel the fool.

    My store sold out of AMS before I arrived, so with a surplus of comic buying funds, I decided to pick up Volume One of Scott Pilgrim instead. I am now in love with O’Malley–and he comes from my hometown. I’d squee if I wasn’t so old and jaded.

  60. “but Gaiman’s stuff just seems like kind of a rehash of the story where everyone sits around talking about how they killed Batman (and are eventually proven wrong),”

    See also: Almost Got ‘im from The Animated Series, which is also far better than Whatever Happened to etc.

  61. You know, that’s exactly it. I’d rather go back and read back issues of Simonson’s run, even with the interruptions from crossovers and such.

    Doom and Dracula interacting on the moon? That kinda stuff makes me feel like a kid buying 50 cent comics again.

  63. I’m pretty sure that Hughes cover is from the Devil’s Due days, and was drawn well before Palin entered the national arena.

  64. @TheDude

    yeah gotta agree with you completely on Simonson Thor, but I still personally love the JMS run a lot, he’s certaintly picked up the pace in the last 6 or so issues, and it’s really gotten good (The Search for Odin, Loki’s origin, Thor talking to the ghost of Captain America, etc.)

  66. Especially since the rumor I’ve heard is that Brubaker had planned a fakeout body switch in the ambulance from the beginning?

  67. “The Ghost of Captain America? Can you really have a ghost when everyone knows you’re going to come back in a couple years?”

    well, we didn’t actually see his face :P

    anyways Steve basically said he was content with the way things turned out and wished Bucky the best and asked Thor not to kill the Red Skull because he wanted Bucky to take him down himself.

  71. only request Steve made to Thor (who now has the full odinforce) was that he destroys all reality tv and 24 news channels so that he can rest in peace without their bitching.

  72. Since Chris “ISB Proprietor” Sims posted it once upon a time, I’d point out that Marvel did vampires on the moon decades before the Internet, let alone Dr. McNinja, in Werewolf By Night v.1 #19.

    Now who’s the plagiarist?