Tag: Tom Mandrake

Books & Comics Features Hot Superheroes 

March 30, 2017March 28, 2017

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #113: Uncle Sam

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Captain America, civil war, Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Comics, Easter Bunny, Freedom Fighters, Grant Morrison, Human Bomb, Infinite Crisis, John Ostrander, Justice League, Justice Society, Misplaced Heroes, Multiversity, Patriot, Phantom Lady, Quality Comics, Santa Claus, The Ray, The Spectre, Tom Mandrake, Uncle Sam, Will Eisner

The embodiment of America has been a superhero, too.

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Books & Comics Hot Superheroes 

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016

Comic Review: Suicide Squad Trial By Fire

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Amanda Waller, Armageddon Inferno, Arthur Adams, Captain Boomerang, Chronos, DCU, Deadshot, Dick Giordano, Enchantress, Grimjack, Harley Quinn, iconic Madam Xanadu, John Ostrander, Joker, Justice Society, Luke McDonnell, Penguin, RIck Flag, Ronald Reagan, Sergeant Rock, Suicide Squad, Superman, Tom Mandrake, Walt Simonsson

The fan-favorite 80s version of the team started here.

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July 23, 2015

Slightly Misplaced Comics Hero Case Files #27: Grimjack

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Cynosure, First Comics, Grimjack, Hawkworld, IDW Publishing, John Gaunt, John Ostrander, Misplaced Heroes, The Spectre, Tim Truman, Tom Mandrake

The growth of the direct market, where comics publishers could send their wares to specialty comic book stores as opposed to newsstands, meant that

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July 14, 2015

Tom Recommends: Starman Volume 2

Posted By: tomk74 3 Comments Barry Allen, Black Canary, Bloodlines, Bobo Benetti, Captain Marvel, David Knight, Dian Belmont, Garth Ennis, Gotham City, Green Lantern, Hitman, Jack Knight, James Robinson, Jay Garrick, JLA Year One, John McCrea, John Ostrander, Justice Society, Mark Waid, Metropolis, Opal City, Peter Sneljbjerg, Power of Shazam, Solomon Grundy, Starman, Superman, Ted Knight, The Flash, The Mist, The Shade, Times Past, Tom Mandrake, Tony Harris, Wally West, Wesley Dodd, Zero Hour

The Legacy Hero is a longstanding DC tradition.  The idea is to take an old character name and concept and rework the character into

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March 12, 2015

Slightly Misplaced Comic Book Heroes Case File #8: The Spectre

Posted By: tomk74 5 Comments Alan Moore, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Crispus Allen, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, J. M. Dematteis, Jerry Siegel, Jim Corrigan, John Ostrander, Justice Society, Keith Giffen, Lucifer, Madam Xanadu, Misplaced Heroes, Nekron, Paralax, Sandman, Superman, Swamp Thing, The Spectre, Tom Mandrake, Vertigo, Zero Hour

This ongoing series of mine has focused largely on forgotten or little-used heroes.  Today’s entry is nothing like that, since the Spectre has been

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