Classic Comic Compendium: DC – THE NEW FRONTIER is an all-timer
It's not just a look back, it's also a blueprint for a brighter future.
Classic Comic Compendium: THE TWILIGHT CHILDREN, an ode to bygone B movies
A wistful, sci-fi fairy tale that feels like an ode to bygone b-movies.
Classic Comic Compendium: CATWOMAN – “ANODYNE”
A how-to on bringing noir sensibilities to superhero comics.
Classic Comic Compendium: RICHARD STARK’S PARKER – THE HUNTER
Darwyn Cook's Parker adaptation is quite simply one of the of the best noir comics ever published.
Classic Comic Compendium: CRIMINAL – VOL. 1, a noir masterpiece
This book will make you love the genre.
Classic Comic Compendium: HAWKMAN #27 by Brubaker and Phillips
Back in 2004, the celebrated crime comics team did an issue of Hawkman that hints at what was to come later.
Classic Comic Compendium: SLEEPER – SEASON ONE from Brubaker, Phillips
The first 12 issues of Sleeper offer a must-read masterpiece.
Classic Comic Compendium: BATMAN – GOTHAM NOIR, an excellent crime comic
A Brubaker and Phillips Batman book.
Classic Comic Compendium: SANDMAN OVERTURE, a worthy continuation
A shining jewel representing just how magical comics storytelling can be.
Classic Comic Compendium: JONAH HEX #35, one of the best modern Western comics
An interesting meditation on Jonah Hex's morality.
Classic Comic Compendium: PROMETHEA #10
A great issue from a series that everyone should read.
Classic Comic Compendium: CHASE #7 & #8 – SHADOWING THE BAT
Chase presaged other series as disparate as Gotham Central and Planetary.
