Dan Liebke's Astonishing Tales

Three issues of careful scene-setting and precision superhero plotting has laid the groundwork for this, a 48-page non-stop shitfight. There’s a couple of pages to skim over first with Krona yak-yak-yak’ing about how he’s going to destroy both the Marvel and DC Universes in exchange for ultimate knowledge of the universe (and, no doubt, some [...]

Issue Three of this epic crossover is zaniness from start to finish. And, of course, vice versa. It starts with a little bit of uncontrolled universe-hopping. The JLA and the Avengers keep zapping back and forth between their respective universes, each time partying at satellites or mansions or underwater sea fortresses or Russell Brand’s sex [...]

As with all sensible non-showpony storytelling, Issue Two of this tale picks up straight where Issue One ended, namely with the Avengers and the JLA ready for some serious smackdown time. Oh, sure, there was a bit of a prologue with Krona and The Grandmaster, but I, like most sane comic book readers, skipped straight [...]

The team-up several decades in the making is finally here. Where ‘finally here’ means ‘back in 2003′. But, hey, I’m renowned for my scholarly analysis, not my timeliness. So here’s my recap a scant six years or so later. It’s a story of the team-up of the greatest heroes of two comic book companies, written [...]