Ken Aldred

Great series, great actress, and she reminds me of an Irish girl I had a thing for during high school, so I thoroughly approve of the casting. Works for me.

Don't think so. His mother was human and demons can be considered extra-dimensional beings. More similar to Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan.

The answer I gave in a previous thread to the question "Has any character died and not returned from the dead?" was Deadman. Which seemed accurate and humorous at the time. Even that was spoiled, as he did return from the dead in the Brightest Day storyline.

One of the weakest I've ever read is the explanation of how Jason Todd returned from the dead, in Batman Annual 25. That Infinite Crisis "set history right". and... "In the case of Jason Todd, he was never supposed to die." So now he didn't. Lame.

Here's another classic, which to the best of my knowledge has never been retconned. A brilliant story.

Key psychological / motivational archetype; helplessness or survivor's guilt over the loss of parents (or a father figure).

I really didn’t have much of a clue, so I just winged it and took my customary reader-not-speculator position when I replied, and hoped for the best.

This is to me just as powerful a story as ASM 121. Great artwork as well. I don’t read enough modern Spider-Man comics to know if the character was brought back at some stage. Still, one of the great books of this particular type.

I remember just how emotional this death issue was at the time, and as a teenager I naively believed in its permanence. Even this only lasted a few years, 1980 to 1985. A death ironically short-lived.

He’s fine on material that works with a cartoony, animated style. His Oz adaptations were nice.

Using a cosmic-level entity makes a bit more sense than eradicating Death by using an Ultimate Nullifier, as happened in one story I read recently. I suppose.

Give it time. They probably just haven’t got around to it yet.

Resurrection Man’s another possibility.

A death notation in comics should be more accurately described as ‘temporary hiatus’ or ‘rest period’. Because that’s all it is. Oblivion has been shrugged off as a minor, transient inconvenience in the medium far too often to associate and to feel any degrees of tension and sorrowful gravity with it. Cry Wolf, too many times for believability.

Missed that. Only talking about them being great reading material.

It is a great run of comics, especially the Sinestro Corps War, which is classic Green Lantern. Particularly like Ivan Reis’ artwork on the series. Next, perhaps, try Geoff Johns’ JSA stories.

Really sorry to hear this, Mike. I’m sure the boardie community will be as supportive as possible at this very difficult time for you.

My comment's more about the small minority of the public watching it that will get a near 40-year-old film reference or care about it in the slightest, let alone find it humorous. Lame is a good description.

I think there’s an understanding that the situation is basically very similar for him, if more limited. One major character, not so many at once, and no complex about being the saviour of a company.

Absolutely. Some of the best, most inventive, sophisticated stories and innovative, top-level artwork in the history of the medium. After reading them I threw my ECs and Alan Moore comics in the trash, having witnessed quality being redefined.

‘Villains aren’t born.They’re made.’ Fairly common trope. Reminds me of the character development in the most recent Tomb Raider video game trilogy. Lara Croft, incidentally, is a relic, or, one might say, trophy hunter. On a basic level, not promising the most original of journeys.

It’s extremely underrated.

The time of the Bad Girl Craze. Garbage being churned out in gigantic quantities. An era sadly missed.

Recognising fatigue in your approach to collecting or reading can be positive, in my experience. I wished I’d understood that I was just going through the motions in a programmed, zombie-like routine and not continued to invest so much time, effort and everything in one strategy or another that had lost too much of its edge and excitement, and changed to a more appropriate alternative years sooner. Certainly, in my case because of health issue limitations, I should’ve stopped flogging certain dead horses, sorry to say, the weekly LCS visit or occasional convention, and been far more attuned and responsive to that. Easier said than done, to accept that and make transitions with a lifelong interest (that’s rarely going to be easy or comfortable, and understandably quite saddening) and for me not practicable until the ascendancy of the digital comics age, which still allows me to continue with my reading without any of the associated traditional pressures. Yes, recognising and responding to fatigue, burnout, the ennui of routine and moving on, can lead to constructive results.

Probably all too smooth-looking digital colouring.