Alex Jaffe

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Articles

Cosmic Calamity: Five DC Planets That Didn’t Survive

1 week ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

You ever wonder why, out of all the planets in the DC Universe, Earth specifically has so many superheroes with incredible powers? I’d like to posit a theory today that it’s a matter of survivorship bias. After all, the universe is an extremely dangerous place. Without that incredibly dense population of world-saving heroes, it simply wouldn’t exist anymore, probably many times over. Take, for example…pretty much every other significant planet in DC cosmology.
Which Members of the Bat-Family Has Bruce Wayne Adopted?

1 week ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

Welcome back to another edition of one of our most treasured institutions here on DC.com, ASK…THE QUESTION. My name is Alex Jaffe, but to those of you in our official DC Community over on our Discord server, I’m better known as HubCityQuestion. Here, there and everywhere, I’ve made it my mission to provide answers to every single question you’ve ever had about the DC Universe. Then, I search the deep recesses of my hard-won acquisition of arcane lore to give you answers.
Prepare for the Power Company

2 weeks ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

This week brings us the return of a name we haven’t heard in some time, until a few earlier rumblings this year. The Power Company: Recharged gives us a new Power Company, a cult classic team created by Kurt Busiek and Tom Grummett over twenty years ago. Originally, what set the Power Company apart from other super teams was the way they approached superheroism as an actual career.
Second Chances and New Beginnings: Joshua Williamson’s “Superman” Turns Twenty-Five

3 weeks ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

Since the months leading up to Dark Crisisin 2022, Joshua Williamson has played a central role in the DC Universe’s story direction. But 25 issues in, Williamson’s Supermanmight represent his most ambitious, refined work to date. As we head into the Summer of Superman, we thought it was well past time to check in with Josh on what’s ahead for the Man of Steel.
Hero of the Hill: Elliott Kalan Gets Serious About “Harley Quinn”

3 weeks ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

There’s really no competition for it. Harley Quinn is DC’s most popular comedy character. Co-created by Paul Dini, who came up in cartoons, and inspired by the clown act of originating performer Arleen Sorkin, Harley was grounded in comedy even before she was cast as a figure of tragic romance and sapphic redemption. So, here’s the question: why are so few of Harley Quinn’s writers…you know…comedy writers?
Everything We Loved About “Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League”

1 month ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League is an impossible movie to spoil. Following 2018’s Batman Ninja, a movie where Gorilla Grodd used an earthquake machine to travel back in time with Arkham’s most notorious inmates to Edo-period Japan in order to transform the world into a planet of monkeys, Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League takes place the very next day. To the surprise of our heroes, Yakuza soldiers from a Japan floating upside down over Gotham have been training on the streets for a month.
What Exactly Does Nth Metal Do?

1 month ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

Welcome back for another fine addition of ASK…THE QUESTION, the column where I, your humble investigator, shed light upon the darkest mysteries of DC history. Who am I? I’m Alex Jaffe, but I’m better known as HubCityQuestion to the DC Official Discord server, where I hold court to resolve your quandaries in real time (or, as close as I can manage). This month, I’ve delved deep into archives, scoured interviews with legendary talent, and spoken to a writer or two myself to get the answers you crave.
Digging Up the Resurrection Man

1 month ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

The DC Absolute titles may be grabbing headlines right now, but don’t count DC Black Label out. Seven years old and still going strong, Ram V and Anand RK are proving there’s life in the old girl yet—with a hero who can never die. The latest Black Label title, Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma, represents the unlikely—though, truthfully, inevitable—return of a cult classic hero from DC’s grungy, Vertigo-tinged ’90s.
Everything is Fine, The Joker Rules

1 month ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

Today is April Fool’s Day, which also makes it the Lord of Laughter’s day. That mountebank of mirth who gives us an excuse to use the word “mountebank” alliteratively. It’s a day for the Joker. Far be it from us to try pranking you here on DC.com, especially when we might risk accusation of trying to upstage the master. That’s a good way to end up with a face full of smilex.
“Absolute Martian Manhunter” Embraces the Challenge

1 month ago | dc.com | Alex Jaffe

Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash. These titles are all self-explanatory. But what does it mean to be a “Martian Manhunter?” It’s a title that’s always felt like a little bit of a mouthful. I first got to know the character, like many of you, I’d wager, through the Justice League animated series, where that title is never used.