Nicholas Ahlhelm

1 week ago | medium.com | Nicholas Ahlhelm

Animal Man 6, Cosmic Odyssey 4, Doom Patrol 17, Superman 26This week we jump back into Invasion tie-ins again, even as another invasion wraps up in the final issue of Cosmic Odyssey. Let’s dive into the action. Let me be upfront about Animal Man’s “Invasion First Strike Extra.” Perhaps its highest point is Brian Bolland’s cover where he makes a Thanagarian warrior look cooler than perhaps any other one ever.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Nicholas Ahlhelm

Batman 428, Deadshot 4, Plastic Man 2, Secret Origins 35, Young All-Stars 21This week we take a break from covering quite so many Invasion! tie-in issues to focus on five titles that didn’t connect to the crossover event, due to their current story arcs, their status as limited series, or even because they’re set forty years too early. Let’s dive into the action. We have reached the infamous issue after a bomb explodes with Jason Todd inside the room.

1 month ago | medium.com | Nicholas Ahlhelm

New Titans 51, Power of the Atom 6, Starman 4, Swamp Thing 80 The invasion looms ever closer with only two weeks between the titles released here at the end of September 1988 and the arrival of the first eighty-page issue of Invasion! Books have already started noticing the looming threat and we see more of that this week! Let’s dive in, starting with one of the rare comics that doesn’t touch on the event! George Perez’s second issue back on the Titans feels a lot more like he was scripting...

1 month ago | medium.com | Nicholas Ahlhelm

Adventures of Superman 448, Doom Patrol 16, Plastic Man 1, Secret Origins 34Welcome back to DC: A New Dawn where the threat of Invasion! looms ever closer for the heroes of the DC Universe. Let’s dive right into our second Superman story from September of 1988 which serves as a clear lead-in to the event!We’ve reached the halfway point of the strange hole of Adventures of Superman issues on DC Universe Infinite.

2 months ago | medium.com | Nicholas Ahlhelm

Deadshot 3, Hawk & Dove 4, Justice League International 21, Manhunter 7, Superman 25This week sees the penultimate issues of two different mini-series, another superhero hunted by the DC’s resident bounty hunter, and a Justice League story on Apokolips. That final story marks the first Justice League issue ever purchased by a young Nicholas Ahlhelm, but we will cover that some more when we get to it. Let’s dive into our comics for the week starting with the ever-darkening saga of Deadshot.