J.B. Spins

DC has the most iconic superheroes, because nobody has greater symbolic resonance than Superman—not even Batman. Yet, DC’s super-villains ar...

He can “leap tall buildings in a single bound,” because the flying business was not yet fully established in the comic books when Fleischer ...

It might be the “Summer of Superman,” but Krypto has been the biggest winner from the trailer release. If you think he is cute there, check ...

In Batman Ninja , the time-traveling Dark Knight had to channel Toshiro Mifune in a Chanbara adventure. This time, he must find his inner T...

Did Superman immediately display superpowers as a child or did he grow into them? It depends on which Earth, which multiverse, or which narr...

In the recent first issue of DC’s “All In” Aquaman , the Atlantean king is learning how to use his wife Mera’s telekinetic power over water,...

Shazam and Captain Marvel are weirdly like Dr. Frankenstein and his monster. People often casually refer to the latter by their creator’s na...

As a teen comics reader, my loyalties were with Marvel, perhaps because I identified with the real-world challenges characters like Peter Pa...

Val Armorr was the original “Karate Kid,” predating the 1984 movie by almost twenty years, from the 31 st Century. The member of the futuri...

In small towns like Smallville, everybody knows everyone else’s business. Maybe they are not the best places for someone with a secret ident...

Since "The American Way” is now off the table, if there is one thing Superman still represents, it would be hope. There is a lot of hop...

In 1978, Superman still proudly proclaimed himself a defender of “truth, justice, and the American way.” Naturally, the Soviet Union would n...

This will be the final season of CW’s last DC superhero series currently on its schedule, but they are going out with a bang. The first thre...

It was the very first full-length [just barely] Superman theatrical film and it also served as a back-door pilot for The Adventures of Super...

After years of being super, in just about every way, the DC stalwart is suddenly getting the classic Marvel treatment. In addition to saving...

Lord Acton’s famous dictum has been confirmed over and over throughout history: “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts ab...