An In-Depth Look at The Darkness/Batman #1 (1999) I have owned and read a lot of comics over the years, but The Darkness/Batman has always occupied a special place in my collection. It is easily one of the top five comics I have ever read and owned. That is not simply because it puts two characters I enjoy on the same page. Plenty of crossovers can accomplish that much. What makes this one memorable is how naturally Batman and Jackie Estacado fit together, both visually and t

From super-powered newspaper heroes to the birth of the modern superhero genre When discussing the beginning of the superhero, Superman inevitably dominates the conversation. His appearance in Action Comics #1 in 1938 transformed the American comic-book industry and established a formula that remains recognizable nearly a century later. But Superman was not the first heroic character in comics to possess abilities beyond those of an ordinary human. Nor was DC the first publis