Meanwhile, back on the battleship, Dr. Domino prepares "Plan B", which starts like this: Note that control queen Dr. Domino is st...

DC Editorial has put an open bid out on Aquaman to whatever creators make the best pitch. Now, I've enjoyed Aquaman very much since Wi...

Before we get to Dr. Domino's "Plan B", we have to pause to enjoy Haikuesday at the Absorbascon. Fortunately, that enjoyment i...

Necktie-based humilation techniques are vastly underrated as a means of torture, just as repetitive petulant nagging is undervalued as a met...

Welcome-- fools !-- to Dr. Domino Week. This is the subject of our celebration, the eponymous Dr. Domino (discussed lovingly in a previo...

You think Max Lord's neck was the first one Wonder Woman ever snapped? Think again.

The Riddler. Naturally, we all think of the Riddler as a loner (hey, they even call him that in his DC Encyclopedia entry). After all, his...

Two-Face is an old school gangster, folks. Loud suits, tommy guns, "hits" and "heists", thugs in coat and tie. He's ...

If you aren't reading Will Pfeiffer's "Catwoman", then start. I ADORED his work on Aquaman. In ONE issue, he set Aquaman ...

How many cross-company Marvel/DC character codename duplications are there? Let's start with the Captains Marvel (however it is spelled)...

Having rested now with other pursuits, we return to ... the Rungs of Villainy! You've survived so far. Instead of being part of someone...

Naturally, like all decent people , I'm a member of the League of Challenger-Haters. In fact, I'm the person who took Multi-Woman...

Sanderson Hawkins , a.k.a. Sandy the Golden Boy , a.k.a. "Sand" . You probably don't think about him much. He was a hero in t...

You know what's been missing from my life? DRAMA!!! Fortunately, it only takes one panel of Golden Age Starman to fix that problem... ...

I need some dumb questions answered; can any of you help me? 1. So, what can Tempest do, exactly? 2. Which villains have law degrees ? 3. ...

As we did recently for the Joker , I want to compose a gang for the Penguin. I suppose it's more of a mob, really; after all, the Pengu...

As long as it's Saturday morning....! Today I praise Bob Kane's greatest creation and contribution to human society. What? Bat who ?...

This is Alan Ritchson, who'll be playing young Aquaman on "Smallville". Yeah. He'll do. And "Vibe! The Movie, Meng...

Hm. The man with the receding hairline and carefully crafted man-shadow says he won't go down. Hard to believe, if you ask me. His one...

What do you think Batman would do if he were chasing the Joker to his hideout, and turned a corner to find the Joker's new gang: Harley ...

If you watch all those cleaning, reorganizing, and remodeling shows on TV (and I do, because it's much easier than cleaning, reorganizin...

Hm, looks from this cover as if Hal Jordan is superpowerless except from the waist UP , this time. And poor Hector Hammond. So lonely. So de...

Face it: the best you can hope for is being a supporting character-in-law. You have no superpowers, Olympic-level abilities, or leotard/cap...

If you don't know who Bob Kanigher was, you deserve to. He wrote and edited for DC for about a thousand years, particularly Wonder Wom...

You think you've seen this post before, but you haven't! I've discussed Vibe's horrible death recently, but there was someth...