World Comic Book Review

28th March 2024

The Merry-Go-Round Goes Boom!

The Unhappy Fates of Satellite Headquarters Review by DG Stewart, 15 April 2016 Orbital bases for superheroes in comic books have three principal attractions: a. the visual impact, which comic books do so well, of a machine perched above the world; b. the message to readers of the protoganist’s technological might; and c. the temptation … Read more

Urban Architecture in Comic Books

Modern building materials and advanced design has meant that urban architecture, generally, has become bigger and more ambitious. Structures which seemed enormously grand in the 1940s – 1980s are now dwarfed by contemporary architecture. This has been mirrored in comic books. Some of the buildings which have appeared in the past were either mirrors of … Read more