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February 6, 2026 9:19 am

Forty years since The Immortal Dr Fate (1985)

DG Stewart February 6, 2026 No Comments

Writer: Martin Pasko Artists: Walt Simonson, Keith Giffen Colourist: Tatjana Wood DC Comics, 1985 (collection) We are cheating on the arithmetic of our revisitation to the collected stories within The Immortal Dr Fate. Forty years since 1985 was last year (2025). But The Immortal Dr Fate was a series which reprinted innovative stories by Martin Pasko and Steve Gerber from Doctor Fate backup stories appearing in The Flash #306 (February 1982) to #313 (September 1982) as well as 1st Issue Special #9 from 1975. So, perhaps, we are actually four years too late. Dr Fate is a character which was created in 1940 during the height of the American superhero comic book boom, and who prominently featured in the 2022 motion picture Black Adam. Fate is a “Lord of Order”, a being who seeks to stop malign magical forces, including counterpart “Lords of Chaos”. Fate’s powers are granted to him

Von Bach (Review)

DG Stewart January 20, 2026 No Comments

Writer: Owen Hammer Artist: Mariano Navarro Colourist / Letterer: Herman Carrera Hammer Comics, and Scout Comics, 2021 Owen Hammer contacted us some time ago regarding a review of this title, and we regret letting it languish. We did not expect that Mr Hammer’s quip-filled comic Von Bach was so thoroughly entertaining. Here is the promotional copy from Mr Hammer’s website: VON BACH Doctor Heinrich Von Bach was the nineteenth-century scientist resurrected from the dead by his own ungodly invention. At least that’s the story Hollywood told when they got hold of the gothic romance novel written about the good doctor. For a hundred years they’ve made as many films based on the bloody life and undeath of Von Bach. Today, a major studio is finishing a big budget “Von Bach” movie. But suddenly, the real Von Bach returns to life in Hollywood and he is going to teach the cast