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March 31st, 2009
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 pleads no contest
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Peter Milligan's Detective run
I've been re-reading some of these recently, and someone mentioned Dark Night Dark City on the scary story thread. This really was an excellent, IMO underappreciated run. Milligan really had a knack for telling weird, off-kilter stories. I recall at the time feeling like his stories referenced the supernatural too often, but in retrospect that doesn't bother me so much. I kinda miss the days when a writer could just come on board and do straightforward, mostly short Batman stories without really worrying about continuity and timelines and all that.
Plus his run featured *really* cool covers:   Anyone else a fan of this run? It encompassed Batman # 452-454 & 472-473, and Detective # 629-633, 638-640, & 643. |
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March 31st, 2009
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Peter Milligan's work on Batman and Tec is some of my all-time favorites. After Alan Grant, Milligan is the best writer to work with Norm Breyfogle.
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March 31st, 2009
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 Uber Geoffan
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I have some of this issues at home.
Some fab stuff there. I am a fan of his batman and tec work. Those covers are pretty unique as well. They should do a collection of his stuff some day, in colour. |
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"There is a Grant, Morrison be thy name!"
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April 1st, 2009
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 Answer Man's Pal
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 This weekend, I'll go through what other Milligan issues I have and re-read'em again. Thanks for the idea, Matches! |
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April 2nd, 2009
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Edit-God Eric's follower
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Oh you probably already know how much I like his Batman stories. Detective #630, And the Executioner Wore Stiletto Heels is still, I think, one of the best ever single issue stories
ever...with a villain I would love to see again. |
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...still searching for my ultraviolet smile
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April 2nd, 2009
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Uber Geoffan
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"There is a Grant, Morrison be thy name!"
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April 2nd, 2009
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...still searching for my ultraviolet smile
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April 2nd, 2009
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Uber Geoffan
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maybe they were, i could be wrong. now i have it, tim sale said in wizard how much he loved that cover for batman 630.
what does that title refer to again? stilleto heels? miligan's heady stuff goes over my head alot of the time |
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April 2nd, 2009
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Edit-God Eric's follower
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Yes, it's a play on words. In the story the sympathetic villain is a killer who only takes contracts on gangsters. His trademark and nickname is Stiletto.
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April 3rd, 2009
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