Batman is a core character from DC comics that I have long been looking forward to profiling on this site. And dreading too, if I’m honest. Don’t get me wrong – Batman is a great character, and obviously very popular. Along with Superman and Wonder Woman they form the so-called …
Zander Cannon’s Sleep Ethics
Sleep is an 8-issue comic book series written and drawn by Zander Cannon, published at Image Comics. It ran from May 2025 to March 2026, with the trade paperback (collecting all 8 issues) published just last week. The series is accurately described by Image as “an unsettling, slow-burning atmospheric take …
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Ethics
With the release today of the new Supergirl film (2026) by DC Studios, I thought I would review the narrative structure and ethics of the source comics story that it is loosely based on – Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (2021), written by Tom King with art by Bilquis Evely, colors …
DC’s Dream Girls Ethics: Dreamer and Galaxy
As part of DC’s Pride event this year, they are front-lining two of my favorite newer DC superheroes, Dreamer and Galaxy. Rather than the typical one-off issue, DC’s Justice League: Dream Girls Vol 1 is a four-issue limited series running each week this month (June, 2026), picking up from the …
The Power Fantasy – The End of History
One of the underlying premises of this site is that comics are a medium, not a genre. And in any artistic medium, there are higher concept pieces of art. The Power Fantasy (TPF) by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard (Image Comics) is one of those – while still dealing with …
Superman Ethics
Superman’s ethics are a particular challenge to describe succinctly – which is why I haven’t attempted it until now on the site! And it is not because the character’s ethics are unusually complex, or involve relatively niche areas of normative ethics (aka, moral philosophy). In fact, the evolution of Superman’s …
Powers Ethics
The launch of Powers 25 by Dark Horse Comics in 2025 gave me the idea to catch up on the earlier series that I had missed during my time away from comics. And so, I sought out all the earlier runs by comics powerhouses’ Brian Michael Bendis by Michael Avon …
Doctor Strange of Asgard Ethics
Well said. With the launch this week of the latest ongoing Doctor Strange comics series – Doctor Strange Vol 8, 2025, by Derek Landy and Ivan Fiorelli – I thought I’d fill in the background of what had happened since my Doctor Strange Ethics overview from the start of this …
The Power Fantasy Ethics – Introduction
As I explained on my About Me post, I saw the superhero comics of my youth as explicit moral philosophy primers. Much of the conflict, to my eyes, was between the various heroes, or internal to a given hero – as they debated the “right” or “best” course of action. …