OFFICIAL SITE OF AUTHOR MICHAEL RICKARD

Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II The writer/editor of the critically acclaimed The Krypton Companion and the designer of the eye-p...

Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II With a film starring the Joker as played by Joaquin Phoenix in the works for fall 2019, DC collec...

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Batman's first appearance (Detective Comics #27 to be exact) and he's been pretty busy ever since...

Mera, the queen of Atlantis, mysteriously disappears, and Aquaman begins searching high and low to find her. In addition, Atlantis is in ...

Copyright 2018 Michael W. Rickard Things looked bleak for comic books throughout the 1970s because of plummeting sell-through rates. Wit...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II This book is packed with some of Superman's greatest stories from Action Comics, but is it worth ...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II Last week I began my analysis of Phillip Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator and its influence on Super...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II While Superman was an innovative creation in comic books, the character of a superhuman living am...

Cool cover conceals some Bat-guano Batman has always been one of my favorite comic book characters, going back to when I watched reruns o...

The Legion had a great line-up of villains too. There were classic villains like the Fatal Five (five villains so bad they could take on ...

Comic books were always great escapist fare as a kid, and still are for some adults, including yours truly. What youngster wouldn’t want ...