“Cripes! Now I have the strength of a hundred men!” That line still makes me smile. Originally, that last panel with Gilbert lifting the car came at the end of the previous page. But we decided to extend the scene […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is another page I think is great fun. In fact, when I’m on the convention floor and selling THE STANDARD, I specifically open a copy of the first issue to this page to highlight the merits of the series. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s another page I love. Writing this whole Silver Age sequence was a blast, and the decision to have recurring flashback segments throughout the series soon became a no-brainer. In particular, I relished the chance to tackle Zarthos’ purple prose […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This battle isn’t going too well for Alex. Things get increasingly gory here, with the pages just splashed with blood and grue. Aside from Bill Finney’s colorful language, it’s probably this sequence that would make the first issue a hard […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a quiet page. The purpose of this was basically to just take a moment for a breather and allow the reader a moment to dwell on the tragic events of the previous page before pressing on with the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love that top panel! A really dynamic training montage with The Standard and Fabu-Lad, donning the costume for the first time. Readers with good memories may also catch a call-back to a line that the adult Alex would go […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Often in comics, it’s the little details that make all the difference in the world. Here, we have common six panel grid, cutting back and forth between past and present. Little details such as the caption boxes, the rounding of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think I’ve talked before about how one of my regrets with this series was not getting the chance to do more with Caroline Cole (or Caroline Graham, as she is at this point in the story). But this is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This heartbreaking scene gives us an idea of Caroline’s present condition, with the full reveal coming on Monday’s page. It explains why we haven’t seen much of Caroline, and gives some new dimensions to Gilbert’s character, but it was a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is one of my favourite pages in the whole series. “Favourite” may not be the right word, as in a lot of ways it’s a difficult page to look at. But for me this moment lies at the emotional […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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