Hopefully you’ll recognise the two kids from the start of issue #2, who were snatched by Piper in his first appearance. I’m sure you’ll be relieved to discover they’re alive and well! I remember Jon having a lot of fun […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here, we see events take a darker turn in the past-set storyline which seemed to be our more lighthearted palette-cleanser. As the flashback in the previous chapter suggested, things weren’t necessarily all light and innocence back in the “good old […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve always had a soft spot for jobbing, low-level supervillains who didn’t seem to have much ambition beyond robbing banks. Characters like Rhino, Electro, Captain Cold, The Riddler… at times attempts have been made to make each one darker and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It has been said by some that THE STANDARD #1-#3 feels like a complete arc in itself, and indeed, back before the Diamond release I did publish a little trade collecting the first 3 issues for the convention circuit. And […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love how Jon Rector realised this final page of the chapter. If you were writing a basic synopsis of the narrative of THE STANDARD, it would be awfully easily to summarise this as an upbeat moment. “The Standard reunites […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And we’re back with a new chapter! We open with the classic “news report as info dump” trick, tuning in on the various members of THE STANDARD’s ensemble cast as they react to the news of The Standard’s return. My […] ↓ 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…
I think it was around this part of issue #4 that colorist Mike Gagnon and artist Jonathan Rector really started clicking. Of course, Mike Gagnon had already done plenty of great coloring in Chapter 3 and earlier in Chapter 4, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here we get one of the iconic moments of the series, as The Standard and The Corpse finally come face-to-face for the first time. These two characters have been set on a collision course throughout the series up until […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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