#the dark age of comics

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

BEHOLD THE FACES, FADS, FIGURES, & FEMME FATALES OF THE AMERICAN DARK AGE OF COMICS!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "The Dark Age: Grim Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics," a pop culture retrospective by Mark Voger. Originally published in 2006, it was republished on May 17, 2024 by TwoMorrows Publishing.

MINI-OVERVIEW: "Do you remember "The Dark Knight Returns" and "Watchmen"? The “polybagged premium” craze? The death of Superman? Renegade superheroes Spawn, Pitt, Bloodshot and Cyberforce? When vigilantes spilled blood by the gallon — and those were the good guys? If you love the comic books of the ’80s, ’90s and ’00s, read all about the sometimes glorious, sometimes gory era of comics known as THE DARK AGE (168-page trade paperback; $19.95)!

Featuring interviews with Dark Age greats Todd McFarlane (Spawn), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Jim Lee (X-Men), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Alex Ross (Kingdom Come), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), J. O’Barr (The Crow), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Joe Quesada (Daredevil), Mike Allred (Madman), Dennis O’Neil (Batman: Knightfall) and others! With a color section spotlighting highlights — and lowlights – of THE DARK AGE! Written by Mark Voger, with photos by Kathy Vogelsong."

-- TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING, c. spring 2024

Sources: https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/darkageonline & https://markvoger.com/the-dark-age-grim-great-gimmicky-post-modern-comics-2006-twomorrows-publishing.

[satoshy12]

A few moments of baby Danny having fun,

It all started when Danny learned he could change his age! Well, he took an item from Clockwork for this prank. But they are fun!!!

Red Hood lost his weapon to a toddler. Red Hood is trying to help the lost toddler talking about how he is a real hero with real Guns:" Come on, it's not a toy. It's the real deal." Danny: "No, no real!" Red Hood gets annoyed: "Fine, you don't believe it's real? Here, take it." Danny was surprised:" Ooo, real!" (holds the gun) Red Hood: "Yeah, yeah, it's real. Wait, what did I just do?" Danny teleports away: "Wheee!" Red Hood:" What the...? Oh, come on! Come  back, I'llbuy you candy for the gun!" +

John Constantine lost in a horse bet against baby Danny money; don't ask how or why he even bet with a toddler. He just lost money. John: (sighs) Bloody hell, lost again in a horse bet against you, Danny. Baby Danny: (giggles, waving a tiny hand) Horsie 2! Danny pointed at the empty wallet. John: There is no money left, mate. But, uh, how 'bout this?" John scribbles on a piece of paper and hands it to Baby Danny. JOHN (CONT'D) I owe you, alright?

Later, with the Justice League Dark, John summons a demon.

Demon: (roaring laughter)" Look who's here, the bloke who lost his soul to a toddler!" John: (bewildered)" What the bloody hell are you talking about?" Demon: (mockingly) That doodle on the paper. You handed over a piece of your soul to a baby. Now that's a first!" John: (facepalms) Bugges. I will later talk with Bat; I need money. around 10.000$" + Zatanna, while a magic show pulls toddler Danny out of her hat. Not a rabbit. Zatanna: And for my next trick... (pulls from her hat, has toddler Danny in her hand, not a rabbit) Zatanna: (confused) Wait, where did you come from? Danny: (giggling) Hat! Hat! Danny grabs her hat and suddenly disappears. Zatanna blinks in amazement, trying to make sense of the unexpected teleportation, as the audience applauds.

[dailydccomics]

Gotham's two redheaded anti capitalist queens Gotham City Sirens (2024) #4 / Batman: Dark Age (2024) #5

[dandylion-virtual-adventurer]

Look at herrrrr

Dragon Age: The Missing (2023) #1

[seilnakyle]

Batman Dark Age #2 - Batman (2016) #54

“Somehow, just by looking at me, Alfred knew...Or maybe he didn’t know. Maybe he just loved me. Which made me feel as if he knew.”

[tokyopewpew]

The pin you can get at the Dark Horse booth at SDCC! You do have to show proof of being in the BIOWARE (not dragon age!) Discord server!

Posters are also being handed out (good thick quality paper) and pins of the companions are free to grab.

[onlylonelylatino]

Blue Beetle and the new Justice League by Daniel Sampere

[stormingfrost]

Kinda obsessed with the historical context of Rise of the Guardians. Pitch wanting the Dark Ages to come back, which historically was the decline of culture and records. The Guardians rose at the same time as the Renaissance with the rise of culture, knowledge, and science. (Tooth in particular mentions that she hasn’t been out in the field for 440 years, give or take, which would put that smack dab in the middle of the Renaissance) 

The way Pitch doesn’t want the world to change, the way the Guardians change in tune with the world. The way Jack, who lived in has a human in the 17th or 18th century, who lived in the time after the Renaissance and lived witnessing the world all the way to the modern era, is there to show the Guardians how much they missed and how they can further change and improve for the more modern world. These characters are immortal beings who have so much power over the world, it makes so much sense that when they fall and rise in power it impacts the world that they want to influence, for better or for worse. 

[elevate-de]

doom the dark ages

possible W.I.P

[current-comix]

Steve Lieber

[jkparkin]

Batman: Dark Age #6 (DC, November 2024) variant by Bill Sienkiewicz

[mistbix]

little dark age.

[dailydccomics]

just two men learning what they can from each other Batman: Dark Age #3 by Mark Russell, Michael and Laura Allred

[pxparkerr]

DARK AGES SPIDEYPOOL

[seilnakyle]

Batman: Dark Age #5

“To fight Al Ghul, I had to find Al Ghul. And to find Al Ghul, I needed the one person who knew Gotham better than I did.”

[catastrophicalcat]

The rapport between Batman and Catwoman is so much fun