Diversity, Surreality & Mythology in “DOCTOR FATE” 960 300 Paul Levitz

Diversity, Surreality & Mythology in “DOCTOR FATE”

Over his decades at DC Comics, Paul Levitz has gone from writer to publisher and back again. And while he’s been contributing stories to the DC Universe since the launch of the New 52, he feels a…

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World’s Finest Vol. 5: Homeward Bound 474 730 Paul Levitz

World’s Finest Vol. 5: Homeward Bound

  When Power Girl and Huntress learn that their home world still exists, the heroines decide to return to the ruins of Earth 2, only to discover they’ve arrived just…

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Convergence: World’s Finest #1 650 1000 Paul Levitz

Convergence: World’s Finest #1

STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! Read the most unusual tale in all of Convergence! The Seven Soldiers of Victory regroup to defend their city against the Qward invasion,…

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What Happens When You Answer Your Mail 150 150 Paul Levitz

What Happens When You Answer Your Mail

Got a lovely note the other day via FB, in response to my usual query to people asking to “friend” me (“”Thanks, but can you tell me why you want…

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Old Photos 150 150 Paul Levitz

Old Photos

Digging through the files found some old photos, including this one of the 1973 New York Comic Art Convention, with me at what was almost certainly DC’s first ever convention…

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Farewell to SEVEN SOLDIERS & SCRIBBLY JIBBET In CONVERGENCE: WORLD’S FINEST 150 150 Paul Levitz

Farewell to SEVEN SOLDIERS & SCRIBBLY JIBBET In CONVERGENCE: WORLD’S FINEST

For Paul Levitz, the goal of his Convergence: World’s Finest issues is to give a fitting farewell and tribute to the characters he’s writing — in the vein of Alan Moore’s Whatever Happened…

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The Power of Comics (2nd Ed.): History, Form, and Culture 412 636 Paul Levitz

The Power of Comics (2nd Ed.): History, Form, and Culture

Fully revised and updated for its second edition, The Power of Comics remains the most authoritative introduction to comic books and graphic novels – the history of the medium, its many forms…

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World’s Finest Vol.4: First Contact 474 726 Paul Levitz

World’s Finest Vol.4: First Contact

  Power Girl and Huntress meet Superman and Batman for the first time in these tales from WORLDS’ FINEST #18-22 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN #8-9! How can the teams stop Kaizen Gamorra’s…

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In Conversation With Junot Diaz 960 300 Paul Levitz

In Conversation With Junot Diaz

At M.I.T. a while back, I spent a lovely evening talking with the incredibly smart and talented Junot Diaz, which is now available for your listening pleasure as a podcast:…

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Putting Joe on the shelf 291 291 Paul Levitz

Putting Joe on the shelf

I just received a copy of Fantagraphics’ JUDGMENT DAY AND OTHER STORIES Illustrated by Joe Orlando, a book that made me smile on many levels.  Joe had singled out “Judgment…

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