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Grumpy Old Fan | This is the last ‘Grumpy Old Fan’
As he says farewell to "Grumpy Old Fan," Tom Bondurant reflects on the past decade and looks ahead to what comes next.
Grumpy Old Fan | Making the old days look good
ROBOT 6's Grumpy Old Fan looks back at the way DC Comics has published reprints has changed over the years.
Grumpy Old Fan | ‘Crisis’ at 30, Part 10
ROBOT 6's Grumpy Old Fan peers 30 years into the past with a look at "Crisis on Infinite Earths" #10, release in September 1985.
Grumpy Old Fan | The long and winding roads (of DC's event arcs)
ROBOT 6's Tom Bondurant looks back at some long, dramatic DC Comics storylines that upended the status quo and tested the limits of readers' tolerance for change.
Grumpy Old Fan | A World’s Finest feast from DC in November
From "Dark Knight III: The Master Race" to "Superman: American Alien," ROBOT 6's Grumpy Old Fan casts his eye over DC Comics' solicitations for November.
Grumpy Old Fan | Can TV save Hawkman?
With his impending arrival on The CW's "The Flash," "Arrow" and "Legends of Tomorrow," can Hawkman get the makeover he needs?
Grumpy Old Fan | 'Crisis' at 30, Part 9
ROBOT 6's Grumpy Old Fan turns back the clock 30 years to the August 1985 release of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" #9 and its heralded Villain War.
Grumpy Old Fan | DC meets D.C.; or, candidate, know your hero
Sen. Ted Cruz recently raised eyebrows when he named Rorschach from "Watchmen" as his favorite superhero. Perhaps the presidential candidate should've gone with another DC Comics character ...
Grumpy Old Fan | ‘Cyborg’ asks, what’s left of Victor Stone?
ROBOT 6's Grumpy Old Fan mulls DC Comics' effort to update Vic Stone with the newly relaunched "Cyborg."
Grumpy Old Fan | ‘Crisis’ at 30, Part 8
ROBOT 6's Grumpy Old Fan turns back the clock 30 years to "Crisis on Infinite Earths" #8, and "The Final Fate of The Flash."
Grumpy Old Fan | How long will Two-Face be on DC’s bad side?
ROBOT 6's Grumpy Old Fan reflects on the history of Harvey Dent, and wonders whether there are any great Two-Face stories left.
Grumpy Old Fan | DC in September is un-‘eventful’
ROBOT 6's Tom Bondurant casts his eye over DC Comics' solicitations for September, and detects a serious lack of Green Lantern Alan Scott (it's the celebration of his 75th anniversary, after all).
Grumpy Old Fan | Can DC's ‘Divergence’ be 'definitive’?
Superhero comics always have ways of restoring those definitive attributes: Bruce Wayne will be back, Dick Grayson will be Nightwing again, and somewhere in the Multiverse, Wally West is still the Fastest Man Alive.
