#ian hannin

[cantsayidont]

September 2010. As Bruce contemplates his very narrow escape from the Black Glove in BATMAN #701, he fields a call from Superman, who is always operating on a completely different wavelength. Morrison's observation here about Batman's relationship with his costumed colleagues isn't exactly new — witness the well-known scene in JUSTICE LEAGUE: TAS where he plunges from the sky while laconically reminding his comrades over the radio that he can't fly, at all — but it is succinct. The central theme of the "Batman: R.I.P." story of which this is part, and really Morrison's key insight into Batman as a character, is that being Batman is part of Bruce Wayne's determination to always control the narrative, no matter what. This brief scene is a reminder that however much love or respect Bruce may have for Clark, Superman's mere presence makes that control very difficult, because Superman by his very nature exists in a world of alien visitors, cosmic crises, and evil gods.

In the late '80s and throughout the '90s, it became very de mode to insist that Batman had a sort of Luthorian dread of super-people and was never more than one or two steps away from plotting their extermination, but Morrison's take is simpler than that: The core issue for Bruce is not necessarily that he mistrusts people with superhuman powers, but that when he's around them, they expect him to be a superhero, and not just a costumed mystery-man with a head full of esoteric knowledge and a belt full of Bat-gimmicks. It's true, too — I'm reminded of WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #278, back in 1982, where Katar Hol decides it's time for some regime change on his home planet Thanagar and recruits Superman and Batman to help him. What's most striking about the story is that neither Katar nor Superman even bothers to ask if Bruce might need to stop by the cave to pick up anything before they fly off to invade an alien world 400 light years away. They just expect him to roll with it, because after all, he's Batman, isn't he?

[comicbooksaregood]

Batman Incorporated

Volume: 2

Issue: 11

Interlude: A Bird in the Hand

Writers: Chris Burnham

Pencils: Jorge Lucas

Inks: Jorge Lucas

Colours: Ian Hannin

Covers: Chris Burnham, Nathan Fairbairn

DC

[kudosmyhero]

Batman (vol. 1) #703: The Great Escape

Read Date: June 04, 2023 Cover Date: November 2010 ● Writer: Fabian Nicieza ● Penciler: Cliff Richards ● Inker: Cliff Richards ● Colorist: Ian Hannin ● Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher ● Editor: Mike Marts ◦ Janelle Asselin ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● cool art

● the art really is gorgeous in this issue! it’s a treat to the eyeballs ● 👏👏👏👏👏

Synopsis: Batman and Robin are following a new criminal who calls himself the Getaway Genius, which is an alias used by an old foe of Batman. However, during the chase, the dynamic duo lost him and they decide to search in the sewers, to no avail.

They return to the Batcave, where Damian is pissed at Dick for allowing a common thief to escape. The whole scene reminds Dick of a time when he would berate at Bruce for allowing the original Getaway Genius escape. Dick starts explaining the situation to Damian, but they are interrupted by Red Robin, who arrives with bad news, as their latest failure to capture the thief has made it to the front page of the Gotham Gazette. Dick decides that it's time to put and end to the persecutuion and he goes to talk to the person responsible for the article; Vicki Vale.

After a long time of searching for her at the Gazette building, Dick finally finds her and gives her a message to stop following Bruce Wayne and trying to make connections with him and Batman. However, the visit was not only a warning as Dick manages to place a tracer on Vicki's camera before leaving.

Elsewhere in Gotham, the thief, who turns out to be a woman under the name of Olivia Reynolds II remembers her father, the original Getaway Genius and she starts planning her next robbery.

In the meantime, Damian keeps training in the Batcave, where he is still frustrated at Dick for allowing the thief to escape. Alfred tries to calm him down by telling him that even Bruce, his father, would have reasons to let a "common thief" escape on certain occassions. However, they are both left wondering if Bruce would ever come back to them.

Moments later, there's a victorian ceremony taking place in Gotham, and Vicki Vale is the main reporter and photographer at the Gazette. She keeps track of the people in the gala, but soon she spots a robbery in progress and starts taking pictures of Batman and Robin getting into action. The duo know that the thief is the Getaway Genius again, but they soon lost the thief in the crow. Batman locates her and knocks her out with a strong punch. It is then that they learn that the thief is a female, but she tricks them and manages to run away with her special cloaking suit. Olivia reaches her car without the stolen loot, but when she tries to start it, she realizes that the car has been damaged by Red Robin.

The police arrive soon and arrest Olivia. Batman, Robin and Red Robin watch the scene from the distance and after Red Robin leaves, Dick tells Damian that when Bruce allowed the original Getaway Genius to escape was because he knew that the man was stealing medicine for his own illness. Bruce would then pay for the stolen medicines and allowed the man to be alive long enough to share time with his daughter. Damian is touched by the story and he would like to know more about his father, but Dick tells him that he will, whenever Bruce returns.

Later that night, Vicki is watching some of the pictures she managed to take from the vigilantes and she is determined to prove their connections to the Wayne family. Vicki has also discovered the traced that Dick placed in her camera and is only a few steps closer to find the truth.

(https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_Vol_1_703)

Fan Art: bat family young justice style. by robert023

[age-of-moonknight]

“Part 5,” Captain America: Hail Hydra (Vol. 1/2011), #5.

Writer: Jonathan Maberry; Penciler and Inker: Graham Nolan; Colorist: Ian Hannin; Letterers: Clayton Cowles and Joe Sabino

[marvel-dcu76]

DC Tales Of New Earth - Our World At War: All-Out War! - War Torn By Todd Nauck, Andy Lanning, and Ian Hannin

[scarletspider2the2ndpower]

“Venomous Part 3,” Marvel Knights: Spider-Man (Vol. 1/2004), #7.

Writer: Mark Millar; Penciler: Terry Dodson; Inker: Rachel Dodson; Colorist: Ian Hannin; Letterer: Cory Petit

[hungariancomics]

Marvel Könyvek #1 - Holtak között

[jlaclassified]

Big Box of Valiant Book Two-

Harbinger Vol. 1: Omega Rising - Joshua Dysart (writer); Khari Evans with Matthew Clark, Lewis LaRosa, and Jim Muniz (art); Matt Ryan and Sean Parsons (inks); Ian Hannin with Moose Baumann, Jeremy Cox, and Chris Sotomayor (colors); Rob Steen (letters).  Valiant Comics 2012.

This book isn’t as fun as X-O Manowar.  Basically, if you’ve seen Stranger Things, or read Firestarter or Akira, you already know the deal.

Teenager Peter Stanchek is a powerful telekinetic (or “psiot”).  Peter and his schizophrenic pal Joe have escaped from the nut hut and are living by their wits in abandoned apartments and vacant houses in the suburbs, trying to stay one step ahead of the authorities.  Peter is picked up by the sinister (and most likely evil) Harada Global Conglomorates, where other psi-powered kids are being activated as “Harbingers,” basically the New Mutants but everybody’s Rachel Summers.

The more time Peter spends around his fellow Harbingers the more creeped out he gets by the program and its founder, powerful psiot (and billionaire) Toyo Harada.  Peter learns that Harada has been performing painful medical procedures on teenagers to activate their psionic powers, often with deadly results.  Peter briefly befriends fellow psiot Faith Herbert, who helps him escape, before discovering that his old pal Joe has been murdered by the company.  Peter declares war on Harada, while Faith is just stoked to finally be a real superhero.

This story covers real familiar ground for any X-Men or Stephen King fans in the audience.  Thankfully the creators avoid the Gen 13 route of making all the Harbingers instant superfriends; at the end of Book One only Faith and Peter are on the outside, while the other Harbingers are still under Harada’s employ (for the time being at least).  Faith brings a lot of much-needed levity to the story, and I’d like to read more about Livewire in future volumes as well.

The art matches the story’s gritty, angsty tone.  I was impressed with the attention to detail, especially in the grimy Pittsburgh crackhouses and suburban neighborhoods and Harada’s swanky penthouse.  The characters are very grounded and realistic, for the most part the artists avoid idealized superhero physiques and crazy effects (there aren’t any dayglo psychedelic battles on the Astral Plane, for example), which makes the supernatural elements feel more shocking than they would in a different type of cape comic. 

I didn’t love Harbinger but I’m definitely interested to see where it goes.

[pat1dee]

Young Justice #31

May 2001

Cover by Todd Nauck, Larry Stucker and Ian Hannin

[i-r-readcomics]

Batman: Battle for the Cowl

Volume: 1 #2

Army of One

Writers: Tony S. Daniel

Pencils: Tony S. Daniel

Inks: Sandu Florea

Covers: Tony S. Daniel, Ian Hannin

Featuring: Nightwing, Batman (Tim Drake), Damian Wayne, Catwoman, Huntress, Black Canary, Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner Gordon, Black Mask Firefly, Jane Doe, Zsasz, Jason Todd, Penguin, Two-Face

DC

[kudosmyhero]

Marvel Knights: Spider-Man (vol. 1) #4: Down Among the Dead Men, pt. 4

Read Date: June 27, 2022   Cover Date: September 2004   ● Writer: Mark Millar ● Penciller: Terry Dodson ● Inker: Rachel Dodson ● Colorist: Ian Hannin ● Letterer: Cory Petit ● Editor:  Axel Alonso ● 

SYNOPSIS: 

- no synopsis yet!

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Marvel_Knights:_Spider-Man_Vol_1_4)

Reactions as I read: • Not the nurse! • Jeez... I've never seen him hurt so often and so badly... • This is not the series to read for a pick-me-up. But now I need to finish! • Yes, Black Cat! • No, Black Cat! • Yes, Black Cat! • This series is hittin' me hard in the feels.

(showing a panel instead of fanart, because damn)

Accompanying Podcast: Untold Talks of Spider-Man - ep. 02

[age-of-moonknight]

“Part 5,” Captain America: Hail Hydra (Vol. 1/2011), #5.

Writer: Jonathan Maberry; Penciler and Inker: Graham Nolan; Colorist: Ian Hannin; Letterers: Clayton Cowles and Joe Sabino

[marvel-dcu76]

DC Tales Of New Earth - Our Worlds At War! - War Torn By Todd Nauck, Andy Lanning, and Ian Hannin

[comicweek]

It Was Nice

Harbinger #15 - The Perfect Day Part 1 Written by Joshua Dysart Art by Barry Kitson Colored by Ian Hannin Lettered by Simon Bowland

[fllmetl]

Jenny Sparks - The Secret History of The Authority #2

Writer: Mark Millar

Art: John McCrea & James Hodgkins

Colors: Ian Hannin

Letters: Bill O’Neil

[hungariancomics]

Bloodshot #1 - Boruljon lángba a világ