Legends of the Dark Knight #19

Written by Dennis (Denny) O'Neil and Drawn by Trevor Von Eeden & Russell Bruan.

Okay. This is Batman Vs. A Shark.

Need more? Really? This is the infamous Venom story line where Batman ends up using and getting addicted to "Venom". Which was later re-introduced in the Batman mythos as the drug Bane used when he showed up in the epic Knightfall story.

This issue is a bit more beat up then most I am selling, seems like there is some wrinkling in the lower 1/4 of the comic due to some moisture damage (still completely readable, just makes the pages a little stiff) but it is only $1.00 and if you hadn't noticed it features Batman VS. a freaking SHARK!

Venom The Madness #1

Venom The Madness #1 by Ann Nocenti and Kelley Jones.

As you can see from the embossed cover and the "Ultra Cool First Issue" in the top right corner, this comic is straight out of the 90s.

Back when Eddie Brock was still Venom and Venom was a hot property for Marvel, they spun him out of Spider-man and into a series of mini-series. Though to be completely honest only the first of those (Lethal Protector) was actually worth the cover price.

That said, this isn't a bad comic (though it ain't a great one either). Venom/Eddie has taken to protecting a bunch of homeless people who live underground and falls in love with a lawyer. The plot is better then it sounds, but the dialogue is a bit clunky in spots, when characters are clearly telling the reader what they need to know, as opposed to talking, y'know, naturally.

As the Cover suggests, Venom takes on The Juggernaut in this story, but there is also an environmental subplot going on. Seems all the toxic waste in the area has created...something.

I can't say this is Ann Nocenti's best work (See the adjectively Spider-man #17 for that, where she makes a company wide cross over for The Infinity Gauntlet work brilliantly) and admittedly, this comic does fall victim to what ever it was that was 90s mainstream comics, but still worth a look at as there is a story behind the pretty pictures.

So keeping with the 90s feel: you should TOTALLY BUY this #1 COLLECTORS EDITION, EMBOSSED COVER comic that can only be described as "ULTRA COOL". It is only $1.oo, how can you go wrong?