No art wears its disposability so lightly as the much maligned superhero comic. Month after month these comics appear with tawdry dependability—not unlike Sue Grafton novels or Fall albums—for years on end. But while the life span of a superhero comic may last decades, the characters never age. Instead, they undergo radical makeovers every few years, when new writers or artists are brought in to trim their capes and update... More >>>