

If you've been here before, you know the drill. That he's still able to do so years later is a dream come true.Welcome to another IGN Comics review. Eventually, when the opportunity arose to actually write about comics, it was a no-brainer.

After nearly a decade of stealing copies of classic comics by Kirby, Lee, Swan, Fox, Romita and more from his father's collection, his love of comics fully kicked in when he bought Avengers #232 from a spinner rack at Seven-Eleven. Stephen has been reading comics for as long as he's been, well, reading. He's also seen the site go through multiple changes, including the launch of the Eisner Award-winning Robot 6 blog, expanding from covering comics to all aspects of pop culture, and the biggest evolution when it transformed from Comic Book Resources to CBR. Over the years, he's been involved in the site's multiple Eisner Award wins, wile helping to define its voice and visual look. Stephen Gerding has been a part of CBR for over fifteen years, starting as a part-time freelancer in 2005 and working his way up to his current role as Senior News Editor. Cooke passed away in 2016 following a battle with cancer. In 2007, Cooke launched DC Comics' revival of The Spirit, the legendary Will Eisnerâs most famous creation. Cooke wrote and illustrated the seminal DC: The New Frontier series in 2004, winning an array of awards including multiple Eisners, Harveys and a Schuster.

He returned to comics with a bang fifteen years later with the one-shot Batman: Ego, and in 2001, he and writer Ed Brubaker launched stylish update of Catwoman. From there, Cooke's focus shifted to animation for a number of years, working as a storyboard artist on Batman Beyond, Superman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures.
