Xepherus Reads

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   Have you picked up any of the new DC Comics Rebirth titles this wee k? Did you read DC Universe Rebirth? I did , and I wanted to share my DC Comics story, and my thoughts on DC 's Rebirth.    It was September of the late 1970s, and I was at a local convenient store with my mother. She asked me to pick out some comics that we could read together later in the day. I was six years old, and had been reading comics for a few years. I loved my super heroes, especially Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman (which I never missed on television). It seemed that heroes were everywhere from bubble bath to tooth paste to hair brushes. I had posters up in my room, Mego action dolls, and I had a 45 RPM record of the Batman theme song by Neal Hefti (Na na na na, Batman!).     DC Comics was my main place for adventure growing up, and it was not until in 1978 that I was introduced to the Batman Family. It was issue number ...

Hello, Fellow Geeks, Nerds, and Children at Heart,   What is a childhood? What is it about how we grew up that we retreat to in times of sadness and worry? For many of us it is the naive times of wonder where anything was possible, and we colored in the world to suit us like a coloring book.   I understand that many of you reading this may have not had a childhood or a good childhood. But I do not pity you or say that I am sorry for this. I say that you have lived harder times, and this has made you a stronger person. I say that you saw things before you should have, and this has changed you forever. You may now live as an adult that is either cautious around others, or someone that is too serious at times. There is no problem with this. A cautious person is almost always successful, taking in situations slowly and methodically. And one who is too serious helps hold together those who cannot be brave. We are shaped by what we have learned, by who we have known, a...