What I Remember: I picked this up years after it was published and at a comics and card show sponsored by my Boy Scout troop. I had no idea the book was a two-parter and probably picked it up on the cover alone. This book could be considered cheating, since I didn't have to re-collect it, just pick it up from my parents house. As a result I have absolutely zero recollection of what I paid for it back in 1995. Currently it ranges from $8.99 to $199 slabbed. (But I would think that's a bit over-priced)

Vital Stats:

Detective Comics #608

Writer: Alan Grant

Penciler: Norm Breyfogle

Inker: Steve Mitchell

Letterer:Todd Klein

Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Assistant Editor: Dan Raspler

Editor: Denny O'Neil

Creator: Bob Kane

Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $1.00

Is It Any Good?

This book is the first appearance of the vigilante, Anarky. Anarky is a cool character, obviously modeled off of V from V For Vendetta. Which makes sense since Grant and Alan Moore, are both from the UK and seem to dabble in similar extreme political ideas that seemed popular in the UK at the time or at least were popular among British comic book writers. The character would grow in popularity in the late 1990's, even getting his own series. In this book his identity is unknown but anyone who is familiar with the character knows he is a boy-genius named Lonnie Machin.

Anarky is influenced by the writing of Scudder Klyce a self-published philosopher in the 1920's who wrote a book called The Universe, which can be read here. In it, he attempts to unify all human knowledge, scientific, political and philosophical. According to Anarky, the only thing Klyce got right was the idea that, "The common man is always right." It becomes his credo.