10:11 PM
Jess Nevins and company are at it again, this time providing annotations for Neil Gaiman's 1602. Join the fun in progress--one issue down, seven to go.

UPDATE: After reading the 1602 annotations, I've (again!) spent the night browsing various online annotations and notes. If I might indulge my geekery for a moment, allow me to reprint a section of this page (non-comics fans can probably bow out, if they haven't already; I'll probably lose all but the hardest-core DC fans here):

Justice League #1, May '87

Justice League #1 was the first post-Crisis Justice League, as its membership included Doctor Fate of Earth-2, Captain Marvel of Earth-S, Blue Beetle of Earth-4, the Monitor's creation Doctor Light II, Guy Gardner (who finally got his ring for real during the Crisis), Mister Miracle and Oberon of Kirby's Fourth World (which had never been considered a source for League members before), and former JLA members Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, and Batman. A scant three issues later Booster Gold, the first post-Crisis superhero, was added to the team.

Wow. I have to admit that I had never considered the multi-(Pre-Crisis)-universal makeup of the (then) new Justice League. Interesting.