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5 on Batgirl Vol. 1: The Darkest Reflection reviewBarbara Gordon is back as Batgirl in these first 6 issues of the New 52 "Batgirl" series. Fans of Cassandra Cain or Stephanie Brown will groan and others who had grown fond of Barbara's role as Oracle will be equally saddened, but here's the way I see it: On one side, it has potential to…
When I read the New 52 "Justice League" I thought it was okay. It was mindless, big popcorn/summer movie action. The characters felt a bit OUT of character and it really seemed to drag on and on as months passed, but the larger than life artwork of Jim Lee was something I could always look…
Being a good writer doesn't mean that you're also going to be a good artist and being a great artist like Tony Daniel doesn't mean that you're also going to write great stories. "Faces of Death" collects the first 7 issues of the New 52 "Detective Comics" series written and drawn by Tony Daniel…
This week....*ahem*....This week in comics....hmmm... Truthfully, whatever comic book hype there is this week is drowned out by the release of "The Dark Knight Rises". Not that Batman really does much this week in comics. It's that odd 3rd week of the month where there are quite a few semi-Batman related titles that feature ancillary characters, team-ups,…
First of all, give yourself a pat on the back for getting your Batman-fix at a site that doesn't post spoilers. Good job! Now you just have to keep it up until July 20th. With press screenings, premiers, and more press screenings happening from here on out more and more people are learning the ending…
Well that was a quick-read. There are two stories in here that don't quite go well together and one of them definitely doesn't feel very "Batman" to me. First up is what I was really interested in: Damian's quest to one-up all former Robins. This issue opens with a surprise attack on Jason Todd that…
Let's not kid ourselves. You and I both know this review is a waste of time. There isn't anyone out there who is on the fence about buying this book after reading the past 10 issues. There also isn't anyone out there who has never picked up an issue of "Batman" but thinks "Hey, maybe…
Even though I loathe anytime a member of the bat-family fights meta-humans I actually enjoyed this. I think any fan of Barbara who has loved this series since the beginning is going to be thrilled with this issue because it's the return of a more confident, tactical Batgirl and it references quite a bit of…
If you can look past what has to be the ugliest Batman cover of the year, you'll find 3 stories from the Arkhamverse at an excellent price of $2.99. It's a pretty good deal considering it's much, much longer than any other $2.99 book you'll buy today. And two of the stories were plotted by…
"He’s taken on some of the most frightening villains in the DC universe. Now Bruce Wayne is facing something truly scary: fatherhood" That's probably not the best way to sell this book but, that's what the official description is and it sounds pretty corny. I mean it reads like the narration you would hear over…
I'm sure you've all noticed that I've started doing a lot more reviews of graphic novels. That's because there's 3 kinds of comic book buyers (not counting the digital folk, you guys are a brand new breed): the ones who buy the monthly issues and savor the anticipation that comes in those 30 days between…
This week in Batman comics we get 3 stories from the Arkhamverse, a showdown between Damian Wayne and Jason Todd, Batgirl fights a brand new villain, and after 11 months Scott Snyder's Owls storyline comes to an explosive conclusion. Here’s a list of all the Batman comics coming out this week, July 11th, graded on…
Judd Winick, who has been writing "Catwoman" since the start of The New 52, will be leaving the title to make way for Ann Nocenti. Artist Guillem March is also leaving the the book (to go do the Court of Owls spin-off "Talon") and although it's not clear yet who will be taking over the…
Starting October 3rd with issue #13, "Chew" author John Layman will be taking over writing duties on "Detective Comics" and Jason Fabok, who recently did pencils for the "Batman Annual", will handle the art.
If you want to make a physicist laugh, show them Tony Daniel's idea of a Hadron Collider which was built in under 6 months and put at the, lets say 40th floor of Wayne Tower. I don't have a degree in physics, but the whole thing seems awfully ludicrous to me, especially when "Detective Comics" …
Let's look at the cover: A howling Chinese Were-Dragon (I thought this was supposed to be about the Batman of Africa?), a tagline that's a pun (Long means "Dragon" in Chinese), and it's guest-starring Nightwing for some reason (What's the point of having a Batman Incorporated if you're not going to use or even have…
Gary and I are tackling BATMAN from the beginning, before he knows what he's doing and with a very different ultimate goal in mind. He's never left Gotham. And our Gotham and the people in it are very gray. Our heroes unlikely. Our villains hidden. Our story is only beginning with volume one. It's essentially…
The far more affordable paperback version of "Batman Illustrated, Vol. 1" is finally here for all to enjoy. This book collects the first few years (December '67 - October '69) of Neal Adams' Batman work in chronological order. It's a book that's been in print since 2003 and isn't going away anytime soon because it's…
After 11 months, The Court of Owls story finally comes to an end on July 11th. So what comes next for Scott Snyder's Batman? Well, a bit of a breather with issue #12 which will be all about Harper Row, remember the girl who shocked Batman back to life with jumper cables? Following Harper Row…
Are you American? If so, call your local comic shop before heading out! This Wednesday is Independence Day here in The States and you don't want to travel out in this heat with the hope of buying quality comics only to find a "Closed" sign hanging in the storefront. So what will your 4th of…
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