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6 on Justice League Dark #2 reviewLast month, the debut of Justice League Dark blew me away and I'm pleased to report that the second issue is just as good! By the end of issue #1, the whole team had come together to fight a cavalcade of grotesque monsters. James Tynion IV wastes no time in splitting the new League up again (with…
Batman Beyond #22 opened with Batman fighting a mob of Gotham citizens and ended with him still fighting the same mob. This was (partly) because the issue’s main focus was to provide a back story for Adalyn Stern. Issue #23 is equally slow-moving but this time writer Dan Jurgens has no excuse. Terry McGinnis is…
After 18 months of haphazard adventures, it’s time for Batwoman’s Rebirth series to end. Unsurprisingly, the finale is not aimed at occasional readers or newcomers; it’s a love letter to readers who have stuck with Kate throughout Marguerite Bennett’s run. It’s tough writing a 20 page issue that ties up both the current story and…
I think it's fair to say that Snyder, Tynion, Abnett and Williamson currently have free reign to introduce whatever crazy concepts they like into their books with the excuse that anything can and will happen with the collapse of the Source Wall. Abnett takes full advantage of the situation in Titans #24 by adding a…
See those creepy red eyes peering out of the darkness behind the heroes on the cover? They’re telling you what kind of book this is going to be. No Justice was the rollercoaster; now it’s time to step inside the haunted house... The promising inaugural issue of Justice League Dark begins appropriately with Zatanna. One…
There’s a new Scarecrow in town, who has the people of New Gotham gunning for the Batman. Last issue we saw Terry set upon by a mob of civilians, police and Jokerz. We do get much closer to the latest incarnation of the Master of Fear across this month’s 20 pages but not much changes…
It’s an exciting week for Batwoman fans: A new TV series has been announced and a popular love interest is back in Kate’s life in the pages of Batwoman #17! That’s right; GCPD officer Renee Montoya, the other breakout character from Batman: The Animated Series returns, and long-time readers will be glad to hear that…
It’s the last act of Batman: Sins of the Father so it’s time for a final confrontation between Batman and Deadshot; that means a clash of ideologies, a battle of wits and (as promised on the cover) Batman punching Deadshot in the face! If you lose yourself in the moment and don’t try to guess…
Titans Special #1 introduced readers to a new team with a new mission; this month their trials begin with the action-packed Titans #23! If only they had a catchier battle-cry... Because the focus of the issue is on the mission at hand, not every character gets time to shine (e.g. Nightwing is just the one-note Leader)…
It's the finale of Bane: Conquest and, true to form, it's an explosive ride with plenty of action and an unsatisfying 'story' tacked on. It's over a year since the series began and I'm still not sure what it's all about. At a dramatic moment in issue #12, Bane screams that he will 'stand as…
The last arc of Batman Beyond, ‘The Long Payback,’ wasn’t a particularly rewarding read. It briefly shone when the titular villain was given some depth and a new Robin emerged; otherwise, I considered it a slog to read as Jurgens threw a different villain at Terry each month for mindless kicks. By contrast, some writers…
Is this the big Batwoman finale Marguerite Bennett had planned all along? She's an excellent writer and the perfect fit for this series which makes me wonder whether it was editorial pressures that forced her to turn out such a lacklustre ending to her Rebirth epic. A large part of the Rebirth storyline has been…
Issue #4 of Batman: Sins of the Father was disappointing; the plot didn’t progress enough because pages were wasted on revisiting Lawton’s origin and after several issues of familiar proficiency, Bruce Wayne suddenly started acting like an idiot. I’m pleased to report that the fifth part of the tale is much more satisfying- Gage increases…
It's a new dawn for the Titans and though I'm not really sure what was wrong with the old team, I can't help but be excited by the fresh start presented in Titans Special #1. Apart from that pesky business with the Source Wall and the Omega Titans, the main upshot of the recent No…
It’s been a while since the last issue of Bane: Conquest hit the shelves so you’re forgiven for not remembering what’s going on (What’s that? You’re not reading this series? Well, I can’t really blame you). Fortunately, even if you (wisely) skipped a few issues, this is a straightforward one that you can jump into without…
Issue #20 of Batman Beyond kicks off a new arc, ‘Target: Batman.’ Solicitations promise the return of a couple of classic Batman characters so this might be a good time to jump back on board the Neo-Gotham expressway, though it’s too soon to tell whether this will be a good story or not. Still, there’s…
I think it’s fair to say that ‘The Fall of the House of Kane’ has crumbled under the weight of expectation. Issue #15 is action-packed but still feels a little flat because the threat at hand feels manageable for a superhero and lacks the epic grandeur we’d expect with the return of Alice. Last issue,…
Last month, I complained that the story of Sins of the Father isn’t moving quickly enough but reassured readers that there’s plenty of action to enjoy and Batman is just as smart and capable as we expect him to be. Unfortunately, in issue #4, the pace doesn’t pick up, there isn’t any action and Bruce…
Annual #2 is the last issue in the current run of Titans before the team join in with the events of No Justice and then get a semi-reboot in Titans Special #1 in June. As Dan Abnett was given 36 pages to tie things up, I expected quite a lot to be packed into this…
Its the final issue of Trinity and though it’s been clear for a while now that the series wouldn’t be going out on a high, characters act as they should, in-world rules are established and followed, plot points are resolved and questions are answered! In fact, the entire first half of the book is taken…
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