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57 on Detective Comics #1000 reviewLast year the Guinness World Records recognized Action Comics as the longest-running superhero comic book series. This year Detective Comics no. 1000 pushes the title over the millennial milestone as well. Though both comics unfortunately had a short spate of being renumbered in 2011, DC editorial came to their senses and got the titles back…
Tom King makes the absolute best of derivation in this 5th installment of the endless “Knightmares” saga. Do yourselves a favor and just forget about all 66 issues leading up to this one for a moment: just flip through the pages divorced of all the baggage that precedes this and all the still-unanswered questions. Because…
With “Knightmares: Cat”, Tom King returns to bring us more of our previously scheduled Batman Psychodrama. The label utterly fits: this week’s episode is nothing if not ongoing theatrical therapy. I say that and it sounds like a criticism, but to be honest, I kind of liked this issue if for no other reason…
This is it, everybody! The final issue before we hit the big one-triple-aught. The bad news is, we have to wait until March 27th (a whole month!) before it gets here, and then you’re going to have to pick between literally dozens of variant covers from artists all across the spectrum. But first, let’s wrap…
Joshua Williamson’s “Price” arc continues toward it’s book-jumping crossover conclusion with a chapter titled “The Price of Vengeance” in which payment for Gotham Girl starts coming due. I’m just going to leap right in here and say there’s an incredibly disconcerting contradiction in this story and it needs calling out. Flash and Batman are under…
This week’s “Hell and Back” installment of the “Mythology” arc continues the trend of Peter J. Tomasi using rather cliché titles for what’s so far been a fairly stellar arc. But maybe this time the title is rather apropos as the story stumbles a bit now that Batman is closing in on his prey. We…
We interrupt Tom King's “Nightmare” arc to bring you the first of a four part story from writer Joshua Williamson and artist Guillem March. So just put the King digression on hold for a fresh digression about the Justice League taking on the Amazo Justice League in a battle of brawn that not only has…
Peter J. Tomasi just accomplished in less than a single issue of his “Mythology” arc all the same angst and drama, questions, fears, and craziness that has been pounded on for the last six months in the Batman title book. And he did it in a way that’s thrilling and heart-wrenching and absolutely crazy-making: by…
I always look forward to an appearance by John Constantine. [spoiler]Would’ve been awesome if he’d actually shown up.[/spoiler] Tom King continues to try our patience with his Nightmares arc in an issue called “Smoke and Mirrors” which is essentially that: a whole of nothing made out to be something, but proving immaterial in the end.…
I’m going to get my big criticism of Peter J. Tomasi’s first arc out of the way up front and this is it: these issue titles are cracky at best, sorta schlocky at worst thus far. Last issue was “Ring Them Bells” and this issue is “See Paris and Die!” I don’t know if Tomasi…
Batman has bad dreams. This is one of them. Here’s the thing. I’ll be the first person to complain about boring rote fan service or books that don’t take chances (though I equally have no problem with “safe” stories done well). In a weird way this book irritates me less than, say, the now-notorious Batman…
Peter J. Tomasi kicks off the countdown to issue no. 1000 in the second part of his “Mythology” arc, titled “Ring Them Bells”. And the bells are definitely tolling a death knell, as whoever is targeting Batman by playing on Bruce Wayne’s past demonstrates their deadly intent. We still don’t know much about who this…
Before I say anything else, I just want to give a rousing round of applause to Francesco Mattina for an outstanding poster-worthy variant cover. And maybe that’s the best place to start with reviewing this book because the art makes the issue this week, with both the variant cover and Travis Moore’s crisp interiors. We’re…
This title of this book is a bit of spoiler, but I think most of us could see it coming once the themes in Tom Taylor’s “Father’s Day” become apparent. If ever there was a love letter to Batman and especially to the relationship between Batman and Alfred, this is it. Taylor has explored similar…
Enter Peter J. Tomasi on writing duties for the flagship title, with an arc titled “Mythology” (first issue, “Raze”). Tomasi doesn’t waste time putting his stamp on the world of Gotham by announcing as big and bold as ever that this is a fresh start. And he does so by taking us back to the…
I know it’s been a whole quarter year since we last saw Batman: Damned on the shelf, but Book Two is worth the wait. If for Lee Bermejo’s art alone, I’d be shelling out the money, but Brian Azzarello does some great things here with the story as well. Let’s get the not-so-great stuff out…
Every time I think King’s run has gotten as overheated as it can get, King manages to push it even farther. Maybe some fans like this direction (shout out if you do; I’m genuinely curious), but I think this particular arc is leaking like a sieve from entirely too much plot nonsense. To wit: It’s…
“Art of the Crime” closes its arc with some definite weirdness that might leave some of the audience scratching their heads, but which I think still brings this story to a satisfying conclusion on most points. And what’s not yet satisfied Mairghread Scott has deliberately left for the continuing adventures--which is the smart way to…
I’ve been rough on James Robinson’s “Deface the Face” arc, but I feel like this finale justifies some of my complaints about the illogical way this story has been paced, unfolded, and delivers information. Because it’s still delivering information only this time it’s mostly out of the mouth of a preacher at Harvey Dent’s funeral.…
This second installment of Tom King’s “The Tyrant Wing” may be one of those issues that can be better appreciated from the distance of seeing how all of this will ultimately play out. As a single floppy, though, it’s likely to spark some controversy. Given King’s preoccupation with attempting to subvert the readers’ expectations, however,…
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