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2 on Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #4 reviewLast go-round I complained that this title’s wheels were turning but we didn’t seem to be getting any traction. “Isle of Sinn” gives the story the push it really needs at this juncture. We’re past the midway point now and the action/stakes are ramping up nicely. We open with a bit of a stunner: Hannah…
I’ve been making jokes about DC’s afterbirth event and finally we have a comic with enough class to call it like it is! “Afterbirth” is the name of this inaugural issue that re-launches the series that just concluded last week. Chad Hardin returns to render yet another Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti extravaganza of Harley…
This is a strange conclusion to Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti’s run on Harley Quinn, mostly because the series is ending only to be rebooted in August as a twice-monthly ongoing series with basically the same original team intact. It’s a slightly bizarre decision on the part of DC, but honestly nothing surprises me with…
The big question everyone is asking: is Hope Larson going to bring Batgirl back to her potential glory? I won’t make you suffer through a whole review to get the answer. The short of it is that Hope has put HOPE on the horizon. “Beyond Burnside” gets us out of the Gotham burb and half…
After the emotional events of two weeks ago, we take a break from the tragedy of the Bat Family for a Flash-centric issue in which we explore Barry Allen’s conflict with being part of Superman’s imperial Regime. Last we saw of the Flash, he rescued Batman from being arrested (even though he had pulverized Superman…
Looking at the cover of this issue and considering the content of the previous one (“Love Stories”), you might be thinking to yourself: what is this mush? This time around Marguerite Bennett brings us three “Ghost Stories” (from Digital Firsts 43, 44, and 45) featuring not only Mera and Arthur, but a heavy focus on…
Last issue we were promised a battle royale between father and son as Batman and Damian face off over the fate of Victor Zsasz after a heinous murder that has left the Bat Family reeling. We get the bonus of watching Batman and Superman once again come to blows in what almost feels like a…
I have one major complaint about this issue of Injustice, and it’s a big one: it nearly made me cry. Digital Firsts No. 23 & No. 24 (“Birthday” and “Razor’s Edge”) might be the darkest Bat-centered issues in the whole of the series and anyone out there clinging to any hope of salvaging the Man…
I love the idea behind this series and that it's a nod to the fans, but I admit that I'm not 100% convinced it works. As a short-run limited series it might pull off a great story, but here we are three issues in, the real Harley Quinn is still in Harley Sinn's clutches, and…
Who’s in the mood for love? Apparently Marguerite Bennett as she brings together three “Love Stories” (from Digital Firsts 40, 41, and 42) in this issue of DC Bombshells, which can be treated as a one-shot in some regards, though it features characters in circumstances which we’ve been following throughout the saga so far. We…
Digital Firsts No. 21 & No. 22 (“Memorial and “Tempers Flare”) return us to the problem of Superman-as-Evil in terms of his support from other former Justice-Leaguers. That’s been a question running all Year (and even since before now): why does anyone support this very clearly corrupted boy in blue? You won’t necessarily get answers…
Here’s a Gotham-centric one-shot called “The Batgirls Swing Again” (from Digital Firsts 37, 38, and 39), following on the coattails of last issue’s emotional conclusion to the fighting in London. We need this break to step away and let our other heroes have a moment to regroup and grieve, and this is the perfect distraction:…
Brenden Fletcher brings this book to a close before Rebirth as Batgirl says bye-bye to Burnside in a finale titled “Turning the Page”. So is it a page turner? Let’s talk about the art first for a change. I feel like cutting this issue some slack given we haven’t had a Batgirl book with a…
Points to the team for getting this out in two weeks to at least conclude before Rebirth, but that’s really the only thing to get excited about this by-the-numbers wrap of a pretty weak storyline about the Riddler trying to take Central City from under the Flash and the Rogues with Heat Wave as his…
Red Tool has some matrimonial intentions in “Shriek Now or Forever Hold Your Piece”, and you can bet Harley’s shrieking up a storm! As far as insane plots go, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti give us a textbook case of how crazy you can make a scenario and still believably extract your protagonists--and they do…
If Brian Buccellato’s Injustice was a baseball game, this would be the issue in which the batter pops a fly long into the outfield with the score tied, two outs, and bases loaded. Everyone is on their feet. Everyone is holding their breath. This one ball is going to decide the game. Will it make…
This issue collects the second half of the “Battle of Britain” from Digital Firsts 34, 35, and 36. Last time we saw Mera, Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Stargirl all convening in London as it was overrun with creepy crawlers from the Tenebrae and the depths of the ocean, including the horrifically-tentacled Kraken, sent by King…
Just a couple of caveats before we get into the particulars of this book: With those two things in mind, let’s see what writer Van Jensen serves up in Central City: What Has Many Stories but No Book? So the Riddler has designs on Central City, but Flash is a bit of an obstacle. He…
Every week Brian Buccellato has brought his A-game to Year Five of the Injustice series, and every two weeks we get a floppy issue of the Digital First content to have and to hold. In the history of DIgital Firsts, there’s been some huge successes and some not-so-great also-rans. Even though Injustice had a wobbly…
This month’s issue features a sad Babs on the cover with her costume in the trash bin in perhaps what feels like an appropriate commentary on the whole redirection of this comic, but I’m going to back off from that remark because it’s pretty harsh and, well, even if this book has deserved some of…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com