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9 on Sensation Comics #1 reviewIf you like Wonder Woman, you’re probably super-excited about her new ground-breaking Digital First series (available as a floppy on the heels of its electronic release like other Digital First titles). Similar to Legends of the Dark Knight and Adventures of Superman, which preceded it, this will be a proving ground for new and varied…
Issue No. 9: “Some Nerd Rage with your Birdcage?” explores what happens when Harley incites yet another riot in the performance space of her own building and is subsequently arrested by a cop. The cop turns out to be a creepy stalker named Ed who was teased at the end of issue No. 8, and…
After providing the voice and adventures for Batgirl since the advent of the New 52, Gail Simone officially ends her tenure with Batgirl with an issue titled (interestingly) “Crash and Burn”. It’s been a bumpy ride to be sure, but it looks like she’s found a new home with Sensation Comics writing Wonder Woman, and…
Print issue No. 9 collects the Digital Firsts 17 & 18, “Absolute Freaking Carnage” and “Ground Assault” all wrapped up in a gloriously simple, yet awesomely ominous cover by Stéphane Roux. Tom Taylor’s written a series you never want to see come to an end. Last month I felt a little eh about some minor…
This compilation collects five previously published stories from the mid- to late-1990s, all inspired by Batman the Animated Series. For the purpose of this review I’m just going to tell you what the contents of the book are and the quality of the stories because, sadly, due to some weird distribution issue, I couldn’t actually…
In for a penny, in for a pound: if you’re going to pick up Harley Quinn, you know it’s going to be violent and you know it’s going to play up the gross-out factor. This week’s issue...
Featuring Origin Stories for Harley Quinn and Robin / Damian Wayne I was super-excited to see both Harley Quinn and Damian Wayne featured in this issue and it doesn’t disappoint! While there’s always the danger of flat retread or (sometimes worse) total overhaul, this book does neither for any of its featured characters, providing instead…
Print issue No. 8 collects the Digital Firsts 15 & 16, “War is Coming” and “One Day More”. It’s seven months later: Black Canary has given birth to a boy she has named Connor (a nod, of course, to Connor Hawke), Sinestro flits about playing Big Yellow Boy Scout, Superman makes a speech, Batman makes…
The premise here is basically the whole of the plot: Harley Quinn goes to San Diego Comic Con (ostensibly to help her tenants sell shirts; it’s pretty nebulous) and decides to take the opportunity to pitch her own comic book to the scads of famous editors who should be lining up to meet her. Easy,…
Well okay now! This is more like it! “Enemies and Allies” is part two of a new arc focusing on Batgirl’s attempt to wrangle Knightfall down like an obstreperous calf in the rodeo that is Gotham. She’s got help in the form of ally Black Canary and newcomer Huntress, though it’s not all fist-bumps and…
Tell me again why you’re not reading this series? Last week Injustice vol. 2 was released, which now puts all of Year One at your disposal. Get it, read it, and catch the heck up because if you’ve been listening to the buzz, Year Three is on the horizon and things are about to go…
“Out of Time” I’m guessing most Batfans haven’t been following Superman Unchained up until this point. The salient points to get you grounded for this Bat-centered issue are as follows: Superman has just thwarted yet another worldwide apocalypse with the help of Batman, the Wraith, and a schmancy doo-dad called the Earthstone. Mostly it was the…
I definitely understand some people turning their noses at “Director’s Cut” editions as cheap and lazy cash grabs. They recycle pages from books most fans have already read and are typically more expensive because of additional material like production sketches and script pages (this one clocks in at $4.99 and 56 pages). But for fans…
I don’t envy the writer tasked with penning the script for the latest retread of character origin stories. They are simultaneously burdened with a tale that many long-time readers already know (and may be sick of) and hobbled by the fact of having to walk the very fine line of retelling someone else’s character’s story…
Print issue No. 6 collects the Digital Firsts 11 & 12, “Power Shift” and “Casualties of War”. Hal Jordan and John Stewart race to Utah in a desperate attempt to prevent a massacre and it looks like Superman’s newly minted relationship with Sinestro might already be going sour. Meanwhile word of the start of all-out…
The part of this issue that’s relevant for Batfans is the first story, which collects the Digital Firsts 40 & 41, Part 1 & 2 (of 2). The book clocks in at 40 pages and will cost you an extra buck at the stands ($3.99). What you get for your extra pocket change is a…
Four stories, each with its own personality in both narrative and art. Let’s dive right in! These guys are also fun, if featured only briefly in the 1st story “The Beautiful Ugly” By Derek Fridolfs & Kenneth Elliott Jones; art & cover by Jason Shawn Alexander Featuring Two-Face/Harvey Dent and the Penguin This story takes…
“Deadline Part One: The Razors Under the Floorboards” Batgirl has been a bit all over the place lately. And I’m not referring to Barbara’s ongoing conflict over her relationship with the crime-fighting Bat Family, her love-life, or the trauma of her incarcerated father. I’m talking about the book itself, which appears to be suffering from…
“Nocturnal Omission” Poison Ivy has come back to Coney Island on a tip from Sy Borgman (of all people) as to how they might discover the identity of the person who has placed a hit on Harley. This hit has precipitated half a dozen assassins to come after her so far and the bounty keeps…
“Better Nuthead than Red” Issue number 6 closes out a story spanning the last three issues which teams the Mistress of Mischief with octogenarian cold war spy Sy Borgman (codename: Syborg) against such deadly aged Russian femme fatales as Ivana Brekemoff and Zena Bendemova. And if you’re already rolling your eyes, maybe this isn’t the…
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