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61 on Dark Days: The Casting #1 reviewI’m just going to level with you all: I had to read this comic three times before any of it even began to gel with me, and by then I felt as bloated as if I’d eaten six sleeves of soda crackers and drank a gallon of water. “The Casting” completes Scott Snyder and James…
Steve Orlando brings “Escape from the Phantom Zone” to its inevitable finale. What do you think, folks? Do Supergirl and Batgirl and random Ben character make it out safely? Do they defeat the evil Xa-Du? Does the giant pink dragon open up a can of whup on the scene? I think we know all the…
Ra’s al Ghul is really starting to up the ante against Batman and his dwindling Resistance, and Tom Taylor is upping the ante as well--bringing in some interesting characters we haven’t spent quality time with in the Injustice series yet. And as with all of Taylor’s work on Injustice, he hooks you and then he…
There are some big shifts being set up in this issue which, though it definitely feels like one of those bridges between the major action, still brims with plenty of Harley craziness. Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti are finally pushing the conflict between Mayor DePerto and Chief of Police Spoonsdale into almost-open warfare as the…
The first thing I want to appreciate about this issue is that Hope Larson has given us a one-shot, which we just have too few of in comics these days. The current trend is long-spanning arcs and multi-plot narratives that last virtually forever, it seems. This is a big improvement over the cross-over hell in…
“Blackstar” concludes the Many Arms of Death storyline, but only in a manner of speaking. Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV have left a number of critical plot elements hanging, no doubt to resurrect in future storylines or weave throughout the long haul. And I definitely hope there will be a long haul. However much…
Harley Sinn started out life in the pages of Harley Quinn as a nasty also-ran in Harley’s Gang of Harleys who was too violent and too unhinged for that kooky squad. If you missed it somehow, the Gang of Harleys is Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti’s radically diverse homage to the many fans who adopted…
Injustice 2: come to see the reveal of Ra’s al Ghul, stay for some heart-tugging reminiscences of his petulant little grandson. Tom Taylor knows how to write emotional family dynamics and there’s no family more dynamic (and dysfunctional) than Batman’s. This issue combines Digital Firsts 7 & 8 (“The Person in Charge” and “A Knight…
Here is a list of things I love in comics: Batman, Superman, Hawkman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, the Joker, and big dramatic splashy action pages. Here’s a list of things in Dark Days: The Forge: Batman, Superman, Hawkman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, the Joker, big splashy action pages. Sounds like a match made in heaven, doesn’t it?…
Steve Orlando can write. It wasn’t that long ago I praised his Batman/Shadow team-up as one of the best Batman comics I’d read in a long time. The script there was neither overwrought nor expository nor frivolous. Which makes this issue of Supergirl (“Escape from the Phantom Zone” part 2) a total conundrum but for…
Injustice 2 combines Digital Firsts 5 & 6 (“Contingency” and “Breakout”) into an issue of Injustice heavy on the intrigue. And if you have been playing the “Who’s FauxBat” game for the last couple of issues, I think we get our answer here even though it’s never explicitly stated. Am I right? And are we…
Once again this book surprises me with a twist I could have never predicted. And may I also say that Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti manage to pack more into 14 pages of this book than many other books still running at 22. Not only do I never feel robbed on the main storylines, but…
Last issue, I went through the many reasons why Injustice: Ground Zero didn’t quite the hit the mark and this week I’ll add “timeliness” to that list. Digital Firsts 23 & 24 (“And Justice for All” parts 1 & 2) comes too late to offer us any real tension given we already see the new…
If you loved the opening salvo in this fantastic collaboration between DC and Dynamite, hopefully you’ve returned for more. If you missed out on that number one, there’s probably still time to go find it and catch up because this book is a real treat for not only Batfans, but fans of the superhero and…
After reading the first three pages of this week’s Batgirl, I was already gearing up to write a completely excoriating review. And then...a miracle happened! Hope Larson pulled it off. The “Son of Penguin” finale proves to be no dodo. Indeed, I had been optimistic going into issue No. 10 that there was still hope…
I confess I’ve been kind of dreading this cage-match time-travel storyline since it was telegraphed months ago, but as always Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti manage to sell a premise that’s completely bonkers on the strength of Harley as a character, the relatability of her relationships with her friends and colleagues, and by working with…
If you can never get enough of Batman against Batman (or even faux-Batman), welcome to Injustice’s latest grudge-match between the caped crusader and that evil guy pretending to be him--yeah, you know the one: with all the guns and the killing and glowing red eyes. That guy who just blithely did away with Amanda Waller…
Coryana is an island full of mysteries and Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV tease out bits and pieces of the puzzle as this exotic thriller continues to play out. In this issue we particularly get a little more information about Tahani, the machete-wielding spirit of vengeance who has been haunting Kate ever since she…
Yikes! Josh perhaps said it with the most honesty in his round-up of the week’s comics: “I don’t think anyone cares anymore now that Injustice 2 has arrived.” The sad thing is Injustice: Ground Zero is generally a fun book with some interesting match-ups, mostly in-character exchanges, and consistently strong artwork. If we had nothing…
Ostensibly this issue of Supergirl (“Escape from the Phantom Zone” part 1) is the continuation of the story that began in the Supergirl and Batgirl annual that was released in late March? But don’t worry too much about that because not only could I not really remember much about March’s annual, there’s very little reference…
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