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13 on NECA Batman Returns 1/4 Scale The Cat reviewI don’t think I’ve ever made a secret of the fact that I’m not a fan of the Tim Burton Batman movies, but even so, I always thought Michelle Pfeiffer was perfect for Catwoman, and I enjoyed her unhinged performance and her trash vinyl costume in Batman Returns. So getting my hands on NECA’s ¼…
I’ve always been pretty stingy with the 10s around here and I confess I found myself looking for a flaw in this book just to keep those mated 1s and 0s precious. But you know what? This book just knocks all your teeth right outta your mouth, your feet right outta of your socks, your…
Tom Taylor is back and he’s looking good on his return to the Injustice universe! While he contributed a little between Buccellato and Sebala’s runs, he’s really been off the title since “Year 3”, back in 2015. Once again, I am staggered to remember that this curious little digital video game tie-in not only managed…
Dad Gordon! Dick Grayson! Ridiculous new super-villain in a ridiculous new theme suit! This week’s offering on the altar of Batgirl is an interesting example of a well-paced visually exciting comic with just a bunch of stuff I’m not especially happy about, but can appreciate anyway even through my objections. I’ve always said Hope Larson…
Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV continue to build intrigue in this relaunch of Kate Kane’s story and it looks like we’re in for a slow burn. The title of this week’s issue, “Running up that Hill”, a reference to a Kate Bush song from 1985. It’s apropos in a variety of ways, which you…
Harley Quinn delivers another straight-up blast of adrenalin in this week’s “Abduction Reduction”. Come for the cannibalism, stay for Paul Dini’s dessert. Yes, we have another two for the price of one as we continue Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti’s regular adventures with current continuity Harley in the front pages and a flashback to the…
If Injustice: Ground Zero was a drinking game in which we all took a shot every time someone on team Harley or team Joker flipped allegiances, we’d all be under the table well before we got to the very cool Bernie Wrightson memoriam at the end of the book. And you don’t want to do…
Injustice: Ground Zero ramps things up this week, even as it treads some already well-traversed ground. Christopher Sebela incrementally increases the stakes for Harley Quinn and her gang, while also making some big things go BOOM! Digital Firsts 17 & 18 (“Fall Down, Go Boom” parts 1 & 2) combine to give us more of…
Boy are you in store for a treat from the Harley Quinn HQ this week! Not only does this comic get us back on the ground and out of the giant insects and flying demi-gods business, but those of you who love Harley’s original incarnation from Paul Dini will have the thrill of seeing Bret…
When I was a kid, my mother encouraged us to read, but comic books were verboten in my household. I’m not sure why my mother hated them, but on the rare occasion we acquired one (usually from an aunt or friend), we had to guard it carefully. Mickey Mouse was okay, but John Carter from…
Have I ever told you how much I love Lobo? No, I haven’t. And you know why? Because I don’t. I not only don’t love him, but feel personally affronted when I have to deal with him as a guest star a comic book I would otherwise be perfectly thrilled to read. But here we…
Oh my. Let’s just get straight to the point. Here are some things I really love in a comic: Who are these people and why do we care? Sarcasm aside, unless Ethan is running some kind of fertility clinic scam and these two characters are going to be swept up in some startled web of…
It’s curtains for this netherland storyline, which has been a strange departure. To say so feels like a misnomer for a Harley book--in which everything is always strange all the time, but there’s Harley-strange and then there’s the rest of the world she lives in, and to be honest, when Harley is not the strangest…
It’s Batwoman’s first issue! After her...first issue. But that was Rebirth and this is just her regular series. I’m not going to pretend that makes any sense at all, but if you’re confused about this No. 1 after we just had a No. 1, well that’s why. The more important thing is that “Sinnerman” is…
It would appear that Christopher Sebela is flying solo these days on Injustice: Ground Zero. With Brian Buccellato no longer credited among the creators for this title, I guess he is no longer contributing story points. That strikes me as unusual because you would think the story would have been more or less mapped out…
On the one hand, I think Tom Taylor is relying too much on tried-and-true formula to crank this one out. On the other hand, Tom Taylor can make tried-and-true sit up and bark. So even though there aren’t any big surprises in this, DC/Boom! Studios’ 3rd issue of the team-up of the Justice League/Mighty Morphin'…
There’s so much going on in this comic. So much that my little pea brain is having a hard time keeping up with all of it. Fortunately the pace in this week’s issue of the “Nether Regions Part Two: Beware, the Tyrant is Sore” is chill enough that I think I’ve been able to take…
Sometimes (like, oh, right now), Injustice: Ground Zero feels like it just wants so desperately to break out into a slapdash heist movie full of colorful and zany hijinks. Part of that, naturally, is the fact that Harley Quinn is narrating this tale and she’s pretty slapdash and zany and hijinky most of the time--she’s…
I love it, I hate it. I want to see what happens next and also want to burn the pages of the current book. Sometimes an extreme reaction is a good one. Being provoked can greatly add to one’s experience of a nice pulpy read on a lazy evening. But then there’s this: Get. the.…
Last go-round I talked about Ground Zero suffering from some very uneven storytelling and this book is a perfect example of the counter-swing to the last issue. Whereas that one felt sort of flabby and not well grounded, this one feels ten times more cohesive, more full integrates the Justice League and provides a fight…
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