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18 on Batwoman: Rebirth #1 reviewBatwoman’s rebirth pulls no stops in this stunning opener that’s more a feast for the eyes than for the intellect--but that’s hardly a bad thing. If you have never read a Batwoman comic, this would be a great time to start as Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV bring Kate Kane back to her own…
With the last chapter closed (for now) on Harley’s life, she’s launching herself into an all-new adventure here. We still have the ongoing development of Madison’s imported vampires, but they continue to occupy a backburner in favor of some other-worldly Harley-style crazy, the caliber of which we’ve come to expect from writers Amanda Conner and…
The DC/Boom! Studios’ team-up: Justice League/Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers continues with its second installment in a six-issue miniseries, which is mostly still set up for a complex cross-over, but still mighty morphin'ly entertaining! Tom Taylor has a particular ability to write for a young audience without talking down or sacrificing a solid plot and character…
Warner Brothers Animation and DC Entertainment bring us an all-new adaptation of a comic book in which they can randomly insert Batman--with a story by Ernie Altbacker and J. M. DeMatteis, directed by Jay Oliva, and sporting an overwrought, but still pretty cool score from Robert J. Kral. I never know quite where to set…
There’s something very uneven about Ground Zero that is making me nervous. Issue No. 5 combines Digital Firsts 9 & 10 (“Muscle Car” parts 1 & 2) in a rather crackpot adventure in which Harley, determined to get back on Batman’s good side, sets out to steal back the Batmobile from where it’s kept under…
Seldom is it that I get so caught up in a comic book that I lose my perspective entirely, but I have to hand it to Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti: I was completely blindsided by this story arc. After others suggested in the comments two weeks ago that we were playing a game of…
There are some crazy quick things that happen in this book--and the sweeping hand of cleaning up a neighborhood junked full of trendy fare and obnoxious aesthetics may make your head spin a little, but I have to give major props to Hope Larson for just getting the job done so we can move on…
I’d really like to not make a point/counter-point review between this issue of Injustice and Harley Quinn No. 12, but it’s hard to avoid the elephant in the room. Why does Injustice Harley work for me? I think the primary reason is that Injustice Harley has never tried to be anything but the Harley Quinn…
I’m almost at a loss about what just happened in this comic. Consider the whole review a SPOILER because there’s no talking about why I am so conflicted over this comic without getting into the nitty-gritty. Some caveats, though most of you who have been following my Harley reviews know all this stuff. It bears…
Lord Zedd has it out for Zordon and he’s got an army of thralls to overthrow the Power Rangers’ peacekeeping on Earth, but never fear: the Justice League is here! Or there. Because teleportation is going to make this crazy crossover happen! Sound like the zany plot of a Saturday morning cartoon? Welcome to the…
After reading Harley Quinn No. 11, this felt like the dark mirror opposite of that book in some weird way. Whereas in Harley’s solo series she was booting Mistah J out the door, here we have her leaping right into his arms (well, after a pretty violent kerfuffle, of course). Shrieking schizophrenia, folks, what a…
Harley and Puddin’--together again! Well, not really. I mean, they’re finally face-to-face in this issue, but only long enough squabble a bit before tentatively making plans to have it out later. Harley is rightfully outraged to have the Joker invading her space, playing with her wiener and touching her beaver (yeah, I went there: Amanda…
Harley’s Little Black Book has been on a winning streak even if it’s been a four month delay between the last issue and this one. But the new issue is finally out and “No Pain, No Sane” has Harley teamed up with (and pitted against) the Man of Steel himself! Reading this was like finding…
I guess I didn’t see this one coming. I fully expected the “Beyond Burnside” arc to be over, but Hope Larson gives us this one-shot epilogue to close things out (and Rafael Albuquerque gives us one last round on Babs Gordon). This is purely a transition piece, but it’s wonderfully comic-booky and reads like an…
Harley rings in the holiday with a special all her own (in case you actually missed her front and center in the regular DC Rebirth Holiday Special). And somehow the schtick of Harley wandering off in her dreams/hallucinations hasn’t gotten old under the pen of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. This go-round Harley is knocked…
I thought Harley’s narrative in the last issue was merely a device to introduce Ground Zero to audiences that maybe skipped a year or two (or all) in the Injustice saga. But the fact that she’s back at it again in this second issue makes me wonder if maybe she’s here to stay. Structurally it…
Over the years I’ve come to expect that these Holiday Specials will likely have a couple of really great stories, a couple of pretty good ones, and at least one outright stinker. They went with a different formula this time around, and I think I liked it better: 10 shorter stories (some of them literally…
“Butt Maiming & Mind Gaming” may be my favorite title for a Harley comic yet. Writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti bring Harley back to Coney Island for more bizarre dream sequences, more psychotherapy with Frank Frank, more roller derby, and more momentum towards Harley’s inevitable tet a tet with her old purple pants wearing…
Injustice: Ground Zero offers a launch point for anyone completely new to the Injustice world. “All Bad Things Must End” (Digital Firsts 1 & 2) spends it’s whole first half recounting five sprawling years of Injustice intrigue through Harley’s eyes. She narrates the tale of how it all began and why she is where she…
Three stories from writer Brian Buccellato that take us back to Year Five--and possibly push us forward in some ways. This is a nice little surprise, like an extra feature on a DVD boxed set where there is extra footage or alternate scenes not included in the original presentation format. Are these bon bons monumental…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com