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11 on The Riddler: Year One #6 reviewRead past the end of the review for a final message on my time with Batman News. When I began reviewing Riddler: Year One late last year, I had a sneaking suspicion that this book was not built to be read month-to-month. In the age of the internet - especially streaming - how we release and…
Hm. Hm. Honestly, I could end my review right there. There's something to say about a comic that makes you furrow your brow in thought: maybe it doesn't leave an overly positive or negative impact, but it leaves an impression all the same. Is that the metric of a well-crafted comic? Something you can appreciate,…
Hello all! We're on the back half of The Riddler: Year One now, and as the issues progress, I feel a need to change up my reviewing style. If I have to give this book points for anything, it would have to be consistency. Since issue #1, I've felt its strengths and flaws have remained…
Reviewing The Riddler: Year One is an interesting experience. After three years of reviewing for Batman News, I’ve tackled all kinds of books, good and bad; and each of them had their own unique challenges when I would put my thoughts on them into words. Sure, some good books were easy to write, but so…
How redeemable can you make a villain? That's a rhetorical question, of course. The fluid nature of storytelling means that you can do whatever you please with a villain: an antagonist can be good, evil and anywhere in between. Nor is "redeemability" some sort of hard metric: when Darth Vader can still become one with…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! Merry Christmas!!! ...So, I have some news. You guys remember the website "Gotham Spoilers"? I do. In fact, it's what helped get me into comics at the beginning of the New 52 - and eventually led me to Batman News. Gotham Spoilers was a brilliant website that covered much of…
[SPOILER WARNING: This review will spoil the entirety of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths.] Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 is the final issue in what began as the Dark Crisis event - concluding every story thread that began with Infinite Frontier, along with establishing new setup for the tales to come. Written by Joshua Williamson and…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! Seems this week is the unofficial week of Dick Grayson, judging by solicits. I'm not complaining. Dick's comics have had a consistent level of polish and care to them lately, like them or no - guess DC really learned their lesson after the whole Ric Grayson debacle (maybe). I'd say…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! Today is a very exciting week for comics, and it's been a fascinating one for DC movie news too! I wish I had the energy to talk about it more, but the jetlag from returning to Australia is killing me here. What I will say is this: I really hope James Gunn…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! For those of you who have been keeping track of my adventures, you would know I've been on a tour across the United States of America for the past two months now. I've left Australia for a couple of short trips before - but never to America, and never for…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! Holy cow. This may be the first week in my Upcoming Comics career where the site isn't reviewing over half of DC's releases!!! Have we finally broken the curse? Is DC capable of releasing things other than Batman once again? Eh. Probably not - this is just an "annual" week.…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! I'm gonna level with you guys, I have zero clue what to talk about this week. I've been thinking about it for a while and just consistently drawing a blank! I've been getting into Magic: The Gathering lately, if anyone else is into that. Sure, that works! What Magic decks do…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics. I'm not sure what to say here, to be honest. I grew up with Batman: The Animated Series. The Arkham games defined my love for the character, and are most likely my favourite video games of all time. Kevin Conroy has been a constant voice of inspiration and comfort - there's no one…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! Sorry guys: REAL short article this week. I'm in Florida at the moment, meaning I'm REALLY in vacation mode for the next few days. Disneyworld, here I come! Now, here's what we have for this week: Upcoming Comics Batman vs Robin #3 ALL ROADS LEAD…TO LAZARUS ISLAND. Batman has been…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! ...So, slow news week, huh? Okay, listen. I've seen a lot of comments about James Gunn and how he'll influence the DCEU. I've also seen a hilarious report that said David Zaslav approached Kevin Feige first, which is very funny to me. Realistically, I don't care much either way. Way…
So, how many of our readers are D&D players? There's a certain feeling one gains the more familiar you become with the game - though this applies to any tabletop, really. The more you immerse yourself in the world you've been transported into, the more invested you become in your character you've made. Eventually, whether…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! So Black Adam was a bit shit, hey? I mean, I'm sure there are a few people who adored it, but... I mean, from an editing perspective alone, right? It's such a mess of a movie. The Rock has zero charisma as Teth-Adam, with the range of a toy bow…
Little known fact about me: The Penguin is one of my favourite Batman villains! I don't talk about it much, because I haven't really had much of a chance to review comics with him. He's second to Joker, if only because I'm a basic bitch - but there's a lot to love about this guy.…
In the last chapter of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' seminal Watchmen, there is one final conversation between two of its main characters: Ozymandias, the world's smartest man, and Doctor Manhattan, the world's only true superhuman. Before the sequels, the prequels and the crossovers with the DC Universe, this was the last word on these…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! Big week for comics, and a not a lot of time for me - I'm getting on an 8-hour bus ride this afternoon. Let's get into it and see what we have for this week: Upcoming Comics Batman - One Bad Day: Penguin #1 EMPIRE’S FALL! The Penguin’s criminal enterprise…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com