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10 on Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Teen Titans The Judas Contract #1 reviewAh, dang it. I’ll cut right to the chase: I wasn’t a fan of this issue. It’s disappointing, because every other issue of this anthology series has been solid so far; I’ve had my complaints, sure, but the concept of the series has been fun and the delivery has ranged from good to great. In…
It’s the year 2019. With the rise of the internet and the publicity that it allows, it’s easier than ever for us to fight – and easier than ever to be manipulated. In a world where the public doesn’t trust journalists, journalists don’t trust their employers, and the rich control the technology we use every…
Ohohoho. Ohohohohohoho. You wanna talk about Crisis events, DC? Sure, we can talk about Crisis events. BRING OUT THE CHARTS. I love talking about Crisis events. They’re so confusing and they bring up five hundred questions that will never be answered unless you’re someone with too much time on their hands (hello!). Seeing as…
I honestly think Neal Adams has created the perfect comic book. Oh, you think I’m joking? You think I’m trying to trick you into reading this so I can have some company in the psych ward? Not so. This book is – not exaggerating – my favourite of all the books I’ve had to…
So, I’m three issues into this series, written by Jodie Houser and illustrated by Adriana Melo – and it’s now the longest-running series I’ve reviewed so far! Three issues may not seem like much (because it isn’t), but to me it’s been a big learning experience in how to handle longer stories, rather than…
You know, when I was given the chance to review these Tales from the Dark Multiverse stories, I was ecstatic at the opportunity to handle “What If?” tales from some of my favourite properties. Knightfall, The Death of Superman, Blackest Night, Infinite Crisis and The Judas Contract – all iconic tales worthy of darker…
It’s 1992, and Superman is dead. I covered some of what made 90’s comics so distinguishable in the Dark Multiverse Knightfall one-shot, but maybe I should have saved some of that commentary. The Death of Superman was THE 90’s comic, when a character's mortality was not only still unexpected, but still INCREDIBLY marketable. The Death…
Let me just get this out of the way: Dwayne Johnson has HUGE boots to fill. I’m not some cinema snob who can’t enjoy stuff such as Jumanji – it’s a fun, lighthearted movie, and The Rock brings a level of charm to his performances that’s hard to shake. I like him well-enough as an…
Ah, the 90’s. What a time that was. To the mind of a youngster such as myself, I view the 90’s with rose-tinted glasses. Everything seemed peppy, vibrant, energetic – most everything I saw was probably a knockoff of stuff from the 80’s, but what did it matter? Kids lived and died by Saturday Morning…
My final comic review for the week is the follow-up to Batman vs Ra’s al Ghul #1 by Neal Adams – which is, in and of itself a follow-up to his other recent works, such as Batman: Odyssey and Deadman. On one hand, it’s nice to be tackling a book this week that isn’t related…
I mentioned this in my review for Criminal Sanity, but we’re getting an awful lot of Joker content recently. It’s understandable, of course; not only is his hit movie making the rounds to critical acclaim, but he’s always been one of the most iconic villains in comic book history. The Killing Joke, The Dark…
In my last review of this series, I spoke of a wonderful device called a gaydar, tracking the levels of romantic tension between the two titular characters of this series: Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, in case the title wasn’t a giveaway. During that review, we managed to pin both the score and the gaydar…
When I was a young child, my father sat me down and told me an old story. You may have heard of it; it’s a popular little fable nowadays, said to originate from Native America. The tale is short, succinct and tells a powerful moral. It is the tale of Two Wolves, and it goes…
You know what I love? And I mean really love? Multiverses! That’s not sarcasm, either. I think it’s genuinely really fascinating to hop into a different world and see what a writer thinks a character might be like under a different lens. It gives validity to every writer’s interpretation of an established hero/villain, and allows…
Supervillains are fascinating. Villains as a whole are a compelling part of any story, but supervillains are a breed in and of themselves. It’s not that they just have an evil code (or a “morally ambiguous” one if you’re a coward), it’s that they have to look fun while doing committing acts of evil. Every…
Let’s get this out of the way: yes, I will be making plant puns in this review. No, I will not be apologizing for them. I will also not be pointing them out, because it’s quite likely that some of them will be unintentional. If you have any problems with this, please place your concerns…
Oh wow, this is an honour!!! After working as hard as I could to get through the selection process, I finally get to write my first review for Batman-News. Sure, getting the job wasn’t easy – writing a review for Batman: Odyssey as part of the audition process was particularly difficult – but if I…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com