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10 on Batman #141 reviewThe way that Chip Zdarsky has incorporated the multiversal Zur-En-Arrh concept into this story has always been problematic. While it started as a revisiting of a concept introduced by Grant Morrison in Batman R.I.P., it quickly lost the plot attempting to integrate the excessive fanservice from the big #900 anniversary issue. Suddenly, not only was…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! As we dawn on a new year, it comes time to reflect upon our triumphs and regrets from the one past. I believe it is an inarguable truth that the most common regret would be not reading enough comics, and that rings especially true for Batman comics. After all, every…
Way back in the Summer of 2022, writer Ram V started his run on Detective Comics with issue #1062. Since then, the title has been told as one continuous story, focusing on Batman's struggle against the mysterious Orgham family. V has described the narrative as "operatic", with its structure being broken up into acts that…
My editor doesn't like it when we make predictions in our reviews. It rarely adds anything substantial to the commentary itself, and you open yourself up to looking foolish if you're wrong. I get that. That being said, I almost wish I had last review because this ending could be seen coming a mile away.…
After the excitement of last issue, the story takes a moment to decompress as the ramifications of Selina's heist unfold. She and her crew are on the run, trying to escape Gotham and find somewhere safe to take Batman. Like a lot of issues in this run, this one feels very transitional. That's not necessarily…
As is often the case with this anthology series, there are no new stories here aside from the black and white backup. I've made my stance on this wasted opportunity abundantly clear, so I won't repeat myself here. For the ongoing stories themselves, they offer the same appeal as their earlier chapters: a wide range…
Welcome back to a very merry Upcoming Comics! The yuletide season is upon us, and that means plenty of food, cold nights, and family. Of course, when you eventually get sick of your family, you'll need some comics to escape to. Well don't worry; we here at Batman News have got you covered. Let's take…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! We managed to get through the tidal wave of comics last week and now we're more or less back to normal. On that front, there isn't a whole lot to say about this week's comic lineup, as it's mostly business as usual. However, we'll be getting some new bat titles…
This comic isn't quite like most of the ones we cover here at Batman-News, so this "review" is going to be a bit different as well. Batman #438 is arguably one of the most influential Batman comics of all time, if not for DC Comics as a whole. It may seem strange to think of…
With Titans: Beast World in full swing, the world's heroes and villains are infected and transformed into beast monsters, and Gotham is no exception. What happens when Harley Quinn turns into a muscle-bound rabbit, Jason becomes an angsty wolf, and Huntress transforms into a laser-pointer chasing cat? Read on to find out, but I wouldn't…
How do you follow up a comic that ends with Batman being hanged from the neck in front of a crowd of people? Detective Comics #1078 was structured like so many heist missions that Ram V has written in the pages of Catwoman, except this time they lost. Now obviously this was not simply the…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! Buckle up, folks, this week is gonna be a long one. We've got ten titles to review, including one giant anthology collection. Christmas specials, the now seemingly bi-monthly events, and a couple black label bat books all aligned together to give us one heck of a busy week here at…
The previous issue got the arc off to a great start with an atmospheric detective story that used the Joker in a refreshingly straight forward way. Its fun house of horrors structure was exactly what the run needed after so many events and multiverses. That is, until the final pages. So much goodwill washed away…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! I don't know how many of you play tabletop RPGs, but I just finished running my first D&D campaign after 2 years. It only had 38 sessions (in case you wanted to know how difficult it can be to line up the schedules of five people in their late 20s),…
Last month saw a number of stories reach their finales, so aside from the Pygmalion story, everything here is a fresh start that should appeal to new readers. It's also a collection of incredibly different genres, which is good for an anthology like this. Of course, the flip side of that is there's a good…
Detective Comics' "Outlaw" arc has been a slow burn up until this point, setting up the pieces and establishing its tone. For those of you who have been looking forward to the payoff, look no further. With all of her allies gathered, Catwoman finally launches her plan to rescue Batman. Fans of Ram V's Catwoman…
In the heart of Gotham, far beneath its surface, Terry and Kyle Selina the Catboi find themselves in the Garden. After four issues of teasing a supernatural, botanical entity that has been kidnapping children, we finally see the subterranean entity for what it is. So what has all the build up been for? Would you…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! I don't know about you, but I am stuffed with stuffing and writing this up through a tryptophan-induced coma. Hopefully once all of this digests, I'll have the energy I'll need for these reviews, because pretty much from now until the end of the year we'll have our hands full…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! I didn't have anything to review this week, so I spent my time finishing Baldur's Gate 3. What a fantastic game. Very few RPGs are able reach this level of reactivity and world depth. Especially early on, it feels as though there are a million small decisions you can make…
As far back as 1951, we've known about the Joker's beginnings on that fateful night at the Ace Chemical Plant (or was it the Monarch Playing Card Company?) Dressed up as the Red Hood, his heist goes horribly wrong when he comes face to face with Batman. One dip in a vat of chemicals later,…
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