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5 on McFarlane Toys Gotham Knights, Batwoman Beyond, and variant action figures reviewThe thing that appeals to me the most about McFarlane Toys' DC Multiverse line is how much variety they offer. I mean, sure, there are lots of Batman figures, but that's to be expected given that he's pretty popular these days. Even with a ton of variations on the Caped Crusader, that still leaves plenty…
This coming April, DC Comics invite you to go back to the future in Batman Beyond: Neo-Year. The six-issue miniseries spins out of Batman: Urban Legends #7, where the entire world of Terry McGinnis and his home of Neo Gotham was shaken up. Bruce Wayne died, Wayne Manor burned to the ground, and the entire…
Who among us hasn't wanted to fight crime alongside Batman? Liars, that's who. It's almost a childhood rite of passage to imagine yourself teaming up with your favorite superheroes, whether it's to swing across rooftops with Spider-Man, fly through the sky with Superman, or solve the latest puzzle from the Riddler with Batman. And if…
Up to this point, I’ve mostly been taking a look at McFarlane’s individually packaged figures, so getting a few multipacks was a pleasant surprise. Even more surprising was the fairly eclectic stories that these sets pulled from: two are from Dark Nights: Metal, one is from Curse of the White Knight, and the final set…
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Some ideas speak for themselves. They are so pure, so perfect and beautiful and obvious that when they are announced, you can't help but wonder why it wasn't attempted before. Enter: The Jurassic League. Yes, it is exactly what you think: the Justice League... as dinosaurs. That appeals to so many aspects of my personality…
Reports have come in that Brian Augustyn, long-time writer and editor, has died after suffering a stroke. Augustyn had a hand in shaping The Flash into one of the greatest and most influential comics of the 1990s. Working as editor for writer Mark Waid, the title explored concepts of legacy and heroism, fashioning Wally West…
Josh Williamson has achieved a hat trick, with his third outing on Batman maintaining the quality of the previous two issues. Without trying to sound to critical, I don't know if this is going to go down as One Of The All-Time Great Runs, but I don't think it needs to either. It's just good,…
The fine folks at McFarlane are back with another few waves of action figures, so prepare for more reviews in the coming weeks. Up first, we have the final figures in the Batman: Three Jokers line, with McFarlane truly saving the best for last with that batch, and an unrelated character who is nonetheless one…
Little Caesars' Batman Calzony is part pizza and part calzone, but is it worth your time to taste vengeance? The Dark Knight is no stranger to fast food promotional tie-ins. Going all the way back to 1989, Tim Burton's Batman film was represented at Taco Bell through a series of super awesome plastic cups, along…
No matter your thoughts about the individual CW “Arrowverse” shows, there’s no denying they haven’t been incredibly successful. Since Arrow debuted in 2012, the universe has gone from fairly grounded street-level stories to multiverse-spanning epics, time-travel antics, and a fluffy stuffed animal that spent some time as an avatar of power. It was weird. Personally,…
By all accounts, the world of Flashpoint has been dead. Wiped from existence way back in "The Button" storyline in Batman, this universe had a single survivor who has popped up since his own world faded away: Thomas Wayne's Batman. But what if his world isn't actually gone? That question will be answered in the…
And thus concludes a series that never proves its thesis. If it even has one, that is. I’m still not entirely sure what this story was supposed to be about, and what purpose it serves. It doesn’t work as an exploration of Batman and Robin’s early partnership, it doesn’t work as a coming of age…
For his sophomore outing on Batman, Josh Williamson utilizes a critical storytelling tool that is all too often forgotten: pacing. This is not an issue containing constant escalation or mounting stakes. There are no left turns or revelations that make the case of the Abyss anything more than a creepy, intriguing mystery. No, this issue…
For the past several years, Tom King has been writing Batman in one way or the other, be it the main title, miniseries, or one-shots featuring Elmer Fudd that stand up as some of the finest Batman content the world has to offer, full stop. King's presence in the Batman world will continue in 2022,…
Robin & Batman is not a bad comic. Visually, it’s a wonder, with Dustin Nguyen’s paintbrush telling amazing stories with gorgeously illustrated characters and environments. And at this point, Jeff Lemire has proven he is an excellent writer, and he’s plotting and dialogue and consistent and engaging, never the least bit boring. And said script,…
Let me say this without a hint of irony or exaggeration, and with the utmost sincerity: full-stop, this is the best issue of Batman I've read in a long, long time. Perhaps years. While it isn't perfect, it's a great time on its own, and sets up a pretty interesting direction for this arc going…
We have reached the point in Batman ‘89 where I have run out of things to say. Unless something drastically insane happens in the final two issues, then the reviews will consist of many of the same platitudes and comments. Is issue 4 better than the other three? Not the first, for sure, but there’s…
If a hero is only as good as his villains, then Batman is a pretty good hero. He’s one of the few characters in pop culture whose antagonists are just as popular with the general audience as he is, to the point that you could ask practically anyone to name five Batman villains and they’d…
It's the countdown to Christmas! The time for cold weather (or "slightly chillier weather," depending on where you live), Christmas lights, carols, peace on Earth, and goodwill toward men is here, and I couldn't be more excited. And really, what better way is there to welcome the Advent season than with Batman? ...okay, there are…
The world was changed in 1992, when Batman: The Animated Series hit the air. That may sound like an exaggeration, but I assure you that it is not. Not content to be a cartoon for children-- which, ostensibly, it was-- Batman: The Animated Series helped completely change the conversation in Western animation about how the…
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