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54 on Multiversity: Harley Screws Up the DCU #4 reviewYou’re not going to believe me, but before I read this comic, I was seriously considering whether or not I was being too hard on this series. That was before I read this comic. This comic made me sick to my stomach. It made not want to have to write this review because that would…
On Friday, June 9th, Kelly Thompson announced the final member of her Birds of Prey team for a new series releasing this September: Harley Quinn. Does a mission want a wildcard? No. Does a mission sometimes NEED a wildcard? Yes. Harley Quinn. The ultimate wildcard. 🎶🦇👊⚔️♦️#BirdsOfPrey #BreakingHeartsAndFaces September 2023.@DCOfficial @Leo__Romero #JordieBellaire #BirdsOfPreyNation pic.twitter.com/yVeIaexqFu — KELLY…
On Monday, June 5th, writer Kelly Thompson took to Twitter to announce that she would be writing a new Birds of Prey series for DC Comics, releasing in September. The artwork will be done by artist Leonardo Romero, who revealed a first look at Black Canary, the new leader of the team. An all-new era…
If you’ve seen the cover for this issue, you probably think it’s all about Harley and Ivy spending a romantic evening together. After all, the cover shows them on a boat ride on a lake outside of Gotham, drinking champagne with the issue's tag line being, “Date Night.” Well, if you think that’s what this…
A miracle has happened in this issue of Joker. We get plot progression! It’s not much plot progression. In fact, I could pretty much sum it up in 3 sentences. However, at least we get somewhere. Killer Croc and Joker Throughout this story, we’ve met various Batman rogues who each have a different opinion on who…
It’s another month and another Harley Quinn issue. Does this one prove that Tini Howard actually has what it takes to reinvigorate this character in comics again? Well, not exactly. Years of Forgettable Content I want to reiterate, this issue is far from the worst I’ve seen for Harley. However, recently I was working on…
I would like to take a moment to blame a potential portion of my readership. If you have ever spent a dollar on one of Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Connor’s Harley Quinn comics, I’m blaming you for the atrocity that is Frank Tieri’s Harley Quinn Screws Up the DCU. Without the financial success of that…
I have mixed feelings about this issue of Poison Ivy. On the one hand, I like the overall idea of the story and where it is going. On the other hand, I think that the execution is really off. What Works The overall plot of this issue is that Ivy finally makes a decision to…
I don’t hate this issue of Joker as much as I have the last few issues. There are some good things to glean from it. But if you’re hoping for a lot of plot progression here, after chapter after chapter of this series has gone no where, well you’re out of luck. About Comic Book…
I need you all to understand, Harley Quinn has had some of the worst, most offensive content ever produced for a DC comic book character. I’m experiencing some of that right now in my reviews for Harley Screws up the DCU. So, when a comic comes out, and it’s just sort of painfully average with…
Avoid this comic. No, I’m not going to beat around the bush with any witty introduction. You should not buy this comic. It is an abomination on every level. This comic is so unbelievably awful that dissecting every aspect that makes it bad would take forever. However, I will do my best to offer you…
What can you really say about a comic when nothing is happening in it? That’s the question I asked myself when I started this review. Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing is the story of two Jokers. We are supposed to be invested in discovering why there are two Jokers and where the real one…
Last month, Poison Ivy’s powers got out of control and wound up turning an environmentalist's retreat into a love fest. Will Ivy get her powers under control and right the wrongs she had unintentionally caused? Let’s take a look! On the Right Track This series went from being my highest rated book, to becoming one…
Harley Quinn is in desperate need of reinvigoration as a character in comics. Her run by Stephanie Phillips and Riley Rossmo was one of her shortest yet, clocking in at under 30 issues. The other various titles DC keeps releasing for Harley haven’t been doing too well either. Will Tini Howard be the one to…
Deadpool Screws the - er, I mean Harley Screws Up the DCU is a strange book to be released right now. For one thing, it’s very similar in tone and style to the main Harley Quinn ongoing series, which is selling abysmally. For another thing, the very plot of the book is incredibly similar to the…
I believe that I picked some of the worst books to review here at Batman News. Here we are, six issues into Joker: the Man Who Stopped Laughing, and we still have absolutely no plot progression. In fact, I’d argue we have plot DIGRESSION. A Story Going Nowhere In the last issue, we discovered that…
Last time on Poison Ivy, Pam reunited with Harley and accepted an offer from her to return to Gotham. This issue sees Ivy begin to make the journey back to her hometown, with an unfortunate detour along the way. I’ve been very up and down with my feelings over this series. With Poison Ivy, unsurprisingly,…
It’s been a while since I reviewed the main Harley Quinn book. I had basically become so weary and frustrated with criticizing the glaring problems with DC’s handling of the Harley Quinn character, only to see no positive change on the horizon. No one seemed to be discussing the book anymore either, which added to…
At long last, we have arrived at the final issue of Batman: Beyond the White Knight. I came to a catharsis while reviewing this series that Sean Gordon Murphy’s world of Batman just wasn’t as good as I had originally thought. Since my realization, most of my reviews have been negative. Still, I have been…
"It's the issue you've ALL been waiting for!" said the solicitation for today's Poison Ivy chapter. I imagine it will be, IF you are a person who never tires of seeing Poison Ivy hook up with Harley Quinn. Anyone who follows my reviews, meanwhile, will know that I’ve been quite critical of these two as…
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