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4 on Joker: the Man Who Stopped Laughing #5 reviewThe last time I reviewed an issue of Mathew Rosenberg’s Joker, an unintentional firestorm was started. It was over the back-up story where the Joker appeared to be pregnant after a magic spell went wrong. No, it had nothing to do with “Joker becoming transgender,” as some people tried to make it out to be.…
I’m not usually a fan of these various DC holiday anthologies. They often times feel like quick, low-effort work, and don’t seem to attract many readers. However, every once in a while, you might find a gem or two inside. Will there be some gems here? Will DC’s Harley Quinn Romances prove to be a…
The last issue of Poison Ivy was the first time we got to see the titular character in her superhero form. The comic followed the traditional structure of having a main protagonist fight the big bad corporate CEO. The comic ended with our hero in peril with the question of how she would overcome her…
*Deep Sigh* You know what I miss? The feeling that when I pick up a comic, I might get a good story. Instead, I'm reading Joker: the Man Who Stopped Laughing, a book that continues to struggle to meet the lowest of my expectations. The good news is, this issue isn't nearly as confusing as…
After wrapping up most of the major conflicts in the series, Sean Gordon Murphy makes this penultimate issue one big roller-coaster ride to the finale. There are lots of emotional moments, intense action sequences, and character reunions to catapult us into the final act. So why did I feel nothing throughout the entire issue? …
In the last two issues of Joker, we were introduced to two people claiming to be the real Clown Prince of Crime. One of them professed to have changed his ways, wanting to do good now, while the other was one of the more vicious depictions of the Joker that we’ve seen as of late.…
I found the last issue of Poison Ivy to be a major letdown. The series went from an overall good exploration of Ivy's character to, once again, trying to straddle the line between making her a hero while maintaining her iconically evil traits. That change for Ivy came too quickly for me to buy into…
I was pretty lukewarm in my review for the start of The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing. I don’t feel fatigued by the titular character as others do, but I wasn’t very intrigued by the initial set up for this run either. Will this issue change my mind and give me the exciting twists,…
This is it. The issue I’ve been waiting for since the Poison Ivy series began. The issue that will answer the question, is Ivy a hero or a villain? What direction does DC want Ivy to go in next? Will that direction disappoint? Well, I unfortunately have to say that it does disappoint. How could this…
*Deep sigh* It seems like it was only yesterday that I completed my review for Batman: Beyond the White Knight #5, and here I already have another issue before me to deconstruct. I say “deconstruct,” because I’m at a point where I know what to expect from this universe, and it really doesn’t look like…
After being let off the hook by Commissioner Gordon at the end of James Tynion’s run (reading it doesn’t seem to be necessary if you want to pick up this series), the Joker is back in town and he’s got a new, subversive plan to announce to everyone. Most of the plot includes the Joker,…
I’m not going to beat around the bush (pun intended), I really loved today’s chapter of Poison Ivy! It’s like all of my criticisms during the middle of this series were responded to, and G. Willow Wilson is making her turn on Poison Ivy the very best it can be. I’ll waste no time in…
When I last talked about Batman: Beyond the White Knight, my rose-colored glasses had finally come off. I began to see just how flawed this White Knight universe actually is, albeit consistently carried by great artwork. Unfortunately, the writing doesn't get any better as the stories go on. Slimmer is Better One of the things…
I’m alive. I’m still kicking. I’ve still got the fight left in me to finish out Stephanie Phillip’s Harley Quinn run. I’ve been getting the impression for a while that Phillip’s time on this book was coming to an end: it’s the way she hasn’t promoted it nearly as much and the way Harley’s been…
“If you expect disappointment then you can never be disappointed,” said Zendaya’s M. J. from Spider Man: No Way Home. It’s some pretty cynical advice, but it is advice I wish I had taken when beginning to read this book. I was looking forward to this anthology all year, literally. I was hyped when the…
I had a lot of complaints with the writing of Poison Ivy #3, so much so that I wrote several paragraphs on how I thought the story could improve. With this chapter, I'm pleased to say that it looks like most all of the problems I gave have been fixed! Is there a moment in…
This is it. The final issue of the weekly Harley Quinn arc. I have to say, after reading and critiquing six issues worth of Stephanie Phillips' Harley Quinn for an entire month, it feels like I should get a medal. It’s also worked up a lot of other emotions in me… but we’ll get to…
Today’s issue of Luke Fox begins with…oh wait, excuse me, let me restart. Ok, Today’s issue of Harley Quinn begins with Luke Fox running from the monster of his own creation. He has a lot of self-reflection on what has led him to this moment. It leads him to find an old, hidden lab of…
We begin the chapter with some more development on Luke Fox. Basically, he’s reminiscing on the horrors he’s seen come to earth and how he was first motivated to really try to stop them (especially with the Justice League gone). But in his attempt to do good, he might have made something even worse. This…
I’m not gonna lie, I had a hard time starting this review. The reason? In short, this book isn’t good enough to make me recommend it to anyone, but it’s really not bad enough for me to be upset with it. Well, that last part goes for everything except one very important element that I'll…
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