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Jack Whyte
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1 on Batman: Dark Patterns #11 – ReviewLast month, I gave this book its first lukewarm review. The first you'll find on this site, anyhow. I urged you, reader, to fear not. To trust in Misters Watters and Sherman to be cooking up something truly great. To trust that they would grace our shelves with something worthy of being the final act…
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I have to give credit where credit is due. I have not been quiet about my dissatisfaction with this title. It has been somewhat of a repetitive slog, somehow simultaneously relying on gimmicky narrative overconceptualization and its main character’s basic, most recognizable shticks. It’s somehow been both too same-y and unnecessarily innovative. So when the…
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Dark Patterns is making headlines. It’s inarguably been one of the most exciting DC Comics publishing moments in recent years. A certain other entertainment news outlet even recently named the incomplete series as one of the best titles of this incomplete decade. My praises of Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman’s Dark Patterns have been loud…
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After a playful, adventurous break for another installment of Gotham City Sirens, your favorite psycho psychiatrist is back to continue smashing the achingly modern twin threats of Unrequited Love and Gentrification. While baking pies for the upcoming Throatcutter hill neighborhood block party, asks her neighbors (as well as her possible-hallucination floating external brain) for advice…
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Writing reviews can get repetitive. When you’re lucky enough to be covering the best Batman comic in years, then things can start to get really repetitive. I’m happy to come on here every month and declare Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman’s “Dark Patterns”, wrapping up its third and best chapter, the best and most consistent…
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Gotham City Sirens is back this month and in full swing this week, as Gotham’s most capable costumed ladies are in trouble with one issue left to go. Their heist, believe it or not, has gone wrong, and the spaceship-themed nightclub they’re infiltrating has just turned out to be not themed at all but fully…
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With the premiere of James Gunn’s “Superman” mere days away, we find ourselves squarely in the midst of one of the most anticipatory weeks in the recent memories of DC fans. Gunn and company will (hopefully) be getting back to Supes’ roots and traditions and will (hopefully) be exemplifying all the hallmarks of a classic…
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Local politics are in the news this week here in good old NYC. The sun is blazing, the humidity is oppressing, but nothing can stop motivated New Yorkers from getting out there and doing their boring civic duty. Funny that local political procedure is at the center of this month’s Harley Quinn. Let’s just hope…
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Pareidolia: the human psychological tendencies to see patterns and recognizable forms among random objects or stimuli. It’s seeing a shocked face in an electrical outlet. An animal in the clouds. A hunter among the stars. Or a killer smile in the ring pattern of moisture left on a surface by a glass of water. Thomas…
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This, dear reader, is my 14th issue since beginning to cover Harley Quinn here on Batman News. 15 if you count the 2024 annual. There’s a tradition in my home when you reach 14 or possibly 15 of anything. That tradition is you just do what you regularly do and don’t really mention the 14/15…
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The 2025 Eisner Award nominations were announced earlier this week. Doubtless you visited our humble site to catch up on all Bat-related nominations. If you’re like me, you scrolled past the usual names and predictable nominees in search of your favorite, if less talked about, title, only to find it virtually unmentioned. It’s clear the…
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I don’t flatter myself by thinking that the authors of the titles I cover actually read my reviews consistently. I especially don’t flatter myself by thinking that if they did, they would take any of my constructive criticism to heart and adjust their stories based on my influence. But when I read the…
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Last month, I was pretty coy about the big fun twist at the end of the issue. Let’s stop beating around the bush. So yes, the big fun twist at the end of last week’s issue is that the evil ventriloquist doll Scarface is no longer shackled to the word in physical form of…
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Spring is in the air here in the good old Northeast. It’s a time in which even the most drab, gray, desaturated urban surfaces can feel renewed— or at least unthawed. I also think it’s a perfect time for our monthly check in with Gotham’s Favorite Anti-Hero Psycho-Clown. After an Amadeus-Arkham-journal-style flashback from evil…
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Sturgeon’s Law tells us that, in any given medium, 90% of what you come across is crap. And when you read a half-dozen stories per month which all take place in the same fictional city and revolve around the same cast of characters, that speculative statistic can really start to take its toll. But…
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Every year, my New Year’s Resolution is to travel more. Then I remember that traveling on a student budget is impossible in this economy. So when I escape into a comforting comic book and see an undeniably hard-working character like Harley Quinn take a personal day and hide away in nature for a rest…
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When I first started writing comics reviews for this lovely website nearly a year ago, I sat down with a cup of Irish Breakfast tea and asked myself a crucial question: What makes a great Batman comic? After two days I had no answer. So I changed the question. Instead I asked: What…
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It’s freezing here in New York City. Unseasonably low temperatures, even for the end of January. Harsh winters can be a time for cozy, unchallenging reads. Luckily, with this 47th issue of the ongoing adventures of Harley Quinn, I can tick one of those boxes. We’re back to the square run of this…
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Writing comics must be tough. Writing big name, legacy characters for the Big 2 must be especially taxing. You’re dealing with multiple generations of dedicated fans and readers who feel real ownership over the stories featuring their favorite characters. Fans and readers who are constantly demanding that you, the faceless, often virtually nameless writer,…
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Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, loyal readers of Harley Quinn: it’s official. We have a gimmick on our hands. And it has arrived at a most disappointing time in the lifespan of any new run, when the new creative team is typically expected to establish a narrative or stylistic foothold for their title.…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com