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5 on This Week in Comics: What's Bruce Wayne doing these days?We've got the full gang back together again to discuss Wednesday's releases! For those of you who have never checked out This Week in Comics, this is where we bring the entire review team together to have a water-cooler discussion to talk about DC's most-recent releases. Yeah, you may have read Jay's full review for…
Batman and his Outsiders return for another chapter, but this is, unfortunately, starting to feel less and less like a team, action book, and more like a teenage melodrama… Heavy on the melodrama. The Story Ra’s al Ghul has kidnapped a metahuman named Sofia Ramos and is brainwashing and grooming her to be one of…
I love movies and books, including comics, where lots of stuff blows up. That’s not because a well-rendered explosion, whether in CGI, graphics, or verbal description, is just really cool. It is, but the more important aspect of explosions is that they change things. What happens in the aftermath usually sends the characters in a…
This may sound weird, given that this is a Batman site and all, but I think my favorite thing about Detective Comics #1009 is how little Batman there actually is. Truly, other than the first few pages, Batman is not in costume much in this issue at all. Instead, Bruce Wayne gets the focus, and…
Cinematic. That’s the first word that came to mind as I read through Catwoman #14 written by guest writer Ram V with art by Mirka Andolfo. There is a lot of energy contained within this book’s pages, much to the credit of V’s well-paced script and Andolfo’s expressive art. But despite a high level of…
So far in Batman: Universe, we've seen the Dark Knight (or, rather, the Caped Crusader, as he's more swashbuckling adventurer than grim avenger of the night as presented here) fight a crapload of Riddlers over a Fabergé egg, meet the descendant of a cowboy, beat up Deathstroke, and be polite to a citizen on a…
Jason Todd has been accused! Attacked! Pursued! But has he been caught? Find out in Event Leviathan #3! Spoilers ahead! A mess of dialogue and confusing visuals Unfortunately, Event Leviathan’s third issue is a lot more like the first than the second. Bendis returns his focus to a room full of characters talking, and this…
Last week we introduced our new team. This week some of them take on their first review after getting their toes wet with This Week in Comics. And you know what comes with additional reviewers? Full coverage of more books! Alright, on to business. This week’s releases are listed according to our anticipation scale, with…
Those who’ve been reading my Harley Quinn reviews know that I’ve been rather critical of the book. It’s not a secret that I dislike various elements of the book. The main elements that I’ve disliked are the, in my eyes, unnecessary fourth wall breaking and the character’s jarring, sudden shift from villain to hero. However,…
Although I’ve criticized elements of DCeased, it’s, on the whole, been consistently good, and the Superman scenes—particularly the emotional scenes in the previous issue involving Pa Kent—are outstanding, making me wish that Tom Taylor was either the main writer on Superman or Action Comics or both. This issue picks up where the previous one left…
Buckle up and hold on to your butts, kids… I’m about to give this book a good review. The Story Tom King delivers the second chapter of “City of Bane” this week, and while there’s still a plethora of problems stemming from past stories, this issue, within its own confinement, is quite good! This chapter…
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, I guess: this story is starting to feel a little long. It’s an issue that afflicts all too many series, especially ones that are “trade length.” To its credit, Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III kept a pretty solid momentum for a lot longer than some books,…
The greatest Robin of all time comes into his own! Come see Jarro swing the pendulum for Justice and Batarang Doom in the face, in Justice League #29! Some so-so recap Justice League #29 is billed as a Justice/Doom War prelude, and as such, a good chunk of it is dedicated to catching us up on…
Guess what?!?! We’ve assembled our new team! Ladies and gentlemen, it’s my pleasure to introduce the newest members of the Batman-News comics review team! Nancy Northcott Hi, everybody! I’m delighted to join the review team here at Batman-News. I discovered Batman (and Robin) and the rest of the DC superheroes in grade school. My grandfather…
As fun as it is to read about the amazing feats of our favorite heroes, we can't help but have questions about them. Is Superman always super, or is he capable of messing up? Does Green Lantern feel constrained in his fashion choices by his limited color palette? Besides having wings, does Hawkgirl share other...…
I’m just going to come out and say it. This is a weird story. It’s not bad, but it’s definitely not great either. It’s just ok. Weird and ok. And underdeveloped. Look, it’s a plethora of things, but it’s really just a sign that Bizarro and Artemis are making their way back to the title……
The first issue of Last Knight on Earth is a fantastic and intricate comic book, and it sets a high bar for this 3-issue miniseries. This book takes Batman into unusual directions, which makes this story fresh and exciting. Additionally, it’s also a trippy and convoluted story, because we jump from scene to scene and…
This is it—the conclusion of the 7-part The Batman Who Laughs miniseries. Snyder, Jock, Baron and Cipriano have been crafting a dark horror story that, despite a few missteps along the way, has been scary and a lot of fun: every issue has been a page turner. When the news came out that DC Comics…
Just looking at the creators involved, you'd think that Batman Secret Files #2 would be one of the best books of the year: you've got Mairghread Scott, Tim Seeley, Patrick Gleason, Andy Kubert, Carlos D'Anda, Steve Wands, John Workman, Eduardo Risso, Steve Orlando, Tom Napolitano, Dave Stewart, and on and on and on. That's quite…
We’ve reached one of the illustrious 5th Wednesdays! You know what that means… Annuals, Black Label, and the conclusion of mini/ maxi-series. There are some great releases slated for this week, so if you usually take 5th Wednesdays as an opportunity to save money, you might want to rethink that! Also, in case you didn’t…
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