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0 on Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1 reviewUnfortunately, the word is out. Thanks to Failsafe, Braniac Queen, and her army of Amazos, Amanda Waller has won. Unexpectedly, every metahuman on earth must hide from Waller's power stealing A.I. she affectionately refers to as Task Force VII. Subsequently, this series follows that hunt for the remaining heroes and metas hoping to turn the…
New month, same dog.This month's issue of the Batman/ Scooby-Doo mysteries treads the same path as the others in this latest edition, but in what way? Stay tuned dear reader. You can’t teach a dog new tricks The gang are still in Gotham. The setup is typical of this series with not much depth or…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! It seems that DC Comics set out to make me look a fool. Last week I made such a big deal about the fact that comics would be coming out on Wednesdays, only for digital copies to come out on Tuesday regardless. But it's not my fault! All of the…
This is an amazing conclusion to what has been a masterful arc written by G. Willow Wilson. I can confidently say this is the best Ivy series I've ever read, and this is a fitting way to cap-off this big arc of her new origin. There’s no getting around spoilers when discussing this one so…
Juni Ba’s Boy Wonder is one of those miniseries that has unexpectedly become one of my favorite reads this year. While the intentionally childlike art style and parable-esque storytelling take a few pages to get used to, Ba has crafted a delightful exploration of the Bat family in the prestige format of DC’s Black Label.…
If anyone picked up this issue excited about it tying into the Absolute Power event, then you'll probably be disappointed. For that, you'll need to skip ahead to the backup. In fact, the main story this month is arguably a continuation of the Gotham War event more than anything else. However, rather than being about…
Last month the final pieces of Absolute Power fell into place and all that was left was for the event to truly start. Now it has, in just as bombastic a fashion as you might expect. Much planning has gone into this and DC seems to be fully committed, which I think is a good…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! The mathematically inclined of you may have noticed that July 3rd is a Wednesday, and not the normal Tuesday release day for DC. Well, in case you missed it, DC is moving their comic day back to Wednesdays. It seems that the strategy of pushing releases one day ahead of…
After a year and a half of build-up and months of preludes, DC Comics' biggest event since Dark Crisis is about to kick off. First though, a few straggling plot elements must be maneuvered into place and to do that we have Absolute Power: Ground Zero. What we have here is three short stories that…
There are probably questions regarding why there hasn’t been a review of this title for the last two months. Well, there was a huge fight over who should get to review this amazing anthology between Chris and me. In the end, we had a duel over who should get to do it — non-lethally, of…
In the ongoing game of costumed heroes and villains, most people live double lives, carefully balancing crucial information and protecting secret identities. Harley Quinn is not most people. So if the GCPD thinks they can force her to keep their secrets, they have another thing coming. Quit Buggin’ Me! This month’s Harley Quinn issue sees…
This month’s Penguin issue is a tale of two beatdowns. Luckily, the far more satisfying of the two beatdowns is the one we close things out with here in issue #11. I for one wish somebody would ask Tom King to get to the point. Tom King and Rafael De LaTorre’s twelve-issue Penguin' series has…
The core theme last issue, and arguably the entire Intermezzo arc before that, was the idea of reconciling the different sides of one's self. Much of Bruce's internal conflict stems from how he deals with his trauma in the form of the "Batman" persona. Often this can lead to isolating himself from others (as was…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! I'm sure many of you are completely sick of hearing about how hot it is outside recently, well strap in because I'm gonna whine about it too. Pushing up against triple digit temperatures every day for a week is not OK. The other day when I needed to do some…
“Nine Lives” is inching closer to its conclusion as this month Catwoman and Scandal Savage attempt to put a stop to the White Glove. Will they succeed? Can this arc regain my interest before the end? Let’s see! I have to say, I was significantly more engaged with the first half of this comic than…
It’s exhausting to continually return to this comic. Vanadia takes on the Titans in this issue as the Darked Wing Queen prepares to take over, just like last issue. I’d offer a more thorough plot synopsis of Titans #12, but honestly, it would pretty much be the same description as last time. Vanadia is still…
Batman #149 wraps up just about every plot thread introduced over the course of Zdarsky's run so far. In fact, in many ways it feels like the end of a run. There's a sense of closure and looking towards the future with a brand new status quo that you often get from creators as they…
The end of Nightwing is nigh! Previously, Dick Grayson took his Pennyworth Foundation to Gotham in hopes of enticing potential donors. Regrettably, hecklers and a mysterious fire outbreak derail the event. Of course, this is all apart of the sinister designs of Nightwing's arch nemesis Heartless and his parent's killer, Tony Zucco. Let's examine the…
With a story as bizarre and cartoonish as this one, it can be easy to lose track of a sense of pathos or dramatic tension. I talked about that a bit the past few issues with their action sequences and how they sometimes lacked clearly defined stakes despite the spectacle. If all you're shooting for…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! There's an extra issue of Batman in June coming out this week. It's not going bi-weekly or anything, but I'm pretty certain they felt the need to wrap everything up before Absolute Power hits next month. I hope you're all ready for that to take over a bunch of DC…
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