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4 on Earth 2: World's End #16 reviewLast time in Earth 2: World’s End we said goodbye to Superman for the second, and hopefully final, time. His sacrifice paves the way for the reforming of the Wonders and sets the stage for the rest of the series. There is still the Furies to overcome, one Grayson child to save, and the looming…
If you were looking for this week's Futures End to disappoint, well, you won't be disappointed. And what I mean is that you won't be sad that you got your hopes up because you knew better and kept those worn out hopes low. The big fight with Batman, Batman Beyond, Tim Drake, and JokerBats is teased as something…
Batwoman #38 "Tattered Memories" Written by Marc Andreyko Art by Juan Jose Ryp Well, would you look at that? I actually enjoyed reading this issue!... I'm shocked! For me, this book has been in a downward spiral for a while now. I don’t feel that Andreyko has a solid grasp on who Kate/ Batwoman is…
Bluebird's first flight! Does she soar....or crash to the ground like a rock? In my opinion, it turned out pretty good; not in the sense that she did everything right, but in the fact that she didn't do everything right! This is what made it a good story. If she had just shown up and…
Last week we delivered the sad news of Jesse’s departure from the site. Well, soon-to-be departure... He’s sticking around to finish Futures End because he’s cool like that! This week, we’re bringing you some good news, and announcing our new Batman News Critic that will fill Jesse’s shoes! Bat ladies and gents, it’s my pleasure…
Cracking open the pages of this book felt a lot like opening the lid of a long buried treasure chest. I always knew it existed, but I thought of it more as a legend than a reality. To hold a copy in my hand is almost surreal. Batmanga was a project that was undertaken by…
As we pass the halfway point for Earth 2: World’s End, we get a glimpse of just what the endgame of this series might be. Daniel Wilson’s story has taken us across Earth 2 and Apokolips, beneath the oceans and into the air, under the fire pits that pockmark the planet, and into the lives…
Welcome back to what is basically a prologue to a series of events that ended in the first issue of Earth 2 – Worlds’ Finest. That’s what this book is: it’s a prologue to a prologue to a book which has become defunct since the start of World’s End. And you wonder why it’s being canceled. …
This week in Futures End: Amethyst's quest to save Frankenstein is extended for another issue or two, Firestorm screws up a replica experiment and falls to the floor (will she survive?!?!?!), Fifty Sue and the DNA vault make appearances, and a trio of Bat-characters converge (again). I rarely read solicits, but I checked out February's and I…
Grayson #6: "The Brains of the Operation" Written by Tom King and Tim Seeley Illustrated by Michael Janín Colored by Jeremy Cox Letters by Carlos M. Mangual From the very first issue, the writing team of King and Seeley have utilized the in medias res storytelling device to ramp up excitement from the get-go. Whereas…
New Suicide Squad #6 "Defective" Part 2 Written by Sean Ryan Art by Rob Hunter, Norm Rapmund, and Vicente Cifuentes There are two titles that I've come to dread each month... New Suicide Squad and Batwoman. Why? Because they consistently get worse. And guess what! We continue that trend with this title. One of the…
The title of this issue is “Likeable” and that’s the crossroads we’re at with this series: is this new Barbara Gordon the least bit likeable? When I read the preview and hit Babs’ self-pitying diatribe to Liam on page 3, it was looking to be a rough read and I was ready to unleash the…
Nano-Bots. Nano-Bots everywhere! This is probably the most straightforward issue of Eternal we have had in quite awhile, spending almost all of its time on a single story line, with only a quick check in on Spoiler. The story is primarily allocated to a rooftop conversation and the pursuing warehouse raid and while we don't…
This week we say farewell to the incredible storytelling of Tom Taylor, who has been with this series since it kicked off with Year One. It’s fitting in so many ways, then that we revisit that kick-off in this issue which collects Digital Firsts 13 & 14. The story focuses on the dream of Superman,…
I think I’m having some form of memory dyslexia... I doubt that’s a real thing, but I’m going to run with it. Last week, I kept writing 2014 every time I wrote the date, and felt like a moron. Well, I’m proud to say that I haven’t written 2014 by mistake in the past week...…
The last two issues of Justice League 3000 have set the stages for a very strange set of reunions. After a surprising first arc and impressive epilogue by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis, this new arc of Justice League 3000 promises to bring the past and present (or future?) together for new battles with familiar…
We have reached just about the halfway point of Earth 2: World’s End’s run, and there is a great deal that still has to be resolved before the dust has settled between the Wonders of Earth 2 and the forces of Apokolips. This issue picks up where last issue left off, and now more than…
Earth 2 has taken a very unconventional direction since the introduction of World’s End into the DC Universe. Since World’s End started almost five months ago, the Earth 2 titles have been: introduce Huntress/Powergirl, Fury origin story, standalone Grayson tale, and now an Avatar origin story. One of the best written and entertaining lines that…
You can't judge a book by its cover, they say. However, in this case, this issue is about as exciting as the cover. Everyone is standing around looking scared. Behind them is a strange vault. Fifty Sue is smiling. Ehh... yes, Ryan Sook portrayed this comic well on this cover. Props to you sir! In…
I salute Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato for what they are attempting to do here. I don't typically call out major events from a comic directly in the review, but this is the primary thing I want to talk about, and it deserves to be recognized front and center, and not hidden away behind a…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com