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5 on The Bat-Man: First Knight #2 reviewHere we are folks, it's time! What time you may ask? 1939, of course! Yes, we're diving back into Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins' The Bat-Man: First Knight. Last we saw, our beloved caped crusader was strapped into the electric chair about to get fried. How will he escape? Read on and find out. Pulp…
Batman and Robin and Howard returns for the repurposed part two of four of Jeffrey Brown’s acclaimed graphic novel. Damian Wayne had just transferred to a new school after messing up while on patrol with Batman, and he meets a fellow student named Howard. A rivalry between the two boys starts to develop and part…
The series title Batman/Dylan Dog gives the Italian nightmare investigator second billing, but this is increasingly his comic with Batman as a secondary character. I have no problem with that, because this comic makes full use of Dylan Dog in a delightfully spooky way. Batman and Dylan Dog manage to cure Catwoman and Groucho from…
The new Squad has been assembled and tasked with infiltrating the island nation of Gamorra to stop some insurgents from taking over the island’s weapons and defense systems. But not all is what it seems as Amanda Waller obviously has an ulterior motive, and Nia Nal, a.k.a. Dreamer, is caught in Waller’s warpath. Does the…
In spite of the name, Kelly & Lanzing's Outsiders are unlike any before them. Disturbingly, the series has far more in common with Wildstorm's late 90's series Planetary. This includes blatantly recreating the team structure, Wildstorm cameos, and Luke straight up copying Elijah Snow's outfits. As the Wildstorm mystery continues to come together, it isn't…
There is a constant push and pull between comics' expectations and the need to adapt to a changing world. What made sense for Batman in 1939 does not necessarily work over half a century later. However, every change is made by inches as comics fight against decades of entrenched ideas of what they should be.…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! Once again we've got a big week for Batman. In fact there are almost twice as many bat titles than non-bat DC books coming out. Maybe counting Suicide Squad is debatable, but let's face it that team's been a "Harley and friends" title since the New 52 started. Last I…
On the 3rd of April, DC announced From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! (wow, try saying that three times fast). This story is a continuation of the alternate version of Batman #428 released in 2023. For those who don't know what on earth this means, allow me to explain. In 1988's A…
Sorry I’ve been missing out on a couple reviews here and there! My life is about as much of a mess as the writing in these past two issues of Birds of Prey. The second half of this fashion adventure fails to weave together a satisfying story. Everything feels rushed and unfunny with even the…
Mystery Inc. are back at it again this month. It's one of the books I most look forward to, as most of the time the issues are pretty solid. Even if they don't end up being amazing, they're pretty harmless little romps that don't make me, say, actively hate comics, which is more than I…
As Poison Ivy experiences an agonizing brush with death, her mind continues to flash back to her origin. Issue #21 wraps up this arc, giving readers their promised explanation of how Pamela Isley became Poison Ivy. From a plot perspective, this new origin is pretty simple: Ivy is experimented upon by Dr. Jason Woodrue, gains…
Last month I said that the backup felt like an integral part of the story rather than anything supplementary. It followed up on all the plotlines from Joker Year One, and appeared to be setting up some important developments down the road. Well this month's story opens with the direct continuation of that backup, continuing…
The "Harley Show" has begun! The official tie-in to Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League continues with Harley Quinn's wacky escape from Arkham Asylum. Unsurprisingly, as a staple recurring character in the Arkhamverse games and comics, Harley Quinn makes herself at home regardless. Lets take a look! Where's Waldo When expectations are low, it's easy…
By the bronze age of the 1970s, the modern idea of who Batman is had been largely codified. The dark knight as we know him was defined by legendary writers like Denny O'Neil and Steve Englehart. Even later writers like Frank Miller were still working from the same template, just taken in a grittier direction.…
Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! April's gonna be a big month for me here at Batman News because, in addition to my normal reviews, I'll be putting a series of retrospective editorials. It's something I've had cooking in the background for a while now and will hopefully lead to more like it in the future.…
On Tuesday, DC announced Joker: The World, a spiritual successor to the Batman book with the same subtitle. For those of you who haven't read or heard about these books, let me catch you up to speed. Joker: The World will be a one-shot anthology with 13 stories, each set in a different country from…
Anthologies are theoretically a great way to tell multiple stories, providing the reader with a wide variety of options and even getting them to read something they might normally pick up. On the flip side, one may end up with a collection of less than stellar stories that come bundled at a price higher than…
So, the creative team behind the critically acclaimed Superman: Space Age is back again to deliver their take on the Dark Knight. Except…if you have read said acclaimed story, they already kind of did their own take on Batman. But this is a chance to look at the world from what they perceive as Batman’s…
There are a lot of misconceptions about Batman. I'm sure you've heard the popular hot takes about how he'd be better off just donating to charity, or how he's a rich sociopath beating up the mentally ill. Sometimes writers will even indulge these ideas, further permeating them into the rest of the fandom. These readings…
Tom King’s love of flashbacks, non-linear storytelling, and other narrative tricks is well-documented. When he’s at his best (i.e. when he cools it with the allusions to classical literature), he’s a master visual and textual formalist, hitting soaring heights of drama and suspense by weaving timelines, points of view, and narrators either at breakneck speeds…
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