Reviews

  • Batman: Sins of the Father #3 review

    In comics these days, when he’s not teaming up with the Justice League to tackle a cosmic threat, Batman spends his time attempting to overcome increasingly devastating, high stakes issues in Gotham, usually involving the destruction of half the city. Meanwhile, Gage and Ienco dream of a simpler time and in Sins of the Father…


  • Injustice 2 #24 review

    I never would have imagined that Supergirl could take on Amazo by herself and sell it, but Tom Taylor carefully choreographs a scenario just daring enough to pull it off! And this is the great fun of this book: Injustice 2 gives us all the crazy mashups and pit fights we could hope for from…


  • Harley Quinn #42 review

    Let’s suddenly jump into the far-flung future in one of those comics that plays on the “What If” trope, taking Harley down the path of what would have happened if she hadn’t returned to her home and her gang and the bosom of her friends. “Old Lady Harley” recasts Harley as Mad Max (with the…


  • Batman: Creature of the Night #3 review

    Bruce Wainwright has a problem. The Batman born of his grief has crossed lines that the Batman from the comic books never would, and Bruce is caught up in something that seems increasingly dangerous and unstable. Who is the mysterious Batman, and why has he come to Bruce's aid? Answers begin to come out in Batman:…


  • Break from the Bat: Action Comics #1000 review

    We're really, really excited about this one. Action Comics has reached issue 1000.  That is insane. DC Comics have been preparing for this for quite a while now, releasing teasers, variant covers, and sneak previews.  We here at Batman News have been just as excited for it, doing a little personal writing of our own…


  • Justice League #43 review

    Pandemonium! Deathstroke the Terminator has made wreck of the Justice League's peacekeeping efforts in fictional, sub-Saharan Africa, and to make matters worse, he keeps salting the wound with one savage burn after another. Can the League fix the mess that this book claims they made? Find out in Justice League #43, as "Justice Lost" concludes.  SPOILERS AHEAD.…


  • Detective Comics #978 review

    I have a lot to discuss here, and I have mixed emotions about many elements within this story… So, let’s just jump into it! Fair warning though, there are spoilers aplenty after the credits page! This issue picks up two hours after the events of the previous chapter. If you remember, Batman and Red Robin…


  • Suicide Squad #39 review

    Last month, in #38, we saw that the Captain Prohaska’s AI got hacked and the super-soldier started to wreak havoc. Then, the one who’d taken over his AI, also took control of the parietal lobe of every living being in Washington, including the president. The following threat was made to Flag: don’t send any super-humans…


  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #21 review

    Showdown in Bizarro's Kryptonite Kave! Last issue, Artemis stumbled upon the big lug's supply of brain juice, and B stumbled upon her stumbling upon his secret. He also had her axe in his hand. What? Everything's unraveling for our lovable once-half-wit in Red Hood and the Outlaws #21. To know thee is to spoil thee Red…


  • Trinity #21 review

    This issue, when Diana says, 'What a song and dance. Will you get to the point?' I couldn't help but feel the same way. Trinity #21 shares most of the flaws of the preceding issues and adds more by perplexingly juxtaposing two timelines. On the opening page, we flash back to the end of issue…


  • Justice League of America #28 review

    Imagine you're a kid again.  Nine, maybe ten years old.  You and your best friends are in the back yard, playing with your sweet Justice League of America action figures.  Mostly the good guys, of course, because who wants the villains?  After you guys stop fighting over who gets to be Batman, you start coming…


  • Titans #22 review

    Dan Abnett has reminded us over the course of the previous few issues why we should care about certain core members of the Titans (while a few less-important characters have been left by the wayside). Now their time for wallowing is over; it's time for action! If you love the Titans but somehow hate their…


  • Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #21 review

    Huntress feels betrayed. She thought that things were different with her mother, but evidently, she was wrong. And with Calculator and his metal assassin Burnrate still at large, there are other pressing concerns to deal with before emotions. The series is drawing to a close, in this, its penultimate issue. Soon, all will be revealed…


  • Teen Titans Go! digital issue #54 review

    Look, comedy is incredibly subjective.  One person may laugh uncontrollably at a joke while another is left wondering why anybody would find it even remotely funny.  Not every joke will make everyone laugh, but every joke is bound to make someone laugh. I did not laugh very much at this comic. Which is a shame,…


  • Nightwing #42 review

    Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing attempt to do a lot of things in this one-and-done issue of Nightwing… And they fall short with every single attempt. If I were to speak generally, I would say that this is a story of Nightwing fighting his way through an ancient branch of the Yakuza to save Robin.…


  • Deathstroke #30 review

    This was a surprise. Not to slight the concept, but when a "Deathstroke vs. Batman" series was announced I thought it was going to be much more straightforward than the end product here.  Even with Christopher Priest at the helm, a man who has effectively made a career out of subverting expectations in how stories…


  • Batman #44 review

    It's time to go shopping for a wedding dress with Catwoman!  But seeing as how this is Selina Kyle, I really don't think anyone expected this process to follow the norm....and it doesn't.  But enough of me trying to be catchy in an intro paragraph.  Let's just get to it! First thing's first.  I have…


  • Justice League #42 review

    Wonder Woman has been shot! A bullet bounced off of the Man of Steel's impenetrable pectorals and hit Diana in the one spot that wasn't protected: everywhere but her wrists! Can she be saved, and can the League stop the wholesale slaughter of unarmed refugees, or will they be defeated by political sensitivity? Find out in Justice League…


  • Batman: White Knight #7 review

    The end is in sight. With Neo Joker holding Gotham City in frozen captivity, Jack and Harley have no choice but to face the thorn in their side. But what of Batman? Will he sit in Arkham as the fate of his city is decided? Or will the Dark Knight find his way back into…


  • Harley Quinn #41 review

    The “Angry Bird” storyline comes to a close, not with a whimper, but with a great big bang that nonetheless feels more sound and fury than anything else. Maybe if this had been a three-episode arc with only a handful of villains, it would have made more sense, but the sprawl of it and the…


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