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3 on Batman and the Outsiders Vol. 1 reviewBatman always works alone... except for those times that he doesn't. This is one of those times. Immediately after another one of those times. Point being, Batman is often portrayed as a dark, grim loner who doesn't get along with people. Dark? Sure. Grim? When he needs to be. Loner? Considering Robin debuted less than…
This week, James Tynion’s love letter to Tim Drake fans wraps up in “A Lonely Place of Living.” I feel this story is a success for many reasons, predominately because of the return of Tim Drake! After being egregiously mishandled during the New 52, James Tynion created a large sigh of relief when he corrected…
I’m just going to cut to the chase here: Do you like Scott Snyder? Are you enjoying the Dark Multiverse and prior Metal tie-ins? Then you will love this as well! So just go out and buy it (in fact you probably already have). The other truth is that I am not enjoying the Dark…
Titans has been spinning its wheels for quite some time now, but this month’s issue finally throws the vehicle into “Drive” and takes off! Following its first arc, Titans has mostly been a collection of single-issue stories that happen to have character arcs running through them. This, obviously, has replaced longer, arcing plots, and has…
If there were an MVP for comics, Captain Boomerang would win it for Suicide Squad #29! An attempt on Waller’s life has lead the Suicide Squad on an interesting mission that delves into the history of Task Force X! After learning the assassination attempt was executed from an Argent android, Waller divides the Squad into…
Men are evil scum! Women are awesome! Eradicate the men! Blah, blah, blah! This issue has a lot of Valerie Solanas-type crap in it! SCUM! If you’ve wisely been avoiding the tragedy that is Batgirl & the Birds of Prey, then I’ll fill you in on the current story. “Manslaughter” features a viral outbreak in…
I guess it feels like it might be a little bit in poor taste to celebrate the outcome of this comic even though I have been begging for it for what feels like years now. But I honestly don’t feel much more than just a sense of relief with a tinge of foreboding. Relief because…
It’s the Outlaws vs. those other outlaws: the Suicide Squad! Batwoman and the Wannabats have shipped Red Hood, Artemis, and Bizarro into the hands of Amanda Waller. Can the team escape one of the most secure prisons in the world? Will they have brain-bombs before the day is over? Does axe beat mallet??? Get answers…
“Surgical Strike” begins in this week's Justice League of America, and it’s the perfect title for this story! The conclusion to “Panic In the Microverse” disappointed me, but if I’m being honest, I let my expectation of the story overrule my judgment of the issue itself. Do I feel the story had problems? Yes. Did it…
Scott Free is on trial. Yet how can you rely on the testimony of a man who isn't sure who he is? Scott Free, as he says, is a name Granny Goodness gave him when he would try and escape. It's a taunt, a mockery of his natural skills, and not his real name. Nor…
The Bats out of Hellthe Dark Multiverse press on, as Dawnbreaker and Hal Jordan face off to decide the fate of Coast City—and everywhere! Will the Dark Knight who should not be defeat the Emerald Knight that is? Or can Hal succeed where his compatriots failed and gain some ground against the enemy? Find out…
I... really don't know what to do with this one. On the one hand, it's a holiday season story that focuses on Chanukah, which is interesting. You don't get too many of those, so seeing our Jewish friends have representation is a welcome change of pace. On the other hand, something here just doesn't sit…
So I recently got a box of Batman: the Animated Series and Batman Beyond goodies from Diamond Select. I expected to like the PVC Gallery figures (like this Laughing Fish Joker I reviewed last week), but I wasn't too excited about the resin busts—an SDCC-exclusive unasked Batman, and an Old Bruce Wayne. What am I supposed to do…
Our friends at Downtown Bookworks are at it again! After redefining what the term "stupendously amazing children's book" actually means with their Little Library; after showing us that neither laughter nor its close friend Plastic Man is dead with The Official DC Super Hero Joke Book; and, after teaching us that we can, in fact, eat what…
Harley & Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica continues to be a party of fun, but some identity crisis derails this issue a bit. You know what I enjoy? A fun comic! You know what Harley & Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica is? A fun comic! Going into this book, I didn’t know how Marc Andreyko…
The Shadow makes his presence known and we learn who the evil masterminds are behind all of the chaos in this month's The Shadow/ Batman! Last month, Steve Orlando debuted The Shadow/ Batman through Dynamite Comics, following the success of DC's Batman/ The Shadow. Originally, I thought this was a separate story, but I’m happy to discover that it isn’t.…
Batman and Catwoman enter a forbidden zone and are met with opposition in the form of Talia Al Ghul. Being one of the Dark Knight's former lovers, Talia seems to be taking offense by the recent engagement of the happy new couple. And as most things in comics go, internal turmoil is resolved by external…
Frank Tieri deserves quite a bit of praise! Out of all of the Evil Batman one-shots, there are two that I really enjoyed... And Tieri wrote both of them: Murder Machine and this chapter! It's no secret that I have felt indifferent towards Metal's side stories. While the main title has been fun, the supporting…
Who is the villain in a Batman story? Is it the rogue-of-the-week, like Joker, Penguin, Riddler, or Ivy? Is it corrupt police and politicians? Batman is a complex character within himself, but his existence in a society that somewhat resembles our own forces us to question the heroism of the Dark Knight himself. What's more,…
In this issue (Digital Firsts 25 & 26 “Beyond Kahndaq”) Tom Taylor reminds us that Superman’s cousin Kara has been crashing at Black Adam’s pad after literally crashing to Earth some decades after she was sent with Kal-El away from Krypton during their apocalypse. It was Kara’s job to look after baby Kal-El and help…
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