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19 on Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #7 reviewYou ready for a shocker? This was easily the most enjoyable issue of Batgirl & the Birds of Prey that I’ve covered! Surprising, right? Before you get too excited, I’m going to douse your hopes that my opinion of this title is becoming favorable… It’s not. But, this issue did surprise me. After I…
Welcome to the review for Detective Comics #950! This is a special anniversary issue commemorating the milestone that Detective Comics has just crossed. As such, the issue is extra-sized, coming in at 38 pages and containing three different stories. All three stories are written by James Tynion IV but feature different artists. Two of them…
Justice League of America: Rebirth gives us a first look into what this title will be like, and in doing so, Steve Orlando decided to pull a page out of David Ayer’s book from Suicide Squad. Yep, that’s right, we’re starting this series off by highlighting the cast… And that’s about it. I…
I've been hoping for a long time now that Gotham Academy would get back to being a halfway decent book again, but to be honest, I never thought that it actually would. So how shocked was I to open this issue and not only find a decent story, but a really respectable one at that!…
With the Black Mask situation almost entirely behind them, the Outlaws' mission shifts to Artemis's long-sought-after Bow of Ra. But before they can move full steam ahead, Red Him and Red Her have to address the dimwitted, super-powered elephant in the room. How do you solve a problem like Bizarro? Find out, in Red Hood…
Poison Ivy is an interesting character. She's also likely an incredibly difficult character to write, because so many of her traits require a tricky balancing act: she's a sensual character, which can easily be presented as lewdly sexual; she's an ecologist, too often being depicted as simply an eco-terrorist; and she loves plant life, often…
The DC/Boom! Studios’ team-up: Justice League/Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers continues with its second installment in a six-issue miniseries, which is mostly still set up for a complex cross-over, but still mighty morphin'ly entertaining! Tom Taylor has a particular ability to write for a young audience without talking down or sacrificing a solid plot and character…
Warner Brothers Animation and DC Entertainment bring us an all-new adaptation of a comic book in which they can randomly insert Batman--with a story by Ernie Altbacker and J. M. DeMatteis, directed by Jay Oliva, and sporting an overwrought, but still pretty cool score from Robert J. Kral. I never know quite where to set…
There are few books that bring me as much joy as Batgirl/ Robin: Year One. Originally two separate trades, they've been joined together to make one magnificent book! When the opportunity came for me to review this trade, I jumped on it. Why? Because I love this book so much, and it was a perfect excuse to…
Welcome back to Break from the Bat, your monthly dose of comics not connected to Batman, courtesy of the review team here at Batman News. This month, our featured selection is God Country, a brand new book from Image Comics about dads, demons, and dang, that's a big sword! Written by Donny Cates, with art by Geoff Shaw, colors…
February 14th is approaching quickly, and love is in the air around Titans Tower. Robin, ever the lovesick Boy Wonder, seeks refuge in the tower's (only, it seems) bathroom to try and put to paper the perfect words to describe his love of Starfire. It goes about as well as you'd expect™. Fearing unbearable embarrassment…
There’s something very uneven about Ground Zero that is making me nervous. Issue No. 5 combines Digital Firsts 9 & 10 (“Muscle Car” parts 1 & 2) in a rather crackpot adventure in which Harley, determined to get back on Batman’s good side, sets out to steal back the Batmobile from where it’s kept under…
It's the details that make this book work so well. Sure, there are masked heroes, a steadily growing supporting cast, an involving mystery, and a gorilla. All staples of the genre, and all working together to make Nightwing well worth checking out. But it's the details, the smaller moments going on in between all of…
What an opening! A crash of lightning during a rain storm that back-lights the gates of Arkham Asylum. This is some quintessential Batman iconography right here. I was so happy I couldn't help but crack a smile at so perfect an image. I found the opening of this story, depicting a break-in at Arkham Asylum, equally…
Bane is coming to Gotham, but before he gets there, Batman has some cleaning up to do. Believing Lanterns Baz and Cruz uniquely suited to help him, he invites the two rookies to his turf and enlists their help in stopping a fearsome foe. Who's making the citizens of Gotham go all batty? And can…
Seldom is it that I get so caught up in a comic book that I lose my perspective entirely, but I have to hand it to Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti: I was completely blindsided by this story arc. After others suggested in the comments two weeks ago that we were playing a game of…
With Justice League vs. Suicide Squad in the rearview, Bryan Hitch once again takes the reins of Justice League. Trapped by a planet-threatening enemy, the League takes advantage of the downtime and has a heart-to-heart. Tempers run hot, issues get worked out, and in the end, both the world and the League are changed. But will it…
A lone figure rises from the sea. Helmeted and dressed in black as dark as the depths below, the creature makes his way toward a solitary island. A glowing island. An island... of Kryptonite. And home to a totally raging get-together. If there lingered any doubt in your mind that Super Powers here isn't a…
Since his debut in 1939, Batman has struck fear in the hearts of criminals. During the over seventy-five years of the character's history, by and large the man behind the mask has been Bruce Wayne, a billionaire playboy who shaped his own tragedy into the catalyst to rid the world of crime. While Wayne and…
The second and final installment of Tim Burton's Batman franchise, Batman Returns employs a markedly different approach than the film that preceded it. At times, it adopts a lighter tone, with Bat-hangers and silly puns. But at others, Returns goes darker and creepier than perhaps any Batman film before or since. No character bears more responsibility…
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