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40 on Detective Comics #947 reviewWhen we last saw our heroes, they were being audibly assaulted by The Spoiler. Has she snapped? What turn of events could have possibly propelled her to such deplorable doings? Why has she joined The Victim Syndicate in their crippling crusade against Batman? Or, is something else afoot? We pick up exactly where we…
Has there been a comic series of such varying quality in recent memory? I remember finishing the first issue of DK3 last November (no, that one before that) and being pleasantly surprised that it wasn't an outright offensive mess. Hardly a classic in the making, but it was a decent start to a series nobody…
Harley’s Little Black Book has been on a winning streak even if it’s been a four month delay between the last issue and this one. But the new issue is finally out and “No Pain, No Sane” has Harley teamed up with (and pitted against) the Man of Steel himself! Reading this was like finding…
I guess I didn’t see this one coming. I fully expected the “Beyond Burnside” arc to be over, but Hope Larson gives us this one-shot epilogue to close things out (and Rafael Albuquerque gives us one last round on Babs Gordon). This is purely a transition piece, but it’s wonderfully comic-booky and reads like an…
My relationship with this arc has been rather... strange. Even though there were aspects of Scott Snyder's writing on Batman that I wasn't a huge fan of, I was still greatly looking forward to see what he would do with the character when he didn't have as much pressure on him. As such, I was…
Battleground Badhnisia! Last week, the League and the Squad clashed on the shores of this small island nation, while Maxwell Lord and his band of sinister escapees did some evil plotting somewhere far off. The battle heats up (and cools down) in this week's Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #2. Now that everyone knows everyone, howzabout…
The Teen Titans are on the run! After a rough battle in the Birdcave, the team has flown the coop. Robin hopes to regroup and make a better showing next time, but the best solution may be far simpler—and far worse—than he had hoped. Major spoilers about the end of this issue ahead. More of…
"Fun" can be a dirty word these days. With a greater push for "grittier, grounded" stories and more "realistic" depictions of dudes who can fly and the living alien computers that seek to destroy them, the idea of just good old-fashioned enjoyable comics is... well, old-fashioned. I do not care. Comics are a form of…
He's baaaack! No doubt disappointed by the events of Death of the Family, the Joker returns to Gotham with a vengeance, determined to wreck Batman and his beloved city for good. Faced with his own mortality, and the seeming immortality of his greatest foe, the Dark Knight pulls out all the stops in the showdown…
After defeating the monster at the center of the dungeon, our brave heroes sail off into the sunset on a bubblegum boat and live happily ever after. Oh...you think I'm kidding... For the last several weeks I've gone through a gamut of emotions over the current story arc, "I am Suicide". Anger, confusion, sadness, and…
Harley rings in the holiday with a special all her own (in case you actually missed her front and center in the regular DC Rebirth Holiday Special). And somehow the schtick of Harley wandering off in her dreams/hallucinations hasn’t gotten old under the pen of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. This go-round Harley is knocked…
We've followed DC's Big Three through dinner, farmland, and the big, cruel city. Lost loved ones and lost innocence added bitterness to the sweetness of reunion. The illusions of this journey began to crack in Gotham, and as the road leads on toward Themyscira and Diana's deepest longings, our heroes must work to discern the…
Let me tell you about the new best villain ever, the Pigeon. The Pigeon and her sidekick Defacer were once apprehended by Batman and Robin. Their crime? The self-described "art terrorists" would steal famous statues and landmarks and deface them with graffiti. Yes, the Pigeon ruins statues. Just... let it sink in. It's a silly,…
I thought Harley’s narrative in the last issue was merely a device to introduce Ground Zero to audiences that maybe skipped a year or two (or all) in the Injustice saga. But the fact that she’s back at it again in this second issue makes me wonder if maybe she’s here to stay. Structurally it…
The Justice League got to the bottom of the mysterious hacks that had been wreaking havoc on their systems. But before anyone could start celebrating, a generous assortment of villains showed up to finish wrecking the day. How will the League overcome this multitude of mal-intenders? Find out in Justice League #11, as "Outbreak" concludes!…
The first major crossover event of the Rebirth era has arrived! As we saw at the end of the first Batman arc, the Dark Knight has plenty of justification for disliking Amanda Waller. And so when the League learns that the Wall's Task Force X is mixing it up in the island nation of Badhnisia, they rush…
For many fans, Batman: the Animated Series is the gold standard. Featuring excellent writing and the larger-than-life character aesthetics of Bruce Timm, the show proved that the Dark Knight could be serious without being sullen, and has had an influence on many interpretations of the Batman since. Kotobukiya's Batman Animated ARTFX+ statue is one of…
The New 52 run on Batman is best known for its big story arcs: Court of Owls, Death of the Family, Zero Year, Endgame, and Superheavy. These five stories (largely) carried the Dark Knight through five years and brought much critical acclaim. Yet, there are a number of smaller, simpler tales that found their way into the run. Some were…
“Going Sane – Part 4: I Believe In Miracles” You know what I like about Suicide Squad? You can count on it to be one hell of a fun read! Rob Williams and Jim Lee have crafted a story that I look forward to reading each and every time an issue is released. The action…
Over the years I’ve come to expect that these Holiday Specials will likely have a couple of really great stories, a couple of pretty good ones, and at least one outright stinker. They went with a different formula this time around, and I think I liked it better: 10 shorter stories (some of them literally…
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