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8 on Harley Quinn #21 reviewLast month Harley made her way back to the West Coast in pursuit of Sparrow Adaro, who is faking her own kidnapping to extort money from her mother. Things got a little complicated when Deadshot arrived to pick up a few bounties of his own. Unfortunately, Harley’s cowboy sidekick did not survive the encounter, but…
Welcome to the Cassandra Cain fan page. This week on the Cassandra Cain show, watch her own a baddie and take names! In all seriousness, the opening makes me wonder just how relevant any of the other characters are going to be in resolving the conflict. If the Orphan is the right hand man of…
This issue is as fascinating as it is puzzling. It's a mixed bag of awesome and ghastly, logical and nonsensical, bewildering and intelligible.... Before I get to the review proper, I wanted to take a moment to discuss something that just occurred to me a couple of days ago. I'm not sure why it took…
Last issue of Batman Beyond featured…you know what? Just read the last review. Or this one. It doesn’t matter. Did I just read the same issue twice? No, seriously, this is the exact same thing as last issue. Dan Jurgens must have planned this as some kind of time-loop thing. The parallels line up just…
Midnighter #5 Written by Steve Orlando Art by Stephen Mooney Colors by Romulo Fajaroo Jr and Jeremy Cox Midnighter and Dick are back together again, and this time, they’re holding hands! Well… kind of… This issue continues Midnighter’s hunt for the man who stole equipment from the God Garden. Along the way, he picked up…
Batman & Robin Eternal #1 introduces Cassandra Cain to the current continuity! So....that's all I really need for this review, right? Cassandra Cain aside, this is a phenomenal issue. Mystery...check. Action...check. Humor...check. Great artwork...check. Creepy little kids trying to kill you...check. Cassandra Cain...check ( yeah, I know I said "aside", but it's Cassandra frickin' Cain! …
This penultimate issue for Year Four includes Digital Firsts 21 & 22, “Going Dark” and “Darker Sides”. And while it’s got some big action that’s sure to please, Year Four’s weakest point hasn’t been a lack of action or stunning battle eye-candy--it’s been a lack of genuine surprise and awe. Ironic, when you’re dealing with…
This issue of Detective Comics premieres the new creative team of Peter J Tomasi and Marcio Takara. Are these two up to the challenge of presenting a worthwhile JimBat story? Will they succeed where others have failed, or is JimBat doomed to be one of the lowest moments in Batman history? Let's delve in and…
Batman: Arkham Knight #9: “Suicide Blues/Burning the Days” Written by Peter J. Tomasi Illustrated by Ig Guara and Viktor Bogdanovic Inked by Julio Ferreira and Richard Friend Colored by Andrew Dalhouse and John Rauch Lettered by Travis Lanham Are you as excited as I am to see Metamorpho, one of the coolest high-concept characters of…
Prose superhero stories have always struck me as odd. On the one hand, comics aren't that far removed from novels and other works of literature that the roots are completely covered, but as a medium in and of themselves they're set apart in many ways. The most obvious is that, while reading is a requirement…
Grayson Annual #2: "Just a Guy" Written by Tim Seeley and Tom King Illustrated by Alvaro Martinez Inked by Raul Fernandez Colored by Jeromy Cox Lettered by Carlos M. Mangual Go back far enough in DC's publishing history and you'll come upon a time that was much more innocent and simpler in its storytelling. It was…
New Suicide Squad Annual #1 “Monsters” Written by Sean Ryan Art by Philipe Briones Colors by Blond This is it… the final issue of the Monsters arc. You all know I haven’t been a fan of Sean Ryan, but this has definitely been his best arc. I’m still not going to bring myself to say…
Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok pull us back into their Multiverse spanning epic with Justice League #44. A battle of mammoth proportions wages between two of the most powerful entities in the universe with Earth serving as the battleground. Right smack in the middle of the two evil armies is none other than the Justice League,…
Batman: Arkham Knight Annual #1: "Fear City" Written by Peter J. Tomasi Illustrated by Stephen Segovia Inked by Art Thibert Colored by Kelsey Lettered by Deron Bennett "There are no heroes and there are no villains. There are just opposing points of view." So says Jason Todd, alias Arkham Knight, to the Scarecrow. Which, coincidentally,…
Over the last 6 months, the landscape of the Batverse has changed dramatically. While some of the new status quo was eagerly spelled out for us, other plot points were left frustratingly vague. Fortunately, this issue finally takes the time to sit us down and give us some kind of answers to questions I thought…
The last few months of Justice League 3001 have felt like a learning experience for both the readers and the creative team. Writers and editors must create a story that will most likely never be told, and have the skill and tact to make what comes out both believable and entertaining. Readers, meanwhile, have been…
Grayson #12: “A Fine Performance" Written by Tom King and Tim Seeley Illustrated by Mikel Janín Inked by Mikel Janín, Hugo Petrus and Juan Castro Colored by Jeromy Cox Lettered by Carlos M. Mangual Every month, it seems that Grayson heads in a new direction. Coming out of Convergence a few months ago, Dick had…
Last month I quibbled that Harley and Power Girl were not working together, and that Peej was doing all the heavy lifting, so I was especially pleased to see more balance in this month’s issue, “Purity”. It’s going to take more than Power Girl’s brawn to subdue the brainwashed Vartox and return him to his…
We are only 4 issues into We are Robin, and the team is already "taking a break" from the main story. Add some seriously questionable artwork and a guest appearance to drive waning interest in the title, and I'm really starting to worry about the future of this book. One of the things that this…
I've "been trying really hard to highlight the positives that are in this book”. Truer words from Bat Reviewer Josh were never spoken as I really struggled with this issue. The fact is, I just don’t enjoy much about this book and would have a hard time recommending it even to its intended audience. It’s…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com