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29 on Batgirl #39 reviewIt’s “Batgirl vs. Burnside” and we get to see our red-haired Girl Wonder chased by an angry mob that includes a baker and a man with a bat full of nails; she mopes around about her PPs while Frankie and company sit around hacking at their Hooq hack; officer--er, I mean professor--Krupke dresses her down…
This issue collects Digital Firsts 19 & 20 respectively titled “House of Mystery” and “House of Secrets”. We’re in the middle of a big brawl with Mxyzptlk and Trigon trading thunderbolts and hellfire while Superman and Batman square off down below. Team Batman looks to have a momentary upper hand, but a very annoyed Swamp…
Teen Titans Go! #8: "One Potato, Two Potato, Couch Potato/The Rocky Road to Love" Written by Sholly Fisch and Amy Wolfram Illustrated by Jorge Corona and Lea Hernandez Colors by Jeremy Lawson Letters by Wes Abbott Oh what a gift laughing is. I know that this book and the show it accompanies aren't for everyone, and…
This is the fourth month in a row that this book has sold out from my local comic shop the day that it arrived in stores. Do that many people really buy this book? Why? Is it selling on name alone, because if so it’s not even spelt the same as one of the most…
I was fully prepared for the usual Futures End protocol of bombing horribly after a good issue like last week. I'm happy to be wrong in my prejudgment; this issue was actually fairly good. That makes two weeks in a row where the score will be more than the average winner's score in soccer. This issue…
New Suicide Squad #7 "Defective" Written by Sean Ryan Art by Rob Hunter & Vicente Cifuentes Colors by Blond So... How much longer do you think the New Suicide Squad will be "defective?" No, I'm not talking about the arc, I'm talking about the book itself. You all know that my opinion of this title…
My thought process when picking up Justice League 3000 from the comic shop this week: “Oh hello, old friend, so good to see you. It’s been such a rough month for reading that I get to crack you open and enjoy – OH GOD WHAT HAPPENED? Where is Howard Porter? Where are my overly intricate…
Hope is a dangerous thing. So are expectations, and last week’s Earth 2/World’s End combo gave me the slightest amount of hope that the conclusion to these series would be a worthwhile venture. In the “too long; didn’t read” version of this review: Nothing Happens. Oh sure, pieces move around the board and events take…
Every so many years a stellar line-up of comics industry creators are given great creative freedom to tell tales with the full flourish of their pen and unbound by the continuity that would restrain their ideas in the monthly titles. Adventures so wildly different that range from the tragic, the funny, the surreal, and the…
Secret Six #2 "Down the Rabbit Hole" Written by Gail Simone Pencils by Ken Lashley Inks by Ken Lashley and Drew Geraci Colors by Jason Wright After quite a bit of waiting, we finally get the second installment of Secret Six! I'm not sure why there were such drastic delays, but I really hope it…
This issue collects Digital Firsts 17 & 18, “Assault on the Tower” and “Fight or Flight”. When we last checked in, bother Wonder Woman and Superman had been awakened from their slumbers by Ares through a bargain with Hera (the particulars of which we don’t know at this point). Spectre has also discerned the location…
Who better to spend your Valentine’s Day with than Harley Quinn, right? If there’s one character in the DCU that is giddy hearts and abundant arrows personified, it’s the Mad Love Maven herself. Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti bring us a tale of unrequited (but not wholly unconsummated) love in this holiday special that has…
This is going nowhere fast! I thought the last issue was unnecessary, but this one is borderline ad nauseam. So, what happens in this issue? Batman punches out Mister Bygone, Batwing chases the spirits out of his apartment, Jim Corrigan elaborates on the book used to bring Deacon Blackfire back from the dead, Harper and…
This issue should have been renamed “The People We Forgot to Include in World’s End,” because that’s essentially what this was. It takes all the Wonders who were barely mentioned and then never brought up again in World’s End and gives a hastily-told story that serves as little more than unsubstantial fluff. Writing duties fall…
In just 75 minutes you can learn how to go from depressed drunkard to underwater warrior king! I finally sat down and watched Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, and you know what that means: it's time for a review. The Source Material This film is an adaptation of the New 52 Justice League and Aquaman…
Check out that cover, huh? “As Apokolips burns, Green Lantern falls – and the Earth is left unprotected!” Yeah, that doesn’t happen. Actually, Green Lantern is barely in this issue at all, and that’s a good thing. What we get instead is a Daniel Wilson story full of self-examination and acceptance in a time of…
Grayson #7: "Sin by Silence" Written by Tim Seeley and Tom King Illustrated by Stephen Mooney Colored by Jeromy Cox Lettered by Carlos M. Mangual Remember how last month I praised the creative team for their ability to start these stories in the thick of the action without things feeling bogged down and expository? Sad to…
The two main questions that are probably on everybody's minds are: is Lonnie dead and does Batman get blamed for it? I'm going to talk about it, so if you haven't read the issue yet and don't want to know, I suggest you stop now and come back for the discussions after reading. Exactly like…
Lordy Lordy! Look who's 40! It's Futures End of course! We're a hefty 40 issues deep (41 if you count the zero issue) and the story is ramping up hard in this issue. If there's been one consistent negative about this series, it's been the extreme lack of follow through. For example, how awesome were those first few…
Only 8 issues left with Batman Eternal, and the creative team decides that THIS is the best use of their ink? This issue is all about Professor Milo on the run because of his involvement with the Arkham incident; personally, I thought the Arkham plot was finished when the Spectre intervened. I did not need…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com