Reviews

  • DC: MECH #6 review

    The colorfully explosive final chapter of DC: Mech brings the story to a close. With all five mechs upgraded, the Justice Squadron heads out to destroy Darkseid and the Anti-Life Engine once and for all! Or at least just indulge in some giant robot battles. What did you expect? Much of the actual plot comes…


  • DC Vs. Vampires #12 review

    This is it! Beginning when Andrew Bennett couldn't keep his woman in check, DC Vs. Vampires' drives the bloodshed to a surprisingly domestic conclusion. As Batgirl's forces make a play at The Dark King, everyone else scrambles to fight back the vampire horde. Hunters, Killers, And All-Out War Let's start with John Constantine. This story…


  • Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 review

    [SPOILER WARNING: This review will spoil the entirety of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths.] Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 is the final issue in what began as the Dark Crisis event - concluding every story thread that began with Infinite Frontier, along with establishing new setup for the tales to come. Written by Joshua Williamson and…


  • Titans United Bloodpact #4 review

    While new characters from the previous timeline are revealed to us, we get to see Tim Drake prepare a daring assault against the Church of Blood. Superboy is about to get executed and the team has to get ready as soon as possible, right? This series loves to use expositional tropes to advance its plot.…


  • Batman: Urban Legends #22 review

    I can't believe this series is almost over!  I'll save most of my retrospective and pining for more for the final review, but just know that there will be plenty. For now, let's take a look at this surprisingly stellar penultimate issue, because this series refuses to fade out quietly. Nightwing Presenting: The Director, Part…


  • GCPD: The Blue Wall #3 review

    I wasn’t a fan of the previous issue. To me, the characters weren’t fleshed out enough; themes weren’t explored in a lot of depth so it remained surface level; and the action wasn’t very exciting. This is a 6-issue miniseries, and now we’re halfway with #3. I think the creative team can still turn things…


  • Batman vs. Robin #4 review

    Batman vs. Robin #4 is an action packed, emotionally resonant penultimate chapter that expertly brings together various threads from the series into a satisfying brawl. Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski turn in excellent art that deliver the high stakes goods, while also deftly handling Waid’s melodramatic tendencies. The first three pages clearly establish the current…


  • Batman/Superman: World's Finest #10 review

    This story keeps getting better and better with every issue. My main critique last month was that the villains need a bit more development to really justify their appearances and their actions, but so far I’ve been loving the fantastic artwork and the great character interactions. The previous issue ended with David being captured by…


  • Nightwing #99 review

    Nightwing #99 is a refreshingly simple, clear cut story that adds a welcome, nautical themed mystery to Blüdhaven’s criminal underworld. The core drama comes with the return of Tony Zucco, the man who killed Dick Grayson’s parents, but the real excitement comes from the seeds Tom Taylor plants for both Nightwing and Blüdhaven itself. There’s…


  • Catwoman #50 review

    Catwoman #50 is an energetic, but also unwieldy finale that seeks to wrap up as many plot threads as possible by its final pages. I appreciate Tini Howard’s script letting loose and giving readers a good dose of action, however its most important character beats largely fall flat. It doesn’t help having three different artists…


  • DC Vs. Vampires: All-Out War #6 review

    Solicited as the grand finale to the DC Vs. Vampires spin-off, All-Out War #5 ends the same way it began. Licking their wounds from a bittersweet battle, the team desperately attempts one last Hail Mary before giving up completely. Where we last left off, the survivors had entirely botched Constantine's plans to bring the sun…


  • DCeased: War of The Undead Gods #5 review

    In the newest issue of Undead Gods, two cosmic forces get into an unexpected stare down while the true evil grows stronger. No matter what happens, each action seems to bring readers closer and closer to an inevitably morbid conclusion. In my last review, I openly questioned the point of this series. I can only…


  • Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Legion of Bats! #3 review

    An epic struggle for the fates of Harley and Ivy as they are pulled further from one another and they desperately cling to their love to hold them together. By all appearances that seems to be what this issue's cover and tagline promise. However, that's not really the case. In fact, their relationship plays less…


  • The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries (2022) #3 review

    I realized today that I’ve been reviewing this book from the perspective of an adult fan of Scooby-Doo and for a moment I wondered if that was the wrong way to go about it. I don’t think that is the case, however. I’m a strong believer in the idea that if an adult can enjoy…


  • Batman Incorporated #3 review

    Ghost-Maker's Batman Inc. is a disaster spiraling out of control. The simple mission of tracking down a murderer has turned into an international mess. While readers get a reveal of the killer's origin and motives, Ghost-Maker and his team fruitlessly scramble to keep up. Firstly, this issue focuses on who Phantom-One is and why he…


  • Batman/Spawn #1 review

    Here it is folks. Likely the most significant comic book release of the year. It has been a whole 28 years since the last two crossovers and 16 years since Spawn/Batman: Inner Demons (by this same creative team) was solicited and never released. So, why are we getting a sequel now? Well, the 90s are…


  • I Am Batman #16 review

    So the previous issue was completely unrelated to the New York arch that we sadly have to get back to. This time we're witness to a bunch of family drama and some disturbing reminders of mass shootings. Let’s see how Batman deals with it!I’ve had lots of complaints for the New York arch and it’s…


  • Batgirls #13 review

    The Batgirls have found themselves in quite the situation this month. After swapping bodies and being kidnapped by their own parents, just what are Steph and Cass going to do to get to the bottom of this whole mess?  I wish I could say this issue took the Batgirls Annual and built upon it in…


  • Batman & the Joker: the Deadly Duo #2 review

    Batman/Joker is off to a good start. I enjoyed the first issue on all fronts but I feel it’s really here in the second that the series comes into focus. So, what’s working here? Let’s see! I was happy to see that issue two picks up the pace. The first part was very much focused…


  • Sword of Azrael #5 review

    Last month we were left with a cliffhanger as Brother Karl revealed himself to Jean-Paul as Father Valley (Check out Ram V’s excellent Catwoman run!) I have been consistently loving this book so at this point I go into each issue expecting something good. The question is, can the creative team maintain their momentum as…


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