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36 on Flashpoint Beyond #0 reviewIt's 2011, and DC needs a fresh start. Flashpoint, written by Geoff Johns, is released. This event is a company-wide movement, propelling DC into a new, rebooted universe with the New 52. The New 52 recieved great commercial acclaim - but mixed critical and fan reception, to say the least. Four years later, DC would…
My excitement over Batgirls seems to be dwindling with every issue I pick up. Five issues in and I feel like the plot is in roughly the same place it was at the very start, which doesn't make for a very exciting story. The Batgirls are still fighting the same set of villains they were…
Questions are answered in Tom King and Clay Mann’s Batman/Catwoman #11, though many readers will find the resolutions to be lacking. King’s scripts have kept the reader at a distance in many ways. Between his non-linear narrative and the time skips between issues, it’s no surprise that when the pieces finally fall into place it…
Much will be made of the delays to Batman '89 #5 in many reviews being published today, I'm sure. It's hard to talk about the issue without at least mentioning it, really, which is clearly evidenced by the fact that this is how I'm starting off my own review. I don't remember when this issue…
Following the events that take place in Batwoman, the CW show, the heroes square off against Clayface, try to balance work with romance and bring Batwoman’s chosen family back together. Wayne enterprise is no longer in service to the Bat family but that doesn’t stop Batwoman and the gang from fighting crime and…
Just like last month, Matina and I will be teaming up to review Batman: Killing Time #2. We weren’t too impressed with the first issue of this series, but neither of us thought it was necessarily bad, either. The first issue set up a mystery, a heist and an adventure and, if anything, I was…
“Shadow War” isn’t a crossover that I’ve been looking forward to. As I’ve explained in my Shadow War: Alpha review, I think that the premise just doesn’t work, because Ra’s' character development is being forced and rushed for the sake of a plot point. When the premise doesn’t work, the rest of the story usually…
Welcome back to the future. Batman Beyond: Neo-Year is a new six-issue miniseries that spins out of Batman: Urban Legends #7, where the entire world of Terry McGinnis and his home of Neo Gotham was shaken up. Bruce Wayne died, Wayne Manor burned to the ground, and the entire city became sentient and set its…
I feel like I hardly need to write a preamble at this point. You all know I love the Sixties Batman television series. You know I welcome any and all merchandise based on the show. You know that McFarlane Toys have been making some pretty solid action figures based on the show, and that I…
I think he loves gold. And gold shall he receive, with McFarlane Toys' Platinum Edition 12" The Batman statue. If you're lucky, dear reader, then you too may be able to find this highly sought after collectible for display on your shelf. But is it truly 24 karats of (plastic) goodness, or is it the…
I’ve been enjoying Williamson’s Robin run so far. Damian had some nice character development and we were introduced to some cool new characters, such as Flatline. However, I didn’t ask for this crossover and hearing about how this will set up Dark Crisis in some way or another doesn’t really make me excited, either. So…
At last it’s here! The second chapter of Batman: One Dark Knight, written and drawn by the one and only Jock himself. In the previous issue we saw that E.M.P. caused a city-wide blackout with his meta-human powers and now Batman has to get E.M.P. safely across Gotham to Blackgate. Issue #1 was a great…
Last month’s issue ended with Jason being at the mercy of KGBeast, and Two-Face, Freeze and Bane showing up to try and rescue Jason. There was some confusion in the comments last time about whether this is an ongoing or a mini, but the June solicits do indicate that this is indeed a 12-issue run.…
And so we arrive at the conclusion of perhaps the most expensive event that I’ve ever reviewed. I haven’t been enjoying “Shadows of the Bat” at all, and I haven’t been feeling optimistic about this conclusion, either. This is an event that, at most, should’ve been 6 issues instead of 12, but it could probably…
Now that the tournament is over and its instigators have been wrangled it’s time for Damian to return home. But just what kind of a Gotham is he returning to, and does he really even have a reason to stay there? I’m still enjoying this series quite a bit, and a big part of that…
In issue #5 we’re subjected to a video-game inspired telling of how the Robins could have ended up without Batman in their lives. Well, almost all of the Robins. Unfortunately, Tim is still pointlessly kidnapped by Jenny Wren. But, at the very least, if you've been waiting for an explanation for why Wren kidnapped Tim,…
We've done it! It's over! Well, sort of. Justice League has been something of a mess since... well, in all honesty, since I started reviewing the comic. While having several ups and downs since the end of Scott Snyder's run, issues #40 through #74 have been, above all else, directionless. Bendis' arrival hinted at the iconic team…
Bruce has officially started his world tour to find out just who he wants to be, and begun learning the skills required to make him Batman. This month his journey takes him deeper into the mystery of The Foundling and a few steps closer to becoming the Batman we know and love. I’m covering Batman:…
I was pretty sad when Yang and Reis’ excellent run on Batman/Superman got canceled, and I highly recommend that you pick up the hardcover that collects their entire story: “The Archive of Worlds.” However, when DC announced that Waid and Mora would relaunch the title with a new #1, I was definitely intrigued. We had…
This is the penultimate issue in the “Shadows of the Bat” event, and I haven’t been a fan of this story. Not only does more than half of this event consist of filler, it’s also a very expensive series: if you were to buy every single issue of “Shadows of the Bat,” you’d end up…
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