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2 on Detective Comics Annual 2025 #1 reviewGraciously accepting the title from Jackson, I'll be joining Detective Comics in a period of transition. Luckily, my first foray into the book is a smashing new annual set in England. Weirdly, writer Al Ewing leads this issue with a mystery supposedly so good, the victim begs Batman not to solve it. As hyperbolic as…
The Power Company: Recharged #1 spins directly out of the DC Power: Rise of the Power Company #1 anthology. Primarily focusing on the consequences of Amanda Waller's actions in the Absolute Power event, this story hinges on an outbreak of xenophobia in Atlanta. Luckily, there is a Batman on the case! Well, John Ridley's Batman.…
I hate this comic. Scratch that, I hate this series. Now, unlike a lot of people, I didn’t have issues with the premise. Yes, is it something that Renee Montoya had done in the past? No. But this is a world of superheroes. Anything is technically possible if the creative team is willing to put…
If you didn’t catch last week’s review of World’s Finest #38, Jackson and I will be teaming up to cover the crossover “We Are Yesterday,” which involves Justice League and World’s Finest. For your convenience, my text will be in purple while Jackson’s text will be in blue. So, this issue of Justice League acts…
It's now Jason Todd's turn to have the Hush-style spotlight shone on him for an issue. He wasn't around (well, sort of) for the original storyline when just about every other Batman character got theirs, so he needs to make up for lost time. The way these generally go is we get an overview of…
For the next couple of months, Batman/Superman: World's Finest and Justice League Unlimited will be sharing a storyline as part of the "We Are Yesterday" crossover event. As such, we decided that it would be a good idea for Akash and I team up and discuss our thoughts on the event together. You'll be able…
If there's been any driving force for this story, it's been the mystery of who the killer Asema is. In and of itself, that's fine. Lots of detective fiction sets the villain's identity as its central mystery. In fact, early on I praised the story for making Detective Comics once more a comic about detective…
Last time we left Selina, she was facing serious danger. Which I would argue is good, as this story has felt extremely boring so far, with the stakes so dull they couldn’t pierce through a vampire’s heart. Does the latest issue do anything to improve the blandness of the plot? Finally, some context…far too late…
There's good news and bad news. The good news is, Nightwing's convoluted gang war finally dies down for the time being. However, the bad news is, the corrupt cops using Helios seemingly awaken something much worse. After a mysterious murder, Nightwing and Commissioner Sawyer end up on the wrong end of a deadly urban legend.…
Damian has been kidnapped! Now, Batman is frantically on the pursuit of his son’s captor, Memento. While still feeling the effects of the Gravedigger’s Poppy toxin, even the illustrious detective is having difficulties trying to figure out what to do next. But even with Damian gone, the Boy Wonder might still be able to help…
So now that DC vs Vampires: World War V has done what every DC Elseworld does when it runs out of ideas and brings in Darkseid, the tone of this series has shifted from a tense survival horror (how tense was actually debatable) to a B-grade action movie with vampires and aliens. And honestly, it…
So far just about everything in this series could be summed up with the word "extreme", but this new arc injects a healthy dose of "weird" to go with it. This issue and the next are another guest artist intermission, and Marcos Martín along with colorist Muntsa Vicente help create an eerie sense of unease…
Teen Titans Go! is a series with a variety of opinions surrounding it. You have many fans of the original Teen Titans TV show (which is very good) who seem like they hate the show no matter what because it dared to be a different tone from the original. Now, you also have the opposite end of that…
One month after Harvey's fateful trial against himself, the team is finally able to restart the White Church. Albeit, this time Harvey uses his assistant, Lake Cantwell, to stand as the face of the court in his stead. Primarily, due to his inability to trust his own actions. Nonetheless, despite getting the court in order,…
Poison Ivy returns to Batman-News with the cigarettes and milk in a brand new review. Let's catch up! Pamela Isley is on a mildly homicidal redemption arc and is taking residence in Gotham's Slaughter Swamp with her friends. Unfortunately, due to her misguided actions, a war reignites between the forces of the Green and Grey.…
In the last issue, Cassandra Cain attempted to rescue her mother, Lady Shiva, from the clutches of the Unburied. Unfortunately, she was unsuccessful and ended up getting captured as well. Now, both mother and daughter need to work together once more to escape before they meet their death sentence. Issue #5 was my favorite of…
A new story unfolds as we creep into a building with Cassandra Cain. So many bits of information to follow, separating our team and scattering them across the four corners of the planet. Each recon mission is written about in parallel so Kelly Thompson has to not just handle one new story but five! Let’s…
The mystery surrounding the copycat Holiday shootings resumes in The Last Halloween issue #6. Batman and Robin are looking for motivations for these attacks and for potential suspects, and they might have a lead. There are still many unanswered questions, so how will the Dynamic Duo solve the case? Enrico Marini handles the illustrations on…
If you’ve been reading my reviews for this series, you may have noticed a trend of the review scores slowly declining as all the problems I predicted the series would face started emerging one after the other. Does this issue manage to halt this negative progression in time for the crossover with World’s Finest? In…
Batman: Hush is an interesting comic to try and write a sequel to, because so much of the original is meant as a showcase of everything Batman comics have to offer. Yes, there's the overarching mystery of who is trying to kill Batman, but that's mostly just a loose thread tying together twelve separate chapters…
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