Reviews

  • Batman: Earth One Volume 3 review

    Six years after the previous volume was originally published, we finally get to return to the world of Batman: Earth One, with the star-studded creative team of Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Jon Sibal, Brad Anderson, and Rob Leigh in tow.  The long-awaited third volume picks up shortly after the second, as Bruce Wayne grows more…


  • Joker #4 review

    Jim Gordon is in a rough spot. Not only is he smack in the middle of a fray between the Joker, a couple of Texan cannibals, and She-Bane — but, if The Joker #4’s meandering inner monologue is to be believed, poor Gordo is super depressed.  STORY The Joker series got off to a rough…


  • DC Pride #1 review

    I found out I was bisexual some time during 2018. There were signs, of course. I'm sure if you talk to enough of my friends, you'll find a few who said they kind of figured - I certainly had a few employers who thought I was flat-out gay, which was a funny conversation to have.…


  • Justice League: Last Ride #2 review

    So I wasn’t the biggest fan of #1. The creative team was making too many references to things that happened off-panel, and mainly because of that the first issue failed to hook me. But, since it was just the first issue, I’ve approached #2 with an optimistic mindset, hoping that things would improve. So, without…


  • Detective Comics #1037 review

    I’ve been feeling optimistic about Tamaki’s Detective Comics run so far. The mystery at the heart of the story has been interesting and the artwork has been beyond amazing. However, Tamaki’s work has been flawed as well. Sometimes she overexplains things by relying too heavily on exposition or by adding more words than necessary. And…


  • The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3

    It takes a special kind of book to maintain a consistent level of quality while changing writers every issue. The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries is that kind of book. This book has been nothing but Saturday morning fun, and I absolutely love it. If you have a young reader or a little one you want to get…


  • Future State: Gotham #2 Review

    Before we start anything, I want to clarify and apologize for some things in my review of this series' last issue. In said review, I realize now that I made it seem like this book having black and white art negatively impacted my score of the issue. I'm sorry for that. It's not true, and,…


  • Challenge of the Super Sons #3 review

    Last month we saw Jon and Damian save another Justice League member and got a look at their first moments in the past where they stumbled into Felix Faust and Vandal Savage. With Savage and Faust eyeing them as their ticket to the future, just how will the Super Sons be able to get out…


  • Batman: Urban Legends #4 review

    Batman: Urban Legends is back, and its fourth issue might have the widest range of quality so far.  One story is the best installment of anything this series has seen to this point, and another almost gets there, but the other two have to settle for those words that I don’t want to have to…


  • Batman: The Detective #3 review

    Henri Ducard has been shot and left for dead! Can Batman save him, or has the world's greatest manhunter been hunted—TO DEATH!?!?! Find out in Batman: The Detective #3! Who is the detective? I have defended this book's title, comparing it to old Bogart movies, or suggesting that the detective in the title is, in fact, the…


  • Sweet Tooth review - Welcome to the world of hybrids

    Writing a Sweet Tooth review at any time would probably be an odd moment, but following a real-world pandemic makes it feel a bit too close to home at times. Set in a world where a plague has ravaged the human population, a young boy inspires others to find their humanity once again. Even if…


  • Suicide Squad #4 Review

    Suicide Squad #4 is here, and this time, Task Force X  has to deal with a new threat: Red X! Will Amanda Waller reveal the secret of this mystery Titan's identity, or will Red X reveal some secrets of hers first? Let's dive in and find what awaits lurking in the depths. Spoiler alert: it's…


  • Batman #109 review

    It’s the first week of a new month, so we all know what that means… A new issue of Batman. I wonder if this one will start like that last few? One page of Bruce Wayne/ Batman being tormented and tortured by Scarecrow, with Bruce saying the same heavy-handed nonsense month in and month out?…


  • Justice League #62 review

    Okay. This was bound to happen sooner or later. Justice League has managed to avoid my ire for three generally decent issues, but that wasn't going to last forever. I would have liked it to last a little longer - but alas, issue #62 is the first of Bendis and Marquez's run that I've genuinely not…


  • Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #4 review

    Oh no! Catwoman — or as everyone at DC comics calls her now, apparently, “Cat” (Ugh) — has been taken hostage! Will this cliffhanger from the last issue play out with any tension whatsoever? Or will it be resolved immediately? Come on ya’ll, you know what kind of comic this is.  STORY Real talk: I’m…


  • Crime Syndicate #4 Review

    We're at issue #4 of Crime Syndicate, and I gotta say, this mini has earned way more of my trust than I thought it would in issue #1. What started as a fun and cheesy, if a bit generic, retelling of the origin of the Justice League has become a fascinating look at Earth-3 that…


  • Batman/Catwoman #5 review

    Batman/Catwoman #5 marks a moment in the series where a lack of coherent narrative thrust hinders otherwise solid sequences. Clay Mann’s art remains solid as ever, though his work with the older Selina shows some strain, but Tom King’s script finds itself wavering due to the self-imposed three-headed narrative structure. Of the three storylines here,…


  • Man-Bat #5 Review

    Well. It's here. The final issue in the best mini I've read in a long time. The final issue. It's over. Unless... I'm just simply not going to read it. If I don't read it, the story never ends, and then they just have to keep making more issues to pad the gap between the…


  • Morning Bird Batman Bed Set review

    If you’ve got a bed, or a kid with a bed, then you need bedclothes for that bed. And so why not dress your bed in the finest threads available: the Morning Bird Batman Bed Set. What’s included? While you can buy separates, the full set includes a pillowcase, a pillow sham, a knit throw,…


  • Harley Quinn #3 review

    Hugo Strange has his target locked—and his target is none other than Harley Quinn! The monstrous man behind the Monster Men has sold Gotham a bill of goods, and the next step in his nefarious plan is to nab our Harl. Will he succeed? Read the book and find out, then join me as I…


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