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19 on Nightwing #65 reviewLast issue ended with Ric freeing Bea from captivity and confronting Talon, Dick Grayson’s great-grandfather, on the rooftop of the Prodigal bar. Issue #65 picks up with Talon still in mid-leap toward Ric, and we’re off to the races… But only if it’s a turtle race. The overall arc is still moving at the pace…
Ah, the 90’s. What a time that was. To the mind of a youngster such as myself, I view the 90’s with rose-tinted glasses. Everything seemed peppy, vibrant, energetic – most everything I saw was probably a knockoff of stuff from the 80’s, but what did it matter? Kids lived and died by Saturday Morning…
Last month, I described Titans: Burning Rage as a “bottom of the barrel” comic book title. Most of this description was due to the generic and juvenile sense the book contained, and the reality that it simply isn’t written well. This issue, however, delivers some solid improvements. While it still isn’t worth jumping out of…
The battle across time comes to a head! It's Justice vs. Doom, with everything on the line, and time's running out! Can the League, the Society, the Kamandos, and the Monitorzord stop Perpetua and her new favorite son? Find out, in Justice League #34! SPOILERS AHEAD. There's a lot going on A few issues ago, I lamented…
This month, Tom King continues to bastardize characters and write ridiculous plots and reveals as an excuse for how his entire run has been planned from the beginning. Needless to say, it’s more of the same nonsense that has many people anxiously waiting for him to leave the title and move on. Personally, Batman #86…
Last month Djinn’s ring was stolen, setting off a search for both the thief and the traitor on the team. In a surprising cliffhanger, Roundhouse was revealed to be the culprit. This month he’s finally going to explain why he did it all. The book starts with Djinn confessing her love for Robin. Things are…
When Superman: Year One was first announced, they were quite a few expected reactions. "Another origin?" Understandable. "Frank Miller on Superman? Oh boy." I feel you. "Superman on the Black Label?" Yeah, I get it. Unexpectedly, while I wasn't exactly 100% on-board from the get-go, I was still intrigued. I mean, yeah, Miller's take on…
After an incredibly strong fourth season, Supergirl dove into season 5 by shuffling the field. This week, it has to get things moving and there are so many moving parts that it feels like it's trying to get a tank up to speed. I'm hoping it fires like a tank, too, because right now it…
After a slow start last week, Batwoman is starting to get up to speed. In fact, I'm really impressed with how the plot is moving forward. Instead of switching right over to a villain of the week, Batwoman is continuing to explore... Batwoman (and Alice). Spoilers for episode 2 follow. "Down the Rabbit Hole" Last week,…
It seems I've always got some interesting new thing to review here at Batman News, and today, I've got another first: a backpack. That's right, a backpack. Now, to some of you, that might sound terribly uninteresting. Maybe you haven't worn a backpack since grade school, and you can't conceive of any reason to start wearing…
NECA recently shared the sad news that they won't be making new DC Comics-based figures for some time. But they've certainly gone out with a bang this year, releasing amazing, exclusive DC/Alien/Predator crossover packs at San Diego Comic-Con and, more recently, New York Comic Con. NECA was good enough to send Batman News a set of the…
Cassandra and Duke take the spotlight for this issue of Batman & the Outsiders, and while I’m enjoying this book, I do feel as though it will be better consumed as a trade. The Story This is going to be an interesting book to discuss because I have a range of thoughts and emotions towards…
My final comic review for the week is the follow-up to Batman vs Ra’s al Ghul #1 by Neal Adams – which is, in and of itself a follow-up to his other recent works, such as Batman: Odyssey and Deadman. On one hand, it’s nice to be tackling a book this week that isn’t related…
I mentioned this in my review for Criminal Sanity, but we’re getting an awful lot of Joker content recently. It’s understandable, of course; not only is his hit movie making the rounds to critical acclaim, but he’s always been one of the most iconic villains in comic book history. The Killing Joke, The Dark…
Part of the charm of any horror anthology is having no idea whether or not the next short story will be a dud or a winner. From classics like Creepshow (both the movie and comic) to DC’s own yearly horror anthologies, there’s always fun to be had in not knowing what could happen next in…
In my last review of this series, I spoke of a wonderful device called a gaydar, tracking the levels of romantic tension between the two titular characters of this series: Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, in case the title wasn’t a giveaway. During that review, we managed to pin both the score and the gaydar…
When I was a young child, my father sat me down and told me an old story. You may have heard of it; it’s a popular little fable nowadays, said to originate from Native America. The tale is short, succinct and tells a powerful moral. It is the tale of Two Wolves, and it goes…
Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised that a book called Gotham City Monsters is as blunt as it is, but after an impressive and unique opening issue, it’s disappointing to see writer Steve Orlando retreat into a standard and rather shoehorned “gather the team” story structure. While the first issue was a mournful call of empathy…
Texture has always been a key component I look for whenever I’m reading a story, whether it be a comic or traditional prose. It’s hard to find in most books, but unmistakable when you encounter it. It’s when all your senses are engaged by what’s on the page, whether it be sensing the high pitched…
Last month, the fractious team of Okkult, Hax, and Dex-Starr used a device that tracked Omega energy (such as Darkseid uses) to try to locate New Gods and beam them to their base as allies. Unfortunately, they retrieved only Blackfire, who seriously did not appreciate being yanked away from Tamaran, a big, mysterious box, and…
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