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15 Years of Coverage (2010-2025)
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My editor doesn't like it when we make predictions in our reviews. It rarely adds anything substantial to the commentary itself, and you open yourself up to looking foolish if you're wrong. I get that. That being said, I almost wish I had last review because this ending could be seen coming a mile away.…
In the heart of Gotham, far beneath its surface, Terry and Kyle Selina the Catboi find themselves in the Garden. After four issues of teasing a supernatural, botanical entity that has been kidnapping children, we finally see the subterranean entity for what it is. So what has all the build up been for? Would you…
Temporarily coming in as a last minute substitute, I'll be your "Dante" through Neo Gothic's increasingly weird "Inferno." As Batman and Kyle delve further into the underground, they begin to experience gnostic hallucinations. Unfortunately, that means an entire issue of fighting their way out of a seemingly never ending nightmare! A Long Strange Trip Max…
If there's one way I would describe this issue, it's "missed opportunities". In fact it's something that I could use to describe the series as a whole, but it's exceedingly apparent here. Every time the story touches on an interesting idea, talks it up as a big, compelling idea, and then has no meat to…
Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic got off to a rocky start with an opening issue that fell victim to some of the previous series' worse tendencies. Now, as Terry and Kyle head deeper underground, the story becomes more personal, and thankfully it's an approach from which the story benefits greatly. The attempts at weighty deep commentary are…
Batman Beyond: Neo-Year slowly built up a lot of good will before unfortunately dropping the ball at the very end. Its downfall was arguably due to biting off more than it could chew, and promising to tackle complex, nuanced topics that it ultimately couldn't. Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic #1 picks up after the end of that…
Last year, writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing created Batman Beyond: Neo-Year. Spinning out of the pages of Batman: Urban Legends, it followed Terry McGinnis as he coped with the death of Bruce Wayne and had to handle the Batman mantle alone. If that weren't enough, Gotham itself had become a malicious AI bent on…
This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com