Finally, it ends having convinced me anthologies are less of a place to show new and innovative stories and instead a place where half-baked ideas and filler issues tend to reign far more. With that damning indictment, let’s get into the last issue of The Brave and the Bold. The Price Ty Templeton, best known…

Last month's issue wrapped up all of its ongoing stories, which means that this should theoretically act as a perfect jumping on point for anyone looking to start something new. That hasn't been the case across the board since the series began. The question is, will these new stories be worth picking up DC's latest…

This month's issue is, strangely enough, all story finales (plus the obligatory black and white short). That hasn't happened up until now due to the fact that the individual stories have different numbers of chapters, plus the breaks between Tom King's entries. When it was first announced, I thought that everything lining up in that…

As is often the case with this anthology series, there are no new stories here aside from the black and white backup. I've made my stance on this wasted opportunity abundantly clear, so I won't repeat myself here. For the ongoing stories themselves, they offer the same appeal as their earlier chapters: a wide range…

Last month saw a number of stories reach their finales, so aside from the Pygmalion story, everything here is a fresh start that should appeal to new readers. It's also a collection of incredibly different genres, which is good for an anthology like this. Of course, the flip side of that is there's a good…

Almost every story here this month is a continuation of previous chapters, so there's not much to say here without getting into the reviews themselves. I could do another rant about having these long, multipart stories be what you put in an anthology is a misuse of the format, but I think I've chewed your…

Once again we have a cover with Joker on it, yet no Joker to be found in any of the stories. Someone in the comments mentioned that it might be an instance of King's big Joker story getting pushed back without the covers being adjusted. There might be some truth to that, but King's story…

I won't spend this month's review giving an extended rant about the state of anthologies in comics like I did last month. However, I will say that once again the cover art has absolutely nothing to do with any of the stories inside. Joker doesn't even feature in any of them! Oh well, I'm sure…

This month's cover happens to be the one used in the series' initial announcement (though mislabeled as a variant for issue #1 at the time) back when we knew next to nothing about it. The history of the title, as well as the silver age costumes worn by the chess pieces on the board had…

Anthology series are often by their nature very hit or miss. Any given comic has some likelihood of either being good or bad, and when you collect them like this you roll the dice over and over again. With a whopping 64 pages, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1 almost feels less like an…