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3 on All-Star Western, Vol. 2: The War of Lords and Owls reviewEasily the fringiest of the fringe Bat-titles is All-Star Western, starring odd couple Jonah Hex and Amadeus Arkham. Although it takes place during the 1800's, I take the time to review the graphic novels of this series because it's set primarily in Gotham City and often times adds new information regarding the history of Gotham…
Seven years ago a friend of mine picked up a copy of Batman: Year 100 on a whim. He wasn't that much of a fan of Batman to begin with but said that he didn't care for Year 100 because he hated the artwork and found the story to be too confusing. But even with…
Have you ever met someone that was incredibly attractive and seemed to embody everything you're looking for in a person, but as soon as they opened their mouth to speak you lost all interest? That's Detective Comics, Vol.2: Scare Tactics. CONTENT The first volume, Faces of Death, wasn't a great read by any means but…
Did you read Alan Moore's From Hell and think "Man, this is really great but it needs fewer annotations and more Batman. A LOT more Batman!" Well I have good news for you! Gotham by Gaslight is considered a Batman classic and one of the finest Elseworlds tales ever released. Originally published in 1989, Gotham…
After the Fire is yet another DC/Wildstorm crossover getting the Deluxe treatment. Originally published in 2002, several years before their magnificent Joker graphic novel was published, Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo's three-part team-up tale possesses the pitch-perfect atmosphere and attitude that a great Batman comic needs, but sadly it also has a story that's a…
It doesn't matter if you don't know who the Planetary are, this Wildstorm/DC Crossover is must-reading. The only problem is that it's way over-priced. Content Here we have one of the books included with the goodie bag I received from my trip to the DC Comics offices a couple weeks back. And if you're wondering…
After feeling like I was in the minority for my appreciation of the fun that was Suicide Squad Volume 1 I feel like I sunk right down with the rest of the crowd with Basilisk Rising. The laughs and surprises just weren't there this time around and the bad guy left a lot to be…
So going into this I had a pretty good feeling that it would be better than Volume 1. I liked Volume 1, those stories didn't quite resonate with me as monthly issues but it worked really well in trade format. Looking back at The Villain's Journey, I felt as though I enjoyed those episodes more…
I don't think there's ever been a crossover event that's been wholly good. Whenever you bring too many cooks into the kitchen you're always going to end up with a less appetizing meal. In the case of the Night of the Owls you have a group of vastly different writers and artists coming together to…
Batgirl Volume 1 dealt pretty heavily with Barbara's lack of confidence and struggle to re-adapt to the cape and cowl again while pitting her against villains that reflected her own inner demons. Volume 2 continues that pattern but it goes bigger. Much bigger. Not only do we dig deep into The Killing Joke, but we take a…
To Drown the World tried to go for the non-linear narrative but failed. It was really disorganized and with the month-long gab between each issue I simply couldn't keep track of what was going on in the story. And since Batwoman is basically a bat-title in name only I decided to "trade-wait" this title. So…
Volume 4 is a rather sloppy finale to the No Man's Land saga. It never quite builds enough momentum and often repeats plot points over and over again verbatim because the story was told in multiple titles that are all collected here. That gets pretty annoying pretty fast. However, volume 4 also features some of…
Here is a book that's sure to get a lot of attention now that folks are giving the film Dredd 3D a chance on Blu-Ray. I know I'm a comic book guy, but even I have never given Judge Dredd a chance. I always think of a yelling Sylvester Stallone piggybacking Rob Schneider. I've always…
Deciding whether or not you should pick this book up should come pretty easily to those of you who have kept up with Tony Daniel's New 52 Detective Comics run. If you enjoyed that then you should absolutely give Batman: Eye of the Beholder a chance. But if you found yourself hating Daniel's Detective Comics as…
Yeah, there are a lot of aliens and magic and yeah, I still think the Batman mythology would be a lot stronger if Jason was still dead, but once I accepted those things I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The villains are never that threatening and there's never a feeling of there being that much at…
Who is Huntress? Is she Helena Wayne or Helena Bertinelli? If you've been reading Worlds' Finest then you already know, but if you haven't...well you would still need to read Worlds' Finest to find out BUT this serves as a nice prelude to that series so if you're a long time fan of this grape-clad…
So you're perusing the graphic novels at your local comic shop when something catches your eye, something you've never seen before: Batman riding a pterodactyl. You say to yourself "What the **** did I just look at?" You're certain you must have seen that wrong. It was probably a Man-Bat adventure of some sort. It…
DC's schedule for TPB releases is rather odd and highly unfortunate for fans of Dick Grayson. Those readers who skip monthly issues in favor of collected trades are going to find themselves very far behind the rest of the crowd. The New 52 Nightwing has been running for over a year now with 14 issues…
Here is a book that I believe sold well due to its name alone. "Batman: The Dark Knight", what a great and incredibly timely title for a Batman comic! I see no other explanation as to how this series could have sold so well to be among the 20 top selling comics month after month.…
I've had this mammoth of a book sitting on my desk for about five weeks now, never finding the time to tackle its 647 pages until last night. I was sick of putting the task off over and over again so I stayed in to read the last 400 pages and the best complement…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com