Steve Orlando and Amancay Nahuelpan’s Gotham City Monsters is one of the biggest surprises from DC in the past few months. Every aspect of the book has been incredibly solid throughout its six issues, including the wonderfully moody colors by Trish Mulvihill and the great letters from Tom Napolitano who has juggled the large ensemble’s…

Clear stakes are vital for a single-issue comic book to succeed and overcome the pitfalls of serialized storytelling. Steve Orlando’s script does a great job in establishing a simple, yet involving, plotline where the stakes are never obfuscated behind a surplus of subplots or self doubt within its heroes. Our lead characters know what to…

In a lot of team books the initial gathering of the lead characters tends to be the most exciting part as we get to see personalities clash and stakes get established. Gotham City Monsters #4 frees itself from that trend as the series has more fun once it’s settled into its groove and lets our…

Writer Steve Orlando knows he must keep a fast pace in order for Gotham City Monsters to tell a complete story within its six issues. Previously, the quick pace hampered the book as it found itself racing through a recruitment plotline, at the expense of characterization, while simultaneously setting up Melmoth’s villainous plans. However, with…

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…

I’m a big fan of all things horror and macabre so I was cautiously excited when I first saw Gotham City Monsters announced, but I really had no clue what the book was going to be. It’s immediately apparent that writer Steve Orlando has worked hard to make this book feel integrated into the DC…