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11 on The Riddler: Year One #6 reviewRead past the end of the review for a final message on my time with Batman News. When I began reviewing Riddler: Year One late last year, I had a sneaking suspicion that this book was not built to be read month-to-month. In the age of the internet - especially streaming - how we release and…
Hm. Hm. Honestly, I could end my review right there. There's something to say about a comic that makes you furrow your brow in thought: maybe it doesn't leave an overly positive or negative impact, but it leaves an impression all the same. Is that the metric of a well-crafted comic? Something you can appreciate,…
Hello all! We're on the back half of The Riddler: Year One now, and as the issues progress, I feel a need to change up my reviewing style. If I have to give this book points for anything, it would have to be consistency. Since issue #1, I've felt its strengths and flaws have remained…
Reviewing The Riddler: Year One is an interesting experience. After three years of reviewing for Batman News, I’ve tackled all kinds of books, good and bad; and each of them had their own unique challenges when I would put my thoughts on them into words. Sure, some good books were easy to write, but so…
How redeemable can you make a villain? That's a rhetorical question, of course. The fluid nature of storytelling means that you can do whatever you please with a villain: an antagonist can be good, evil and anywhere in between. Nor is "redeemability" some sort of hard metric: when Darth Vader can still become one with…
Say, do you folks have any treasured holiday traditions? Things you do with family or friends that really just bring a smile to your face? Something that, if you didn’t do it, it wouldn’t really be the holidays? For me, that thing is watching movies. My mom raised me on the old Rankin Bass Christmas…
So, how many of our readers are D&D players? There's a certain feeling one gains the more familiar you become with the game - though this applies to any tabletop, really. The more you immerse yourself in the world you've been transported into, the more invested you become in your character you've made. Eventually, whether…
A new Batman film is a cultural event like few others, and the Batman character is one that people connect with in a way they do few others. That means that any new Batman film is under a lot of pressure to get things right. For director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson, the pressure…
The Riddler is one of the most easily identifiable members of Batman's rogues gallery. Ask anyone to name three or four Bat villains and dear old Edward Nygma (or Nashton) is bound to come up more often than not. He's also one of the most notoriously difficult characters to write, as many acclaimed creators have…
UPDATE: Matt Reeves has confirmed news as he tends to with a tweet. He confirms Dano as well as the change to the Riddler's name. The original post follows. Matt Reeves has found his Riddler for The Batman, and it's Paul Dano. It was revealed on Thursday that Dano will be taking on the role…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com