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Villain's Month
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4 on Batman/Superman, Vol. 1: Cross World reviewThe Superman/Batman series has been relaunched for the New 52, but with Batman's name first and an opening storyline that explores the DC Multiverse. "Cross World" rewinds the clock to an adversarial Batman and Superman who meet for the first time on an adventure into another dimension where they encounter different incarnations of themselves who represent…
Back in July I announced that I was done writing reviews about Ann Nocenti and Rafa Sandoval's Catwoman series until the book had a new creative team and Joker's Daughter #1 is written by Ann Nocenti. I reviewed Nocenti's run starting from the revival-by-cat-licking origin story all the way through the demon possession and finally…
It's very similar to last November's Arkham Unhinged #8 and it has a lot of the same flaws as that comic as well. First off, the cover by Patrick Gleason looks pretty cool in my opinion (even if he drew Croc with only 3 fingers and a thumb) and once again you have to applaud…
It's not really Secret Society #1, it's more like Owlman #1 or Outsider #1. But while it doesn't offer a whole lot in the Secret Society department it does give us a glimpse at what's sure to be a pretty big part of the next issue of Forever Evil and plenty of interesting things to…
It's highly likely that you'll spend more time reading this review than you will reading the actual comic because this book is a lightning-quick read. In the spirit of that, I'm going to try my hardest to keep my own review short, but seeing as how I almost always hit a thousand words... Does it…
The architect behind the upcoming Arkham War event, Peter J. Tomasi, gives us his last Villain book of the month and it's about one of the most popular Batman villains of our time, Bane. Another cool thing about this issue is that it's illustrated by Bane's original co-creator, Graham Nolan. But is it actually a…
Ra's al Ghul has lived for hundreds of years and witnessed the rise and fall of empires. Some civilizations have even crumbled at his feet. So how does the Demon's head react to the emergence of the Secret Society of Super Villains? Writer James Tynion IV proves with this issue that he gets the character.…
This is a tough one to judge because it's without a doubt one of the most important villain books you can buy, but it's not exactly a well put-together comic in my eyes. It's a real mixed bag of a tale that perhaps tries to do and say too much in too few pages. Scarecrow…
We have seen quite a lot of Clayface lately. Batman's shape-shifting villain has had multi-chapter stories in Batman and Batman: The Dark Knight (which is currently an ongoing story with quite a few more issues to go) and he's had several cameo appearances in everything from Detective Comics to Justice League! So how exactly does…
"Bullies" by Frank Tieri and Christian Duce is a pretty satisfying Penguin story for those who loved Gregg Hurwitz's portrayal of the character back in Penguin: Pain & Prejudice. It doesn't try and tie itself into the larger Forever Evil epic at all, in fact Gotham feels even more normal (or as normal as Gotham…
It has very little to do with Zero Year and Scott Snyder didn't write it, but Batman #23.2 "The Riddler #1" is one of the best Villains Month books you can buy. Ray Fawkes (who is working from a story he crafted with Scott Snyder-- also, Fawkes' name is misspelled in the book's closing credits...or…
The Court of Owls stand out in Villains Month because the focus isn't on one single bad guy, but an entire organization that's been around for hundreds of years. How do you approach that for a one-shot? Well, if you're James Tynion IV, author of the ongoing Talon series, you tell 4 scary, short stories…
Quite simply, if you enjoyed the newer, creepier direction for Victor Fries that we first saw in Batman Annual #1, then you're going to find this comic totally worth picking up. But if you're from the group that thought it turned one of the most tragic and sympathetic characters into "just another psycho" then you…
Well, if Matt Kindt can't fix the New 52 Harley Quinn then I don't know who to trust anymore. I really had my fingers crossed for this one because last month I caught up on the fantastic series Mind MGMT and it's now one of my favorite books so with the man behind that title…
The best villain's month issue I've read yet. Writer Peter J. Tomasi doesn't devote the entire comic to flashbacks to an origin story we've seen countless times, he actually deals with the aftermath of Forever Evil, which is what more of these villain books should be doing! And what do we get as a result?…
Many readers are going to hate this one. Joker #1 is a Villains Month comic that doesn't acknowledge the events of Forever Evil whatsoever. That is, unless Jackanapes will play a larger role in that saga. Who's Jackanapes? He's the primate nemesis of Batman 666 Damian Wayne, a potential caped crusader of the future that…
If Arrested Development's Ann Veal grew up to be Stephen King's Carrie and then got a bad case of celebrity-worship you'd have the New 52 Ventriloquist. If that sounds interesting to you then by all means, have at it! This issue is all about the origin of the rebooted New 52 villain, but personally I…
Poison Ivy #1 doesn't move the Forever Evil story forward beyond showing us that Ivy is wrecking the town with sprouting plants (but we all figured that would happen) but it does give us an updated New 52 origin for the character as well as a recap as to what she's been up to since…
Buckle-up, Nightwing fans! This is your time and I have a feeling things are about to get hostile around here. Forever Evil #1 has finally arrived and in a single issue it has rocked the DC universe in a pretty big way, especially for us Batman fans. All of the villains are free, the Justice…
Following the events of this summer’s crossover “Trinity War,” a dark shadow will be cast across the DC Universe. This September, all of the DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 titles will be replaced by Villains books. What happens when the heroes of the DC Universe fall and there’s nobody left to stop the villains from taking…
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