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Comic Reviews: Batman Who Laughs and Detective Comics!
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The Batman Who Laughs #1 (DC Comics)
As the biggest breakout character from Dark Nights: Metal, it’s no surprise that The Batman Who Laughs was going to stick around the DC Universe. But it is a surprise to see the character back with not only Scott Snyder writing, but his Wytches artist Jock handling the art. It’s been a long time since the two have worked together on a series, but the they haven’t missed a step with The Batman Who Laughs #1, delivering a series that serves as both a sequel to Metal, and as a standalone Batman tale. Read the rest of this entry
Comic Reviews: Superman Special and Quicksilver: No Surrender!
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Superman Special #1 (DC Comics)
With Brian Michael Bendis taking over the Superman books at the end of the month, DC has given the creative teams of Superman and Action Comics the chance to wrap up any loose ends before Bendis’ arrival on the books. That means the Superman Special features the usual creative team of Peter J Thomasi and Patrick Gleason (with Scott Godlewski on art) tackling one of the last loose ends of their run: Dinosaur Island. Jumping back into that location leads to an issue that contains all of the action, heart, and humor that you’ve come to love from their run. Read the rest of this entry
Comic Reviews: Brave and The Bold and Super Sons!
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Brave and The Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman #1 (of 6) (DC Comics)
The words “Brave” and “Bold” hold a pretty special place in DC Comics’ long publishing history, and bringing the title back for a special miniseries is no light affair. While typically used as a team-up series with a rotating cast of characters, the latest relaunch of the classic title pairs Wonder Woman and Batman together for a six issue miniseries. While that may not be enough to justify the return of this series, the fact that this series is written and drawn by Liam Sharp will probably be more than enough to get you try it out. Read the rest of this entry
Superman and Son
At seven issues in for a majority of their titles, the DC Rebirth event can pretty much be considered a resounding success. There’s tons of fantastic titles to choose for your pull list, from Tom King and David Finch’s Batman to Greg Rucka’s Wonder Woman, but in all honesty, the one that I love the most is Peter J Tomasi and Patrick Gleason’s Superman, and it’s the one DC Rebirth title that shouldn’t work nearly as well as it does. Read the rest of this entry
The Rebirth is Upon Us…
At Saturday’s Wonder Con panel, DC Comics unveiled the creative teams behind their upcoming “DC Rebirth” event, the line-wide relaunch that will help put DC’s universe back on the right path. Like with any relaunch, there’s a lot of cool stuff, and some disappointments (*COUGH* Scott Lobdell). But let’s not focus on the bad. Instead, let’s take a look at some of the titles that I’m most looking forward to in the relaunch. Read the rest of this entry
Comic Reviews: Batman and Batman & Robin!
COMIC REVIEWS!!!!!!
Batman #33 (DC Comics)
This is it! The finale to “Zero Year”, the year long reimagining of the Dark Knight’s origin story from Batman writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo! After months and months of build up, we finally have the showdown between Batman and the Riddler, with the fate of Gotham City at stake. Obviously there’s a lot of hype around this final installment (so much so that I broke my “no more Batman reviews” rule). Hell, it’s even being released on the 75th anniversary of the Batman! So, does it live up to the hype? Read the rest of this entry
