REVIEW: Midnighter and Apollo #2 Continues Bringing Great Pulp Drama
It’s that time of the month again! Midnighter and Apollo #2 hit stands and screens today, and man, I loved it! Monologuing villains, civillian friends not realizing that Death’s Cheap in superhero...
View ArticleSUPERGIRL 2×05: “Crossfire” brings Major Plot Developments
I don’t know if anyone here really knows just how invested I get in the Luthor family. But boy oh boy, this episode of Supergirl basically feels as if made specifically with me in time. Development...
View ArticleREVIEW: All-Star Batman #4 – Over The Top
All-Star Batman #4 is kind of a crazy book. Sometimes I’ll mean that in a good way. Sometimes I won’t. This is leaning a bit more towards the latter, I’m afraid. I’m not sure what it is about the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Trinity #3 – Building the Foundation
Trinity #3 sees writer Francis Manapul continue to demonstrate his skill at examining and constructing a solidly iconic and emotionally honest relationship between DC’s three signature characters....
View ArticleREVIEW: Super Powers #1 – All-Ages Lunacy
I have a soft spot for all-ages comics that take super heroes and retools them for a younger audience than those who typically read them. Super Powers #1 is part of that pack, and though I don’t think...
View ArticleREVIEW: DC New Talent Showcase #1 – Living Up to the Title
Over a year ago, DC launched their Talent Development Project, an initiative designed to “find, instruct and nurture new and current DC talent,” according to Bobbie Chase, VP of Talent Development. The...
View ArticleREVIEW: Batman Annual #1 – Holy Holidays, Batman!!
Look, I’ll admit I’m a sucker for Xmas issues of super-hero comics. I can’t really explain why. Maybe it’s because I once owned a DC Digest book called “Christmas With the Super-Heroes.” In any case,...
View ArticleADVANCE REVIEW: Wonder Woman ’77 Meets the Bionic Woman – Awesomer Than the Male
Dynamite and DC Comics have teamed up to air together two icons of 1970s television in Wonder Woman ’77 Meets the Bionic Woman #1, and if this could be looked at as little more than an exercise in...
View ArticleREVIEW: Midnighter and Apollo #3 and the Mansion of Happiness
Another month, another Midnighter and Apollo. Can I just say I needed this? Because I really, really needed this comic. I had a rough November, but, to paraphrase a favorite meme, this comic...
View ArticleREVIEW: Detective Comics #946 – Victimology
With Detective Comics #946, “The Victim Syndicate” moves into its fourth chapter. While I’ve enjoyed the arc for the most part, I do think this issue from James Tynion IV and Eddy Barrows stumbles as...
View ArticleREVIEW: DC Holiday Special #1 – Ho-Ho-Holiday with Harley
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. I’m a sucker for comic book holiday issues. Part of it is the unabashedly naked attempts to pull on the reader’s heartstrings. And another part is surely the...
View ArticleLEGENDS OF TOMORROW Midseason Finale Brings Back Old Faces!
All right, we’re officially into the midseason hiatus for the entire Arrowverse! Legends of Tomorrow brought the last midseason finale of last week’s crop, and wow. “The Chicago Way” pretty much...
View ArticleREVIEW: Batman #13 – Suicide Mission: Unsatisfying
With Batman #13, the “I Am Suicide” arc comes to its ambitious, inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying conclusion. Tom King is a writer I greatly admire, and I actually can appreciate a lot of what...
View ArticleREVIEW: Trinity #4 – Amazon.Conned
After we got a view into the realities the Black Mercy plants created for Superman and Batman in previous issues, Trinity #4 turns its focus to Wonder Woman, in an issue that succeeds both in revealing...
View ArticleBACK ISSUES: Have Yourself A Bonkers Comics Christmas
Welcome to another edition of “Back Issues”, the column where I examine a character, concept or theme making waves in comics today through issues from the past. Before I introduce this edition’s topic,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Justice League vs Suicide Squad #2 – Slugfest
Justice League vs Suicide Squad #2 deserves some credit for actually delivering on the title concept as early in the miniseries as it does. There are some other events over at other publishers that...
View ArticleREVIEW: Atom – Rebirth #1 – Size Matters Again
Atom – Rebirth #1 is one of the handful of one-shots designed to introduce readers (or re-introduce as the case may be) to the group of heroes destined to comprise DC’s upcoming JLA series, spinning...
View ArticleREVIEW: Midnighter & Apollo #4 Reminds Us of What We Deserve
Top of the month, and we all know what that means: Midnighter & Apollo time! This issue picks up where last issue left off — Apollo, trapped by Neron, and Midnighter about to face down the demon...
View ArticleREVIEW: Wonder Woman #14 – Truth and Justice
With Wonder Woman #14, writer Greg Rucka and artist Nicola Scott conclude their “Year One” arc, and as they have with each instalment prior, absolutely nail retelling Diana’s early days in Man’s World...
View ArticleREVIEW: All-Star Batman #6 – Those Who Favor Fire
All-Star Batman #6 kind of exemplifies the unique approach writer Scott Snyder is taking to this unconventional Batman series. With one arc already under his belt (a hellish road-trip with collaborator...
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