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Justice League Dark #9 – Review

By: Jeff Lemire (story), Mikel Janín (art), Ulises Arreola (colors) The Story: Once again, we learn that only horrible things happen in the jungle. The Review: Considering the excitement I had when this series first launched, it felt almost painful when I ultimately decided to drop it.  Not to rehash old grievances, but the series [...]

The Flash #9 – Review

By: Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato (story and art) The Story: For God’s sake, Barry, don’t do anything stupid like quote Planet of the Apes around here. The Review: The Silver Age of comics might have superficially drawn upon an ever-growing understand of science to tell stories, but that did nothing to stem the tide [...]

Aquaman #9 – Review

By: Geoff Johns (story), Ivan Reis (pencils), Joe Prado, Oclair Albert, Andy Lanning (inks), Rod Reis (colors) The Story: All those years of PTSD therapy, undone by one super-villain attack. The Review: As I read through this issue, it struck me that I haven’t been giving Johns enough credit for what he’s been doing on [...]

Batman Incorporated #1 – Review

By: Grant Morrison (story), Chris Burnham (art), Nathan Fairbairn (colors) The Story: Bat-Cow, greatest hero since Spider-Pig. The Review: This title has had a troubled publishing history, hasn’t it?  It had the unfortunate circumstance of getting put on hiatus when it was still enormously popular and when its storyline was only beginning to take epic [...]

The Unwritten #37 – Review

By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (creators), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (covers), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: How are people reacting to Tommy Taylor down under? Review (with minor SPOILERS): If you were looking for The Unwritten to return to the regularly scheduled story with a BANG, you [...]

Supergirl #9 – Review

By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (story), Mahmud Asrar (art), Dave McCaig (colors) The Story: Kara gets her first taste of Earth-style daddy issues. The Review: At the start of its life, this title surpassed expectations because it managed to deliver a convincingly realistic, nuanced take on a character whose entire claim to fame is [...]

Birds of Prey #9 – Review

By: Duane Swierczynski (story), Travel Foreman (pencils), Jeff Huet (inks), Gabe Eltaeb (colors) The Story: We have a serial killer and a group of pretty women—who’ll come out on top? The Review: Another “Night of the Owls” tie-in.  Huzzah.  In all seriousness, though, it’s not like I think Batman-spawned plot is terrible—I haven’t even read [...]

DC Universe Presents #9 – Review

By: James Robinson (story), Bernard Chang (art) The Story: This is one woman with daddy issues no jag in a bar should ever mess with. The Review: You know, it’s pretty amazing how my opinion of Robinson has changed in the past years (not that he cares, but nonetheless…).  The Shade has really redeemed his [...]

Young Justice S02E04 – Review

By: Greg Weisman (story) The Story: Roy, we’re your friends, but we feel like we’re losing you.  Come back to us, man! The Review: Although the finale offered a pretty good wrap-up of the first season’s major storylines, it also left a couple open.  The biggie, of course, is the truth of what happened to [...]

The Shade #8 – Review

By: James Robinson (story), Jill Thompson (art), Trish Mulvihill (colors) The Story: Yeah, I’d say a drug-addicted demon summoner defines a bad romance. The Review: One thing that’s come into focus over the course of this series is that the Shade has a much more complicated acceptance of his own nature than we’ve been led [...]

Green Lantern Corps #9 – Review

By: Peter J. Tomasi (story), Fernando Pasarin (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Gabe Eltaeb (colors) The Story: This is space law—you don’t get no Miranda rights out here! The Review: After a year in law school, I’ve gained a greater appreciation for America’s judicial system, believe it or not.  My property professor made the best observation [...]

Saucer Country #3 – Review

By: Paul Cornell (writer), Ryan Kelly (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Are alien abductions real? Review/Recap: So, this is the issue where Cornell starts to fiddle with the idea of whether alien abductions are real or whether something else is going on.  The whole issue recalls some [...]

Batwoman #9 – Review

By: J.H. Williams III & W. Haden Blackman (story), Trevor McCarthy (art), Guy Major (colors) The Story: Kate Kane has it all—the good life, the love life, and definitely the night life. The Review: I know I’m a bit late to the party in saying this, but I think it’s pretty amazing how naturally people [...]

Wonder Woman #9 – Review

By: Brian Azzarello (story), Tony Akins (pencils), Dan Green (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors) The Story: Not even the god of death can keep crashers from his wedding. The Review: As I read this month’s issue of Wonder Woman, I suddenly thought about All-Star Superman and what made it such a great, timeless story for the [...]

Scalped #58 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) Review (with SPOILERS): Things just aren’t going to end well for our characters, are they?  The lesson of Scalped seems to be: you reap what you sow.  Most of the characters in this series have [...]

Justice League #9 – Review

By: Geoff Johns (story), Jim Lee (pencils), Scott Williams (inks), Alex Sinclair, Pete Pantazis, Gabe Eltaeb (colorists), Gary Frank (feature art), Brad Anderson (feature colors) The Story: Soon, the League will know the dangers of excessive fanship. The Review: One of this title’s biggest pitfalls has been its inability to establish a consistent tone, direction, [...]

Fairest #3 – Review

By: Bill Willingham (story), Phil Jiminez (pencils), Andy Lanning & Mark Farmer (inks), Andrew Dalhouse (colors) The Story: You’re never too old—or tyrannical—for a good story. The Review: Three months into this series’ run, it’s still not clear what role it’s meant to serve in the grand scheme of the Fables universe.  Though ostensibly a [...]

Suicide Squad #9 – Review

By: Adam Glass (story), Fernando Dagnino (art), Matt Yackey (colors) The Story: It’ll take more than loose teamwork to kill the man who can’t be killed. The Review: Gosh, this week sure has been one for mini crossovers, hasn’t it?  By now, you’ll have grasped the qualities of a strong tie-in: a story which can [...]

Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #9 – Review

By: Jeff Lemire (story), Alberto Ponticelli (pencils), Wayne Faucher (inks), Jose Villarrubia (colors) The Story: Undead versus the undead—sounds like a nice break for the living to me. The Review: While this week’s issues of Batgirl and Batman and Robin demonstrated the bigger scale tie-ins to major Events, there are, of course, smaller, less intrusive [...]

Demon Knights #9 – Review

By: Paul Cornell (story), Diógenes Neves & Robson Rocha (pencils), Oclair Albert & Julio Ferreira (inks), Marcelo Maiolo (colors) The Story: I left my love in Avalon…something, something…And so I’ll travel on to Avalon. The Review: Now that our “heroes” have proven capable of amazing feats as a team, the next step is seeing if [...]

Batman and Robin #9 – Review

By: Peter J. Tomasi (story), Lee Garbett (pencils), Andy Clarke (guest art), Ray McCarthy & Keith Champagne (inks), John Kalisz (colors) The Story: Even soldiers should know better than to go into the woods at night. The Review: To continue the main point I made in reviewing Batgirl #9, one-shot tie-ins almost invariably annoy any [...]

Batgirl #9 – Review

By: Gail Simone (story), Ardian Syaf (pencils), Vicente Cifuentes (inks), Ulises Arreola (colors) The Story: Once again, another childhood classic becomes a twisted instrument of fear/panic. The Review: I should say this right from the get-go: I don’t really know what all is happening in Batman with the whole Court of  Owls bonanza.  I know [...]

Young Justice S02E03 – Review

By: Kevin Hopps (story) The Story: Now this is the textbook definition of “frienemies.” The Review: One thing that has really impressed me with this show is how well the writers have paced themselves in terms of revealing major plot points, throwing in the occasional twist, and building up character storylines.  Although season one had [...]

Batman #9 – Review

By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Fall of the House of Wayne Back-up: Snyder & James Tynion IV (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Patrick Brosseau (letters), Kubert & Marts (editors) The [...]

Green Lantern #9 – Review

By: Geoff Johns (story), Doug Mahnke (pencils), Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Tom Nguyen (inks), Alex Sinclair (colors) The Story: Considering the success of rehab on Hollywood celebrities, this isn’t surprising in the least. The Review: While I generally like Johns as a writer, and there are quite a few of his works I [...]

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