Posted on February 20, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Javier Pina (artist), June Chung (colorist) The Story: Just when you think you know a guy, he turns out to be a secret killer agent. The Review: Some would argue that the real measure of a great superhero is a great supervillain, and that seems pretty true. You can’t really think [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #6, Birds of Prey #6 review, Black Canary, Choke, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Duane Swierczynski, Javier Pina, June Chung, Katana, Poison Ivy, Starling | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 14, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: Let that be a lesson to ya—never trust a woman who changes her hair color daily. The Review: Of all the members of the Bat-family, Barbara Gordon as Batgirl may be the most obvious rip-off of its patriarch. Unlike the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #6, Batgirl #6 Review, Batman, Bruce Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Gail Simone, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jesus Saiz (penciller), Javier Pina (inker), June Chung (colorist) The Story: I don’t suppose anyone thought to write down what we were doing on a Post-It? The Review: The best part about a title that features a group of solely women is for once you get (when executed properly) the kind [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #5, Birds of Prey #5 review, Black Canary, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Duane Swierczynski, Javier Pina, Jesus Saiz, June Chung, Katana, Poison Ivy, Starling | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf & Vicente Cifuentes (artists), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: As if Gotham doesn’t have enough problems without an Occupy movement. The Review: Back in the days when I was blithely pursuing an English major, totally ignorant (or at least in denial) of the fact that I had no idea [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #5, Batgirl #5 review, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Gail Simone, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kyle Higgins (writer), Trevor McCarthy (writer), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: If this were a romantic comedy, it’d be called “Seeing Double-Red.” The Review: Speaking as a former fanfiction reader (and, admittedly, writer), I speak from personal experience when I say that it’s always a bit risky to write the same characters as another [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Guy Major, Haly's Circus, Kyle Higgins, Nightwing, Nightwing #4, Nightwing #4 review, Trevor McCarthy | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 23, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Duane Swierczynski (writer), Jesus Saiz (artist), June Chung (colorist) The Story: I’m telling you—the 19th floor exists! It does! The Review: After reading through this issue, it occurred to me that comics have conditioned us to expect supervillains in these kinds of stories, by which I mean crazy wackos with weird costumes, terrible codenames, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #4, Birds of Prey #4 review, Black Canary, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Duane Swierczynski, Jesus Saiz, June Chung, Katana, Poison Ivy, Starling | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Cameron Stewart & Chris Burnham (artists), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Now that’s a boat ride you’re not bound to forget. The Review: While it’s unclear where Batman Inc. fits into this refreshed DCU, with everyone still in the youth of their vigilante careers, it’s obvious Morrison’s grand idea for the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batman, Batman Inc., Batman Incorporated, Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes, Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes review, Batwing, Bruce Wayne, Cameron Stewart, Chris Burnham, Damian Wayne, David Zavimbe, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Dr. Dedalus, Grant Morrison, Halo, Katana, Leviathan, Lord Death Man, Metamorpho, Nathan Fairbairn, Oracle, outsiders, Red Robin, Robin, Stephanie Brown, Talia Al Ghul, Tim Drake | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: Babs’ taking a look at herself and making a change. And she’s starting with the man in the mirror. The Review: As Oracle, Barbara Gordon enjoyed a faithful following of fans who admired her not only for her special role [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #4, Batgirl #4 review, Black Mirror, DC, DC Comics, Gail Simone, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 10, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: Just because they headbutt each other doesn’t mean they’re not in love. The Review: Of all the major continuity changes the new DCU brought with it, possibly none of them has incited more outcry and upset than the restoration of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #3, Batgirl #3 review, Black Mirror, Commissoner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Gail Simone, Nightwing, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: Maybe spending most of her free time reading doesn’t sound so bad after all. The Review: I essentially stopped watching The Office after Steve Carrell (who played the show’s lead and emotional center, Michael Scott) left. Without the character I [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #2, Batgirl #2 review, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Gail Simone, Mirror, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Ardian Syaf (penciller), Vicente Cifuentes (inker), Ulises Arreola (colorist) The Story: How Barbara got her groove back. The Review: Barbara Gordon, back on her feet. Yes, it seems an outrage, a spit in the eyes of the wheelchair-bound everywhere, but we should take a step back and really examine the idea [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #1, Batgirl #1 review, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Gail Simone, The Mirror, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | 12 Comments »
Posted on August 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Scott Clark & Dave Beaty (artists) The Story: Look, just as long as you don’t let your kid starve to death, play online all you want. The Review: The idea of taking our technological connections, the virtual threads that seem to wrap us tighter together by the day, and going one [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batman, Batman Inc., Batman Incorporated, Batman Incorporated #8, Batman Incorporated #8 review, Bruce Wayne, Dave Beaty, DC, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, Oracle, Scott Clark | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 15, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Marc Andreyko (writer), Billy Tucci & Adriana Melo (pencillers), JP Mayer & Eber Ferreira (inkers), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: They just can’t get him out of their heads. The Review: Simone brings such a strong, distinctive voice to her writing, and such a high level of craft, that you find it hard to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adriana Melo, Barbara Gordon, Billy Tucci, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #15, Birds of Prey #15 review, Black Canary, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Drake, Dinah Lance, Eber Ferreira, Helena Bertinelli, Huntress, JP Mayer, Kate Spencer, Lady Blackhawk, Manhunter, Marc Andreyko, Nei Ruffino, Oracle, Phantom Lady, Sandra Knight, Zinda Blake | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Pere Perez (artist), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Presenting: the unsinkable Stephanie Brown! The Review: Most of the Batman titles have painted Gotham City as perpetually grim, God-forsaken, almost inconceivable to believe it can be saved. In Scott Snyder’s Detective Comics run, Gotham becomes a force unto itself, a living [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #24 review, Batgril #24, Bryan Q. Miller, Cluemaster, Damian Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Guy Major, Oracle, Pere Perez, Reapers, Robin, Stephanie Brown | 10 Comments »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Marc Andreyko (writer), Billy Tucci & Adriana Melo (pencillers), Billy Tucci & JP Mayer (inker), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: These dames aren’t here to mess around—they’re out to kick Nazi butt! The Review: One of DC’s greatest strengths is its long, incredible history, especially its rich beginnings. Once you add up all the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adriana Melo, Barbara Gordon, Billy Tucci, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #14, Birds of Prey #14 review, Black Canary, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Drake, Dinah Lance, Helena Bertinelli, Huntress, JP Mayer, Kate Spencer, Lady Blackhawk, Manhunter, Marc Andreyko, Nei Ruffino, Oracle, Phantom Lady, Sandra Knight, Zinda Blake | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Jesus Saiz (artist), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: The Birds tackle their latest mission, Charlie’s Angels style. The Review: Ever since this title relaunched, it’s been hassled by the distractions of Brightest Day, and though good stories have come out of it, none have really captured the magic from Simone’s original [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #12, Birds of Prey #12 review, Black Canary, Dawn Granger, DC, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Dove, Gail Simone, Hank Hall, Hawk, Hawk and Dove, Helena Bertinelli, Huntress, Jesus Saiz, Lady Blackhawk, Nei Ruffino, Oracle, Renee Montoya, The Question, Zinda Blake | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gail Simone (writer), Pere Perez (artist), Nei Ruffino (colorist) The Story: When Catman threatens to throw a man off a building, don’t take it too seriously— it’s just foreplay. The Review: Simone has pretty much made a career in comics crafting characters that always get personally invested in their vendettas. Unlike the vast canon [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: antihero, antiheroes, Barbara Gordon, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #11, Birds of Prey #11 review, Black Canary, Catman, Comic Book Reviews, DC, DC Comics, Deadshot, Dinah Lance, Floyd Lawton, Gail Simone, Helena Bertinelli, Huntress, Nei Ruffino, Oracle, Pere Perez, Secret Six, Stanley Lau, Thomas Blake | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Ramon Bachs (art), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Here’s a lesson for you kids: if you slack off in college, you may wind up a costumed speedster robbing millions in bank heists for a living. The Review: When Batgirl relaunched with Stephanie Brown under the mask rather than Cassandra Cain, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #20, Batgirl #20 review, Bryan Q. Miller, Cassandra Cain, DC, DC Comics, Guy Major, Nick Gage, Oracle, Proxy, Ramon Bachs, Stephanie Brown, Wendy | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 10, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Ramon Bachs (artist), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Batgirl’s got a brand new bag—I mean, base. She’s gonna need it to take down this surprisingly un-greedy, speedster thief on her case. The Review: Wisecracking teenage heroes are nothing new—just look at the original Teen Titans. But ever since Buffy the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #19, Batgirl #19 review, Bryan Q. Miller, DC Comics, Detective Gage, Guy Major, Oracle, Ramon Bachs, Stephanie Brown | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 8, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Brian Q. Miller (writer), Dustin Nguyen (artist), Derek Fridolfs (inker) The Story: Batgirl is on the run from Gotham’s finest. She’s got one ally (Detective McCute I believe she called him), but that not much. What have the Reavers got to use against a cape? What’s Good: Miller was in fine form, delivering the [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Grant Morrison (writer), David Finch (penciller), Batt and Ryan Winn (inker), Peter Steigerwald (colorist) The Story: Bruce Wayne is back in Gotham and giving orders. It might be best to say that General Wayne is back, because he’s got a small army of people he can draw on for his new vision of crime-fighting. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alfred, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batman, Batman and Robin, Batman The Return #1, Batman the Return #1 review, Batman: the Return, Batman: The Return review, Batt, Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne Returns, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Damian Wayne, David Finch, DC Comics, Dick Grasyon, DS Arsenault, Grant Morrison, Nightwing, Oracle, Peter Steigerwald, Reviews, Robin, Ryan Winn, Stephanie Brown, Weekly Comic Book Review | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 11, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Dustin Nguyen (penciller), Derek Fridolfs (inks), Guy Major (colors) The Story: We get a history of the Bat-world as a visually-cool expository lump at the beginning of the issue. Then, into Steph’s problems fitting into college life and then her action as Batgirl, chasing that nut-case grad student who made [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl #15, Batgirl #15 review, Bryan Q. Miller, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DC Comics, Derek Fridolfs, DS Arsenault, Dustin Nguyen, Gotham, Guy Major, Lee Garbett, Mike Marts, Oracle, Proxy, Reviews, Stephanie Brown, Trevor Scott, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 16, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Pere Perez (artist), Guy Major (colorist), Harvey Richards (assistant editor), Michael Siglain and Sean Ryan (editors) The Story: Trust: Batgirl swings into action on her day off to tangle with Clayface. Detective McHandsome plays the lad in distress. What’s Good: Miller delivers classic Steph in the first few pages when [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Artgerm, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl #13, Batgirl #13 review, Batman, Brian Q. Miller, Clayface, comic babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, Comics, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Harvey Rochards, Michael Siglain, new comics, Oracle, Pere Perez, Proxy, Reviews, Sean Ryan, Stanley Lau, Stephanie Bown, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 14, 2010 by paladinking
by Gail Simone (writer), Ed Benes (pencils & inks), Adriana Melo (pencils), Mariah Benes (inks), Nei Ruffino (colors), and Steve Wands (letters) The Story: The Birds find themselves under siege as White Canary’s deadline looms. What’s Good: I’ve enjoyed the Penguin’s presence throughout this arc and I loved his role this month more than ever. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adriana Melo, Barbara Gordon, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey #3, Birds of Prey #3 review, Black Canary, Blackhawks, BoP, Brightest Day, Creote, DC Comics, Dinah Lance, Dove, Ed Benes, Gail Simone, Hawk, Hawk and Dove, Helena Bertinelli, Huntress, Lady Blackhawk, Oracle, Oswald Cobblepot, Savant, Savant and Creote, The Penguin, White Canary | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 14, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Lee Garbett and Pere Perez (artists), Walden Wong and Pere Perez (inkers), Guy Major (colors) The Story: Batgirl Rising: The Flood, Part Four of Four: Oracle is trapped in the mind of the Calculator. Stephanie is saving her, by plunging through a rainstorm from thirty-five thousand feet. Sounds like Stephanie…. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: adventure, Artgerm, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #12, Batgirl #12 review, Batman, Bryan Q. Miller, Calculator, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, coming-of-age, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Gotham, Harvey Richards, Jonathan Glapion, Lee Garbett, Michael Siglain, Oracle, Reviews, Stanley Lau, Stephanie Brown, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
