Posted on May 14, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
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 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ardian Syaf, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Batgirl #9, Batgirl #9 review, Commissioner Gordon, Court of Owls, DC, DC Comics, Gail Simone, Gotham, Night of the Owls, Talons, Ulises Arreola, Vicente Cifuentes | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 14, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Szymon Kudranski (artist), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: It’ll be a while before anyone in Gotham rents The Birds again. The Review: In these modern times, we don’t see too much of the villain of pure evil anymore. It may have been the thing once to have characters who committed crimes [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Bruce Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Gotham, Gregg Hurwitz, John Kalisz, Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #5, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #5 review, Szymon Kudranski | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Joshua Hale Fialkov (writer), Andrea Sorrentino (artist), Marcelo Maiolo (colorist) The Story: You’re one to talk, Batman—most people think you’re a vampire, too. The Review: Throwing in any guest star of the Dark Knight’s caliber can be a risky business. As a major character with an established, popular fan-base, people have certain expectations of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andrea Sorrentino, Andrew Bennett, Batman, Bruce Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Gotham, I Vampire, I Vampire #5, I Vampire #5 review, John Troughton, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Marcelo Maiolo, Mary Queen of Blood, Tig | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (writer), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Phil Winslade (feature artist), Dominic Regan (feature colorist) The Story: Instead of seeing the situation as a death trap, Arkham, consider it an adventure! The Review: I think the real fun of these buddy stories—although calling Hex and Arkham buddies is admittedly a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: All-Star Western, All-Star Western #5, All-Star Western #5 review, Arkham, Barbary Ghost, DC, DC Comics, Dominic Regan, Dr. Arkham, Gabriel Bautista, Gotham, Jeremiah Arkham, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jonah Hex, Justin Gray, Moritat, Phil Winslade | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 11, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Szymon Kudranski (artist), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: It’s only fair, Penguin, that you give Hitchcock credit for half your evil plan. The Review: Like the vast majority of comic book villains, Penguin lacked much of the depth that made so many of his brethren standouts. He had a recognizable appearance, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Gotham, Gotham City, Gregg Hurwitz, John Kalisz, Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #4, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #4 review, Szymon Kudranski | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by paladinking
by Tony Salvador Daniel (writing & pencils), Szymon Kudranski (art), Sandu Florea & Rob Hunter (inks), Tomeu Morey (colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: Batman has to fight through a mob of Occupy Gotham Joker fans to catch a killer. The Review: Thus far, I’ve found Tony Daniel’s Detective Comics to be one [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Catwoman, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DC Universe, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #5 review, Detective Comics 5, Gotham, Gotham City, Hugo Strange, Iceberg Casino, Joker, Occupy, Penguin, the Lark, Tony Daniel, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: J.H. Williams III & W. Haden Blackman (writers), J.H. Williams III (artist), Dave Stewart (colorist) The Story: Unlike another firebird themed heroine, Bette Kane may not rise again. The Review: I’m always doubtful when artists take on the writing role, and that’s admittedly a bit unfair. After all, there are those who dedicate themselves [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batwoman, Batwoman #4, Batwoman #4 review, Bette Kane, Cameron Chase, D.E.O., Dave Stewart, DC, DC Comics, Flamebird, Gotham, Gotham City, J.H. Williams III, Kate Kane, Maggie Sawyer, Mr. Bones, W. Haden Blackman, Weeping Woman | 8 Comments »
Posted on November 27, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Jordi Bernet (feature artist), Rob Schwager (feature colorist) The Story: A rough beat for a Gotham cop is…pretty much everywhere in Gotham. The Review: One of the more intriguing elements to this series has been the “fish out of water” story placing Hex [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: All-Star Western, All-Star Western #3, All-Star Western #3 review, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Arkham, El Diablo, Gabriel Bautista, Gotham, Gotham City, Jeremiah Arkham, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jonah Hex, Jordi Bernet, Justin Gray, Moritat, Religion of Crime, Rob Schwager | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Gregg Hurwitz (writer), Szymon Kudranski (artist), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: You’d have to be crazy to accuse him of having an Oedipus complex. The Review: One thing you have to reflect on is that the Joker, Scarecrow, Riddler, and all the other crazies of Arkham make only a portion of Gotham’s darkness. They [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Gotham, Gotham City, Gregg Hurwitz, John Kalisz, Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #2, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #2 review, Szyman Kudranski, The Penguin | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 1, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist), Jordi Bernet (feature artist), Rob Schwager (feature colorist) The Story: As long as there are donuts at the end of it, sign me up for the Religion of Crime! The Review: At first, it wasn’t clear why of all the new 52, this [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: All-Star Western, All-Star Western #2, All-Star Western #2 review, Arkham, Crime Bible, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Arkham, El Diablo, Gabriel Bautista, Gotham, Gotham City, Jeremiah Arkham, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jonah Hex, Jordi Bernet, Justin Gray, Moritat, Religon of Crime, Rob Schwager | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (writers), Moritat (artist), Gabriel Bautista (colorist) The Story: Sounds like y’all have need of a pop-eyed cowboy ‘round these here parts. The Review: DC has devoted itself to many genres in its publishing history, even those that have fallen out of favor in modern times, like the western. Give [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: All-Star Western, All-Star Western #1, All-Star Western #1 review, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Arkham, Gabriel Bautista, Gotham, Gotham City, Jeremiah Arkham, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jonah Hex, Justin Gray, Moritat | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder, Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott (writers), Dustin Nguyen & Derec Donovan (artists), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Dammit Tim, I’m a detective, not a historian! The Review: With DC’s top creators on blistering track to launch their new lineup come fall and maintain a steady release pace afterward, it’s little wonder the current [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Architect, Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham, Batman: Gates of Gotham #4, Batman: Gates of Gotham #4 review, Black Bat, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Derec Donovan, Dick Grayson, Dustin Nguyen, Gates of Gotham, Gotham, Gotham City, Guy Major, Kyle Higgins, Red Robin, Robin, Ryan Parrott, Scott Snyder, Timothy Drake | 8 Comments »
Posted on June 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder & Kyle Higgins (writers); Trevor McCarthy (artist); Guy Major (colorist) The Story: This city’s getting way too hot for me—it’s freaking on fire, man! The Review: It’s a well-known phenomenon in fiction that the more effort you put into giving your story background and depth, the more life it takes on. You [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham, Batman: Gates of Gotham #2, Batman: Gates of Gotham #2 review, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Gotham, Gotham City, Guy Major, Hush, Kyle Higgins, Red Robin, Robin, Scott Snyder, The Penguin, Tim Drake, Tommy Elliot, Trevor McCarthy | 7 Comments »
Posted on May 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder & Kyle Higgins (writers), Trevor McCarthy (artist), Guy Major (colors) The Story: How’s that song go again? “Gotham Bridge is falling down…” The Review: One special, endearing feature of the DCU is the multitude of fictional hometowns for its heroes. As the characters have grown in stature, so have their cities, to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham, Batman: Gates of Gotham #1, Batman: Gates of Gotham #1 review, Commissioner Gordon, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Gotham, Gotham City, Guy Major, Hush, Kyle Higgins, Red Robin, Robin, Scott Snyder, The Penguin, Tim Drake, Timothy Drake, Tommy Elliot, Trevor McCarthy | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Fabian Nicieza (writer), Freddie Williams II (artist), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: People complain Gotham’s a God-forsaken city—wait till they see what happens when He starts paying attention. The Review: Religion can be a dicey subject for any medium of serial fiction, comics included. It’s no coincidence people say to avoid talking about politics [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Azrael, Christian, Christian radicalism, Christianity, DC, DC Comics, Fabian Nicieza, Freddie Williams II, Gotham, Gotham City, Guy Major, Red Robin, Red Robin #22, Red Robin #22 review, religion, religious extremism, Tim Drake | 4 Comments »
Posted on February 16, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Daniel (writer and penciller), Tony Daniel, Sandu Florea and Ryan Winn (inkers), Ian Hannin (colors) The Story: Batman and I-Ching race against time to get to the Mask of the Beholder before Sensei gets there. Too late! What’s Good: I enjoy Tony Daniel’s Gotham art. He draws a powerful Batman (check him fighting [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #707, Batman #707 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, Enigma, Gotham, I-Ching, Ian Hannin, Peacock, review, Reviews, Riddler, Ryan Winn, Sandu Florea, Sensei, Tony Daniel, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 10, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Dustin Nguyen (penciller and painter), Derek Fridolfs (inker), Guy Major (colors) The Story: Batgirl is enjoying Valentine’s Day until she runs into a magical phenomenon that is stealing hearts, and being that this is Gotham, this is not a metaphor. On the plus side, she gets to meet up with [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batgirl #18, Batgirl #18 review, Batman, Bryan Q. Miller, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC, DC Comics, Derek Fridolfs, DS Arsenault, Dustin Nguyen, Gotham, Guy Major, Klarion the Witch-Boy, review, Reviews, Stephanie Brown, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 30, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: David Finch (writer, artist), Scott Williams (inker), Alex Sinclair (colorist) The Story: The Golden Dawn, Part One: Dawn Golden, a childhood friend, if not a childhood fascination, of Bruce Wayne’s, has disappeared. Gotham’s finest aren’t getting anywhere with the case and Batman puts off a lot of other important Bat-work to embark on this [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alex Sinclair, Batman, Batman Incoprorated, Batman: The Dark Knight #1, Batman: The Dark Knight #1 review, Bruce Wayne, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, David Finch, DC, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Gotham, Killer Croc, review, Reviews, Scott Williams, The Golden Dawn, The Penguin, Weekly Comic Book Review | 8 Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Scott McDaniel with Christopher Jones (pencillers), Rob Hunter, Art Thibert and Andy Owens (inkers) The Story: Batman and Robin are caught in the clutches of Absence, but learn her origin. A classic comic story. What’s Good: Visually, this issue hit me better than issue #17. The addition of Chris Jones, Art [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Absence, Andy Owens, Batman, Batman and Robin #18, Batman and Robin #18 review, Bruce Wayne, Christopher JOnes, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Damian Wayne, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, Gotham, Paul Cornell, Reviews, Rob Hunter, Scott McDaniel, The Absence, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 17, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Tony Daniel (writer, artist, inks), Sandi Florea (additional inks) The Story: The Eye of the Beholder, Part Two, See No Evil: Batman (Dick Grayson) and Peacock are fighting Sensei, the great-grandfather of Damian Wayne (I’ll get you a family tree later). They kick some ass, but are nearly overwhelmed and get away, to try [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Alfred Pennyworth, Batman, Batman #705, Batman #705 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, Gotham, I-Ching, Peacock, Reviews, Sensei, Tony Daniel, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 10, 2010 by paladinking
by Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (art), Jamie Grant (colors), and Sal Cipriano (letters) The Story: Superboy teams up with Poison Ivy in order to figure out what is causing Smallville’s plant life to run amok. What’s Good: This Superboy comic is delightfully weird. There’s this wackiness that gives real life to the book throughout [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Connor Kent, DC Comics, DC Universe, DCU, Gotham, Jeff Lemire, Kon-El, Parasite, Parasite Frogs, Pier Gallo, Poison Ivy, Simon Valentine, Smallville, Superboy, Superboy #2, Superboy #2 review, the Green, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 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 [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl #16, Batgirl #16 review, Batman, Bryan Q. Miller, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Derek Fridolfs, DS Arsenault, Dustin Nguyen, Gotham, Oracle, Order of the Scythe, Reviews, Stephanie Brown, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 8, 2010 by DS Arsenault
Lead Story By: David Hine (writer), Agustin Padilla (artist), Tony Aviña (colorist) Back Up Story By: Kyle Higgins (writer), Trevor McCarthy (artist), Andre Szymanowicz (colors) The Lead Story: Batman hits Paris, with the tentative blessing of the French authorities, as a series of riots and weird murders baffle police. Batman Incorporated grows. The Back Up [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Agustin Padilla, Andre Szymanowicz, Batman, Batman Incorporated, Bruce Wayne, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Comics, David Hine, DC Comics, Detective Comics Annual #12, Detective Comics Annual #12 review, Dick Grayson, DS Arsenault, France, Gotham, Kyle Higgins, Paris, Reviews, The Question, Tony Avina, Trevor McCarthy, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
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 September 10, 2010 by DS Arsenault
By: Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Lee Garbett (artist), Trevor Scott (inker) The Story: Stephanie is stuck at home on Friday night with her Mom. No bat signal. No training. Just scrabble. Luckily, Supergirl stops by and they go out to visit the campus of Gotham U. Unluckily, some bitter grad student makes 24 solid holograms [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: angry grad students, babes, Batgirl #14, Batgirl #14 review, bitter grad students, Bryan Q. Miller, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Dracula, DS Arsenault, Gotham, grad students, Lee Garbett, Reviews, Stanley Lau, Stephanie Brown, Supergirl, Trevor Scott, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
