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Gotham and Gotham Girl have Batman's respect, but do they have the chops to take over when he's gone? Batman #2 drums up an incoming threat that will likely test everyone's resolve, but we don't really know exactly what's coming and to the detriment of the story. Right now, all we know is that something... Continue Reading →
The Superman of the New 52 has passed, and the original Superman takes his place in the first issue ongoing issue of the Rebirth relaunch. During a visit to his alternate-timeline-self's grave, Clark Kent bids farewell and takes up the mantle of the world's greatest superhero. The family has moved from Salinas, California, to a farm... Continue Reading →
It's a little weird reviewing another Batman #1. Five years ago, the New 52 exploded onto shelves, and Batman #1 became a runaway bestseller partly because it was the first time the Batman title had a #1 since the first volume launched way back in 1940. Every issue of the second volume then went on... Continue Reading →
After Barry Allen tried to prevent his mother's death, he created an alternate future on the verge of destroying itself. At Thomas Wayne's behest, Flash went back in time to stop himself, and a new version of the universe was created out of the old that merged the distinct and separate DC, Vertigo, and Wildstorm... Continue Reading →
The New 52's Wonder Woman #1 was met with plenty of controversy when her origin story was revealed to be a lie -- instead of being molded out of clay, Diana Prince was revealed to be a daughter of Zeus. The lie was created to protect her from Hera's wrath, which gave her all the... Continue Reading →
The Superman of Earth-Prime is gone, and the world comes to terms with the loss. In Superman: Rebirth #1, Lana Lang and pre-Flashpoint Superman head to the New 52's burial site to deal with his death in their own ways. For Lang, it's to keep a promise and have Kent's body taken to Smallville, Kansas,... Continue Reading →
How does that song go? "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." That's from Semisonic's Closing Time -- a song about leaving comfort zones and returning to stark realities. When Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo formally announced their departure on the Batman series -- a partnership and run with an endgame in mind... Continue Reading →
The message was on repeat. Rebirth is not a reboot. Over and over, DC staff sounded like a broken record repeating the words in case you didn't hear or didn't want to believe: Rebirth is not a reboot. It's not. It never was or was intended to be. Even in his release night appearance on... Continue Reading →
Jim Gordon jumps out of the fire and into the frying pan, so to speak, as he tries to capture Mr. Bloom. In Batman #44, Gordon was about to be cooked alive, trapped in an industrial furnace firing at 1,000-degrees. Relying on his ability to throw a batarang, Jim makes it out, slightly toasted and... Continue Reading →
Sometimes the legend becomes so heavy, it drowns everything else out. And after 75-plus years of amazing stories, the Batman series must be a challenge for any writer. I imagine the hardest thing about writing a new story is coming up with something that hasn't been done before or hasn't been done recently -- something exciting... Continue Reading →
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