This week has several books that look back at the long history of the DC Universe. Detective Comics gives us a look back at Tim Drake’s past and into his future. Ragman brings back a long missing character. And our Rebirth Royalty, New Super-Man, takes us back to the very beginning. ????Rebirth Royalty???? New Super-Man…
Nissa’s Return in Batman Beyond #12 is Lackluster
Batman Beyond #12 Vita Ayala and Steve Orlando (Writers), Siya Oum (Artist), Dexter Vines (Inker), Tony Aviña (Colourist), Travis Lanham (Letterer) DC Comics September 27, 2017 Batman Beyond #12 marks the return of Nissa, a.k.a. Batgirl Beyond, since her first appearance in the 2014 Batman Beyond digital chapters #27-29 (later collected in print). That debut…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything from October 4th
This week we have an abundance of Batman, with four issues devoted to the Dark Knight. We have the ending of All-Star Batman and the beginning of Batman: White Knight. “The War of Jokes and Riddles” reaches it’s long awaited conclusion, and Selina finally gives Bruce an answer. That’s the biggest spoiler of the week,…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything from September 27
This week had many great books from DC, but also several that left a lot to be desired. We have the return of Tim Drake, the further revelations of Mr. Oz, and the end of a couple of crossover miniseries this week. Rebirth Royalty goes to a man most well known for his wildly successful…
Rebirth Roundup – Dark Nights: Metal #2
Dark Nights: Metal #2 Scott Snyder (Writer), Greg Capullo (Artist), Jonathan Glapion (Inks), FCO Plascencia (Colors) DC Comics September 13, 2017
Rebirth Round Up: Everything From September 20
In this installment of Rebirth Roundup we have a couple cases of beautiful lettering, a fundamental misunderstanding of a team sport, and our favorite Amazon meeting one of our favorite barbarians. Rebirth Royalty this week goes to Batman: The Red Death, in a book that gives us the origin of our first Dark Knight. Read…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything From September 13
For DC, this was a real hit or miss week. The issues that worked really worked, and the issues that didn’t just kind of felt there. A lot of the best stuff this week took more time to read than usual, because they were so packed with things to pick apart. It was honestly hard…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything for September 6
Welcome back to Rebirth Roundup, as the tikes head back to school and we go to history class! Lots of books this week have things rooted in past eras, be it Shade and Doom Patrol pulling from previous series or Chuck Dixon being stuck in the nineties. Royalty this week goes to Shade the Changing…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything From August 23
Welcome back to Rebirth Roundup! This week we have lots of Batfamily guest spots in books that aren’t their own. Batman’s in Blue Beetle and Suicide Squad, and Nightwing’s in Batgirl. There are spoilers below, especially in this week’s Rebirth Royalty, Detective Comics. I know I promised to stop using that pun, but she’s actually…
Rebirth Roundup: Dark Nights: Metal #1
The Black Album. The Number of the Beast. British Steel. Ace of Spades. Back in Black. Every so often, there comes a piece of art that becomes so seminal it almost defines the artist. By first indication, Dark Knights: Metal will be that for the team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. While it is…
Red Death and Murder Machines, First Look At Dark Knights
On September 20th, the Dark Multiverse invades. As a tie-in with DC event Metal, there will be seven one-shot comics starring seven different twisted versions of Batman. Why? Why not, man. DC has released the covers to the first two issues, both drawn by Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson, who will also be drawing the other…
Previously on Comics: Eisner-Nominated Edition
Happy Free Comic Book (News) Monday! How was your FCBD? Did you check out Ardo’s awesome guide to Free Comic Book Day, and Alenka’s review of Spill Night? (You can take a peek and come back, I won’t tell.) Onward to comics news!
