Batman: Rebirth #72 Jordie Bellaire (colorist), Clayton Cowles (letterer), Jorge Fornes (artists), Mikel Janin (artist), Tom King (writer) DC Comics June 5th 2019 Spoiler warning: discussion of plot points follow Tom King and his team return to form to tie up loose ends, and carry Batman: Rebirth into its third act with issue #72.
DC PUBWATCH – May 2019 Edition
This month’s big DC news is bittersweet for your trusty DC Pubwatcher. Tom King is leaving the Batman title at the end of the year with issue #85. This means that King’s Batman run will clock in at 81 issues, 3 annuals, and a story from the Secret Files issue. This leaves it short of…
Previously on Comics: Love is Like a Hole in the Head?
Last week, readers warned of disturbing scenes of violence against Lois Lane appearing in the opening pages of #12, a book that is made available through DC’s new Wal-Mart line with the intention of welcoming new readers in a family-friendly line. Writer Tom King responded to the criticism over at Bleeding Cool, explaining that the…
Previously On Comics: Ground Control to Major X
Hello! I hope your Monday’s going well. We do not want to invoke the Garfield, after all. Some news:
DC PUBWATCH – October Edition
The biggest news this month came out of New York Comic Con, where Brian Michael Bendis announced his new imprint “Wonder Comics.” The imprint is focused on the teenage heroes of the DC Universe, and headlining that announcement was the returns of Bart Allen, Tim Drake, Cassie Sandsmark, and Conner Kent as an updated Young…
Heroes in Crisis: Just More Tragedy Porn
Heroes In Crisis #1 Tom King (writer), Clay Mann (artist), Tomeu Morey (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters), Clay Mann and Tomeu Morey (cover), J.G. Jones and Paul Mounts, Francesco Mattina, Mark Brooks, Ryan Sook (variant covers) DC Comics September 26, 2018 Spoilers below for Heroes In Crisis #1. When Heroes In Crisis was announced, I was…
Still Standing: Mister Miracle Escaping the Stigma of Mental Illness
As someone with depression and a love for comics, I often find myself looking to superheroes for escapism. A hero can always push forward no matter the difficulty, even if it takes a toll on them. More often than not, the trials and tribulations our favorite heroes are put through are those in the physical…
Rebirth Round Up: August 9
Welcome to the first Rebirth Roundup! Here I’ll do quick reviews of most DC Comics published books. I’m not entirely caught up on everything, but am working on that front, so some titles are not included yet. But as soon as I can I’ll be reviewing everything, right here, every week. That said, there will…
I Asked A Bunch of Marvel Men About Their Feminist Agendas
And only three answered. After Chelsea Cain was run off from Twitter by the baying of hounds affronted by a word (“feminist”), I decided to ask Cain’s peers, co-workers and higher-ups a question. Joelle Jones’ cover for the final issue of Mockingbird featured heroine Bobbi Morse in a t-shirt that read ASK ME ABOUT MY…
The Vision (And How I Got Excited For New Comic Book Day Again)
Ongoing comics are a strange game, constantly getting cancelled, renewed, and rebooted. Until I began working at London’s Orbital comics, I’d had a tough time reading anything in single issue format. Then, one fateful afternoon, I picked up The Vision #1. This book (by creative team Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta, with Jordie Bellaire…