At first I wondered why this softcover collection cost $50 when its two hardcover collections were priced at $25.  Where’s the savings there?  Then I found out that it also collected the five-part prequel story “The Long Con” from “Batman:  Urban Legends” as well as some shorts that (I don’t think) were previously collected.  So […]

Batman and his son, Damien, have been having a rough time of it lately.  While the Dark Knight has always had issues with openness and intimacy, they’ve prevented him from doing something  important:  Emphasizing to his son that the death of Alfred Pennyworth wasn’t his fault.  It’s this determination to prove himself that has led […]

Wally West is the fastest man alive.  Fast enough to keep all crime under control in Keystone City.  Fast enough to be a good husband to his wife, and father to his three kids.  Fast enough to be on time for his new job working with Michael “Mister Terrific” Holt.  Yet something’s been off with […]

Friday Fitzhugh’s return to King’s Hill hasn’t gone the way she expected it to at all.  From the death of her best friend Lancelot Jones, to the machinations of the members of Acadian Hall, to the supernatural terrors that come for her and her family, everything about this trip has been a surprise.  Fate, however, […]

Now that she’s free of Jason Woodrue’s dominating presence, Pamela Isely can now turn her attention towards the things that really interest her.  Like dishing out an appropriate comeuppance to those who would exploit the Earth (and their workforce), such as Beatrice Crawley, the current CEO of FutureGas.  Except that Ms. Crawley may have a […]

The hope with a title like that is that you’re going to get some insane kaiju-fighting action as the  greatest heroes of the DCU (and some of its villains) mix it up with Godzilla and Kong (and some of the other creatures bumming around the Monsterverse).  No one is going in here expecting to see […]

Christopher Chance has twelve days to live.  We found this out in vol. 1 after he drank a poison drink that was meant for Lex Luthor.  His investigation into who sent Luthor that drink has led to an eccentric list of suspects:  The entirety of the Justice League International.  Chance has already been able to […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Beasts of Burden Omnibus If there’s one thing that bugs me about the solicitation for this omnibus collection of this series, it would be the fact how the four volumes collected here are described as “all four” and not “the first four.”  Which implies that we won’t be getting any more of Evan […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: John Constantine, Hellblazer:  Dead in America Longtime readers will know that while I was really looking forward to Simon Spurrier’s take on Constantine, it didn’t wrap up in an enjoyable way.  While vol. 1 delivered on the goods I expect from a “Hellblazer” series, the finale of vol. 2 shows us just how […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Holy Roller Professional bowler Levi Cohen is forced to stop being one in order to care for his ailing father back in his hometown. Problem is that when he gets there, Levi finds out that it’s been overrun by neo-nazis.  What’s a former pro bowler to do in this kind of situation?  […]