Last week, I talked about the resurgence of Vertigo Comics. Each week, my partner in reviewing, Ray Goldfield, and I will look at their current books, especially debut issues, to see if we can recommend jumping aboard.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The Amazon princess deserves a better story. image copyright DC Comics The signs that this current Wonder Woman run, written by James Robinson, would be a disaster of epic proportions were all there at the beginning. It began with two throwaway concepts from The Darkseid War, written by Geoff Johns: Wonder Woman had […]
The new 52 basically meant good things for Detective Comics but Catwoman has had a much bumpier ride.
This week in DC? The Legend of Wonder Woman gets more awesome, Constantine hates fairies, Starfire hates invaders but Midnighter is learning to like Dick Grayson’s little interruptions.
This is an odd week for DC. First, an alternate universe story featuring classic Lois & Clark is our favorite, Frank Miller seems to have a more hopeful view of superheroes than many of DC’s current comics, Neal Adams goes back to 1970s style storytelling and the big Darkseid War saga is falling flat, even […]
This week in DC Comics, Harley and the Joker have an epic throwdown, Martian Manhunter turns into a giant Earth-saving machine, the Secret Six and Batgirl make nice, there’s another installment of Max Landis’ origin of Superman and Doctor Fate goes topical.
Yes, Bruce Wayne takes back the mantle of the Bat but we’re having the most fun reading The Legend of Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Constantine and the Batman/TMNT crossover!
What else should you grab? If you like horror, Swamp Thing. Batgirl fans, the new issue is out and Black Canary’s back. Fans of Scott Snyder’s run on Batman should check out Batman & Robin Eternal, as there are major doings with Harper Row. But Ray and I won’t limit ourselves to just those comics. We read them all.
Black Canary is killer, Dick Grayson is fun and sexy, Omega Men has it’s best issue yet, plus reviews on all the DC Comics to come out this week.
Thorn is a freed demigod of…well, that’s not clear. Sex, certainly, and charm, and cleverness. Perhaps he’s a friend of humanity. Perhaps not. Issue number three is entilted “My Beloved Monster,” and that about covers it.
Poison Ivy and the Joker are in Gotham, Bruce Wayne looks to be Batman again, Martian Manhunter needs to make the world safe for biscuits, and the original Titans gather. All this and more in this week’s DC reviews.
In print, Deathstroke’s ‘meh’ title is selling more than Grayson, DC: Bombshells, Black Canary and We Are Robin. Martian Manhunter, Secret Six, Doctor Fate and Omega Men are bottom sellers. Gotham Academy, one of the freshest and most interesting ideas in the Batman mythos in ages, is selling only 16,000 print copies a week, which boggles my mind.
‘Unfollow’ sets 140 people in direct competition for billions of dollars, while ‘The Sheriff of Babylon’ is a look at the mess left in Iraq after the successful American invasion. They’re both for mature readers, of course, and both worth reading, though they might not be to everyone’s taste.
Wondering what to buy at the comic shop this week? Ray and Corrina have you covered.
This week’s favorites feature women. Cassandra Cain is spotlighted in Batman and Robin: Eternal, Lois is the co-lead in Superman: Lois & Clark, and Black Canary, of course. Sadly, Superman/Wonder Woman and the Wonder Woman title suffer by comparison.
This week in Vertigo Comics, the debut of a punk rock comic, more Astro City, Art Ops continues its charming weirdness, and an Eric Kripke series proves somewhat disappointing.
DC Bombshells is spectacular this week, as is the final issue of Gotham by Midnight, Ray and myself are in love with the Titans Hunt series (the less said of the regular Titans series, the better), The Robin War zooms toward an ending, Bryan Hitch gives us spectacular splash pages in Justice League of America, and Dark Knight III: The Master Race goes in an unexpected direction.
The devil is back in ‘Lucifer,’ the story in ‘Clean Room’ becomes even more twisty, and the demigod Thorn steals the show in this week’s Vertigo releases.
Batman and Robin Eternal and We Are Robin explore the issues around having Robins in the first place, while Harley Quinn has no qualms about expanding her army of Harleys for supposedly good purposes.
Lord Byron as a modern day romantic? Casanova as the Big Bad? That’s the most intriguing concept in this week’s Vertigo comics.
The Robin War delves deeper into each sidekick, Dick Grayson teams up with the new Batman, The Bombshells put the band together, and cowabunga, dudes, Gotham’s sewers are full of turtles.
The Robin War comes to Gotham Academy in this exclusive preview!
The Robins go to War, Prez gains an artificially intelligent ally, and some titles are ending, including (sob!) Gotham by Midnight.
Wonder Woman and Superman continue to be ill-served by their own titles but the Bat-crew is making out wonderfully, while the new Lois & Clark series finally features the Superman we all remember.
Three new titles, two horror, one all-ages, showcase the best of Vertigo Comics’s new direction.
Batman & Robin Eternal continues to roll along, Secret Six stumbles into being the good guys. Sorta. And Martian Manhunter has an existential argument with himself about the fate of the Earth, except all his selves are real.
Hey, look an optimistic version of Superman, plus a story that makes me love a character I usually loathe, and Constantine hangs out with what’s normal for his world, though only after he’s opened his mail while naked.
The Bat books shine again but so do Wonder Woman and Scooby Doo in their out-of-continuity titles.
