Batwoman Archives

Review – Gotham City Monsters #4: The War for Monster Town

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019Ray Goldfield

Melmoth’s plan is revealed, and a new clan of monsters poses a threat to Frankenstein’s unlikely crew.

Review – Black Mask: Year of the Villain #1: False Faces

August 21, 2019August 20, 2019Ray Goldfield

Roman Sinois has been a small-time player in the Gotham crime scene – but Lex Luthor has other plans for him.

Review – Red Hood: Outlaw #29: Bat-Black Sheep United

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018Ray Goldfield

Jason and Batwoman have an explosive team-up against the forces of the Underlife.

Review – Red Hood: Outlaw #28: All-American Murder

November 15, 2018November 14, 2018Ray Goldfield

Jason Todd is undercover for an ultra-violent small town adventure. Plus, who is Wingman?

Review – Batwoman #16: Fighting Batman To Save Alice

June 20, 2018June 19, 2018Ray Goldfield1

It’s a Wayne family feud with Alice caught in the middle, as the conflict between Batman and Batwoman reaches its breaking point.

Review – Batman: Detective Comics #981: A Happy Bat-Family?

May 23, 2018May 22, 2018Ray Goldfield

James Tynion IV’s run comes to an epic conclusion, as the battle to save Tim from Brother Eye reaches its close, and everyone’s story gets one final act.

Review – Bombshells United #18: War Is Everywhere

May 16, 2018May 15, 2018Ray Goldfield

The war approaches its conclusion in this penultimate issue, as new players enter the fray and one final threat awaits.

Review – Batwoman #15: Alice’s Attack On Gotham

May 16, 2018May 15, 2018Ray Goldfield

Kate battles to save Gotham City from a wave of plague bats – and her sister from herself.

Review – Batman: Detective Comics #980: Strength In Batgirls

May 9, 2018May 8, 2018Ray Goldfield

Batwoman faces her dark future, and Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown get a look at their destinies in this penultimate issue.

Review – Batman: Detective Comics #979: Tim As Brother Eye

April 25, 2018April 24, 2018Ray Goldfield

OMAC has come to Gotham City, as Tim Drake faces his darkest enemy – and himself.

Review – Batman: Detective Comics #978: The Colony Attacks

April 11, 2018April 10, 2018Ray Goldfield

Batman and the Colony parley, as The General makes his move and a classic DC adversary returns.

Review – Batwoman #13: Family

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018Ray Goldfield

Kate Kane revisits the site of her original trauma, searching for answers about the Mother of War.

Review – Batman: Detective Comics #976: Trauma and Superhero Violence

March 14, 2018March 13, 2018Ray Goldfield

Tim and Cassandra struggle with the emotional fallout from the break-up of Team Batman while Kate believes she’s made a good choice in joining her father’s black ops organization.

Review – Batman: Detective Comics #975: Fallout From Clayface’s Killing

February 28, 2018February 27, 2018Ray Goldfield

The cover is a bit misleading, as Kate’s less on trial and more the subject of an intense Bat-Family discussion. In the end, Kate makes a choice that at least one of us thinks is mind-boggling.

Review – Bombshells United #12: Dealing With Loss

February 22, 2018February 21, 2018Ray Goldfield

When is a new chance at life just another sort of hell?

Review – Batwoman #12: The Past Revealed

February 22, 2018February 21, 2018Ray Goldfield

The last secrets of Batwoman’s sojourn on Coryana are revealed and it becomes clear why Kate carries such guilt and why she view Safiyah as evil.

Review – Batman: Detective Comics #974: Kate Kane…Killer

February 14, 2018February 13, 2018Ray Goldfield

Yes, Clayface is truly dead and the shot that killed him will also fracture the Bat-Family.

Review – Bombshells United #11: Oh Mighty Isis

February 8, 2018February 7, 2018Ray Goldfield

Jason begins to see the disturbing implications of his rebirth via Lazarus Pit even as Black Adam refuses to see reason.

Batman and Reverse Flash in Batman #21, the Button

DC This Week – Batman Presses the ‘Watchmen’ Button

April 19, 2017Ray Goldfield

Batman investigates the ‘Watchmen’ button, triggering visits from the multiverse and in ‘All-Star Batman,’ Ra’s and Batman have a showdown for the ages. Plus, Deathstroke proves he’s evil & the reviews of this week’s DC Comics

DC This Week – Batwoman Delivers

March 16, 2017Ray Goldfield

Batwoman #1 debuts this week, Jon Kent and Damian Wayne break into LexCorp, and Cave Carson has a spectacular ending to its first arc.

3 Can’t-Miss Comics This Week From DC

January 25, 2017Ray Goldfield

Deathstroke, Kamandi and Killer Frost lead the week for DC.

NYCC CatchUp: Intellectuality with Marguerite Bennett

November 22, 2016Karen Walsh

Discussing comics, history, intellectuality, and culture with the ever poised and kind Marguerite Bennett at NYCC 2016.

Gather ‘Round, Padawans: That’s COLONEL Danvers to You

September 27, 2016Shiri Sondheimer10

What’s in a name? More than you might think.

DC This Week – Deathstroke Hits the Target

August 10, 2016Ray Goldfield

The Rebirth of Deathstroke shines under Christopher Priest’s pen, ‘All-Star Batman’ by Scott Snyder debuts and Lois Lane finally gets superpowers. That, plus more Wonder Woman Year One and the satire of modern life continues in the ‘Flintstones.’

Gather ‘Round, Padawans: Love Is Love Is Love Is Love

July 29, 2016Shiri Sondheimer

Comics are doing what movies won’t: allowing people to love who they love and kiss who they wish.

DC Rebirth This Week – Many Happy Returns

June 8, 2016Ray Goldfield

Wonder Woman, Flash, Detective, Action Comics, and Aquaman all successfully restart with their Rebirth issues. Wacky Racers, however, never gets past the starting gate.

Teen Titans, No: DC’s Superhero Woman Fail

April 7, 2016Shiri Sondheimer5

You can do better, DC. We deserve better.

‘Batgirl #45’: A Sea Change For DC on LGBT Weddings

October 28, 2015Corrina Lawson1

In 2013, Batwoman writer and artist J.H. Williams III quit the comic, citing that DC would never allow Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer to be married as one of the major reasons for his departure. “We were told to ditch plans for Killer Croc’s origins; forced to drastically alter the original ending of our current arc, […]