Review – Electric Warriors #2: High-Stakes Space Combat
Earth’s two champions face their first major test, as the stakes of the tournament for the Electric Seeds become clear.
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Tag: Steve Orlando
Review – The Unexpected #7: Mandrakk’s Reign
Mandrakk the Dark Monitor is unleashed, and the remnants of the Unexpected are approaching the end of the line.
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Review – Electric Warriors #1: Future Combat
In an unseen time between the Great Disaster and the rise of the Legion, two young warriors join an epic intergalactic tournament.
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DC This Week – More Midnighter and Apollo, Please
Superman Reborn raises more questions than it answers, but Midnighter and Apollo concludes in spectacular fashion.
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DC This Week – The Justice League of Diversity
Justice League of America Rebirth #1 and Batman: Detective Comics spotlight what’s great about this new wave at DC.
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DC This Week – A Batman Instant Classic
Welcome to Batburger! Would you like to Jokerize those fries?
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DC This Week – Jessica Cruz: Strongest Hero in the DCU
Top of the list is tremendous Green Lanterns #15 which focuses on how Jessica deals with her anxiety disorder. This is a story that should resonate with anyone who’s ever suffered from anxiety.
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DC This Week – Crossover Power!
his week, the Justice League is busy fighting with everyone! Well, not quite everyone, but, yes, the Power Rangers and the Suicide Squad, though not at the same time. Vixen returns as Steve Orlando gathers his Justice Leaguers, and Year 1 in Wonder Woman concludes spectacularly.
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DC This Week – A Tale of Two Atoms
Ryan Choi returns as the Atom, Captain Atom returns as a bundle of radioactive energy, Maxwell Lord gathers a Suicide Squad, Batman & Catwoman have a date night, and Midnighter & Apollo battle actual demons.
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DC This Week – What Makes a Hero?
Our characters ponder what makes a hero, Deadman is in the middle of a terrific ghost story, and the Bionic Woman and Wonder Woman team up for the first time. All in this week’s DC Comics.
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DC This Week: Ladies First
This week is dominated by the ladies. There’s Kara in Supergirl #3. Lana Lang in Superwoman #3 and Lois Lane in Superman: Action Comics #965 are the spotlight characters. Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #3 is out, Barbara Minerva (Cheetah) has a solo tale in Wonder Woman, the teens of Gotham Academy work together […]
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DC This Week – Midnighter, Apollo and Deadman Deliver
This was one of those weeks with DC where 90 percent of the books were good reads. For Corrina, the book of the week has to be Superman, in an old-style adventure story that includes a loving tribute to the late, great Darwyn Cooke’s DC: The New Frontier.
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DC This Week – A Teen Titans Rebound
Teen Titans Together! First, the launch of yet another Teen Titans book, then Titans #3, and this week also included the new Wally West in The Flash, Rose (Ravager) Wilson in Deathstroke (everyone should be reading this book), and Jaime Reyes back in his own title as the Blue Beetle.
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DC This Week – The Monster Men Are Here!
Quite a week for DC. The new title, Trinity, featuring Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman premieres, Teen Titan’s Raven has a new solo book that looks promising, and Steve (Midnighter) Orlando begins a crossover featuring Monster Men in the Bat-books.
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DC Comics This Week – Cyborg 2.0 and the New Supergirl Debut
This week in DC, Supergirl gives the Maid of Steel a strong start, Cyborg #1 is a good place to start for new readers, and there are strong issues of Nightwing and Batman.
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DC This Week: Reunion Time. Batgirls! Apollo & Midnighter! Gordon & the Marines
This week, Batgirl hits 50, Peter J. Tomasi hit two runs this week with his work on Superman and Batman: Detective Comics, and I became distracted by Mikel Janin’s art on Superman. So pretty.
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DC Comics This Week: ‘Midnighter’ & ‘Secret Six’ Steal the Show
Secret Six guest-starring Batgirl is bittersweet this week and, meanwhile, Midnighter hops around the DC Universe. (But not to fight Deathstroke, thankfully.)
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“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Comic’: Not What You’d Expect
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow gets a comic, sorta. Meanwhile, Martian Manhunter is the best comic SF epic you’re not reading. That and more reviews of this week’s DC Comics.
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DC Comics: Buy ‘Midnighter’ Before He’s Gone
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.
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Bat-Characters: You Get a Comic & You Get a Comic & You Get a Comic!
The Bat books shine again but so do Wonder Woman and Scooby Doo in their out-of-continuity titles.
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DC Comics Round-Up for Issues Released 8/5/2015
Batman rules again, even in alternate form, but Ray and I disagree about the quality of Gods & Monsters Wonder Woman.
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GeekDad Interviews ‘Grayson’ Writers Tim Seeley and Tom King
‘Grayson: Agents of Spyral’ contains the first four issues of the series, plus the ‘Futures End’ tie-in and a story from ‘Secret Origins’ issue eight. I was really surprised by the story after having read it. The writers were true to the character, making him boyish and happy-go-lucky. He was still high-flying and quick with a quip. He still kicked major butt. He was the same Dick Grayson who has been a fan-favorite for these past 75 years.
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