BATGIRL #15 Written by Gail Simone Art by Daniel Sampere and Vicente Cifuentes Release Date: December 12, 2012 It’s not been a great week to be Batgirl. After the baffling back channel announcement on Sunday that writer Gail Simone was removed from her post as the chief driver of Barbara Gordon’s fate (after nearly a…
COMICS FOR HEROES Presents: The November File
This is the first in what will be a regular series that briefly reviews the books that I (Brian, President and Founder of Comics for Heroes) have read every month. There is no such thing as a bad comic — just one that may not be for you. One of the great things about comics…
Review: BATGIRL #14
Batgirl #14 Written by Gail Simone Art by Ed Benes and Daniel Sampere Release Date: November 14, 2012 Crossover storylines often have the tendency to get a bit stretched. (Does it really make sense to have Cyclops fighting Thanos in Infinity Gauntlet? Did we really need to have a Batman tie-in title during Blackest Night?)…
Crisis of Epic Proportion: The Case for Imaginary Stories
I was recently flipping through some website or another and realized that, despite my best intentions for the better part of the last two years, I’d never read Brave and the Bold #33 (second series, of course). This is pretty unusual for a bunch of reasons, not limited to: Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, Zatanna, Wonder…
Review: AME-COMI GIRLS #1-3
AME-COMI GIRLS #1-3 Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray Art by Eduardo Francisco Release Dates: September 10, 17 and 24, 2012 I’ve heard a lot lately about how the big two comic companies aren’t investing in comics for kids and newer fans — that every book they produce is either too young or (in…
Review: BATGIRL #0
BATGIRL #0 Written by Gail Simone Art by Ed Benes Release Date: September 12, 2012 There’s no man young Barbara Gordon admires as much as her father, but what happens when she is called upon to be a hero all her own? Flashing backwards four years to her first year of college, the girl who…
Review: BATGIRL #11 and VOLUME 1 HC
BATGIRL #11 BATGIRL VOL. 1: THE DARKEST REFLECTION Written by Gail Simone Art by Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes Release Date: July 11, 2012 Batgirl’s first encounter with her newest foe Knightfall continues and it seems the villain’s reach in Gotham City is more than she bargained for. A criminal heiress who spent time in…