One word. Sometimes, it’s all you need to adequately describe a comic. Sometimes, you need a lot more, BUT YOU ONLY GET ONE IN THIS GAME. I guilted Nikki, Doug, MJ and Allen into playing this game with me, and they haven’t bailed yet…SO LET’S TAKE ON WEEK 8 OF THIS MADNESS! October 25 releases,…
Review: DARK NIGHTS: BATMAN: THE MERCILESS #1
DARK NIGHTS: BATMAN: THE MERCILESS #1 Written by Peter J. Tomasi Art by Francis Manapul and Tom Napolitano Published by DC Comics Release Date: October 25, 2017 Batman: The Merciless is a beautifully dark story that only suffers from the limitations of it’s pages. As with the other entries into the Dark Nights: Metal tie-ins…
Review: DARK NIGHTS: BATMAN: THE DROWNED #1
DARK NIGHTS: BATMAN: THE DROWNED Written by Dan Abnett Art by Phillip Tan, Tyler Kirkham, Dean White, Arif Prianto, Tom Napolitano Published by DC Comics Release Date: October 18, 2017 The wretched Knights come to the water as sea-scribe Dan Abnett teams with a group of veteran artists to unleash a menacing Batwoman the likes…
Review: DARK NIGHTS: METAL #2
DARK NIGHTS: METAL #2 Written by Scott “Sword Sovereign” Snyder Art by Greg “Lead Thrasher” Capullo, Jonathan “Jolt of Lightning” Glapion, FCO “The Fallen” Plascencia, and Steve “The Slayer” Wands Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 13, 2017 WARNING: Mild spoilers are present for discussing this issue. It is too insane to review something…
THE HONOR ROLL: August 16, 2017 Releases
When I find myself in times of trouble, comic books come to me, showing arts of wisdom, let us see! We have spoiler filled picks for you to check out, so let’s get to it! JACK KIRBY’S 100 – THE SANDMAN #1 – Doug Zawisza Very few comics can win my Honor Roll nomination so…
First Look: BATMAN: THE RED DEATH #1
BATMAN: THE RED DEATH #1 Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 27, 2017 As the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL rock the DC Universe, the creatures of the Dark Multiverse stand ready to invade our world! How can even the World’s Greatest Heroes stop a…
First Look: BATMAN: THE MURDER MACHINE #1
BATMAN: THE MURDER MACHINE #1 Written by Frank Tieri Art by Ricardo Federici Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 27, 2017 As the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL rock the DC Universe, the creatures of the Dark Multiverse stand ready to invade our world! How can even the World’s Greatest Heroes stop a horde…
Interview: Scott Snyder Brings the METAL to the DC Universe
Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, and FCO Plascencia need no introduction…this is the team that ushered in a new generation of readers to Gotham City and their run on Batman that changed the character and added wrinkles to his mythos that are still used today in the DC Rebirth landscape. The dream team has…
Review: DARK NIGHTS: METAL #1
DARK NIGHTS: METAL #1 Written by Scott “Doom Commander” Snyder Art by Greg “Pain Bringer” Capullo, Jonathan “Guillotine” Glapion, FCO “Killer” Plascencia, Steve “The Slayer” Wands Published by DC Comics Release Date: August 14, 2017 Following on from Dark Days: The Forge and The Casting, Dark Nights: Metal #1 futher reveals the Dark Multiverse and…
First Look: DARK NIGHTS: METAL #2 covers
Ahead of the much-anticipated blockbuster release of DARK NIGHTS: METAL #1 on August 16, DC reveals new variant covers for DARK NIGHTS: METAL #2 from Andy Kubert, John Romita, Jr. & Jim Lee, which completes the quartet of covers for the issue. In DARK NIGHTS METAL #2, as Superman and Wonder Woman hunt for a…