There is a lot going on at Gotham Academy. We already know that it is linked by tunnels to the ruins of Arkham Asylum. We know Killer Croc was haunting its tunnels. We know Headmaster Hammer knows something. And we know Olive Silverlock is on Batman’s watch list, so carefully watched, in fact, that in […]
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With the Titans newly reformed despite the adult heroes’ disapproval the team begins to act less as punishers of evil and more like a support system for a bunch of kids abandoned—or worse—by their parents. If they even have them. The Titans get a mysterious phone call that Rose, the cast off daughter of the […]
Review: Arrow Season 2.5
June 1, 2016by Marc Guggenheim, Keto Shimizu, Brian Ford Sullivan and Joe Bennett Personally I always find tv and movies more fun when you can tell the creators, actors, and crew are having a lot of fun with it. One of the reasons why Marvel fan culture has been more interesting to me. This book is loads […]
Justice League Season 1 Episode 13
May 22, 2016“The Brave and the Bold Part 2” When Central City vanishes Wonder Woman, Jo’nn, and Hawkgirl go to investigate, unaware that Green Lantern and Flash are already in the thick of things. Following the trail to a similar energy signature in Africa (with Batman’s help) they end up in just as much danger as Flash […]
Review: Birds of Prey volume 2 by Chuck Dixon
May 17, 2016ISBN: 9781401260958 Still hunting down the sleaze of the world Black Canary (with Oracle at the assist) stumbles into a slave ring with a twist. These slaves are also kidnapped heiresses, business moguls and other member of the One Percent. The scheme is a good one (forced labor and ransom? Score!) Also included in this […]
Review: Birds of Prey volume 1 by Chuck Dixon
May 10, 2016ISBN: 9781563894848 In the beginning there was Black Canary and Oracle. One is fresh out of a break up with Green Arrow (that Green Arrow, yes) with a passion for kicking evil butt and a somewhat short attention span. The other is wheelchair-bound, hopeful and determined to find a way to still save the world […]
Justice League: Season 1 Episode 11
May 8, 2016“War World Part 2” Superman’s defiance of Mongul sets a bad precedence, so Mongul sets out to make sure Superman is killed on War World, no matter what it takes. The other gladiators, however, come to admire his resolve to treat them like actual people (including using their attempt to help him escape to […]
Justice League Season 1 Episode 10
May 1, 2016“War World Part 1” Jo’nn and Superman are captured and secreted away to War World, a planet meant for the gladiators of a dozen worlds to face off for the entertainment of a wild crowd. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern are on their way to help. But will a world with no jobs, no food, […]
Review: Gotham Academy #6
April 12, 2016Olive and her friends are finally getting some answers from Killer Croc when Batman busts up the party. Olive tries to defend Croc from Batman, meanwhile Batman tries to cut Croc out of the picture permanently. A who’s who evil, rescuer situation is complicated by the fact that Olive knows it was Batman that tore […]
Review: Justice League Season 1 Episode 9
April 10, 2016Paradise Lost Part 2 So the artifacts Diana and the League are uncovering to save Diana’s family from Felix Faust? The pieces of the Key to Tartarus, the underworld. (The history between Diana’s mother and Hades does explain why no men are allowed in Themyscera.) When Faust releases Hades the League and the Amazons gets […]