Batman: Sword of Azrael was hyped to the heavens by Wizard Magazine in 1994. After DC had announced the Knightfall story arc, which culminated with Bane breaking Batman’s back, Wizard (with DC’s prodding) was speculating about Bruce Wayne’s replacement. It … Continue reading
Real simple: Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One story arc ranks as one of the best comic book stories of all time. You gotta love DC back in 1987: Batman’s post-Crisis origin was retold in his regular series (Batman 404-407) as … Continue reading
Dan Jurgens takes on a the comedic Justice League International, a U.N. sanctioned team of B and C-Listers (with Batman as an unofficial member) in DC’s New 52. This is a solid superhero comic and although it isn’t as funny … Continue reading
Detective Comics #1 Review. Tony S. Daniel did a super job on the art and scripted a pretty generic yet easily accessible Batman vs Joker introductory comic book. It ends with a shocker. Detective Comics does more to establish the … Continue reading
FLASHPOINT REVIEW: I admit that I did not read FLASHPOINT until the event completed. My buddy dropped off all 61 crossover issues and I was so engrossed with them I read them all in around 3-4 days. Plotwise, FLASHPOINT is … Continue reading
DC’s New 52: Justice League #1 (2011) review: written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Jim Lee. FIVE YEARS AGO…superheroes were feared and considered criminals. Justice League #1 features Batman’s first meeting with Green Lantern, and a Cyborg subplot. Green … Continue reading
All of DC Comics are being rebooted to #1 in September 2011. DC hyped this up as the mother of all events and Editor in Chief Dan DiDio and Jim Lee truly were optimistic about DC’s New 52 at the … Continue reading
Frank Miller’s 1986 The Dark Knight Returns is one of the most influential, important, and enjoyable comic book series of all time. When it first came out, I was awestruck by an old version of Batman in his “final case” … Continue reading
Who is the Black Mask? The answer has finally been revealed in Batman #697. As I correctly mused, the new Black Mask turned out to be Dr. Jeremiah Arkham, who ran the Arkham Asylum. It turns out he had a split … Continue reading
I’m sure things would make more sense if I wasn’t so busy in real life or if the DC editors would have a plot summary as the first page like Marvel Comics does. I’m also sure that a trade paperback would be better to understand this mystery. Continue reading
