Reviews

No period jokes, please. It just doesn’t flow well.

The balance starts shifting as Crane’s gas is now misting and while Mother is persisting, Dick is resisting, and Midnigher does all the heavy lifting in the penultimate chapter of DC’s weekly padding showcase. JUST FUCKING END ALREADY. The past few issues could have been made a single issue with little change to the plot, and it’s frustrating that a book with many a good turn has spoiled its potential by just listlessly meandering and filibustering at this point. Was everybody in the Bat team too busy preparing for DC’s Rebirth relaunch to take a look at the pacing of this story? It’s really not looking like I’ll bother collecting this, even for Cassandra. read more

Way to help the polar ice cap melt, Azrael.

While Dick attempts, Azrael preempts, and Harper’s not exempt from how Mother tempts all in this twenty-fourth episode of DC’s weekly Batman adventure (that lacks Batman and only has one person who’s legitimately a current-serving Robin). While Damian, Jason, Tim, Barbara, Kate, Jim, Duke, Helena, Selina, Dinah, and… others are busy around the world smashing kids in the face in attempt to gain control of the broadcast towers to Mother’s hypnotizing satellite (formerly Spyral’s hypnotizing satellite), Our Man Fl— I mean Dick is right in front of Mother’s hideout in the Antarctic Circle. but is waylaid by the self-styled Angel of Death (and haver of ridiculous hair under that helmet). read more

Hey… hey, Tim, now, no grouping yourself with characters that do things. You hang back with Jason.

The guys flex their detailed pecs and check the specs of the enemy’s tech and begin to peck as they crack their necks, so what the heck, give it a sec and they’ll wreck Mother’s deck! Er, so basically MIdnighter and Spoiler get in on them Duke Boys’… I mean Robin Boys’ plans to rescue Harper and Cass and defeat Mother. Midnighter plays keyboard jockey and triangulates the coordination of the polarity velocitator, or something, while Steph guards Scarecrow until Jason can escort him to his new laboratory. Oh, and I guess Batgirl’s in this, too. And Katana. And Batwoman. And… Duke Thomas, I think. And Catwoman. They completely disregarded Luke Fox, however, and I am oh so glad. Time to punch some toddlers! read more

This issue needed more Goliath.

Damian slaps the eldes chap when he’s tired of his rap, ‘cuz he won’t take that crap and would rather scrap with Cassie’s Pap, who’s a sap and gets thrown out through a gap, and that’s the hap, so shut your yap, and prepare to clap as the story is recapped, Harp and Cass are still kidnapped, and Mother springs her trap! All this in the twenty-second movement of DC’s weekly Batman symphony. Damian gets to be the Golden Child all the Morrison fans like him as, we see the (possible) end of an antagonist, and the gal pals on the outs share a tense moment. read more