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Batman & Robin Eternal #7 Review

Why does Cass look completely out of her element here? She’s a ninja girl! Throwing stars are like snowflakes to her!

While Dick’s away, Tim and Jason play, there’s a deadly ballet, and there’s a bit of LesYay, all in this tip-toeing issue that’ll make you plié. It’s the seventh issue of the globe-trotting second Batman weekly trek from DC Comics. The Prague Batcave is full of bones, the dive bar Tim and Jason visit is full of scumbags, and the Prague Ballet is full of secret asassins (and at least one Mother). I’m shipping Harper/Cass now, but let’s get to that later, there’s a story to follow! read more

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Batman Eternal #26 Review

 

Bruce’s wounds gush, the origin of Hush, and Steph’s bravado is crushed, all features of this twenty-sixth entry in DC’s weekly Batman series. Batman’s about as good at keeping track of Alfred as he is the evidence he gave Jason Bard to clear Jim Gordon, because damn, poor ol’ Al ends this issue in some deep trouble. But Batman is a busy guy taking on the chaos all around the city thanks to Hush and Bard’s machinations. Will Batman find his nemesis in time to stop him from his greater plan? And more importantly, is he even the grand mastermind behind this all? read more

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Batman #28: The Bluebird of Harper-ness (CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE SPOILER)

 

Oh, Bruce. You say that to all your future meat shields… I mean, partners.

 

Ever since DC Comics (isn’t "DC Comics" "Detective Comics Comics"?) decided to initiate a poorly-planned mess of a reboot in 2011, creating the universe of the "New 52" (or Prime Earth), which combined the already existing DC universe with that of Vertigo and Wildstorm (only to largely dispose of those elements later), it hasn’t been easy to find solid, compelling DC titles that wouldn’t vary in quality from week to week. After all, they didn’t just restart the timeline, they skull fucked continuity with a diamond dick and blew their load through the back of its head. The Teen Titans’ history? Gone. Superman? He wears a t-shirt and jeans and then switches to battle armor, all the while romancing Wonder Woman (he’s no longer married and was in fact never romantically involved with Lois Lane). Also, he’s kind of a jerk now. Wally West who? Cassandra Cain who? Donny Troy who? Also, the Amazons rape men and throw out the male babies (sort of a reverse China). Amanda Waller is thin and attractive, somebody thought Cyborg would make a good Justice League member, Billy Batson is a little prick, the Justice Society lives in a parallel world again, Roy Harper wears a trucker hat, and nobody’s quite sure what happened and what didn’t happen in the past, which has been relegated to a six year time frame. read more