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Batman Eternal #27 Review

Ahhh, it’s Schwarzwald! BIG O!

Selina rejects, Steph directs, Barbara aims to correct, and Croc? Croc just wrecks. All this happens in this twenty-seventh installment of the weekly Batman escapade. A new player called the Ferryman, or "Mr. Bone", appears, hoping to punish Catwoman for past encounters. We also see the return of a Grant Morrison villain, Eduardo Flamingo, a face-eating maniac with flamboyant tendencies. But the bulk of the issue deals with a crime boss looking to leverage what a child knows about Catwoman to get his own vengeance against her. But honestly, he’s not a very compelling character. read more

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Reconguista in G Episode 02 Review

Episode  02, "G-Self, Start Up!"

*****SPOILERS*****


 

Synopsis: Bellri and his classmates return to Earth, where Aida and the G-Self have been taken captive by the Capital Army. Raraiya has been assigned to the Academy until she can regain her memories and Bellri reunites with his mother, Operations Director Wilmit Zenam, who greets Col. Cumpa Rusita and foreign dignitaries at a celebration being held. The celebration is attacked by enemy mobile suits, and Bellri rushes to find Aida, sure they’re here to retrieve her. After meeting with Aida at the prison tower, she and Bellri, with others, make their way to the G-Self. Bellri and Aida climb into the cockpit as Aida’s mentor, Cahill, finds them. Bellri engages Cahill’s Grimoire MS, and when the enemy hesitates while spotting Aida, fires into his cockpit. Aida is devastated that Bellri has taken Cahill’s life. read more

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“UNIVERSE!”: Gundam Has The Right Stuf (Or Does It?)

 "Yeah… something like this." – The Right Stuf

 

In a startling announcement Saturday, online anime super store and part time anime distributor/licensor, The Right Stuf, revealed they will be releasing the most successful mecha anime franchise, Gundam, in North America. While the exact formats of this wide-ranging release of the long-running, storied franchise is yet undetermined, it has been divulged that the first releases will be the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam television series (previous licensed by the defunct Bandai Entertainment, and now long out of print) and 1999’s Turn A Gundam, previously unlicensed for the North American market. Also of note is their intention to furthermore release 1986’s Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta (or Gundam ZZ) at some point in the near future, as well as Sunrise’s adaptation of the Gundam: The Origin manga, which is still in production, and will be dubbed in English by NYAV Post. A license for the newest running TV series, Reconguista in G, is still in the works. 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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Reconguista in G Episode 01 Review

Episode 01, "The Mysterious Mobile Suit"

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Long after the Universal Century calendar passed, the Regild Century calendar marked the years. In RC 1014, a group of Capital Guard Academy’s cadets experience space for the first time, training to use large robots called Mobile Suits as they travel the orbital space elevator. There, one of the cadets, Bellri Zenam, takes action against an attacking space pirate in a strange mobile suit a passenger named Raraiya Monday reacts to. Bellri and other cadets, with the help of their instructor Dellensen Samatar, manage to subdue the enemy mobile suit and capture it and its pilot, a beautiful girl named Aida Rayhunton. Aida calls the mobile suit the G-Self, and is shocked when Bellri is capable of accessing its cockpit. read more

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Batman Eternal #25 Review

 

Hush taunts, Harper vaunts, and Bard plays commandant in this twenty-fifth chapter of DC Comics’ weekly Batman affair. With Alfred hospitalized and the city in chaos, our Caped Crusader makes a bold move, but his emotional state causes him to slip up. Meanwhile, Julia discovers how frustrating playing Bruce’s operator is, Tim and Jason come this close to bonding, and Babs is confused as to why her father hasn’t been cleared yet. The Bat-Family is gathering in Gotham, but is Hush too many steps ahead by now? read more

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Batman Eternal #24 Review

 

Spoiler makes jumps, Cluemaster’s a chump, and Batman’s in a slump in this thrilling twenty-fourth installment of DC’s weekly Batman tale. Behind the scenes of Hush’s master plan we see the rest of the C-listers work their magic to escalate the disaster, but one plucky purple pubescent stuns her super bad dad as well as me in her efforts to derail his part in the greater scheme at work. Am I really reading a comic with Stephanie Brown in it and actually enjoying her in it? Wha? How is that a thing? read more

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