The Man of Steel gets his own take on the “color” anthology in Superman: Red And Blue #1 including: “Untitled” written by John Ridley, art by Clayton Henry, colors by Jordie Bellaire and letters by Dave Sharpe “The Measure of a Man” written by Brandon Easton, art by Steve Lieber, colors by Ron Chan and…
His memories restored, Dick Grayson is Nightwing once more, with an all new creative team weaving a story of corruption, family, inheritance and the eternal fight against bullies in Nightwing #78. Written by Tom Taylor, art by Bruno Redondo, colors by Adriano Lucas and lettering by Wes Abbott. No matter how chaotic comics universe can…
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Super Chat. Spinning out from the pages of Bat Chat, Super Boys Justin Partridge and Tony Thornley commit themselves to a new never ending battle, diving into the mighty deeds of Superman. All starting here with Superman #29. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, penciled by Phil Hester, inked by…
Fresh from Infinite Frontier #0, a whole new chapter begins for Wonder Woman, scion of the Greek Gods, in… Asgard? See a meeting of the myths in Wonder Woman #770, written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, art by Travis Moore, colors by Tamra Bonvillain and letters by Pat Brousseau. Cat Purcell: I’ve been…
It’s a week of first issues, as Jim Gordon begins a hunt for the Joker and Bluebird hunts for evidence to convict Punchline in The Joker #1, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano, and a backup written by Sam…
Matt Lazorwitz: Welcome to ComicsXF’s roundtable discussion of DC’s new linewide event introduction, Infinite Frontier #0. I’m Matt Lazorwitz, the guy who came up with this harebrained scheme, and I’d like to start with everyone here sounding off. Let’s see who I’ve been able to gather from our illustrious staff. Tony Thornley: Hi, I’m Tony…
An old legend breathes new life and a new avatar of the Green is born. Destined to meet, does Levi Kamei have what it takes to confront the immortal beings that lay waiting? Join us in looking at The Swamp Thing #1, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and…
Hey, we’re back in the present this week! The Magistrate is just a glimmer in the eye of a creepy billionaire, the Scarecrow is running amok and there’s … sigh, more Ghost-Maker. Plus, in the backup, a mother and child reunion is only a stabbing away as Damian goes home to Talia in Batman #106…
Journey into time…FOR THE FINAL(ish) TIME in our continued coverage of DC’s FUTURE STATE. We’re wrapping up with a walkthrough of last week’s Superman: Worlds of War #2 accompanied by House of El #1 wrapping up the take of the Man of Steels’ legacy. As Yes famously said there’s a time and the time is…
The Legion of Super-Heroes confront their rogue member but not is all as it seems in Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Riley Rossmo, colors by Ivan Plascencia and letters by Dave Sharpe. Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 is only 19 pages. But somehow it felt like…
It’s an explosive week in Gotham City (which is a bad pun, since there are a lot of bombs going off, but we’re standing by it). Bruce Wayne faces down Magistrate-1 and Red Hood is on the run in Future State: Dark Detective #4, featuring: “Dark Detective,” written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora,…
We’re back in the future Gotham, where the Next Batman must race the Magistrate to save people who tried to kill him, Cass Cain and Stephanie Brown save a lost ally from the Magistrate, and Catwoman and Poison Ivy have one last girl’s weekend in Future State: The Next Batman #4 with: “The Next Batman,”…
The Future is still NOW as DC’s Future State rolls into wave six! This week we bring you the fabled Detective Comics Comics triple-shot! Join us, futurecateers, as we kill the moon with Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Sauvage’s Kara Zor-El, Superwoman #2, engage in some team building with Josuha Williamson, Ram V, Marcelo Maiolo, Marcio…
Bruce Wayne comes face to face with his successor and learns exactly how far the Magistrate police state has infiltrated Gotham while Grifter, Huntress and Luke Fox make a midnight run across the city to escape in Future State: Dark Detective #3, featuring: “Dark Detective,” written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by…
Welcome back to the land of tomorrow, where things are still pretty much as crappy as they’ve been for the Flash family in the recent past in Brandon Vietti, Brandon Peterson and Will Conrad’s Future State: The Flash #2. Meanwhile, the heroes of Metropolis get to put a check in the wins column over in…