In the aftermath of the Joker War, Harley Quinn is trying to find a way to rehabilitate those who joined in on the chaos as the Joker’s clowns, offering them a redemptive path. It turns out Hugo Strange has the same idea – the difference is that he’s got the city’s backing on his side,…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,035, the mystery of what is happening in Bruce Wayne’s new neighborhood of Fort Graves deepens, as death and mourning couple with corruption in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. …
Darth Vader explores Exegol and makes a decision as “Into the Fire” reaches a conclusion in Star Wars: Darth Vader #11 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffaele Ienco, colored by Neeraj Menon and lettered by Joe Caramanga. Having survived being left broken & marooned on Mustafar, fighting his way past droids, Sith assassins and…
Bill goes hunting for Odin, still desperate to resurrect his lost hammer Stormbreaker, but the former King of Asgard is far from his glory days. Stormbreaker is never coming back, but there is one place where Beta Ray Bill could restore his full powers. The All-Father of nothing offers the Korbinite a path to immortality,…
We doubted — honestly, we were very mean about this in the past — but look at that, Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill delivered on the promise of the book. For all our complaining, all our criticism, the team delivered an action-packed finale to the first arc in Crossover #6….
Cable has a problem. He made a big fuss about making sure the timeline was safe and stable and then stuck around for far too long. Now he is in over his head and thinks there is only one way this ends. Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto and Joe Sabino deliver Cable #10. Ian Gregory: We’re…
The OG New Mutants are responsible for training a new generation of teens on Krakoa, and the teens resist. Dani and Xi’an chased a runaway former student into Otherworld, then got snagged by malevolent Merlyn: can they find him, or even free themselves? And what’s the Shadow King training his hand-picked group of disconsolate teens…
GOLD SILVER BRONZE The Amazonian daughter of Hippolyta, Princess Diana of Themyscira journeys to the world of men after discovering Steve Trevor, a United States intelligence officer, washed up on the shores of Paradise Island. Wonder Woman adopted the civilian identity of Diana Prince, serving first as a military secretary before moving on to a…
Long as you keep ‘em way off balance, how can they spot you’ve got no talents? It’s a tale of stand-up comedy, spirit possession and the eternal, exacting price of fame in Knock ‘Em Dead, a five-issue miniseries by writer Eliot Rahal, artist Mattia Monaco, colorist Matt Milla, letterer Taylor Esposito and publisher AfterShock. Will…
It’s the end of a long, winding, and politically muddled road in “One World, One People” from Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Kenneth Laster: Welp the six week journey of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has concluded and despite looking like it would end strong last week with it’s high point, the…
Wally West’s soul is being used by the Speed Force to heal itself – and for reasons unexplained, this involves throwing him into the body of Bart Allen, centuries in the future, for a Flash/Gold Beetle team-up for the ages as they fight a giant, Speed-Force-imbued Dominator. Written by Jeremy Adams, art by David Lafuente…
Bruce Wayne may have lost out on his fortune, but an inheritance of investments from the late Alfred Pennyworth has made Dick Grayson a billionaire. With longtime ally and one-time paramour Barbara Gordon by his side, Nightwing is trying to figure out just what to do with his billions, but in the meantime? There’s pizza…
Could Druig be any more guilty even if he was actually guilty? We’re sure he’ll find a way in Eternals #4, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Esad Ribić, colored by Matthew Wilson, and Clayton Cowles on letters and design. Zoe Tunnell: This was a MEATY issue, dang. Eternals hasn’t exactly been a breezy series…
We all float down here. But sometimes, we float up in the sky, too. Haha #4 is written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Patrick Horvath and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will Nevin: Ari, what do you think about It? I take it you’re not quite of the generation that was traumatized by Tim…
After being stuck in a bunker for years, Cindy Moon has blossomed into a character of her own. Filling the void of news room drama that Peter Parker has left vacant for so long, Silk has become J Jonah Jameson’s new investigative journalism prodigy. She’s looking into why so many low level crooks are terrified…