In the lead: Alfred the super-spy is on a freighter headed for America. He remembers his meeting with Tarot and the scroll case he gave her… In the back-up: …which belonged to Prince Khufu, one of the past lives of Hawkman. Back in issue #16, after Hawkman helped Gangbuster rescue Tarot, he went back to…
Most Pointless- Birds of Prey #123 A few weeks ago, I said that the ending to Birds of Prey #122 was the Best Ending of the week. It ended with The Joker entering BoP HQ with Barbara Gordon all by herself. Well this issue started with the cops showing up and scaring The Joker away,…
Geoff Johns. Do we have a hard-on for that guy or what? This marks the fifth consecutive Book of Doom written by him. But I assure you that this is mere coincidence. There’s even two other writers on the book this week. We just can’t help it if Johns is a kickass writer and makes…
I read too many damn comics. This fact was made all the more apparent two weeks ago when I got laid off from my part-time job (otherwise known as the job that lets me buy comics). While I couldn’t convince myself to drop any of my usual stuff last week, this week I was able…
In the lead: After a little back-story on Morgaine Le Fey and Enigma, “Despero” is revealed to be Kanjar Ro in disguise. Due to his deceit, Morgaine Le Fey’s spell wasn’t completed as it should be. Le Fey and Enigma has become demigods, and their bad from the abyss on the newly Trinity-free Earth. But…
Here’s the comic that yours truly produced this weekend for 24-Hour Comics Day: Portals of Doom! You may notice that the art quality regresses quite a bit over the course of these 24 pages. The coherence of the storytelling has a similar degradation, albeit on a much larger scale. That’s what a lack of sleep…
In the lead: Firestorm realizes this isn’t an alternate reality, but his own reality in an altered state, so he does what Batman says: “When you’re not sure what to do next, get more facts.” To the microfilm room! After studying up on this reality’s past, Firestorm is attacked by an army of giant Amazos….
Best Out-of-Context Quote- Secret Six #2 Batman: “I had a burrito.” Best New Direction- The Walking Dead #53 For the first 52 issues of The Walking Dead, everything has been about survival. Finding a safe place to live, finding a way to sustain said living, finding a way to not kill each other in said…
In the lead: Tarot and Gangbuster are in Europe, with no recollection of how or why they’re there. While being chased by some Howlers, they bump into Alfred Pennyworth, British super-spy. Freddie (as he prefers to be called here) is there researching ancient artifacts of bats, warrior women and the letter S. Tarot offers to…
Really? You want to recruit comic book readers? Have you seen comic book readers? Seriously. We’re in no shape to join the Navy. So stop spamming my DC Comics already.