Detective Comics #1013: He’s the Firestarter, Batman Firestarter
Detective Comics #1013
Detective Comics #1013 (Tomasi, Mahnke, Champagne, Alamy, Baron): I still have high hopes for the story, but this issue is best bought for the art alone.
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Superman Smashes the Klan #1 (of 3): It’s Always Okay To Smash Racists
Superman Smashes the Klan
Superman Smashes the Klan #1 (Yang, Gurihiru) builds a credible world where outsiders and nationalists collide – with the Man of Steel in the middle!
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Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #2: Curiouser and Curiouser
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #2
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #2 (Houser, Melo, Morales, Hi-Fi) may not be reinventing the wheel, but not every book has to. This is a super fun issue with solid artwork that is well worth your money!
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Metal Men #1: Misadventures of the Mechanical Maestro
Metal Men #1
Metal Men #1 (DiDio, Davis, Delecki) proves the title characters aren’t just fluffy goof characters, bringing real humanity and pathos to these oddball robots!
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Flash #80: Race Toward Extinction
Flash #80 (Williamson, Kolins) brings “Death and the Speed Force” to its penultimate chapter, as Zoom kidnaps Steadfast, the Black Flash moves in for the kill, and Kid Flash and Avery make a possibly fatal move against the Rogues!
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Nightwing #65: All in the Family
Nightwing #65
Nightwing #65 (Jurgens, Cliquet, Filardi) brings some Essential of Emeril-level spice that is much needed to the formerly bland story of “I’m not actually Nightwing despite acting exactly like Nightwing” Ric Grayson.
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Batman and the Outsiders #6: A Little Shiva Goes A Long Way.
Batman and the Outsiders #6
Batman and the Outsiders #6 (Hill, Soy, Gandini): Lady Shiva dropping the line “Failure doesn’t know me” sums up everything that makes this issue so sick.
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Batman vs Ra’s Al Ghul #2 (of 6): Into Crazytown
Batman vs. Ra’s Al Ghul #2
‘Batman vs Ra’s Al Ghul #2’ (Adams, Robins) continues the chaos of ‘Batman: Odyssey’ with diligence.
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Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1 (of 9): A Morbid Fascination
Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1
The well-researched psychological insight, drastic use of colors, time jumps, gritty tone and even uniquely original cast of characters just aren’t enough to save Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1 (Garcia, Suayan, Mayhew) from the pitfall of just not being all that entertaining to read.
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Year of the Villain The Joker #1: Dynamic Dud
Year of the Villain The Joker #1
The Joker gets out of Arkham and decides to take on a young ward of his own! Does Joker’s habit of killing side-kicks continue? (Carpenter/Tan)
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Event Leviathan #5: All Together Now
Event Leviathan #5
Event Leviathan #5 (Bendis, Maleev) continues to leave readers asking, “Who is Leviathan?” With issue #5 I am not sure if we are ready to find out. Batman, Superman, and a whole lot of others continue to find answers, but time is running out.
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The Batman’s Grave #1: “I Can Only Think Like a Victim”
The Batman’s Grave #1
‘The Batman’s Grave #1’ (Ellis, Hitch, Nowland, Sinclair) is a perfect Batman story in an era that desperately needed one.
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