The Commissioner #1: Gordon’s Sick of it All
The Commissioner #1
The Commissioner #1 (Jenkins, Herbert, Lucas): The story was great and the art was absolutely fantastic, this is a one-shot worth checking out.
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X-Men #4: Meat and Two Veg
X-Men #4
X-Men #4 (Hickman, Yu, Alanguilan, Gho): Dinner is served! Your main courses are fine art, an excellent plot, and a heaping side-order of unexamined misogyny.
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Miles Morales Spider-Man #14: In Some Ways Life Isn’t So Bad
Miles Morales Spider-Man #14
In Miles Morales: Spider-Man #14 (Ahmed, Height, Carlos, Ortega, Curiel), drama collides with action at the worst time possible, making for an interesting issue despite the potential for more.
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Aquaman #55: Ghost in the Machine
Aquaman #55 (DeConnick, Rocha, Henriques, Gho) brings the saga of the Mecha Manta to a close, with huge emotional payoffs all around. Comics don’t get much better than this!
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Gargoyles: The Greatest Cartoon Ever
Gargoyles
Gargoyles addresses those great, sprawling philosophical questions and acknowledges their complexity in digestible ways. It does what all great stories do: helps us to understand ourselves.
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Dr. Doom #4: Including both Doom AND Gloom
Dr. Doom #4
Dr. Doom #4 (Cantwell, Larroca, Guru-eFX) presents an interesting, but not as good as it could have been tale of Doom and his quest to find out who framed it. The issue contains vital information but is poorly executed.
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Supergirl #37: This Is the REAL Me!
Supergirl #37
Supergirl #37 (Houser, Stott) I’m looking forward to the next few issues, but this one was otherwise missable.
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Punisher: Soviet #3 (of 6): War Stories
Punisher: Soviet Part 3 –
Punisher: Soviet #3 (Ennis, Burrows, Ortego) goes full-tilt war story and is a master class in storytelling. All the horrors of war are on full display – it ain’t for the faint of heart, but is flawless in its execution!
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Web of Black Widow #5: Get By With a Little Help From My Friends…
Web of Black Widow #5
Web of Black Widow #5 (Houser, Mooney, Farrell, Petit) sticks the landing with style in an issue that perfectly balances action and intrigue with genuine character growth for Natasha!
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John Constantine: Hellblazer #2: “The Countenance Divine”
John Constantine: Hellblazer #2
John Constantine: Hellblazer #2 (Spurrier, Campbell, Bellaire) is a smart step forward for the new series. It’s pure Constantine, through and through, with plenty of twisted magic and dark humor to satisfy any fan of the chain smoking occult detective
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Harley Quinn Animated Series (So Far): A Less Screwed Up Origin Story
Harley Quinn
The Harley Quinn Animated Series is unlike anything DC Comics has ever done and it thrives in this sense of originality, helping to establish Harley as a character entirely her own.
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Teen Titans #37: Brotherhood
Teen Titans #37 (Glass, Chang, Maiolo) Revealed at last… the identity of THE OTHER! ‘Nuff said!
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