The SGT Rock story, "Able" in #DCComics Love is a Battlefield #1 is a stunning tale that reminds us that while all gave some, some gave even more than all in defense of the United States over the decades. Brought to you by @real_pornsak @CTMooneyham @SpicerColor @FerranDelgado Read Full Review

Not every story works, but when the stakes are this low, it's hard not to smile at DC's heroes finding love"whatever that means to them. Read Full Review

Overall, a very strong anthology with two tales that could be all-time classics. Read Full Review

"The Heart Wants" from DC's Love is a Battlefield #1 is a story about the choice to express how we really feel when it's most important and the potential that our capacity to love really has, featuring great artwork to drive the point home. Read Full Review

A great short story that has layers of emotion and story to it. The story is punctuated by fantastic art from Amancay Nahuelpan. Read Full Review

The writing was heartfelt, the art was expressive, and the characters felt like they got chances to actually explore their relationships. There was only one subpar story here, so if you're wondering about value I'd say it's absolutely worth your money, especially if you're into themed anthologies or holiday specials. Read Full Review

Love Is a Battlefield doesn't break any new ground, but it's outstanding in certain moments. I'd recommend it for anyone who is a fan of the characters inside, even if you're in the "Love Stinks" camp heading into Valentine's Day weekend. Read Full Review

Bringing it all together, DC Love is a Battlefield #1brings a well-done collection of love-themed stories together for readers to enjoy. With only a slight misstep, its exploration of love, from various angles, delivers something for most readers looking for something to fit with the upcoming holiday. Read Full Review

Happy Valentines to you all. (Except Dick. Don't encourage him, he gets enough action) Read Full Review

In the end, DC Love Is A Battlefield #1 is like most anthologies. If you aren't a fan of the characters or creators involved, there's not much reason to pick this one up. However, as someone who likes seeing Harley and Ivy in love, a thrilling story with Hawkwoman kicking ass and comedic stories about superhero teenagers stressing over a first date, there was a lot for me to like here and there's probably at least one story everyone can enjoy. Read Full Review

The execution is fun with an excellent artistic team vibrantly dressing up the story and the references it gets into will make more than one fan smile, but the bottom line of what you will get reading this story is: they're not even gonna kiss when they die together. And most of the gays in this anthology are dead anyway. Read Full Review

The first story, Perfect Matches, was pretty good. I liked how Batman and Catwoman had some sort of chemistry. I didn't know that was a thing after King and Tynion.

The second story, Bittersweet, is complicated. I see what the writer was going for, but man, the writing doesn't hold up. You could have a story about a nonbinary person who doesn't feel like they can find love. You could have a story about Steve Trevor's insecurities. But it turns out, in 8 pages, you can't do both. At least not well. Either topic would require more exploration and more time dedicated to them. As it is, this story falls into the trap of showing that these sorts of problems have quick and easy fixes, and that comes across as condescending rather than supportive.

The third story, Loose Lips, is slightly clever, I guess. I don't see why they had to kiss at the end, other than the anthology's mandate. But it was fine. Pretty good, even.

The fourth story, A Tale of Two Titans, I don't know what to make of. It's not bad but I'm not sure it works well. Why have Avery be friend-zoned like that? Why make that the point? I'm just confused by the execution here.

The fifth story, The Beginning, was surprisingly good for a Tim Seeley story. The implications of the loving suicide pact Harley and Ivy have at the end aside. That's actually gayer than DC is usually willing to make Harley and Ivy, so...

The sixth story, Together Forever, was fine. Not enough happened, but I see what they were going for.

The seventh story, Anniversary, was okay. It was rock simple, and went by quickly, so I didn't mind it.

The eighth story, Ex-Position, was... Meh.

The ninth story, Able, was not written that well. At least when my expectations are for a very simple and obvious story, and it has that twist at the end, I can get some enjoyment out of that.

The tenth story, The Heart Wants, was fiiine. I expected more from John Ridley, I'll be honest. more

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Kreniigh - Feb 17, 2021

While I appreciate the nod to diversity, there had to have been a better way to give the Blue Snowman some validation about being gender-fluid than to have a previously-unseen random character pop in for one panel, express solidarity, and then vanish like some kind of Queerus Ex Machina.

Psycamorean - Feb 17, 2021

Definitely, which is why I think the story tried to do too much. It just becomes a hindrance to the cause rather than a help, because it's not well done on its own to the point where I don't think a gender-fluid person would get much out of it. (Although, I will admit there is a noted phenomenon where sometimes when people learn new terms and language, that helps them to come to terms with their identity, so maybe it'd be helpful in that regard.)

Psycamorean - Feb 17, 2021

And on top of that, because it's just a shoddy piece of writing, reactionaries are going to use it to say, "See, look at how bad politics is in comics! SJWs gross!" which is really unfortunate. Although I doubt they'd have a different reaction if it was deftly written, they'd be less able to use it to get people outside of their circles to rally against it and flock to the comicsgate crowd or whatever.

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The stories are decent, the only ones that are bad are Frasier's, Ridley's and Sina Grace's (which was atrocious).

The dialogue in the 1st story is "Cringe worthy". Nothing like dumbing down the main characters so they can relate to a younger crowd I guess.

The art in the 2nd 3rd, 4th, and 7th story is laughably bad.