80% of the issue is focused on Hal, the author has already said that he will be one of the protagonists. What are you talking about?
It’s clear Loeb hasn’t read a Batman title since the last time he was writing one. So he doesn’t know that this conflict between Bruce and Jason is pretty stale and is only regressing Jason more. The art was also pretty basic especially for Lee. But I don’t really blame him with Loeb not really giving him anything to work with. You can tell Loeb’s heart really isn’t in this and I’m bmore
After the shocking events of the last issue, Batman must make thehardest decision of his life!Guest-starring Nightwing, Batgirl, and Red Hood!
Eliza Hellbound saved the world. When written like that, it sounds like a good thing. THE POWER FANTASY finally explores what makes the ultimate good girl gone bad tick-tick-tick.
Dark Knight of the soul! After the harrowing defeat of the Sovereign, Diana turns to Batman for help solving a murder on Mount Olympus. It’s the team-up you’ve been waiting for…the Caped Crusader and the Amazon Princess!
I don’t really like the reveal but at least it was surprising. This was probably the best issue so far imo. The past issues have seemed stretched just to prolong this reveal and didn’t feel necessary. This issue at least felt like Ewing was trying. Ewing has the ability to pull this off so I’ll stay on to see how it goes. Hopefully MJ eats Paul’s brains haha.
WHO IS THE ALL-NEW VENOM...REVEALED?!
When all the red herrings have been weeded out - who's left? The clues have been in front of you the whole time - and by the end of this issue, you WILL know the name of the ALL-NEW VENOM...but with M.O.D.O.K. out for symbiote blood, you might just be identifying the corpse!
RATED T+
At this point it feels like Marvel is throwing everything at the wall just to see what sticks....and not much is. This just feels tired and generic. Ewing had one big hit and the big two starts throwing tons of work his way and he's of course taking it because each assignment pays so little. He's good, so give him less stress and more money to write one or two REALLY good books. Venom unfortunmore
WHO IS THE ALL-NEW VENOM...REVEALED?!
When all the red herrings have been weeded out - who's left? The clues have been in front of you the whole time - and by the end of this issue, you WILL know the name of the ALL-NEW VENOM...but with M.O.D.O.K. out for symbiote blood, you might just be identifying the corpse!
RATED T+
Wow.
Mini-Series Premiere. The explosive double-sized first issue! After her mad-scientist father is killed by the world's greatest spy, 13-year-old Annalise is left all alone in the world. Sort of. Her dead dad's robot bodyguard is following her around for some reason. Now Annalise has a choice: try to lead a normal life for the first time ever....
DC should have known better than constantly making Hal a pathetic villain while price gouging his variant covers to make money.
AL EWING AND JAHNOY LINDSAY GET COSMIC IN THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE! Without the Corps...without the ring...without the willpower, what's left is the Absolute Green Lantern!
Focusing on him killing people and behaving like a pathetic crybaby who doesn’t have any Hal Jordan’s heroic qualities at all? Kiss my ass.
I can’t put my finger on exactly why, but it invested in these new kids haha. I love how weird Ddathdream is but how the others don’t ignore him and just let him be unique. Also I think gambit is a harder character to write than people think and this book has been doing a great job.
• The smoothest X-Man, Remy LeBeau, A.K.A. GAMBIT, is forced to face his past, as an UNSTOPPABLE force comes to collect a DEBT, whether from the Cajun's pocket or his HIDE.
• Details of Remy's life, never before revealed in this thrilling one-shot crime tale, as everyone's favorite card-thrower faces THE VIG.
RATED T+
Books not amazing but it’s still very entertaining and keeps me intrigued. People need to chill on Ryan’s art. It’s definitely pt his best work but it’s not enough to give the book a 1/10. Grow up.
The town of Merle enlists the X-Men to aid in a search and rescue operation for a missing child - one closer to the X-Men than the Sheriff knows. But while the X-Men search for Piper Cobb, they are themselves being watched - as their shadowy 3K adversaries move to strike directly, their own agenda unfolding!
RATED T+
A new crime series from three-time Eisner nominee Kyle Starks (Peacemaker Tries Hard, Where Monsters Lie) for fans of true crime and murder fiction.
Serial Killer Mark Christopher Ewing has been arrested and a SWAT team trap sprung for Daniel Dodson. Is this the end for our murderous protagonists? Does the dark competition between the ...
It’s saga. It’s great. What more can you say.
END OF STORY ARC
It's the shocking conclusion to another season of SAGA…but the smash-hit series is far from over!
Doctor Doom has taken over the world, and Earth's mightiest heroes have failed twice: first to stop him, and now to overthrow him. But the Fantastic Four know Doom better than anyone, which makes them ideally suited to take on Earth's new Emperor...except for the fact that he knows THEM just as well. As Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, and Sue and Johnny ...
SPIDER-MAN VERSUS KRAVEN!
After the horrors Peter and Harry endured during KRAVEN'S HUNT in the last issue, Spider-Man and Green Goblin turn the HUNTER into the HUNTED! But are they still prey in someone else's game?
Rated T
Whoa. Wasn’t expecting much from this book but it was actually fantastic. I pre-judged it on concept alone and didn’t even realize Charles Soule and Jesus Saiz were on this until I’d finished. Checks out. I’m excited for the next issue. May take venoms spot on my pull list…
THE MOST LETHAL PROTECTOR OF ALL! He's been VENOM, he's been ANTI-VENOM, he's been THE KING IN BLACK! Now Eddie Brock has made his darkest bond yet as he joins with the one and only CARNAGE! Can he control his new other's endless bloodlust? Or will he be give himself over to madness and murder? Writer Charles Soule (DAREDEVIL, DARTH VADER) and arti...
Val comes back to reality with the last thing she wanted stuck in her back-a knife.
Despite Val's target being oddly curious of her attacker, Val still has a mission to accomplish by any means necessary.
Like others have said, the letter chase was well done but took up too much of the book. If the other issues have a similar pacing, this is gonna be one of those “better in trade” series. Which isn’t a bad thing. It just means the individual reviews won’t reflect the story quality as a whole for some.
Series Premiere. Come one, come all, to the amazing new big top show! Your Ringleaders, Rick Remender and Paul Azaceta, invite you to this fantastical double-length premiere issue of their new ongoing series! A decade after the Seasons sisters' beloved parents disappeared, a wicked carnival arrives in town. Within its big tent is a da...
The mystery is keeping me interested enough to keep buying but it’s kind of annoying how they taunt you with it every issue. Dylan’s story is the highlight but them trying to use it to make you feel bad for Paul taints it. I really feel like once the reveal is made everyone will drop this book. And I think marvel knows it too…..
HERE COMES THE SON!
At last - the All-New Venom comes face-to-face with Dylan Brock! After all this time, how will symbiote and son react? Meanwhile, Madame Masque is making her move against A.I.M. - but is she doing it from inside a black-and-gold symbiote? As another suspect is eliminated, the answers are closer than ever...
Ra...
I’m intrigued. A little cliche at times but it has some fun potential to be a good twist on your typical Godzilla story.
What if you could predict when and where Godzilla would appear? What if you knew of the perfect opportunity to pull off the heist of the century? Jai is a young man who knows two things: A heist needs a good distraction, and there's no distraction like Godzilla. So, when Jai discovers Godzilla responds to specific energy signals he can send into th...
This was…. Better I guess? Peter snaps out of his uncharacteristic funk and suddenly cares again. It’s done so unsmoothly though that it feel like the writer forgot how the story was supposed to go. Thankfully we are in the home stretch.
THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN CONTINUES!
The Scions of Cytorrak are too much and Spider-Man has used up ALL of his lives. Is this the FINAL death of Spider-Man!?
Rated T
This is…. Bad. Peter doesn’t feel like Peter at all. If you’re making me wish Peter is a clone because of how out of character he’s acting, you’ve really missed the mark haha.
THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN CONTINUES!
With his patron, Cyttorak, attacking the world, Juggernaut won't just sit aside. But he's not a solo act... THE X-MEN GET INVOLVED TO HELP SPIDER-MAN SAVE THE WORLD!
Rated T+
Solid start. I’d rather have spent more time in the first issue with the family/MC instead of the long intro to the bugs, although the art is fantastic. Also, I’m not letting it affect my rating(yet.) but the bug pun insults are a lot haha.
Mini-Series Premiere. Slade Slaymaker is a kid from Alabama suddenly lost in a vicious world beyond his imagining, a world of marauding ant armies, spellcasting spider witches, and beetle-riding barbarians. A kingdom of tiny but deadly warriors hidden in his own backyard. The same world that saw his father eaten alive by insects now plunges ...
This is imo the best series at DC right now easily.
SPECIAL FLIP-BOOK ISSUE! Grievously injured after her encounter with the Order of the Green Knight's master, Poison Ivy finds herself wandering a strange liminal zone inhabited by The Grey. Meanwhile, Janet, on a search for answers about the mysterious town of Marshview, finds herself lost amongst The Green. As the two friends attempt to find their...
CAN GOOD HARVEY OUTSMART BAD HARVEY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE? When Scarface is kidnapped, Gotham's underworld is thrown into chaos. Is this an isolated incident or the work of the Shadow Hand that Harvey's been tracking of late? Only Two-Face can bring order to the proceedings, but the culprit isn't another mob boss or criminal mastermind--it's a once-...
LUKE CAGE AND THE ULTIMATE PRISON BREAK! Juan Frigeri joins Deniz Camp to bring us the history and the future of Luke Cage! Spider-Man isn't the only success story of Ultimates 1.0...meet the man who has been quietly sabotaging the Maker's Council from behind bars!
Rated T+
SUPERMAN MEETS THE MYSTERIOUS OMEGA MEN! Superman is on the run, pursued across the globe by armed Peacemakers and Lazarus Corp's top field agent, Lois Lane. Now a new force joins the chase, but are the mysterious Omega Men friends or foes for Kal-El?
Yeah it’s a bit rushed but it’s not a bad issue. The art is fantastic and Chip at least understands how to write these characters.
With the Court of Owls' plan revealed and the city in chaos, Batman must fid the strength to fight a war on multiple fronts and save Gotham from disaster. The fates of Jim Gordon, the Riddler, and all of Gotham rest in the hands of the Dark Knight in a climactic issue so big it takes two superstar artists to bring it to life!
Peter was willing to sell his soul to the devil to save a dying Aunt May. But now he won’t even help her with FEAST because she’s gonna die anyways? This issue wasn’t great. The little that did happen was pretty dumb.
THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN CONTINUES!
• Spider-Man has been broken, and someone needs to pick up the pieces. Maybe an old flame?
• Now that the CHAMPION has fallen, can the universe withstand what comes next?
• Are there any who can stand in the way of an inevitable god?
RATED T
Everyone has a drinking buddy, but there’s none more magical than Johnny Appleseed! An American legend, Johnny lived an adventurous life, particularly when he crossed paths with our immortal British redcoat Simon Pure, who shared his pursuit of a good time with good drink. What secrets does Simon reveal in his inebriated state? Plenty.
"RAID ON GRAYMALKIN" AFTERMATH!
In the wake of the raid on Graymalkin, the X-Men are fugitives - and O*N*E knows exactly where to find them. Heavily armed Shrike squads are en route to the Factory to serve warrants and lock up the X-Men, and it won't be long until the X-Men find themselves right back in Graymalkin. Unless...
RATED T+
Chang’s art is great but not great enough to make this book… great. The story is pretty predictable and some of the pacing is jarring. One second a guy is saving the day, the next he’s somehow on top of the train?
28 Days Later meets The Ruins in this high-stakes standalone horror story.
After backpacking through Asia, a group of friends climb aboard the Siberian Express to start their journey home. Little do they know, they've bought a one-way ticket to hell, as one of them has been infected with a bioweapon that will turn them into a mons...
Great Review, I'll be reading it on my podcast Lunchbreak reviews.