The emotional fallout from the last issue hits the reader hard, letting us feel just how the Rangers are coping with their loss. This issue also thrives in developing and humanizing Drakkon, seeing bits of the good man he once was in some interesting interactions. Overall, another excellent issue that makes me all the more excited for the next part of the story.

I have been excited about this book since Marvel announced it and put Saldin Ahmed as a writer. Exiles is a fun book that feels like the liberated team book from Marvel. The best thing about this type of story is that we can go anywhere at any time and it presents a real playground for a writer and this book has a very strong writer. Ahmed now has both Black Bolt and Abbott under his belt and he shows no signs of slowing down the great writing. Exiles starts by setting up an interesting take on Blink and giving us our first three team members. Ahmed wastes no time getting us into the stakes and for using the Unseen/Nick Fury Sr. to get us into what promises to be a big story. My hope is that Marvel lets this story run and evolve because that is what Exiles do best. A solid art team depicts locations with amazing ability. Each setting we blink to feels like an actual place and that it could exist. That is the balance that Ahmed will have to manage. He has all the ability to create crazy versions of every hero but he has to justify it or else we lose the impact. So far I am happy with this book. I have been looking for a great cosmic multiversal story since Ultimates2 and Exiles may be heavier on comedy but offers the same great ability to plot out the multi-verse.

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I work with kids his age. Therefore, I can say from experience.

1: kids are always on their dang phoneS
2: kids are about posting videos of everything
3: kids are dressing in weird pajama outfits and are all about video games, including girls too!
4: The bullying was not accurate. It happens of course but not like that. Bullying is more or less done online too. So the kids picking on him about his "mommy" driving him to school... that wouldn't happen.

If anything, they would be talking to him because he was at ground zero of some epic event!!!

So my take on the kid is that the writers are pretty spot on for a 10th grader.

As for his powers, we weren't given a ton to go on yet. How do they work? And who is this large ogre creature?

I'm interested in finding out.

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DAMAGE,
is an overall acceptable story. It does suffer from many genre cliches (a jealous ex-partner, the obvious, villainous government amidst others) and an undeniable familiarity with THE HULK so while I am hopeful for The New Age of DC Heroes this is, an underwhelming start for the new line of DC heroes.
Rating out of 100%
:78%

1-Art: 20
2-Story: 10
3-Design(Style): 10
4-Colors: 20
5-Lettering: 18 more

This was another awesome "Metal" Tie-In. This was solid again. I have really grown to like Rossmo's art more and more, especially his work at the moment on Shadow/Batman, Batman/Shadow. I like his take on the "Joker" in my opinion and Batman as well. Obviously I can't forget the great writing James Tynion IV always does. Really enjoying the Metal Universe. (9.5 out of 10)

This was the best one shot of them all. The art was fantastic and the story was out of this world. Very dark and threw in a lot of surprises. The scene with Superman and his family is straight up disturbing. Great book!

A wonderfully disturbing set of images and ideas come together to make for a very memorable issue. I'll look at his Robins in a whole new light going forward. Unfortunately, the card metaphor/language is so overused by villains and negatively impacted this book. That said, Rossmo's art was well-suited for some of the scenes, and it was probably my favorite work of his to date. Rarely do I take significant notice of the lettering, but this was a strength. more

It's not the first time we see a "what if" Batman killed the Joker, but this time around, it is elevated to the next level. The Dark Nights one-shots have been pretty good thus far and managed to confound the most skeptical ones. This last one had time to build up plenty of expectations though and it if pretty much safe to say that is shattered those expectations. The gritty, grotesque tale of the Batman who laughs justifies all of his actions seen in the Dark Nights event. While the other dakr knights all have suffered and were given some kind of reasons or empathy toward their actions, this one is all about chaos and destruction, blending Joker's chaotic mind and Bruce Wayne's calculated one, everyone who knows the duo can imagine this scenario being credible despite the wackyness. The art is very scratchy and gives an even more terrifying look at the character. If you followed the even or not, this one is a must read for every comic book fan out there. more

This issue was hands down the best of the Batman one-shots. Creepy and Ruthless, it's entertaining throughout. They definitely saved the best for last.

Awesome. Just awesome. Weirdest and darkest Batman story I've ever read, and it was AMAZING! I loved The Devastator, and I loved this one. Glad they saved the best for last!

This is definitely the best of the evil Batmen tie-ins. Rossmo's hectic line style is perfect for this character and really nails the mood of Tynion's story.

Most of the Legacy issues tried to be a hidden number one starting the readers on a new path, this issue does little of that since most of the threads had already been laid. There is the start of the all new Sinister Six with a surprise reveal of the new villainous Iron Spider who bought their suit on the black market. The reveal does create what could be an interesting dynamic if done right. The same could be said of Bombshell (in this case the mom) being part of the Six. Goldballs returns to get back to the strong supporting cast. The art made everyone look good. The only issue I had was that Spider-Man did not really make an appearance and for a Legacy starting point that seems like an oversight. more

Lois is a badass. It's a good thing Clark is actually a Kryptonian or he might not be able to keep up with his headstrong wife. Jon's powers are developing pretty fast, he's holding his own without his Pops around. Solid second chapter to a story arc that is standing out.