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Double Down reviewed Batman: Three Jokers #3 Oct 29, 2020
NOTHING.
This book is nothing. Nothing.
Story: 0/10
Art: 6/10
Overall: 2/10
Story: There is no point to read this book. It plays out like an episode in the Simpsons where we revert right back to the status quo by the end of the book. Johns created something extra, to eliminate it, and returned all the toys back in the toy chest, EXACTLY AS HE FOUND THEM.
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The final chapter of the most terrifying and personal Batman mystery is here!
Still reeling from their last encounter with the three Jokers, Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood discover the terrible truth about the Three Jokers’ plot. Will the caped crusaders have the strength needed to put an end to the maniacal menaces’ master plan once and ...
Double Down reviewed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 Oct 29, 2020
WICKED.
Story: 9/10
Art: 8/10
Overall: 9/10
Story: The journey and exploration of the world is great. Walking through the adventure, all good stuff. Some of the dialogue is a bit clunky, but nothing off-putting.
Art: It's good. Some dynamic shots, the colors are interesting and complimentary. It actually looks better than I expected. There were some more
It's the TMNT event of 2020! Springing from the minds of TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird comes an epic like you've never seen before! In a future NYC far different than the one we know today, a lone surviving Turtle goes on a seemingly hopeless mission to obtain justice for his fallen family and friends. Kinetic layouts from Eastman,...
Brego reviewed Batman: Three Jokers #3 Oct 27, 2020
actually bad and I waited for this story for 4 years and bought all the covers that came out.................
The final chapter of the most terrifying and personal Batman mystery is here!
Still reeling from their last encounter with the three Jokers, Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood discover the terrible truth about the Three Jokers’ plot. Will the caped crusaders have the strength needed to put an end to the maniacal menaces’ master plan once and ...
Double Down reviewed Batman: Three Jokers #2 Oct 2, 2020
Still Boring.
Story: 2/10
Art: 6/10
Overall: 3/10
Story: I'm going to give this the exact same score as last time, because... I don't know what else to do!
I read the issue, okay, interesting enough, sort of... but nothing really happens.
This would be great if I knew this was going to play out for 10 or 12 issues, but isn't this only 3 issues long? more
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As Batman and Batgirl follow an unexpected thread linking the three Jokers with someone from the Dark Knight’s past, Red Hood dives headfirst into trouble and finds himself struggling to stay afloat without the aid of his allies.
Batman: Three Jokers continues its trajectory as the ultimate examination of The Joker and his never-ending con...
What else do I want to happen? Typically with a 3 book arc like these I expect more activity, plot development in shorter points. A good series I love to reference is Batman Year One by FM. This story arc is paced more as a 12 parter
Agreed, this was my feeling too. John's is still writing at doomsday clock pace, but this only has 1/4 of the issues.
Double Down reviewed Batman: Three Jokers #1 Aug 26, 2020
Boring.
Story: 2/10
Art: 6/10
Overall: 3/10
Story: Great, we got the concept a year ago, so the hype wasn't helping this book.
First of all, with Bruce filled with so many scars, maybe he should stop fighting crime in thin cotton material. We wasted another full page on his parents' death... and we got to 10 pages before getting anywhere.
Now that we know more
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Thirty years after Batman: The Killing Joke changed comics forever, Three Jokers reexamines the myth of who, or what, The Joker is and what is at the heart of his eternal battle with Batman. New York Times bestselling writer Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok, the writer/artist team that waged the “Darkseid War” in the pages of Justice League, reunite...
Thanks for the comments guys. It’s always nice to get feedback and know people are reading. I knew the comments on the art would annoy people, and I wanted to make sure I mentioned that it was subjective before I laid into it. I do realize it is a homage and that Fabok gave it his all. I just see a perfect storm where him trying to over achieve did nothing but fussy up his style. Restrictions spark creativity. I feel here that Fabok had too much time
Double Down reviewed The Batman Who Laughs #3 Feb 15, 2019
So, now we skim the top.
Story: 4/10
Art: 3/10
Overall: 4/10
Story: It's tough to give a review to this issue without spoiling the ending, but basically... you can skip issue 2 and 3, because it seems like issue 4 will start off at exactly the point issue 2 should have?
That's what I get from things. It all seems pretty well useless to me.
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All the pieces are starting to fit together as the Batman Who Laughs acquires another key element in his plan-one that is linked to the founding fathers of Gotham City and to a legacy started by the Wayne family and protected by none other than Oswald Cobblepot. While the Penguin goes head-to-head with the darkest version of his mortal enemy, Batma...
Double Down reviewed The Batman Who Laughs #2 Jan 19, 2019
Odd direction
Story: 7/10
Art: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
Story: Considering the impact and awesome cliffhanger issue 1 left off with, I didn't expect this story to take this direction.
It almost negates the ending of issue 1 altogether, rendering it meaningless.
That being said, I mean... Okay, BWL is well written, and we are trying to flush out more
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After the shocking ending of issue #1, a ticking clock sets Batman on a trail throughout the different realities of the Multiverse. He starts to see all the iterations of his life, and what could have been...but more importantly, Bruce Wayne begins to deduce that his current life is somehow wrong, and that all the mistakes he's made are somehow con...
Double Down reviewed Return of Wolverine #3 Dec 14, 2018
Dropped.
Story: 2/10
Art: 1/10
Overall 0/10
Story: Read issue 2. It sucked. Who cares? This sucks, this isn't fun, this is work.
So naturally, I wasn't anticipating issue 3, and it definitely didn't disappoint!
As in, I expected this to suck and it did. Epic Shit!
Art: Oh man, I'm sorry. I'm not going to bash Declan here. I'll let the rati more
Wolverine vs. the X-Men?!
Double Down reviewed The Batman Who Laughs #1 Dec 14, 2018
Buckle up!
Story: 9/10
Art: 8/10
Overall: 9/10
Story: The story for me started... oddly. I wasn't feeling Snyder's direction, the jargon between Alfred and Bruce... the heist.
But when Mr. Freeze got torched, I began to laugh (no pun intended).
This is a wide ride. The gloves are off and this will be a trip to remember.
I just didn' more
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Left rattled by the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the nightmares spawned from the Dark Multiverse. But even though evil devoured evil in the collapse of Challengers Mountain, the Dark Knight still has his doubts. He discovers that the Batman Who Laughs not only survived the fight with The Joker at the end of ...
Double Down reviewed Farmhand #3 Sep 24, 2018
1. I'm dropping it and selling my books.
I tried reading issue 3. I got about 5 or so pages in and I don't care.
I don't care about the school plot, I don't care about tertiary characters, and now, I don't care about this book.
I honestly didn't read the last few pages. I put the book down.
I don't care.
Fail. NEXT
Riley and Abby Jenkins are the Jenkins Farm's newest interns. They'll spend the day shaving scalp bushes and trimming nose flora. You know, farm stuff.
Also: Ezekiel has a heart-to-heart with Tree about the Jedidiah Seed's origins. And it ain't good news.
Double Down reviewed Return of Wolverine #1 Sep 24, 2018
Simple. I'm giving this a 4 because of the art.
I love Steve McNiven's art. I grew up with BWS' Weapon X. This looks perfectly Wolverine to me.
Soule's script is garbage. It's something a high school student could do, not a 'top tier industry profession', and certainly not the same guy that killed Wolverine off in the first place.
The Death of Wolverine, although more
HE'S BACK, BUB.
Parental Advisory
Double Down reviewed Farmhand #2 Aug 10, 2018
The helium is escaping!
Story: 6/10
Art: 7/10
Overall: 5/10
Story: The excitement and enthusiasm I felt for this book really left. I get the exposition that Rob Guillory is trying to develop, but quite honestly, I don't give a shit enough yet.
There's just a lot of back and forth... and I can't say I care about any of it.
The "superman" kid and his a more
Ezekiel Jenkins just wants to forget his past. Unfortunately, now that he's returned to his family's farm, that's going to be damn near impossible. And if dealing with his own demons isn't enough, today he'll be dealing with a few of his father's as well.
Double Down reviewed Euthanauts #1 Aug 1, 2018
Hmmmmmm....
Story: 5/10
Art: 8/10
Overall: 7/10
Story: I have to admit, this cover really caught me. I don't know what it was, but I started thinking about the imagery... and the premise of this magic air helmet that lets you live forever... the more i looked at this cover, the more I kept thinking, and dreaming. I love this cover.
Enough about the more
Death is like outer space-a seemingly unknowable, terrifying blackness that yields beautiful discoveries and truths-if only you've got the right kind of rocketship. Thalia Rosewood has had a lifelong obsession with death, keeping her from living her life to the fullest. Mercy Wolfe has a brain tumor the size of a billiard ball, and a need for a new...
Double Down reviewed Unnatural #1 Jul 29, 2018
Does sex sell?
Story: 4/10
Art:8/10
Overall: 6/10
Story: It’s engaging. There’s character. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but that’s more meaningful than it sounds. I feel the environment and the day to day, I just can’t decide yet whether I care yet or not.
Art: Fluid, and sexy. I’m digging the colour palette, and I want to see more. It more
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Leslie is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, she's stuck with a job she hates, and she lives under a brutal totalitarian government-one that punishes transgressors for anything deemed "unnatural." Leslie dreams of something different for herself. But those dreams are becoming dangerous...
This Italian hit series ...
Double Down reviewed Isola #1 Jul 29, 2018
BORING! (Read in Homer Simpson’s voice)
Story: 4/10
Art: 8/10
Overall: 5/10
Story: I read this twice. I had to. The first time ‘reading’ it (I use quotations because this is just a picture book) I would have rated this book a 2.
There’s nothing to it... aaaand it feels flat!
I skipped ahead and have read issue 2, and it gets kind of better? But, n more
Childhood friends BRENDEN FLETCHER (MOTOR CRUSH) and Eisner Award-winning storyteller KARL KERSCHL (Gotham Academy) reunite on the comics page with a breathtaking fantasy adventure two decades in the making! The captain of the Royal Guard has fled the capital city with the Queen of Maar, suffering under the effects of an evil spell. Captain Rook's ...
Double Down reviewed Batman: White Knight #8 Jul 28, 2018
Yep, Middle Of The Road.
Story: 7/10
Art: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
Story: I don't understand what the love is all about. It's... fine! Fine... I can't get over all this pill stuff, and the flipping back and forth with Jack and Joker. I also found Sean Murphy's excessive dialogue to be in full swing here. It's a good read. If you hate Tom King's Batman like I do, then thi more
In the extra-sized finale of Sean Murphy's top-selling miniseries, Jack Napier's suspicious seduction of Gotham City comes to its twisted conclusion! With the city on the verge of becoming an icy tomb for the GTO, Batgirl makes a crucial assist and Gordon is forced to reevaluate his judgment of Batman to secure the greater good. As the true Joker's...
Double Down reviewed Saga #54 Jul 28, 2018
The Hate Is Strong With This One...
Story: 6/10
Art: 8/10
Overall: 4/10
Story: Disgruntled. I'm disgruntled. It might have something to do with the fact that I loved Saga from 1 to 18. L O V E D. 19 began its decline, and never recovered for me after the death of Izabel.
But let's not talk about that. I just feel like I should explain myself. First of all more
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The explosive "season finale" to SAGA's most shocking storyline yet.
Double Down reviewed Farmhand #1 Jul 28, 2018
It's a 10 for me dawg!
Story: 10/10
Art: 7/10
Chapter: 10/10
Story: Wow! Pulled me right in. Excellent job. Exactly what a number 1 needs to do. I'm hooked and excited for more. I actually can't decide whether I wait for several issues to come out and binge read, or just read them as they are released. I feel like it's that good.
Art: I'm familiar with Ro more
Jedidiah Jenkins is a farmer-but his cash crop isn't corn or soy. Jed grows fast-healing, plug-and-play human organs. Lose a finger? Need a new liver? He's got you covered. Unfortunately, strange produce isn't the only thing Jed's got buried. Deep in the soil of the Jenkins Family Farm, something dark has taken root, and it's beginning to bloom.
Double Down reviewed Hawkman: Found #1 Jan 8, 2018
What's The Point?
Story: 2/10
Art: 7/10
Chapter: 0/10
Story: I usually like Jeff Lemire's stuff. I got bogged down trying to get passed all of the... and stuttering this character does in his own thought bubbles. This issue felt dragged out as well. I understand the premise, which is cool, but that's all it was.
Story: Nah. Hitch was really on, at some ar more
One of DC'S greatest heroes is missing! No one has seen or heard from Carter Hall-a.k.a. Hawkman-in years. Reincarnated repeatedly since the dawn of humanity, Hawkman has spent his many lives uncovering history's most fantastic mysteries, and now he has become one himself! Take a journey into the one of the darkest corners of the DC Universe as a m...
Double Down reviewed Batman #35 Jan 8, 2018
A Let Down.
Story: 4/10
Art: 6/10
Chapter: 2/10
Story: No thanks. I don't enjoy how Batman and Catwoman interact. It's oddly juvenile conversation between two people. It didn't feel genuine or authentic, it feels forced and contrived.
The ongoing development between Nightwing and Damian is fantastic, as they wait together, which is immediately cut down by dumb more
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"Dream of Me" part three! Has the Caped Crusader passed the point of no return? Turns out he's going to need a little help from his friends, but this help comes with a downside: Batman's true intentions will be exposed.
Double Down reviewed Batman #33 Jan 7, 2018
Cinematic!
Story: 8/10
Art: 9/10
Chapter: 10/10
Story: I loved it. Easy read and well formatted. Quick to get in and through the premise. I haven't warmed up quite yet to this whole Batman/Catwoman dynamic yet. Still feels foreign.
Art: Just delicious stuff. The page layouts, the perspectives... I felt Catwoman's green eyes on page 8! Joelle Jones is some more
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"A DREAM OF ME" part 1! Following his marriage proposal to Catwoman, Batman leaves Gotham City on a quest of renewal and redemption. As he travels and fights, he encounters members of his family-each disturbed by Batman's journey, each ready to stand in his way, each ready to push back against Batman's stubborn determination to evolve into somethin...
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I disagree with you, it's a stand alone story so that people can either accept it as continuity or not. It's a Black Label story so it sort of has to be self contained. It is leaps and bounds ahead of what is out there for Batman that was written by King.
Hey thanks for commenting! I understand your point, but with how this played out, it would make no difference if it was in continuity or not, so for being a “black label” or elseworlds story, what was the point? John’s didn’t make one.