Meh...A lot of Characters that I just don't care about. Kill off the entire Super Family with the exception of Conner Kent and that would be a start. Also, Lena Luthor 1st appeared in 1998 which would make her 25 years old not a teenager, but she had tubes stuck into her by Brianiac so maybe that affected her age. Nothing like writer plot armor. Any this issue was ok, the secondary GL story wasn't needed.

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I don't know about "Oversized" but it certainly is "overpriced." But what comic isn't anymore?
This was an alright issue. It would've been better if there was no "family" interference. I also hate how literally Superman and Batman seem to take that term lately. They're mostly allies or teammates, but hardly family. At least they're not all calling Superman "Dad." Not yet anyway. Supergirl came off as totally unlikable in this book. I've never resented her presence more. At least the "Let's try and compensate for aging Jon" twins and Krypto weren't there. But one thing I've found most enjoyable about this book when compared to Action is its lack of the "Family" on a regular basis. Hopefully they won't be back for a long time. These days Conner's a bore, Supergirl is a letdown and Jon has become a totally pointless character altogether and may as well just be dead.
The Chained is an interesting enemy. I can't really say I see him as a villain, but I can see him as a pretty well-deceived pawn by real villains like Pharm and Graft. As for Lex, I really have had enough over the past decade of him trying to be what he isn't, and that's a hero. I doubt I'm going to like his mother much and hope she won't become a major factor (I hate mama's boy villains whose mothers walk all over them as she seems to think she can do). The return of Lena is an interesting twist though, and it looks like it was timed pretty well. I doubt it's a coincidence that Brainiac is back at the same time. I hear that Williamson will be doing a crossover soon with Action featuring more of him, so that should be interesting. I expect Lena will have a pretty major role in that too.
I'm also glad to see the original numbering being acknowledged in some way, as this and Batman never should have even relaunched at #1 in the first place (Thank you very much Dan "The moneygrubber" DiDio).
Altogether, this was a satisfactory issue. Not the best yet by far, but keeping up with Williamson's record of decent issues so far. It also leaves us interested in what's going to happen next rather than the usual "When is all this going to end?" feeling that most books nowadays tend to give us. more

call me insane. But I think Superman main series has better books than Batman or Spider-Man. Great writing, good art, and good characters with an interesting story so far.

Wow... Tini Howard must be stopped.And what happened to Zdarsky ? Are there any editors left at DC?

Batman is one of the only things selling at DC and this is going to kill those sales for them. Did they not see what Tini did over at Marvel? X of swords? This book made me weep for modern comics. This is a flag ship character. A tent pole character. Why DC, why?

They basically hate The Batman character. Let's be clear. This was really a zero rating.
And this was NOT ONLY a Tini Howard story, also a Chip Zdarsky story.
And let us really NOT FORGET Teflon editor Ben Abernathy. Ben has been involved in one train wreck after another with Batman. And DC Comics expects fans just to fork out more cash endlessly.
If you are TIRED of the DC Comics' Batman hate - STOP BUYING THEM.
Don't give DC Comics another dollar for 6 months. THAT is only thing that will get their attention. more

I really would like to know how some of reviews of this is 10 out of 10 because there was nothing literally nothing right with this issue it didnot answer a single question Bruce bailed on everyone and well said the batfamily responsibility is no longer on me and well guess what he is gonna be isolated because he wanted it himself great just great thus issue really doesn't deserve more than a 1

Amazing from the reviews I've read how Johnson has managed to impress so many non-fans. But he's apparently also impressing a lot of long-time fans, including myself. This is my first experience with his work, and so far it's very good. That's super rare these days from a comic writer. But johnson is a true fan too from what I hear and he puts that into how he writes these characters. He gives Optimus Prime the compassion I remember, but also the strength to be a real badass when taking down Decepticons. Starscream is the power mad villain I remember, always ready to destroy anything to get that power he so craves/ I can't wait for the others to get online so we can see what he does with them. I'm also looking forward to seeing what he does with Megatron when he finally shows up. All I ask is he spare us any of the monotonous Shockwave overthrowing Megatron and taking over stuff that's been done to death since Marvel and was lame even then.
I've heard more praise for this book since its release as anticipation was pretty silent since it was announced where the series was going next. So far this single issue is the best Transformer issue I've seen since the Dreamwave days. It's vastly better than ANYTHING IDW ever did, that's for sure. That's why this book gets a rare and well-earned perfect 10. more

This issue reminds me of something I'd have expected out of an old X-Men comic. I'd really rather have a story focusing on the clan dealing with a real threat like Dino Dracon's gang war or even the Quarrymen. This is mostly a modernization of an episode of the Goliath Chronicles, but told in a different way. Margo is an even bigger shrew here than she was on the show. She's a bit too smug for a D.A. to behave. One thing That this issue brought up is interesting though, and that's what Reynard's reason truly was to fund the Gargoyle task force.
Like I said, this issue is more reminiscent of old X-Men than the action of Gargoyles, but was still pretty interesting nonetheless. more

This issue was okay. It had its moments of amusement, but was rather slow with hardly any action to it. Darkwing's biggest battle was an argument with Neptunia. When I heard this arc was going to feature the Justice ducks I was hoping for something a bit better, as the original Justice Ducks story was my favorite episode of the old show.
Despite being a rather dull issue, Darkwing remains one of the best books out there today. And good comics are so rare nowadays we need all we can get. more

This issue was a bit slow when compared to the regular issue. It shifted focus from the last issue's cliffhanger, forcing us to wait another issue to see what happens there. I hate when a book does that. But there was a little interest in this issue. Matt will have to deal with something no other Ranger who's been controlled by the enemy has before. He took a life while it happened. This will be an interesting development for the character over time. It also leaves a shroud of questions over what will become of Promethea without Grace. Will it be abandoned or will someone else take charge? I never cared for Grace as a character, but her loss leaves a lot of interesting things ahead in this series I'm looking forward to seeing unfold.
SO far Darkest Hour is quite epic and thrilling. It's not as exciting so far as Shattered Grid or the Eltarian war, but it's still pretty intense. I have a feeling it will get more exciting as it develops. more

I wish I could share most everyone else's enthusiasm for this series, but I don't think this one's for me. I found this issue rather dull and more out of some kind of Anime I wouldn't be able to get into than the epic regular Ranger comic. I failed to find much intrigue to the story and the characters were rather stale and uninteresting. I can see the potential this series would have with full series Ranger fans or people majorly into Anime and Manga, but it may not be for everyone who's into the regular Ranger title. If you're looking for epic action, stick with that. This one doesn't look like it will have much of that. This seems to be more one of those "Slice of Life" comics when compared to the regular Ranger action.
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This was a pretty good issue as far as modern comics go, and that's saying something. Just a note to Williamson, The "Metropolis" nickname? Never again, huh? In addition to being unfunny it made Superman look like a Lamebrain. It's bad enough you make us endure that atrocious "Smallville" one a couple of times every issue (I loathe when Lois calls him that).
Anyhoo, the Chained is a clever concept. I'll give 'em that. I look forward to seeing why he hates Lex so much and what deadly powers he has. I'm with most of my fellow reviewers that he could look a little more menacing, but Superman has taken on a lot of tough ones before who didn't look so at first. It was also a little nice to get some time off from Pharm and Graft. Let's not have to have these guys in EVERY issue, huh? They'd wear out their welcome before the big showdown that way (Remember Ruin? I was sick to death of him over a year before he was finally unmasked).
I'm hoping for a good oversized (and overpriced) #850. more

Maybe it's the lingering bad aftertaste of Knight Terrors, but I thought the issue didn’t capture the momentum of the series after its extended hiatus. DC’s summer event derailed many Dawn of DC titles and it’s a shame it impacted the Man of Steel’s title negatively.

Was it the nightmare he was forced to endure that causes Superman to make some out-of-character and bad choices? Or was it a plot device to get us to the reveal towards the end of the book? It felt lazy and took me out of the issue. I also didn’t buy the new baddie revealed at the end and hope that Williamson can course correct soon. The series started off so strong and I’d hate to see this falter. more

Still not loving the price of this book and I have no idea why they feel Superman is worth $5.00. I do like Lois not adapting to corporate life easily. I did miss not seeing Jimmy and Livewire in this issue. I do think this Chained character is a little lazy in development and characterization, but let's see where it goes.

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This was a pretty fitting conclusion to this trilogy. It had an appropriate ending by just stating that the adventures continue even beyond this, proving the Batman so many of us grew up enjoying will always be there. And I wouldn't be the least bit surprised whether it shows in this continuity or not, if Ra's Al Ghul does eventually return.
Hopefully the Animated Universe Batman will return again one day, because good comics are a rarity nowadays. But this was a very fitting finale for this series and apparently my collecting of new Batman comics. Because for now it looks like except the Facsimilie books I'm out on new Batman books for now.
If you've missed any of the previous issues of these 3 seasons then I'd fully recommend them. This was a real fun trilogy. And much better than most Batman books of the past 5+ years. more

Pretty interesting. I didn't think it could all wrap up here. After all, the mysterious mastermind Lord August still hasn't even revealed himself or shown what he truly has planned. Then there's the situation back at the castle. It shows more excitement is ahead. I just hope Madureira goes through with what he's promising this time and doesn't leave us in suspense for another 22 years. It is a good idea to work on a few issues a year giving us a 3 or 4 part arc, and I just hope it happens. but he did promise to work more on this stuff in 2002 but didn't. But I'm also hoping he can do it now with an artist for the book as well, lightening the load.
Battle Chasers is a good comic. And with the continuing decline of Marvel and DC, which shows no sign of stopping any time soon, we need good comics now more than ever. And a few issues a year is better than none for 20. more

This definitely ain't your mommy and daddy's "Ai-yah" rangers, that's for sure. This issue continues to prove why this is one of the best comics around today. It's focusing on the challenges, not half the issue the Rangers discussing their personal lives while pigging out on fast food like most modern superheroes and the other half, them debating how to approach the challenge they're facing. Instead we have a book that gets straight to the point and we get a lot more epic storytelling than anything Saban has done over the last 3 decades.
We've been reading what has been merely a prelude over this past year to another big arc where the real challenge awaits. I'm looking forward to see how it starts. more

Interesting issue. I'd say it's going to be a while though until we see what Zedd's true Ranger powers are going to be, but we may as the upcoming Darkest Hour arc unfolds. I also wonder what this holds in store for Matt. Even if he survives this ordeal he's done a lot of damage. Tommy was one thing, but this? The biggest mystery of all is what fate is in store for Vessel? It's still unclear whether he'll end up friend or foe. This is interesting stuff that promises for more intriguing developments ahead. more

The latest big Ranger arc is here after almost a year long prelude, we're up for a full year long story, in short your average length modern comic story. It seems promising already and looks like in Shattered Grid that everyone is going to get caught up in it, and since the rangers' comic universe has since expanded, it's going to have a pretty big cast. From my research it seems even though Dark Specter was the big mastermind in the Space series he actually appeared very little, leaving his underlings to do most of the work, so this story may give the character his first real chance to shine as a real villain and let us see just why everyone seems to fear him so.
I don't really feel the anticipation I did when Shatered Grid began or even feel that I'll find this one to be as exciting as the Eltarian war was, but I still figure it will be pretty exciting.
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This has to be the weakest, lamest Ranger comic I've ever spent money on. I don't even understand much of it as I'm no fan of the extended ranger continuity. I know hardly anything beyond SPD, so I have no idea who most of these characters are or what's going on except it's somehow tied to the events happening in the regular series. If not for that I'd have felt 100% cheated out of the overly high price I paid for it.
Unless you're a die Hard fan of the whole series up till present, this will probably go over your head too. It's best to just get it if you want to get everything tying in with the regular series' current arc or just to complete your collection of ranger books. more

I'm starting to think Lord Drakkon is past his prime. This wasn't really too interesting a story, but except for his debut saga most stories set in his world aren't really that interesting. It may have a bit more appeal when in a few months we get to see his new Coinless team in action though. We'll just have to wait and see.

I liked this better than the 25th anniversary one. Most of the stories were pretty interesting. The Ranger Academy one was dull though, and it leaves me with even less faith than I already had that the series will be any good. I'll probably check out the first few issues and pass on it unless it gets caught up in some crossover with the regular series.

The main story is the more interesting, as it has a little adventure to it, but not really too much. The second was rather pointless, as it was dull as a modern DC or Marvel comic. The only point to it was that it had Sonic in it. Without Eggman constantly causing trouble like he did in the Archie days Sonic has too much free time on his hands. The only thing that story needed to make it like any DC or Marvel comic was for Sonic and Blaze to be eating fast food.
Just how much of these comics does Flynn write anymore anyhow? Not much I'm guessing. Because I find it hard to believe the guy who gave us the fall of Knothole, Enerjak reborn, Genesis, 55 superb issues of a way too short-lived Mega Man series and 2 great crossovers between him and Sonic has been reduced to coming up with the weak stories we've been getting of late. more

It looks like this is what we'd better expect for a while since Eggman's dealing with another setback. He sure lets those get to him here, when in Archie's version he'd get over it by the next issue. Now it'll probably be a year until we get any real action remotely resembling what the Archie days gave us every issue. Sonic on a vacation? Come on...

Oh, boy. Where to begin with this one? It's proof of how IDW is desperate to boost sales through specials tied in to their better remaining sellers, that's for sure.
But this book is also symbolic of 2 other facts. The first is that it proves why IDW Sonic will NEVER hope to hold a candle to the Archie series, and second, it symbolizes what's wrong with comics today.
A book like this never would have flown in the Archie days. There Sonic and his friends were fighting to protect innocents from Eggman, who was constantly on the move and posed a much more serious threat than he does in IDW. The freedom Fighters never would've had time for a Beach party or competed with the Babylon Rogues for the right to party on a beach. It's a lot like how in Superhero comics now how they pig out on fast food and talk with each other about either their personal lives or absolutely nothing relevant. I don't want to see peter and Miles eating junkfood on a rooftop and having boring meaningless talks for 8 pages (if not more).
This is not what I'm looking for in a Sonic book It's a total waste of $5 that could have been better spent on most anything else and the worst Sonic story IDW has ever put out. And unfortunately the regular book is getting about as weak of late. It seems NO comic is safe from the boredom and pointless hodgepodge consuming pop culture today. I can give it a point for decent art, but that's about as high as I can get. more

This is the first new Star Trek comic I've read in a while. It's pretty good too. It strikes me as the start of a pretty thrilling story full of action. I don't yet know the full story behind the series this crossover is made of, but if I like it enough I may stick with them and pick up their older issues too.

I cannot see how this can be wrapped up in the next few issues. This might be fine if it was the start of a 20 issue run, but if it is as short as I am told it will be, then this story is going way too slow. Now the story is great and fun, but I cannot see it being properly done unless it is extended for a nice long run.

Pretty good. I'm glad to finally see this series resume. It could've been a bit better, but after a 2 decade hiatus should one really expect perfection?
Lullabi's art is a decent enough replacement. And let's face it, if we waited for Madureira to do the art we'd likely be waiting another 20+ years for #11.
I'm sure most will agree that it's a welcome thing to see this unfinished series continue. The plot is simple enough, but over the years I really hoped for better should it have resumed. It's good enough, but it's pretty evident that Madureira's heart wasn't as in this as he more likely did this out of a sense of obligation. This series was the blast off hit of 1998 and had the potential to become big for years. It was truly ahead of its time. but Madureira actually spent more time in his office playing video games than working on it, resulting in his constant setbacks and late releases of new issues. I remember only stumbling on issues #7-9 by chance because I didn't expect anything new even then. It's really too bad because he missed out on something that may have been a real gold mine. Well, at least he found a career in designing games, which was obviously his true love even then, so good for him. And I am truly grateful he was willing to finally offer some closure for the fans who still enjoy this series even all these years.
It's doubtful this story will end with any real closure. If I know Madureira he'll more likely end #12 as a prelude to the game he made a few years ago.
All-in-all this was worth getting. Most fans who've been waiting for this may not find it as intense as they were originally hoping as well, but I'm sure most will still be satisfied enough and some just glad it's resumed after all this time.
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