It’s not just the writer…I think it’s DC. See Power Girl #20 https://dccomicsnews.com/2025/01/26/aprils-solicit-for-power-girl-20-is-portentous/
Dave rated Secret Six #4 Jun 13, 2025
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Just when their unconcealed hatreds (looking at you, Black Alice and Gossamer) andrepressed attractions (don’t get us started) are set aside long enough for their firstmission, the Secret Six separate, and an unlikely few of their members get snatchedoff the chessboard. Hopefully, the fraction of the Six still standing find and rescuethem, instea...
Dave rated Redcoat #12 May 21, 2025
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THE NORTHERNER, PART TWO The Unnamed’s newest American legend clashes with Simon Pure, a man he’s grown to despise more than anyone he’s ever encountered. But as tensions boil over, Simon uncovers a startling revelation about The Northerner that could shatter everything he holds true. How will their uneasy alliance shape the unfolding mysteri...
Dave rated Batman & Robin: Year One #7 May 21, 2025
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The General is on the hunt for the man behind the mask and is on the warpath.As the Dynamic Duo continue to stretch themselves thin and tire themselves outstopping various threats around Gotham, the General’s threat closes in on them!
I saved commenting on this book till now. It is not working JSA with out Johns has not worked for DC in a long time
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The Justice Society and the rest of the hero community mourn the loss of one oftheir own. But as the dirt settles, the JSA needs to find a way forward to stop theInjustice Society’s plans, or the world is doomed!
Dave rated The Herculoids #3 May 9, 2025
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ATTACK OF THE UNDERWORLD!
In this issue: The Mole People have risen up to conquer their surface-dwelling rivals, and the Herculoids are the only force that can hope to stop them. But to defeat these relentless invaders, the dedicated defenders may have to destroy all of Planet Amzot’s subterranean realm!
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Dave rated Secret Six #3 May 9, 2025
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The Secret Six are hot on the trail of the deadly new Checkmate organization andthe key to discovering the whereabouts of the captured super-secrets treasuretrove…but their mission has brought them to the most perilous location imagin-able: a sleazy bar. But not just any sleazy bar—this is Club Classified, where themovers and shakers in governm...
Dave rated Grommets #7 May 7, 2025
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MINISERIES FINALE
A first kiss, leaving friends behind, changing schools mid-year, and facing your biggest fears in public… Rites of Passage into the unknown for every kid trying to navigate the stormy seas of adolescence. All this and more in the poignant and triumphant final issue of the hit series!
Dave rated Hornsby & Halo #6 Apr 23, 2025
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The issue you've been waiting for! Sidney-also known as The Adjudicator-continues to blow the minds of Zach and Rose by giving them a guided tour of their true birthright and birthplace: Heaven and Hell! Will they come to embrace their new normal? Or reject it?
Dave rated Redcoat #11 Apr 16, 2025
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Enter the next great American myth from THE UNNAMED...THE NORTHERNER. Who is this enigmatic figure? What drives him? And why does the immortal SIMON PURE stand as his adversary? Discover the untold origins of one of the most mysterious legends in American history—and uncover how his arrival reshapes the destinies of REDCOAT, GEIGER, JUNKYARD JOE,...
Dave rated Secret Six #2 Apr 10, 2025
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THE TEAM THAT BRAWLS TOGETHER, FALLS TOGETHER! The Secret Six are at last assembled...but they're going to need to stop trying to kill each other if they want the secrets of the DC Universe! Checkmate has got Amanda Waller's treasure trove, but they need a key to open it! A key that only the Super Son, Cat Man, Dreamer, Deadshot, Gossamer, and Blac...
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THE JSA, CORNERED BY KOBRA! The JSA have a lead on a KOBRA facility preparing for their next terrorist attack. But which faction of the team will make it to the facility first, and what will it mean for the future of the world's first super-team?!
Dave rated Spider-Boy #17 Mar 5, 2025
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A BOY-SPIDER ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE!
• BOY-SPIDER could never replace SPIDER-BOY - but BRIGGS BAILEY COULD replace Bailey Briggs!
RATED T
Dave rated Secret Six #1 Mar 5, 2025
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WHO WILL CONTROL THE SECRETS OF THE DC UNIVERSE? In the wake of Absolute Power, the Justice League has returned, the war criminal Amanda Waller is in prison, and things are finally getting back to normal...that is, until Dreamer, Jon Kent, and Jay Nakamura discover that Waller has somehow vanished into thin air from her cell! With seemingly no lead...
Dave rated Hornsby & Halo #4 Feb 26, 2025
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"Give It Back." That's all Zach and Rose keep hearing from the recently dead townsfolk who, thanks to an unholy blizzard called down by a rogue angel, have clawed out of their graves looking for precious items stolen from them by Zach's parents! And these zombies aren't gonna stop until their thirst for revenge is slaked! Can it get any crazier?! Y...
Dave reviewed Shazam! #20 Feb 7, 2025
When your whole book is just a way to troll a group of fans maybe you are a hack writer
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THE SUPER SON AND THE POWER OF SHAZAM! A special guest writer stops in to tell a very special one-off story! Jonathan Kent, son of Superman, is in Philly when something funny happens in the Rock of Eternity. Jon is caught in the lightning and transforms...back into a little boy?! While Jon gets a second chance at childhood, Billy better figure out ...
It’s not just the writer…I think it’s DC. See Power Girl #20 https://dccomicsnews.com/2025/01/26/aprils-solicit-for-power-girl-20-is-portentous/
Dave rated Grommets #6 Jan 2, 2025
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Things go sideways in a hurry when the drunken and uninvited jocks decide they don't like the look of our misfit friends. Based on true stories that changed the lives of two damaged kids forever.
Dave rated Grommets #5 Jan 2, 2025
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Good times turn ugly when drunken jocks doing jock things harsh everyone's buzz with their brutal stupidity and test the strength and loyalty of weakened friendships.
Dave rated Grommets #4 Jan 2, 2025
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Rick's dad gives him adolescent world-ending news that causes a fight with Brian, leaving him feeling angry, alone, and unheard just as their movie night with friends and girls begins, but party-crashing high school animals BYOB and blow their plans to bits.
Dave rated Grommets #3 Jan 2, 2025
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A house party plan is hatched on a ditch day at the arcade when Rick and Brian take their shot at the girl of their dreams, but will Liberty Spike Mike's defiance of Nancy Reagan make their dreams go up in smoke?
Dave rated Grommets #2 Jan 2, 2025
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The Grommets' big day out! After some fine dining at the Bell, Rick and Brian meet up with the Jens to skate a parking garage. They'll face security guards, jock thugs, and wipeouts in a classic day of unsupervised danger, fun, and adventure in the lives of 80s suburban latchkey kids.
Dave rated Grommets #1 Jan 2, 2025
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MINISERIES PREMIERE
Two best-friend outcasts navigate the Sacramento suburbs of 1984, where they find a home in skateboard culture and punk rock. On one side of the coin, GROMMETS is an authentic look at 80s skate culture, a snapshot of the generation that turned skating into a worldwide phenomenon. On the other, it's a heartfelt coming-of-age ...
I want to like this book i really do, but it is just not working for me. I cant put my finger on it though.
I love the Jsa , maybe my Johns bias is effecting my opinion on the book
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THE INJUSTICE SOCIETY ATTACKS! After sacrificing his reincarnation for one last life with the woman he loves, Hell is the last place Hawkman wants to be right now! With his allies at the Tower of Fate under siege by the Injustice Society, can he escape Wotan's clutches--or is his goose truly cooked?
I also have problems with it but rated it higher. Perhaps I want to like it. It’s not very modern, which is good and bad. There may also be something off in the flow of the writing and the art.
Dave rated The Rocketfellers #2 Dec 18, 2024
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Wanted Dead or Alive: The Rocketfellers! Drone Bots scour the Ghost Machine Multiverse to track down the most dangerous fugitive family of the 25th-century! But the Rocketfellers remain hidden in Earth's distant past: the year 2024! For now, the family navigates its new environment by searching for the perfect Christmas tree in hopes of an explosio...
Dave rated Justice League Unlimited #1 Nov 27, 2024
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THE WATCHTOWER RISES! The Justice League is back and bigger than ever! In the wake of Absolute Power and the DC All In Special, Darkseid's death has triggered a massive power vacuum in the DCU, and Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman must unite like never before and expand the Justice League to encompass every hero championing the forces of good in ...
Dave rated Hornsby & Halo #1 Nov 27, 2024
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Series Premiere. It's Good vs. Evil vs. Puberty from the minds of Peter J. Tomasi (Batman and Robin, Super Sons) and Peter Snejbjerg (Starman, B.P.R.D.)! Keeping the cosmic peace isn't easy. But the opposing leaders of Heaven and Hell broker a deal that trades Zachary Halo, an angel child, to a demon family...
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StrangerDark reviewed The Rocketfellers #1 Nov 20, 2024
Ghost Machine is blowing me away, and Rocketfellers is no exception. Absolutely excited to see more from Peter Tomasi and Francis Manapul!
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Series Premiere. A new cosmic time-travel adventure from the minds of Peter J. Tomasi (Batman and Robin, Super Sons) and Francis Manapul (Flash, Clear)! In the picture-perfect 25th century, the Rocketfeller family, living a disconnected and emotionally distant existence, discover a terrible secret: in their...
Dave rated Batman & Robin: Year One #2 Nov 20, 2024
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Dick Grayson is struggling to adjust to his new life as Bruce Wayne's ward, with both Bruce's rules and Batman's training making his life difficult. But Dick is happy to remind Bruce that turnabout is fair play. Gotham's newest crime boss, the General, continues to vie with Two-Face for control--but could an alliance benefit both of them and spell ...
Dave reviewed The Rocketfellers #1 Nov 20, 2024
I’d go higher then a 10 if I could what a wonderful nook
Series Premiere. A new cosmic time-travel adventure from the minds of Peter J. Tomasi (Batman and Robin, Super Sons) and Francis Manapul (Flash, Clear)! In the picture-perfect 25th century, the Rocketfeller family, living a disconnected and emotionally distant existence, discover a terrible secret: in their...
Dave reviewed Batman & Robin: Year One #1 Oct 17, 2024
Loved this book
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REUNITING THE ACCLAIMED TEAM OF MARK WAID AND CHRIS SAMNEE! While Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out f...
Dave rated Action Comics #1070 Oct 11, 2024
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THE ACTION COMICS WEEKLY STARTS HERE WITH SUPERMAN SUPERSTARS MARK WAID, CLAYTON HENRY, MARIKO TAMAKI, AND SKYLAR PATRIDGE! An otherworldly horror, tearing its way through Metropolis, has emerged from the Phantom Zone. Something's wrong in the Zone--something terrible--and Superman must enter alone to find out what! From the pages of Absolute Power...
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