UxasIs rated Deathstroke Inc. Vol. 1: King Of The Super-villains Aug 9, 2022
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After suffering too many losses, Slade Wilson decides it's time for a change. When he's enlisted to work with an ages-old secret organization called T.R.U.S.T. that wants to take down the heavy-hitter villains, he's all in. They'll supply him with an all-new team and resources for his new mission into the depths of the weirdest parts of the DCU. In...
UxasIs rated Swamp Thing Vol. 2: Conduit Aug 9, 2022
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Levi Kamei finds himself pulled into service as the avatar of the Green: first to London, where the scars of old wars and the dangers of past ideologies resurface and then to the land of his making, the Kaziranga wetlands, where he must stop a deadly bio-agent before it poisons the Green, and finally to a terrifying reunion with his brother, Jacob,...
UxasIs rated Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Through A Glass Darkly Aug 9, 2022
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Art by Marcio Takara, Travis Moore, Jim Cheung and Steve Pugh Wonder Woman has completed an unforgettable odyssey, but her return to the land of the living won't let her rest in peace any more than her adventures in the Sphere of the Gods! With help from Deadman, Diana must battle new warriors sent by an old foe while she tries to discover what the...
UxasIs reviewed Action Comics #1045 Jul 30, 2022
Action Comics - 9/10
Backup - 8.5/10
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The Warworld Revolution escalates as Superman gains the upper hand, forcing Mongul to take desperate measures. Meanwhile, a fallen ally of Superman is resurrected...at a terrible cost. A new connection to Jack Kirby's Fourth World is revealed as the Warworld Saga's mind-blowing conclusion nears! Then, in A World Without Clark Kent-Lois Lane and Joh...
UxasIs reviewed Deathstroke Inc. #11 Jul 30, 2022
Very solid story!
Brisson's nailed Slade's character in this origin story
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Deathstroke: Year One continues! To escape the banality of family life, Slade Wilson, the failed soldier and test subject, undertakes his first assassination mission. His target is the last surviving doctor from the experiment that gave him his powers! Slade doesn't need his heightened senses to tell him something is wrong with all of this...but wi...
UxasIs liked this:There's still things that if you think about it hard, still don't make sense. I will admit though, the issue is a nice fun trip with a big revelation. It's going to be the follow up that needs to perform.
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EDDIE BROCK, AL EWING & BRYAN HITCH UNITE FOR A TALE ACROSS TIME!
Eddie Brock is still getting used to his place in the symbiote hive, and with new allies and familiar faces alike offering him advice along the way, Eddie remains as canny, wary and reckless as ever. Little does he know, his battle across the cosmos has only just begun, and KANG ...
EDDIE BROCK, AL EWING & BRYAN HITCH UNITE FOR A TALE ACROSS TIME!
Eddie Brock is still getting used to his place in the symbiote hive, and with new allies and familiar faces alike offering him advice along the way, Eddie remains as canny, wary and reckless as ever. Little does he know, his battle across the cosmos has only just begun, and KANG ...
UxasIs rated Swamp Thing #15 Jul 29, 2022
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The Earth stands on the precipice of destruction as the Parliament of Trees considers a truly dangerous proposal from the Pale Pilgrim. Now Swamp Thing is all that stands between the natural world and Armageddon...or is he? Enter Trinity-an unprecedented being created by humankind's most destructive moment who may prove to be our only hope of salva...
UxasIs rated Batman Vol. 6: Abyss Jul 29, 2022
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As Gotham celebrates surviving Fear State, Batman retreats alone into the darkness. But when he learns of a mystery involving Batman Inc., it forces the Caped Crusader to leave Gotham for a brand-new adventure where he will face an old enemy and a unique, deadly new one.
UxasIs rated Suicide Squad Vol. 2: Ambushed Jul 27, 2022
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Amanda Waller has sent her newest iteration of the Suicide Squad into war zones, and even outer space-but this group has members that have already come back from the dead, so they're not intimidated by whatever the Wall throws at them. As members plot against one another, and Rick Flag makes his move to take Waller out, everything comes to a head o...
UxasIs rated Flash Vol. 16: Wally West Jul 27, 2022
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Wally West is ready to call it quits. After a tumultuous and traumatic few years from DC Universe: Rebirth to Heroes in Crisis to Dark Nights: Death Metal, the former Kid Flash is ready to walk, not run, away from the superhero life-but Barry Allen needs his former partner now more than ever.
UxasIs reviewed Task Force Z #10 Jul 26, 2022
This had some funny moments but overall had a very sluggish pace
I was one of the people defending this series at first, but I gotta admit it should have finished a couple issues ago
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The rise of Powers Industries! Red Hood and what remains of his Task Force Z squad are on the run and investigating the secrets of their former benefactor, Powers Industries. What they discover will change Batman history forever. Meanwhile, inside Powers Industries, Mr. Bloom and Man-Bat are hard at work betraying their teammates with no remorse.
Ehh, I dunno
Wasn't really feeling this story, feels like theres no real plan here
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Robin's investigation into Lazarus Island is put on hold as Lord Death Man strikes. Damian and Hawke are called to Tokyo by Flatline to help her deal with her crazed mentor. Which means...killer-bros road trip!
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Jawsh reviewed Nightwing #94 Jul 21, 2022
Come on, Melinda! You're better than that!
The series is ramping up once more.
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There's a new commissioner in town, and it's none other than Maggie Sawyer! But one clean commissioner does not make a whole bad basket of Blüdhaven police officers good, and now Blockbuster is forced to lean more on Nightwing's sister, Mayor Zucco, to oversee the old commissioner's illegal dealings... Then, an attack on Haven reveals some sho...
UxasIs reviewed Nightwing #94 Jul 23, 2022
Its rare for a single issue to have pacing this good
There's a new commissioner in town, and it's none other than Maggie Sawyer! But one clean commissioner does not make a whole bad basket of Blüdhaven police officers good, and now Blockbuster is forced to lean more on Nightwing's sister, Mayor Zucco, to oversee the old commissioner's illegal dealings... Then, an attack on Haven reveals some sho...
UxasIs rated Avengers #58 Jul 21, 2022
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THE AVENGERS' QUEST THROUGH TIME CONTINUES!
Japan, the Edo Period. They say he walks by night, wielding a blade forged by hellfire. And where he wanders, the penance flows, like fountains of blood. He is the fabled Ghost Ronin, the Samurai of Vengeance. And alongside the Avengers, he will make his final stand against the lightning swords of the...
UxasIs reviewed Flash #784 Jul 19, 2022
This is one of those runs that slowly gets better and better
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The search for Barry Allen! Wally and Wallace have arrived on the planet Pariah has trapped Barry on-but it's not quite a happy reunion among the Flashes. The Dark Crisis tie-in storyline continues!
UxasIs rated Dark Crisis: Young Justice #2 Jul 19, 2022
TALE OF TWO WONDER GIRLS! Impulse, Superboy, and Tim Drake were just saved by Cassie Sandsmark, Wonder Girl in the strange fantasy word they're trapped in. And she's here to help them navigate their retro surroundings. But...Cassie Sandsmark is back on our Earth searching for her friends alongside Red Tornado and the superhero formerly known as Arr...
UxasIs rated Batman: Secret Files Collected Jul 19, 2022
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Batman and Detective Comics scribes James Tynion IV and Mariko Tamaki are joined by a cadre of incredible collaborators to tell the heretofore-untold origin stories of some of Batman's greatest allies and archrivals. Discover the mysteries of breakout characters from Fear State and Joker War such as Miracle Molly, Clownhunter, and the Gardener!
UxasIs rated Checkmate Collected Jul 19, 2022
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The award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev are back with Checkmate, the sequel to the hit 2019 Event Leviathan mystery that upended the DC Universe! Leviathan has agents and acolytes all over the world-but what is the secret behind its power? The planet's last, best hope to infiltrate Leviathan may be a motley coll...
UxasIs rated Justice League Dark Vol. 5: Great Wickedness Jul 19, 2022
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Dark days lie ahead for the surviving members of Justice League Dark! Zatanna and John Constantine take a road trip only to discover horror around the bend as a friend and sometime foe, the Demon, has been reborn! His tale is only just beginning, while another takes a terrible turn. Merlin has a new, blood-drenched plot for all humankind, and he ha...
UxasIs rated I Am Batman #11 Jul 17, 2022
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Following the stunning conclusion of the previous issue, Jace Fox and his task force are upended! Taking Manray into custody could be a deadly prospect for Chubb and Whitaker...and what secrets does this mass murderer hold?
UxasIs reviewed Dark Crisis: Worlds Without A Justice League: Superman #1 Jul 17, 2022
Superman - 9/10
Aquaman - 7/10
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When Pariah and his forces of the Great Darkness laid waste to the most powerful superheroes of all time, all hope was lost…with the Man of Steel suffering the same fate as that of his comrades, join us for a look at a world of dreams he would never have thought possible while alive. Where there’s life there’s hope, and with that hope comes a...
UxasIs rated Superman: Son of Kal-El #13 Jul 17, 2022
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It’s the dramatic DCU debut of Dreamer! When every hero on Earth is threatened by Henry Bendix’s machinations, it’s a race against time for Dreamer to warn Superman before it happens! But will this mysterious new ally’s premonition become a nightmare for Jonathan Kent?
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Book III: The Heist! Captain Cold had a plan to steal from Gorilla Grodd. A plan that was going to make the Rogues rich and change their lives for the better. But now that plan has exploded, and Rogues blood is splattered all over Gorilla City. If the remaining members are going to survive, they need to think fast and work together. But a betrayal ...
UxasIs reviewed X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 Jul 16, 2022
Fun issue, I loved seeing how Duggan wrote all these characters and their interactions
but wow, now you have to read issues of ASM and a whole ass event to see where the plots from this run go??
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NEW TEAM REVEALED!
At last year's gala, mutants changed the face of the solar system, terraforming Mars and claiming it for mutantkind. Do you think you can afford to miss this year's gala, all contained in this one over-sized issue!?
RATED T+
UxasIs reviewed Batman: Urban Legends #17 Jul 14, 2022
Batman & Flash - 6/10
Batman & Aquaman - 3/10, this one was so boring and messy I couldn't even finish it
Batman & Black Adam - 9/10, now THIS is a writer I want at DC, great stuff for a short story, interesting time to set it too
Riddler - 9/10, again very solid for a short story
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A blockbuster issue! Written by Ryan Cady, Joey Esposito, Alex Paknadel and Dan Watters Art by Gleb Melnikov, Serg Acuna, Amancay Nahuelpan and Riley Rossmo Batman teams up with the Flash, Aquaman, and Black Adam in three spectacular stories in this special issue of Batman: Urban Legends, celebrating the Dark Knight's monumental year on the silver ...
UxasIs rated Future State: Gotham #15 Jul 12, 2022
Batmen at War part three! There's a new Batman in Gotham City and his name is...Dick Grayson? The only problem is, Jace Fox and Bruce Wayne still claim the name and neither is willing to give it up! Now it's all-out war, with Jason Todd and Hunter Panic caught in the middle. Plus: Damian Wayne is back and that's bad news for everyone!
UxasIs reviewed Wonder Woman #789 Jul 12, 2022
This title needs new writers...
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Man-ifest your future! Thanks to Cizko's new catchphrase, he's gained fans, and more importantly, soldiers in his war against Wonder Woman. But with Checkmate at our hero's side, the depraved doctor will have to bring in big guns like...the Duke of Deception! Will this former agent of Ares prove too much for the Amazon Princess? Plus, a growing dan...
UxasIs rated Teen Titans Academy Vol. 1: X Marks The Spot Jul 12, 2022
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Packed with both new super-powered teens and numerous dark secrets, Teen Titans Academy's student body includes Shazam; a new Australian speedster; a trio of Goth(am) teen expatriates obsessed with Batman-and one member of this first class will become the deadly Red X.
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