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Sautron reviewed Dark Knights of Steel #12 Aug 25, 2023
3.0

The only good thing I can say about this series is that it ended.

Bad characters, bad plotting, bad pacing. Weak dialogue and moments, with the characters speaking in Twitter-speak half the time and mock-Tolkien the other half.

Taylor's weakest Elseworld, one of the weaker things DC has put for some time. I hope they don't waste any more time with this tbh because there are a more

Dark Knights of Steel #12

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Aug 23, 2023

The cataclysmic conclusion to the bestselling series is here. The Three Kingdoms are united for the first time in a generation against a common threat-but can even their combined might prevail? Will a traitor in their midst turn the tide of the final battle? The shocking finale…but is this truly the end?

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Vite reviewed Dark Knights of Steel #12 Aug 22, 2023
4.0

Well, this series was a waste of time.

The setting is frankly, uninteresting. Taylor never goes beyond surface-level pop-culture fantasy tropes, that aren't aided by his bipolar need to either make everybody either super-nice or darker and edgier versions of themselves.

The characters have less personality than a toaster (and that need to hide their motivations because of the more

Dark Knights of Steel #12

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Aug 23, 2023

The cataclysmic conclusion to the bestselling series is here. The Three Kingdoms are united for the first time in a generation against a common threat-but can even their combined might prevail? Will a traitor in their midst turn the tide of the final battle? The shocking finale…but is this truly the end?

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JJP500 rated Nightwing #104 Jun 15, 2023
2.0

Nightwing #104

By: Tom Taylor, Travis Moore
Released: May 24, 2023

Nightwing and the Titans realize the only way to save Olivia is to...go to hell! Seeing how ineffective his punching was when he last confronted Neron's demons, Nightwing is temporarily powered up by magic in order to make it through the depths of hell alive...literally. Then, in the backup: Nightwing and Jon Kent find an important clue as to who's...

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JJP500 rated Dark Knights of Steel #11 Jun 15, 2023
2.0

Dark Knights of Steel #11

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Jun 7, 2023

The Trinity have united under a banner of hope as they go to war against the White Martian threat in this penultimate chapter! But how deep has the betrayal fractured the tentative alliance? Can bitter differences be set aside to save the planet?

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Tempra16v2.0Turbo reviewed Nightwing #103 Apr 18, 2023
7.0

Taylor always goes for easy exits.

Nightwing #103

By: Tom Taylor, Travis Moore
Released: Apr 19, 2023

Who is the Grinning Man, who's always grinning no matter what he's doing, even when he's murdering people, and what kind of deal did he make with Neron? Nightwing and the Titans better figure that out soon before they lose one of their team members... Then, in the backup, Nightwing continues his lessons mentoring Jon Kent, a.k.a. Superman, and this...

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JJP500 rated Titans #1 May 20, 2023
4.0

Titans #1

By: Tom Taylor, Nicola Scott
Released: May 17, 2023

The Dark Crisis is over, and the Justice League is no more. Now, a new team must rise and protect the Earth...Titans, go! The Teen Titans are ready to grow up. Each member joined as a much younger hero, certain that one day they'd be invited to join the Justice League. But the time has come for them not to join the League...but to replace it! Are t...

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justonemore reviewed Titans #1 May 16, 2023
7.0

Mmm, interesting final, but I think Taylor hit the wrong key with this first issue in general.

Titans #1

By: Tom Taylor, Nicola Scott
Released: May 17, 2023

The Dark Crisis is over, and the Justice League is no more. Now, a new team must rise and protect the Earth...Titans, go! The Teen Titans are ready to grow up. Each member joined as a much younger hero, certain that one day they'd be invited to join the Justice League. But the time has come for them not to join the League...but to replace it! Are t...

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Tempra16v2.0Turbo reviewed Titans #1 May 17, 2023
6.0

same level as the latest Nightwing issues.

Titans #1

By: Tom Taylor, Nicola Scott
Released: May 17, 2023

The Dark Crisis is over, and the Justice League is no more. Now, a new team must rise and protect the Earth...Titans, go! The Teen Titans are ready to grow up. Each member joined as a much younger hero, certain that one day they'd be invited to join the Justice League. But the time has come for them not to join the League...but to replace it! Are t...

JJP500 rated X-Men #18 Jan 19, 2023
2.0

X-Men #18

By: Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara
Released: Jan 11, 2023

GETTING INTO SYNCH!
Synch has a lot to sort out. His life has been derailed, his powers have grown and he's experienced a loss that no one understands. The universe has had its way with him. Now... it's his turn.
Rated T+

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JJP500 rated Dark Knights of Steel #9 Jan 3, 2023
3.0

Dark Knights of Steel #9

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Jan 4, 2023

The bestselling series continues! The opening battle for the Three Kingdoms takes a deadly and dramatic turn as heroes return…enemies are revealed…and dark secrets spill out like blood on the battlefield!

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ZONS9 reviewed Dark Knights of Steel #9 Jan 3, 2023
4.0

Ooof. This was... Rough. I generally don't like to be negative (specially because started lining this series) but this reveal felt simultaneously too predictable (many people had figured out that the prophecy involved imposters, hence the "they'll look like us") and completely disconnected from the narrative this story was *seemingly* presenting. Spoilers ahead:

It was aliens. The war h more

Dark Knights of Steel #9

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Jan 4, 2023

The bestselling series continues! The opening battle for the Three Kingdoms takes a deadly and dramatic turn as heroes return…enemies are revealed…and dark secrets spill out like blood on the battlefield!

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JJP500 rated Nightwing #99 Dec 30, 2022
3.0

Nightwing #99

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Dec 21, 2022

"The Joker War" part five of six! Things have changed, as Batman realizes he can't fight this war alone. He's going to need help. Before he faces down The Joker, he must call up his trusty partner Dick Grayson! But can Dick reclaim his lost memories in time to join the battle?

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ZONS9 reviewed Dark Knights of Steel #8 Dec 17, 2022
5.0

I'm afraid the series is pretty lost. Taylor pacing for this story is sadly, well, bad. Really bad. When you need to put the same narrative trick (and now, an evil counterpart of the Superman family will reveal themselves to be evil) four times in a row in, with literally no alteration, in the span of whopping 8 issues to advance your plot maybe you just don't have enough story for twelve issues. more

Dark Knights of Steel #8

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Nov 2, 2022

The battle between the Three Kingdoms has begun in brutal fashion, and to call the opening salvo anything less than shocking is an understatement! Can the Trinity stop further bloodshed? Or has all-out war truly begun?

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Blueper reviewed Dark Knights of Steel #8 Nov 2, 2022
5.0

At this point, I kinda understand the negativity.

Dark Knights of Steel #8

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Nov 2, 2022

The battle between the Three Kingdoms has begun in brutal fashion, and to call the opening salvo anything less than shocking is an understatement! Can the Trinity stop further bloodshed? Or has all-out war truly begun?

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JJP500 rated X-Men #15 Nov 26, 2022
5.0

X-Men #15

By: Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara
Released: Sep 28, 2022

FEAR THE CHILDREN!
The Children of the Vault - hyper-evolved humans from a society whose time moves much faster than our own. Each time the X-Men defeat them, they retreat to their home, evolving further to a new, more advanced generation. This time, they will not be stopped so easily.

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JJP500 rated X-Men #17 Nov 26, 2022
5.0

X-Men #17

By: Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara
Released: Nov 23, 2022

THE BEST LAID PLANS...
As the new X-Men team brings deals with a seemingly unstoppable foe, one X-Man wrestles with the fact they've gone way too far, and another is shaken by unexpectedly getting exactly what they'd no longer allowed themselves to dream of.

RATED T+

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JJP500 rated Nightwing #98 Nov 19, 2022
2.0

Nightwing #98

By: Tom Taylor, Daniele Nicuolo
Released: Nov 16, 2022

Nightwing meets Nite-Mite! (And Bitewing and Oracle and Daniele Di Nicuolo!) That's right, that meddling Nite-Mite booped himself from the fifth dimension, and after reading Seven Secrets, he hitchhiked his way over with Di Nicuolo into our Nightwing series! Trust us, you're not going to want to miss this one.

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JJP500 rated Dark Knights of Steel #8 Nov 5, 2022
3.0

Dark Knights of Steel #8

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Nov 2, 2022

The battle between the Three Kingdoms has begun in brutal fashion, and to call the opening salvo anything less than shocking is an understatement! Can the Trinity stop further bloodshed? Or has all-out war truly begun?

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PterSa reviewed Dark Knights of Steel #8 Nov 1, 2022
1.0

This series is a complete and utter failure. It’s so fixed on pretending to be smarter than it actually is it completely fails at every level. The story is complete forced conflict and randomeness, we’ve got a bunch of characters that barely know each other fighting each other because a third group we barely know anything about just falls from the sky and kills somebody so that the story can a more

Dark Knights of Steel #8

By: Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri
Released: Nov 2, 2022

The battle between the Three Kingdoms has begun in brutal fashion, and to call the opening salvo anything less than shocking is an understatement! Can the Trinity stop further bloodshed? Or has all-out war truly begun?

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JBL Reviews - Nov 6, 2022

@DC Fan of Sorts - nope, and you’re just trying to twist my words. Nowhere did I say or imply that someone should stop reviewing things they don’t like. What I said was, it was surprising to still be reading something they hate and is obvious, 8 issues into the series. If it’s that bad why read that deep into the series?

JBL Reviews - Nov 6, 2022

@dc Fan of Sorts…we’ll he didn’t review issues 1-7, sooooo I don’t think this is about “well, I hate it, but I’m doing my job of reviewing”

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Lions reviewed Nightwing #96 Sep 21, 2022
4.0

Desilusionante conclusión de todos los escritores pensé que por lo menos Taylor iba a respetar el canon. Esto fue una copia barata pero mucho menos inteligente de libros anteriores.

En cuanto al arte Es realmente maravilloso las escenas de acción perfectamente plasmada Pero por desgracia la historia deja mucho que desear

Nightwing #96

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Sep 21, 2022

They say love is when two hearts find their happy place right next to each other, but to Heartless, that's just the wall of jars of hearts he has in his back office. As Dick and Babs's two hearts do find their happy place next to each other, one question they ask each other proves difficult to answer.

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Tempra16v2.0Turbo reviewed Nightwing #96 Sep 20, 2022
7.5

The art is good, the script...... well, can we have some new writing, please?
I got tired of Tom Taylor, it was good to get rid of Ric Grayson's taste, but that's enough.

Nightwing #96

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Sep 21, 2022

They say love is when two hearts find their happy place right next to each other, but to Heartless, that's just the wall of jars of hearts he has in his back office. As Dick and Babs's two hearts do find their happy place next to each other, one question they ask each other proves difficult to answer.

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JJP500 rated Nightwing #96 Sep 22, 2022
4.0

Nightwing #96

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Sep 21, 2022

They say love is when two hearts find their happy place right next to each other, but to Heartless, that's just the wall of jars of hearts he has in his back office. As Dick and Babs's two hearts do find their happy place next to each other, one question they ask each other proves difficult to answer.

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arroniero45 reviewed Nightwing #95 Aug 16, 2022
5.0

I wish something interesting came out of this crossovers instead of them just being there to fight Canon fodders and bystanders. I wish there was a bigger lesson learned by them being there Like one of the consistent things in this book is Grayson trying to help the homeless and Raven could've mentioned the fact how her mother used to be homeless and how that led her to be manipulated when she was more

Nightwing #95

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Aug 17, 2022

Heartless has an extra-giant jar that has Blockbuster's name on it, but as a man of refined taste, Heartless doesn't just collect any type of heart...he waits for someone to experience a specific emotion in particular before taking it all away from them and adding it into his collection. Does Nightwing have what it takes to save the life of the ver...

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JJP500 rated Nightwing #95 Sep 16, 2022
4.0

Nightwing #95

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Aug 17, 2022

Heartless has an extra-giant jar that has Blockbuster's name on it, but as a man of refined taste, Heartless doesn't just collect any type of heart...he waits for someone to experience a specific emotion in particular before taking it all away from them and adding it into his collection. Does Nightwing have what it takes to save the life of the ver...

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5.0

Dark Knights of Steel: Tales From The Three Kingdoms #1

By: Tom Taylor, Caspar Wijngaard
Released: Sep 7, 2022

The El Kingdom has been ruled with integrity and honesty for generations, by familes from the Waynes to the Els. The future of the kingdom lies with its three heirs and the challenges they will face...but what really prepared them for their tumultuous future? What stories defined Bruce, Zala, and Kal-El? Learn these tales and more from internationa...

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ZONS9 reviewed Dark Knights of Steel #7 Jun 8, 2022
6.0

Taylor keeps throwing in characters and plot points when we barely know anything about the existing ones, which makes for a dull read.

Also, not a fan of Chosen One Batman having Superman's powers and absorbing his role in the backstory with the Kents, to be honest, talk about a fantasy series cliché.

Dark Knights of Steel #7

By: Tom Taylor, Nathan Gooden
Released: Jun 8, 2022

With three kingdoms on the brink of war, Batman is in hiding, recovering from an attack and a shocking betrayal. But Bat-man finds he's not the only unfortunate soul to be taken in by his surprise rescuers-strange, magical youngsters have been given sanctuary alongside the bastard prince, Bruce Wayne. Will these teen outcasts change everything Batm...

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JJP500 rated Nightwing #94 Jul 23, 2022
5.0

Nightwing #94

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Jul 20, 2022

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...

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arroniero45 reviewed Nightwing #94 Jul 20, 2022
5.0

Honestly it's good to see this book have another story than blockbuster throwing Canon fodders at dick and this book having some actual story progression and stakes. The problem for me is that those stakes are tied to a character that barley has any character build up after her introduction and her being in

Nightwing #94

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Jul 20, 2022

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...

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JBL Reviews reviewed Nightwing #94 Jul 19, 2022
7.0

The end was good, but it seems like if you tore out 15 pages of the book, you wouldn’t miss anything.

Nightwing #94

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Jul 20, 2022

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...

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JJP500 rated X-Men #11 Jun 21, 2022
5.0

X-Men #11

By: Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz
Released: May 11, 2022

HIGH ROLLERS!
The women of the X-Men are heading for the hottest action in the galaxy - Gameworld! But if it's true that the house always wins, our X-Ladies might be in over their heads...
RATED T+

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