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THIS! I knew from the first few issues that Fraction was playing the long game, doling out enough good character development and forward plot movement to slowly build towards a big payoff. I feel like this issue is the beginning of that payoff. This issue’s storytelling has a very cinematic pace and quality to it, courtesy of Fraction and Sook, who does a fantastic fill-in job once again. Things b oil over as Team Batman races against the clock, and against Savage’s special TUCO unit, to destroy their remote bases around the city before they are penetrated and their equipment seized. They’re too late in a few instances, and there were moments in this issue where I truly wondered if certain characters might not survive the assault. One character does get apprehended in a very dramatic moment, while a legacy location that has been in the Bat-family for decades is destroyed, à la the USS Enterprise in Star Trek III.

I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this issue and am already eager for a re-read! Amazing things are happening in this book at last, and it’s gonna be one helluva ride!more

A pleasant surprise. Very fun. It's a relief to have a Green Lantern comic that isn't written by Jeremy Adams. I really liked the use of the alien Lanterns, as well as the characterization of Guy and John.

If you are a Guy Gardner fan, this is superb.

Jeff Loeb is a great writer. His most recent work on Batman however , Hush 2 for instance is terrible. This book is not much better. It's as if Jeff has blinders to the rest of what's happened sine Hush 1 ( which BTW was just decent). The book is a mess.The cat woman stuff stealing the lasso of truth, batman yet again " who can he love" stuff is cringe. the story is sloppy and revisionist. Loeb needs to clean up his writing on Batman. it's really been dreadful and incoherent lately. The issue has bright spots but even those are mid at best. more

Wow, this issue was a breath of fresh air! Coming off of Waid’s action-packed KO time travel Impulse opus, it’s nice for this new team to do a reset and tee up the tone and style they intend to bring to the book. Waid helped give the book a needed sales boost after the horrific Spurrier run, and now hopefully North and Guidry can bring in new fans who are looking for something fun and interesting with the Fastest Man Alive. They have an intriguing and clever storyline to launch their run, very meta in fact. People are deliberately throwing themselves in harm’s way and live-streaming it so they can collect money from a mysterious entrepreneur when Flash comes to save them. There’s more going on here than meets the eye, and I’m excited to see where this goes. As a bonus, longtime Wally fans will appreciate the second appearance this week of Geoff Johns’ villain, Tar Pit (Waid used him in this week’s JLU, too). Good times!more

Wow! This is everything a first issue should be, and everything a 44-year FURY OF FIRESTORM fan could hope for. Something new yet familiar, scary and yet fun, mysterious and nail-biting…and a blast of nostalgia seeing familiar faces once again that have been absent far too long. Lemire is one of DC’s best writers when given material that he’s passionate about, and according to his Substack, he’s a fan of the original Gerry Conway material. This love for the characters is on display here with the first issue, which sucks you right in from the first couple pages and doesn’t let go! Lemire has crafted a fascinating mystery here, as Firestorm is most definitely not what he seems. Something is horrifically wrong with him, and the U.S. Military tries to contain him by bringing in a familiar face from his past. We are also treated to what seems to be a fun, 1982-era interlude with the classic Conway version…but is it really happening, or is it a distant memory?

The art by De LaTorre rises to the level of the writing, alternately portraying Firestorm as dark and menacing in some panels, particularly with the horrors that the small Colorado town and its inhabitants are subjected to, and fun and bright in other parts of the story.

Can’t wait to see the mystery unfold, and I seriously hope this book will not be limited to 8 issues. Highly recommended to both old fans and new fans, who will find themselves easily brought up to speed on Firestorm’s origin and a few key historical touchpoints along the way.more

This issue is a must-have for any SWAMP THING fan past or present, as well as collectors of milestone issues. It’s a beautifully told story of Swampy’s time-traveling encounter with Jesus, his disciples, and the Romans, culminating in the Crucifixion. There’s a wonderful essay included in the issue by Stephen Bissette that gives proper background and context to the series in 1989, along with a loo k at the cultural underpinnings taking place that year in entertainment and politics that DC was being influenced by in terms of their decision to cancel the publication of issue 88. It’s easy to see some of those same turbulent political and cultural forces still in play here in 2026, which makes DC’s decision to finally publish the issue very commendable.

What’s especially cool about the issue to this 47-year comic collector is that the issue features both the original DC house ads from May 1988 as well as a nifty “Johnny DC” column, done in the style of the original columns DC featured at the time, right down to that week’s checklist of May 1988 issues.

From the amazing story and script to the beautiful art, colors and lettering, this book is worthy of your attention and your dollars. Better late than never!more

Underrated. The thinking man's Batman. No wonder all the dullards hate it so.

On a side not I wonder if introducing bane so early in this series might’ve been a mistake..
however this is a flawless setup.

Snyder and Dragotta just keep cooking. Amazing stuff.

Dig the direction. Waid does an excellent Luthor.