Dex Rober rated DC vs Vampires: World War V #4 Nov 15, 2024
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Gorilla Grodd and Aquaman have had little luck capturing the elusive Damian Wayne, but a mysterious figure arrives bearing a whispered prophecy that could turn the tide of war in their favor. Elsewhere, John Constantine might well be the human resistance's last hope...just a shame he can't remember what it was he was meant to be doing. Enter The Sp...
Dex Rober rated Absolute Wonder Woman #1 Nov 15, 2024
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EISNER WINNER KELLY THOMPSON AND BREAKOUT ARTIST HAYDEN SHERMAN REINVENT WONDER WOMAN FROM THE GROUND UP! Without the island paradise...without the sisterhood that shaped her...without a mission of peace...what's left is the Absolute Amazon!
Dex Rober rated Zatanna: Bring Down The House #5 Nov 15, 2024
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AND NOW FOR HER GRAND FINALE! Zatanna's been hunted by demons, terrorized by warring factions of magic, whisked halfway across the world by an ex--always running from the past rather than daring to face it down. But when it becomes clear that the ghost that haunts her lies in the kaleidoscope of childhood memories she's tried so hard to forget, wil...
Dex Rober rated Ultimate X-Men #8 Nov 15, 2024
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WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE ATOM?
What are mutants? Where do they come from? And how has the Maker's Council been keeping them under control? All these dark questions and more start to unravel as our heroes investigate a murder that, for some reason, the authorities keep covering up! And Shadow King advances his sinister plots!
R...
Dex Rober rated Wolverine: Revenge #3 Nov 15, 2024
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TARGET: DEADPOOL AND OMEGA RED!
WOLVERINE's quest for vengeance leads him from old friends to old enemies - with death in his hands! Jonathan Hickman and Greg Capullo take LOGAN to the brink - setting the stage for the next unbelievable chapter. Trust us - you'll never guess where this one leads.
RATED PARENTAL ADVISORY.
Dex Rober rated Absolute Batman #1 Oct 9, 2024
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BATMAN LEGEND SCOTT SNYDER AND ICONIC ARTIST NICK DRAGOTTA TRANSFORM THE DARK KNIGHT'S TALE FOR THE MODERN AGE! Without the mansion...without the money...without the butler...what's left is the Absolute Dark Knight!
Dex Rober rated DC vs Vampires: World War V #3 Oct 9, 2024
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The war between vampires and heroes rages on with bloody casualties on all sides, but Damian Wayne, the vampire with the mind of a human, remains the most desired prize in the fray. Both Green Arrow and the vampire army seek to put him down for good, and it's starting to look like Damian's days are numbered...until a Dark Knight emerges from the sh...
Dex Rober rated DC vs Vampires: World War V #2 Sep 15, 2024
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The peace between vampires and heroes is wearing thin. Lois Lane will try and negotiate a way to maintain a truce, but with Damian’s relentless attacks on the vampire queen and her armies, the only thing that might be able to bring them together is a…Miracle.
Dex Rober rated A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #2 Sep 15, 2024
Sonny digs into the dark web to discover the Blue Jackal's next victim. He soon realizes he is not the only man on the job.
Dex Rober rated A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance #1 Sep 15, 2024
A NEW ONGOING CRIME SERIES from the writer of DEADLY CLASS!
When an unassuming man stumbles upon a dark-web contract assassin's vicious plot to kill an innocent target, he turns himself into one. The Professional meets Road to Perdition in this story of a family's unlikely guardian being hunted by rich and powerful men...
retcon_D reviewed DC vs. Vampires #12 Dec 31, 2022
Unfortunately, this series really fell off for me after issue 6. I really wanted to like the latter half of this title, but ultimately it fell flat. It seems like James Tynion either wrote or had a majority of control over the first arc, then gave it off to someone else, which obviously looks to be the case as Rosenberg also writes this.
Granted, I do enjoy Matthew Rosenberg as a writer more
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The cataclysmic final issue of the bestselling series will end with a bang and a whimper! Green Arrow will lead humanity’s final charge from the blood mines of Smallville. Supergirl’s mission to get off-world comes to an explosive end. And it’s Batgirl versus Nightwing for the fate of the entire planet-the stakes couldn’t be higher as the f...
Just a comment, but Tynion wrote the entire Barbara Gordon stuff, so he probably both parts (specially given how prominent she is in the ending). It's interesting to see different people's opinions, because I agreed with you that this second half was getting a bit flat for me... Until this issue. I actually thought this one was great.
I gotcha, a fair point all things considered. I really do love the premise and concept of the book, and it hooked me for the first few issues. I wanted to love it, but I ultimately didn't. 100% agreed with you on seeing other opinions on the book. I should note, though, that this title and a few others, ex: Task Force Z, Human Target, and the like, are the titles that really are pushing the boundaries for DC in a hugely positive way, and I'm all for it.
Dex Rober rated The Nice House on the Lake #1 Dec 31, 2022
Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter-well, they know him a little, anyway. Some met him in childhood; some met him months ago. And Walter’s always been a little…off. But after the hardest year of their lives, nobody was going to turn down Walter’s invitation to an astonishingly beautiful house in the woods, overlooking an enormo...
Dex Rober reviewed Dark Web: X-Men #2 Dec 31, 2022
This ahd no right to be as fun as it was-
REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO BAD!
Some reunions - like those with an evil ex who rules a dimension of demons - are not so great. Sometimes even having your AMAZING FRIENDS at your side isn't enough to save things.
Rated T+
Dex Rober reviewed DC vs. Vampires #12 Dec 31, 2022
Holy sh*t. I really rally wasn't expecting that ending.
Tynion is f*cking awesome at making horror interesting.
The cataclysmic final issue of the bestselling series will end with a bang and a whimper! Green Arrow will lead humanity’s final charge from the blood mines of Smallville. Supergirl’s mission to get off-world comes to an explosive end. And it’s Batgirl versus Nightwing for the fate of the entire planet-the stakes couldn’t be higher as the f...
Dex Rober rated DC vs. Vampires #6 Dec 24, 2022
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Batman gets the upper hand on the vampires who have infiltrated the Justice League...but the Vampire King finally reveals himself, and it will be the most jaw-dropping moment of 2022! The shocking, bestselling series reaches its blood-drenched halfway point!
Dex Rober rated Something is Killing the Children #27 Dec 24, 2022
Leaving death and tragedy in her wake, a grief-burdened Erica hunts for the terrifying Duplicitype.
With nothing left to lose and seemingly no one in her corner, Erica is faced with a choice to reach out to an unexpected source of help, or find herself dealing with both a monster and her human enemies alone...
Dex Rober rated House of Slaughter #10 Dec 24, 2022
After journeying through a watery hell, Edwin finally returns home to the House of Slaughter, but his problems might be just beginning...
New horrors loom in the next chapter of the epic adventure from the world of Something is Killing the Children!
Dex Rober rated House of Slaughter #9 Dec 24, 2022
Edwin finally comes face-to-jaws with the legendary monster he's been hunting - against all odds, will he be able to survive the encounter?
Meanwhile, we return to the past, where a young child faces a very different kind of watery terror...
Dex Rober rated House of Slaughter #8 Dec 24, 2022
The SCARLET arc of House of Slaughter continues as Edwin's search for a legendary monster goes horribly amiss.
Adrift on Lake Michigan, can Edwin survive with only the torn pages of his journal as makeshift S.O.S. notes? And what memories of his past cases will surface as he clings to life?
Dex Rober rated DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War #6 Dec 24, 2022
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The grand finale! With the dying embers of their hope rekindled at the eleventh hour, what’s left of John Constantine’s Suicide Squad attempts to traverse the badlands with precious cargo in tow. But just as final victory over the vampires and their endless night seems all but assured, the team must contend with their most powerful and terrifyi...
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"HULK PLANET" PART TWO!
Starship Hulk has found what should be the ultimate paradise - an entire planet of Hulk-like creatures thriving under the heat of a gamma star. But Bruce can't shake thoughts of the past or the nagging suspicion that Monolith isn't being totally honest about what she wants from the Hulk. And then there's the matter of th...
Dex Rober rated House of Slaughter #7 Nov 26, 2022
After his shocking discovery of what is actually lurking in the town, Edwin is faced with a choice that will change his life forever: wait for a Black Mask to arrive and risk losing the monster, or take on the creature himself...
Discover Edwin's story and dive even deeper into the expanding world of Something is Killing the Children with...
Dex Rober reviewed DC vs. Vampires #11 Nov 26, 2022
An good combo of blackbuster action, horror tension, crazy comedy and character moments. Can't wait for the finale.
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Humanity's final battles against King Nightwing and his vampire armies have seemingly failed on all three fronts. Who lives? Who dies? As all hope is extinguished, will the surviving heroes be able to stop the extinction of the human race?
Dex Rober rated Something is Killing the Children #26 Nov 26, 2022
With the last person in her corner gone and the Order of St. George closing in, Erica finds herself totally alone and without a prayer.
Can she take on the terrifying Doppelganger Duplicitype by herself, or is this the end of her story?
Dex Rober rated Something is Killing the Children #25 Nov 26, 2022
With over two million copies of the series sold to date, the first arc of Erica's mission in Tribulation reaches its shocking conclusion in this milestone anniversary issue that no Something is Killing the Children fan will want to miss!
While Erica's blades are occupied with an entity unlike anything she's faced, she receives a phone call...
Dex Rober rated DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War #5 Nov 26, 2022
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Betrayed and out of options, the pitiful remnants of the team head to a bleak and desolate Central City for one last Hail Mary as Baron Cinder's terrifying lieutenants close in. Will a Marvel Family showdown at the end of the world snuff out humanity's last hope, or will the team's final desperate gamble pay off?
Dex Rober rated DC vs. Vampires #10 Oct 28, 2022
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The war for Earth takes a decisive turn as the heroes prepare to strike back! Can Supergirl and her team in Australia escape to space? Will the Birds of Prey's infiltration of Gotham City go unnoticed by the Vampire King? Can Green Arrow save the human cattle from the Blood Farm? The shocking answers await!
Absolute Z to the 4 reviewed DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War #4 Oct 20, 2022
Gets a 4.0 thanks to the backup which isn't great but is readable.
As for the main story, no comic has ever left me feeling this stupid. The artwork leaves me lost, the plot and dialog confused. It all goes right over my head. I have a feeling everything is actually quite simple, but obscured due to art I find difficult to understand despite the use of shading and some tones, and dialog more
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With Baron Cinder and his lieutenants kept occupied by the mother of all diversions, the team attempts a daring raid on the Blood Farm to retrieve the one person who can bring sunlight back to the world. However, they have not reckoned on the terrifying presence of the Baron's vampire knights-familiar faces whose blades are every bit as bloodthirst...
I actually thought these last two issues were a little better overall (for the main story), but I think this book is being carried by the backups, which are generally much more interesting. It doesn't help that this feels like it's being written for the trade (unlike the main series, which works well on an issue-by-issue basis) so it feels like we're being given the story in pills.
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New Arc - HULK PLANET!
Thoroughly shaken by his battle with Thor and Titan's impact on his friends, Bruce Banner decides that his best company is himself - and only himself. As he sets Starship Hulk on a far away course, he begins to reckon with what it means to be healthy - and encounters an alternative to isolation he'd never thought to dream...
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