Green Arrow #48 Review

Turning The World Upside Down

Written By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing

Art By: Javier Fernandez, John Kalisz, Deron Bennett

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 9, 2019

It's time for Lanzing and Kelly to make their mark on Green Arrow with their run starting this issue and it's weird because with them being on this book and them having closed out so many series for DC Comics, I have to wonder if that means that Green Arrow is on the chopping block coming up.  While I haven't been the biggest fan of this book recently, I hope that these two writers can come together and give us a Green Arrow that finally feels like he matters in the greater world of the comics we love.  Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

Deathstroke #39 Review

Call Me Crazy........

Written By: Christopher Priest

Art By: Carlo Pagulayan, Fernando Pasarin, Jason Paz, Jordi Tarragona, Wade Von Grawbadger, Jeremy Cox, Deron Bennett

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 9, 2019

Deathstroke in Arkham sounds like a really good time....... That's what I would have said when asked before this story started because each and every issue that has come out since it did start has just been sliding down the rails on that old crazy train and even though we're jumping around to different characters, like we tend to do with this book........ It's really not coming all together in a way that I feel like I know what's going on.  Yeah, that's probably the point and Christopher Priest is most likely trying to make the reader feel as crazy as Slade Wilson does right now, but I can't say that that makes for the best storytelling.  Let's jump into this issue and see if things start to become clearer here or see if Slade is just as crazy as everyone says he is.  Let's check it out.

Justice League #15 Review

Oceans Prime

Written by: James Tynion and Scott Snyder
Art by: Jim Cheung, Stephen Segovia, Mark Morales, Tomeu Morey, Wil Quintana, and Tom
Napolitano
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: January 9, 2019

I have enjoyed this run of Justice League so far, but I feel as if I have lost grip on the overall narrative a bit.  I have been waiting for answers to so many things going on and I hope that the huge scope of things means that we will be left hanging for a while still.  This issue continues with John Stewart, Martian Manhunter and Kendra on Thanagar Prime and after last issue's crazy cliffhanger, I couldn't wait to see what happens next.  Well, here we are and away we go...

Batman: Kings of Fear #6 Review

Nothing to Fear

Written by: Scott Peterson
Art by: Kelley Jones, Michelle Madsen, and Rob Leigh
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: January 9, 2019

I started out liking this mini-series a whole lot, but with each issue that changed for the worse.  The overall story of the Scarecrow analyzing Batman seemed more originally at first and the book ended up with the same cliches that we get with Batman wondering if he's been good for Gotham and it's citizens.  So, did this final issue turn it all around and make me love it?  Let's find out...

Batman #62 Review

Bloody Hell

Written by: Tom King
Art by: Mitch Gerads and Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: January 9, 2019

After the big cliffhanger of issue #60, I really was hoping that we were finally going to get an explanation of the how and what of Flashpoint Thomas Wayne...or if it is even him at all.  Of course, we didn't get that last issue as we got a Master Bruce story and while I think we will have to wait a bit longer, I can always hope, right?  What we do get this issue for sure is a teamup of Tom King and Mitch Gerads, the first since they ended their Mister Miracle book.  So, how is it?  Let's find out...

Young Justice #1 Review

If It Doesn't Fit, Force It!

Written By: Brian Michael Bendis

Art By: Patrick Gleason, Alejandro Sanchez, DC Lettering

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: January 9, 2019

It's finally here, the imprint and the book that is going to get some of fans' favorite young heroes back together again for the first time since....... Well since the New 52 happened.  Will it all make sense and will it be something that can bring some of the hope, legacy and optimism back to DC Comics?  Well, there's only one way to find out.  Let's jump into this issue and see what Brian Michael Bendis has in store for us with his Wonder Comics Imprint.  Let's check it out.

PREVIEW: The Green Lantern #3

Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Liam Sharp
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Cover Price: $3.99

When the Earth goes up for sale on the alien black market, it's up to the Green Lantern Corps to bust up "The Slave Lords of the Stars" in the latest space saga from Grant Morrison (MULTIVERSITY) and Liam Sharp (WONDER WOMAN)! With the Justice League frozen by Gamma Gong tech, Earth ends up on the auction block, and Volgar Zo hosts a menagerie of the universe's deadliest despots and criminals: Steppenwolf, Queen Bee, the Dominators and much, much worse. Hal Jordan leads a squad of Lanterns into the fray-and someone's going to pay the ultimate price before this case gets closed.

PREVIEW: The Unexpected #8

Writer: Steve Orlando
Artist: Ronan Cliquet
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Cover Price: $2.99

In defusing the Nth metal isotope, the Unexpected have accidentally given the Bad Samaritan what he's always wanted: a doorway to the Dark Multiverse and Mandrakk! But Monitor World isn't just a doorway, it's a trapdoor. With the Multiverse on life support, opening it might just be the kill-shot everyone's feared.

PREVIEW: Martian Manhunter #2

Writer: Steve Orlando
Artist: Riley Rossmo
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Cover Price: $3.99

Return to Mars in the days before its doom to see the love affair of J'onn and M'yri'ah...and a Martian coming-of-age ritual you'll NEVER forget! All of these painful memories J'onn carries with him to his new life on Earth...but first he's gotta survive the pain of a car crash, being set on fire and accidentally revealing his true form to his detective partner! Did we mention she's heavily armed?

PREVIEW: Justice League #15

Writer: James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder
Artist: Jim Cheung
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Cover Price: $3.99

Hawk fight! Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl clash with Shayera Hol (also a Hawkgirl) when the League trio tries to break into a secret vault deep within Thanagar Prime-and the feathers are gonna fly! Speaking of secrets, M.M. learns one about himself and Lex Luthor, as related to him by the Martian Keep, guardian of all Martian wisdom and history. Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman must stop Starman from going nova.

PREVIEW: Batman: Kings of Fear #6

Writer: Scott Peterson
Artist: Kelley Jones
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Cover Price: $3.99

The epic finale! Batman must battle Scarecrow and his own mind to save Gotham City. If he doesn't, Scarecrow will turn Gotham and everything else Batman believes in into a nightmarish hellscape!

PREVIEW: Batman #62

Writer: Tom KingArtist: Mitch GeradsPublisher: DC ComicsRelease Date: January 9, 2019Cover Price: $3.99
Now features the Story solicited for #61 written by Tom King with art by Mitch Gerads. The Eisner-winning creative team behind MISTER MIRACLE is back together as artist Mitch Gerads rejoins the Bat team for a special issue! Professor Pyg is loose in Gotham, and you know that means things are going to get weird... and bloody!

PREVIEW: Adventures of the Super Sons #6

Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artist: Scott Godlewski
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Cover Price: $3.99

The Super Sons are lost in time and space! On the run from the Gang and trapped on the Planet of Secrets and Mystery, Superboy and Robin have lost everything and gotten a glimpse of how their tomorrows may end. When the planet's mysterious creator returns for his broken creation, the boys find out that tomorrow sucks as much as yesterday!

PREVIEW: Nightwing #56

Written By: Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza

Art By: Davide Gianfelice, Nick Filardi, Andworld Designs

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: January 9, 2019

The Nightwings have been picking up the slack Dick Grayson left behind, making a dent in petty crime and cleaning up the streets of Blüdhaven. But as Scarecrow’s plan comes to fruition, it looks like they may have bitten off more than they can chew…putting Grayson in a position he was not prepared for. One where he may be forced to become a hero once more…

PREVIEW: Green Arrow #48

Written By: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing

Art By: Javier Fernandez, John Kalisz, Deron Bennett

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 9, 2019

Count Vertigo stages a jailbreak and turns Seattle into a surrealist maelstrom that threatens to consume the entire city. But when Ollie learns Vertigo’s true motivations, the Emerald Archer’s fragile psyche will be ripped to shreds. Is Ollie throwing himself into the hero game because of a death wish? Not if Black Canary has anything to sing about it.

PREVIEW: Deathstroke #39

Written By: Christopher Priest

Art By: Carlo Pagulayan, Fernando Pasarin, Jason Paz, Jordi Tarragona, Wade Von Grawbadger, Jeremy Cox, Deron Bennett

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 9, 2019

Slade is back in Arkham after his Zeta Beam jaunt to the planet Pulor…but did he ever actually leave? Is the alien invasion just a delusion? And who is this faux Deathstroke running around? A deep dive into Slade’s psyche, just in time to watch him lose his mind!