Batman/Superman #4 Review

All Along the Watchtower

Written by: Joshua Williamson
Art by: David Marquez, Alejandro Sanchez, and Joe Hill
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

While we haven't seen all of the Infected Secret Six yet, it's all hands on deck as Joshua Williamson and crew dive headfirst into the deep end of their story.  I have been a bit on the lower part of the scoring curve, but maybe putting on the gas is just what this story needed.  Is that the case?  Let's find out...

Justice League #36 Review

"Some Kind of Beef"

Written by: Scott Snyder
Art by: Francis Manapul, Howard Porter, Hi-Fi and Tom Napolitano
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

It's time to check in with the whole gang...Batman, Lex Luthor, Superman, Perpetua, Jarro...yep, they're all here and ready to continue the Brawl for it All at the Edge of the Universe and beyond!  I was hoping for a TLC match, but it's pretty much been a tag-team from the start so let's stick with what's got us here.  Will we get more twists, double-crosses and heel takes this issue?  Let's find out...

Batman #83 Review and *SPOILERS*

Play This Tape

Written By: Tom King
Art By: Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire
Letters By: Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*

We are nearing the finale of City of Bane and things have been left in a crazy state. While I was initially underwhelmed by the previous issue, there are quite a lot of plot points that have been left hanging that I’m very interested in seeing to fruition. Bane has been removed from the equation after being attacked by Thomas Wayne and he has captured Bruce and Selina as well as gotten rid of the Bat Family. I would assume these last few issues to go at light speed with all the things we have to cover before the finale. Let’s just jump into this new issue and see where it takes us.

PREVIEW: Supergirl #36

Writer: Marc Andreyko
Artist: Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

Supergirl-the infected! Brainiac-1 attempts to contact Supergirl at the Fortress of Solitude, but for what nefarious purpose? No matter what he has planned, things are about to go from bad to worse as Supergirl heads on a collision course with the Batman Who Laughs! He's targeted Superman as part of his plan to infect heroes and transform them into their twisted Dark Multiverse counterparts-but Supergirl gets caught in the crossfire, and the Year of the Villain stakes get even higher!

PREVIEW: Justice League #36

Writer: Scott Snyder
Artist: Francis Manapul
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

How powerful is too powerful? Lex Luthor has assembled everything he needs to complete his plan of turning the world toward doom, including reviving the ancient goddess Perpetua and restoring her powers. But can he keep Perpetua from dragging the DC Universe into the abyss alongside the rest of the Multiverse? This is a question that hero and villain alike must ask, as the epic battle between the Justice League and the Legion of Doom across space and time comes crashing together. Everything that happens here sets the stage for the senses-shattering finale of the Justice/Doom War-and the fate of all existence hangs in the balance!

PREVIEW: He-Man & The Masters of the Multiverse #1

Writer: Tim Seeley
Artist: Dan Fraga, Richard Friend
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

The scourge of Anti-Eternia is unleashed on the Multiverse! Blazing a trail across the dimensions, he's devastating each version of Eternia and stealing its power. Now it's up to a ragtag team of surviving He-Men to recruit the one man in existence who might save them: Prince Keldor, the man who would be Skeletor! This all-new miniseries features the most iconic eras and beloved takes on the Masters of the Universe!

PREVIEW: The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1

Writer: Jeff Lemire 

Pencils: Denys Cowan

Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz 

Colors: Chris Sotomayor

Letters: Willie Schubert 

Cover Price: $6.99 

Release Date : November 20, 2019

For years, Vic Sage has worn the faceless mask of the Question to clean up the streets of Hub City by sheer force of will. He knows right from wrong. He knows black from white. But what happens when he is drawn into a conspiracy that reaches from the heights of Hub City power to the depths of its underground tunnels? What happens when things stop being black-and-white and start getting a little gray? And what happens when, in a secret chamber deep beneath the city, Vic Sage meets his own end...and his new beginning? Eisner-winning writer Jeff Lemire joins forces with the legendary art team of Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz to resurrect Vic Sage, only to destroy him all over again...and again...

PREVIEW: Batman: White Knight Presents Von Freeze #1

Writer: Sean Murphy
Artist: Klaus Janson
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

The world of Batman: White Knight expands with this standalone tale! On the night of Bruce Wayne's traumatic birth, Victor Fries must intervene to save the lives of Martha Wayne and the future Batman. As the evening unfolds, Victor distracts Thomas with the incredible tale of his own father figures-one a Nazi, the other a Jew-and their complex connection to Wayne Laboratories. As the Third Reich roars into power, the deep friendship and working relationship between the Baron von Fries and his research partner, Jacob Smithstein, is in crisis. Ordered by Himmler to speed development of their cryotechnology in service of world domination, Smithstein is forced to go into hiding and compromise his moral code in order to save his wife and infant daughter, Nora, from persecution and certain death. When the S.S. ramps up surveillance over the project, young Victor begins to question his father's true allegiance. Both families are driven toward an impossible choice and a sinister standoff, and Victor makes a pact with Smithstein that will ripple through generations!

PREVIEW: Batman/Superman #4

Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: David Marquez
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

Even from prison, the Batman Who Laughs is staying two steps ahead of the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel. His plan to infect heroes and turn them into the Dark Multiverse versions of themselves is starting to build steam, with Shazam and others already succumbing to his evil toxin. Batman and Superman are racing the clock to prevent the other three members of the Secret Six from being poisoned, but they realize they are too late when those three come looking for them instead-one of whom is a lot closer to Superman than expected and itching for a fight!

PREVIEW: Batman #83

Writer: Tom King
Artist: Mikel Janin
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

It's chapter nine of "City of Bane," and it's time for a reckoning in Gotham City! Thomas Wayne has joined forces with Bane, and that alliance threatens to throw a monkey wrench into Batman's plans. And as Bane's evil army begins to crumble, the Caped Crusader must face the real force behind it all. As the end of this epic tale grows near, Batman and his allies have a choice: let Bane stay in power and guarantee the city's survival, or risk everything to break free!

PREVIEW: Teen Titans #36

Written By: Adam Glass

Art By: Bernard Chang, Marcelo Maiolo, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 20, 2019

Like father, like daughter! Apex Lex has given Lobo the power to control Crush, and together they’re going to take down the Teen Titans! Try as she might, Crush struggles to resist Lobo’s influence…but to her horror, she starts to enjoy the madness! And finally, after all this time, it’s time to meet...the Other!

PREVIEW: The Infected: Scarab #1

Written By: Dennis Hopeless Hallum

Art By: Freddie E. Williams II, Jeremy Colwell, Tom Napolitano

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 20, 2019

When Jaime Reyes is in trouble, a powerful scarab transforms him into a super hero. Jaime never asked to be the Blue Beetle, but he’s been doing his best to live up to the power within. Now the most sinister evil this or any other world has ever seen has his sights set on turning Jaime toward the darkness...and the Batman Who Laughs always gets what he wants. Spinning out of the events of Batman/ Superman and “Year of the Villain” comes the tale of a hero fighting the evil inside, and whose friends and family are about to pay the price...

PREVIEW: Nightwing #66

Written By: Dan Jurgens

Art By: Ronan Cliquet, Nick Filardi, Andworld Design

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

William Cobb has taken the Nightwings down one by one, leaving Ric on his own in a Blüdhaven that is literally aflame. Cobb offers Ric a chance to save his city by at last fulfilling his legacy as the Gray Son and becoming the new Talon and leading the Court of Owls into a new age.

PREVIEW: Metal Men #2

Written By: Dan Didio, Michelle Delecki

Art By: Shane Davis, Jason Wright, Travis Lanham

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 20, 2019

The Nth Metal Man has arrived from the Dark Multiverse right into Dr. Klyburn’s research site-and it will destroy anything that stands in the way of it trying to stay in our world. As Magnus, Gold, Platinum, Iron, Lead, and Mercury rush to Dr. Klyburn’s aid, one of them will meet their fate at the hands of Nth Metal Man! But who? And how? How is even crazier! Read this issue to find out!

PREVIEW: Flash Forward #3

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund, Luis Gerrero, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 20, 2019

The rift between the Multiverse and Dark Multiverse is growing wider, and evil dark energy is threatening all the planets in its path! It’s up to Wally West to journey to these worlds and purge them of this darkness, but the greater darkness is that from within. The destruction has now found its way to Earth-43, where Roy Harper is the world’s premier vampire hunter, and Wally’s only hope of surviving...

PREVIEW: Aquaman #54

Smack Manta

Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick 

Pencils: Robson Rocha & Jesús Merino

Inker: Daniel Henriques & Vincente Cifuentes 

Colorist: Sunny Gho

Letterer: Clayton Cowles 

Cover: Robson Dan Panosian

Variant Cover: Shane Davis, Michelle Delecki & Morry Hollowell 

Assistant Editor: Andrea Shea

Editor: Alex Antone 

Group Editor: Brian Cunningham

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: November 20, 2019

Black Manta and Mech Manta invade Amnesty Bay with one target in mind-Aqualad! Can Aquaman save his protégé from his deadly lineage? Or will the combined might of the Mantas finally be Arthur Curry’s undoing?

Hmmmm...nah, I doubt it. Have a look at some preview pages, right here!