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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Batman: The Knight #3 Review

Knight Flight

Writer: Chip Zdarsky

Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: March 15, 2022

Batman: The Knight shouldn't have surprised me as much as it has. I am a certified Chip Zdarsky Fanboy (don't ask me where I got my certification - the first rule of Zdarsky Club...) and love origin stories. Still, I think most fans were wondering, not if this series would be good, but if it was necessary. I think we will all have to wait until it's over to say genuinely, but I am enjoying it so far. Does that love continue after this issue? Let's find out!

It's Like Eating A Whole Box Of Twinkies!

Written by: Mark Waid

Art by: Dan Mora

Colors by: Tamra Bonvillain

Letters by: Aditya Bidikar

Cover art by: Dan Mora

Cover price: $3.99

Release date: March 15, 2022

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1 pits the world's greatest detective against the world's greatest superhero when a collection of villains, guided by a devilishly shadowy figure, poisons Superman with the mother of all Red Kryptonite cocktails.

This Looks Like A Job For... Naomi!

Written By: Brian Michael Bendis

Art By: Szymon Kudranski, Emanuela Lupacchino, Wade Von Grawbadger, Hi-Fi, Josh Reed

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: March 15, 2022

It's finally the end of Bendis' run on the Justice League and with that, we're going to conclude our Xanadoth story, where previously I thought that Bendis would use this time to really flesh out this new villain that was the original Lord of Chaos because where the character was introduced in his Superman run it really didn't seem like there was enough time to make this character memorable. Well, I was wrong and instead of that, we have Xanadoth taking possession of Black Adam, saying she has a connection with Madame Xanadu, while Nabu makes us realize that like always in Bendis books, Naomi is the most important character there is. Let's jump into this issue and see how this story and run concludes. Let's check it out.

Take Your Pulse

Written By: Cavan Scott

Art By: Jose Luis, Daniel Hor, Jonas Trindade, Rex Lokus, Carlos M. Mangual

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 15, 2022

It's the Titans United finale to what I'm calling a Hypertime story that finds the cast of the Titans HBO show put into comics with a story that has it all..... and I do mean all. We've got people who have been turned into sleeper agents with Titan powers, we have Tamaran invading Earth, we had Superboy turn evil and go by his Hypertime name of Black Zero and at the end of the previous issue, we learned that we also have the Citadel coming to Earth to take it over as well. Let's jump into this finale and see if all these loose threads can be pulled tight and have this seven-issue mini feel like it mattered by the end. Let's check it out.

Collateral Damage

Written By: Jeremy Adams

Art By: Will Conrad, Jeremy Cox, Matt Herms, Peter Pantazis, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 15, 2022

The War For Earth-3 continues with part 3 as we jump into The Flash and see how our fastest man alive fits into the grand scheme of Amanda Waller's invasion and takeover of the world of the Crime Syndicate. In our previous issue, we had some of our members of the Suicide Squad like Culebra and Talon acting as double agents against Amanda Waller, while Rick Flag's Suicide Squad was actively trying to bring her down and to this end, we saw Ambush Bug, Peacemaker and Superwoman crushed in Ultraman's Fortress of Solitude by Black Siren and Johnny Quick when they tried to retrieve the Phantom Zone projector so that they could hopefully even the playing field against The Wall by taking Ultraman out of the equation. Let's jump into this issue and see if any of these story threads continue as the war wages on. Let's check it out.

Weird Science DC Comics Ep 408: Everything’s Coming Up Batman, Super-Pets (Not So) Amazing Journey & Clowns Taste Funny

Weird Science DC Comics Ep 408: Everything’s Coming Up Batman, Super-Pets (Not So) Amazing Journey & Clowns Taste Funny

A bunch of DC Comics including such Bat-centric titles as Detective Comics #1056, Batman: Urban Legends #13, I Am Batman #7, and Superman: Son of Kal-El #9 (Nightwing is in it!) Plus, a bunch of mail that may or may not ask Batman questions!

Ep 407: TGIF - Trial of the Amazons #1, Nubia & the Amazons #6, Doom’s Doorway & Kitty Cat Problems

Listen as we review the first two issues of the Trial of the Amazons. Wonder, along with us, why anyone would let a black cat from the other side of Doom's Doorway roam free on Themyscira. Laugh as we bring Yara Flor's War Cry to life. Cry as we bring Yara Flor's War Cry to life!

The Joker #13 Review

Vengeance Is The Lord Of The Harvest

Written By: James Tynion IV, Sam Johns

Art By: Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, Arif Prianto, Tom Napolitano, Belen Ortega, Luis Guerrero, Becca Carey

Cover Price: $5.99

Release Date: March 8, 2022

It's the penultimate issue of the Joker where it feels like we really have to start wrapping a lot of things up fast in not only the gigantic story going on in our main plot but the trial of Punchline in the backup. Previously we saw the Sampson Family kidnap the Joker so that they can take revenge on him for killing their family member during A-Day, but little do they know that Joker didn't cause A-Day, which leads us to our big cliffhanger of the previous issue where Jim Gordon was confronted by a living Bane, who's been in the shadows this whole time and not only did he not die in A-Day.... somehow, he was also the person behind the attack. Man, we've got Court of Owls stuff here, a Network that's cloning baddies and the Sampson Family plot that needs to be wrapped up, and probably things I'm forgetting but this will be the start to it. Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

The Rising Problems

Written By: Tom Taylor

Art By: Bruno Redondo, Wade Von Grawbadger, Adriano Lucas, Wes Abbott

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 8, 2022

It's time for our part 2 of the Nightwing/Superman crossover that previously saw Jon and Nightwing coming together in more ways than one. In our first part we saw that with the billions of dollars that Alfred left him, Dick Grayson was using some of his money to fund The Truth, the news outlet that is run by Jon's boyfriend, Jay Nakamura. That wasn't all though because the Rising continues, with President Bendix trying to put his Post-Human army to good use, but bad use to everyone else, where three of his group were going around killing superheroes, one of them being the former Titan, Risk. Let's jump into this issue and see what Jon and Dick will do to get to the bottom of this and maybe incriminate Lex Luthor in this operation. Let's check it out.

What The Bat Brings

Written By: John Ridley

Art By: Christian Duce, Rex Lokus, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 8, 2022

Jace Fox continues his adventures as Batman now that he's moved to New York City and while he believed that he'd simply be dealing with regular crime and things on a street level that he wanted to define his time as Batman, it seems that people are right in the idea that crazy follows Batman wherever he goes because right away a psychotic killer has taken out a prominent figure in the city. I also don't think that Jace had planned on being offered a position in a new task force by the city that would see him lead police officers in a sort of Special Crimes Unit. Let's jump back into this series and see how this new status quo works for this Batman. Let's check it out.

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis

Artist: Scott Godlewski

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 9, 2022

Review by Rocky - Check out his Youtube Channel

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The Great Darkness is a multiversal threat that encompasses several high-profile DC titles. Infinite Frontier, Justice League Incarnate, the upcoming Death of the Justice League, and this summer’s Dark Crisis promise an entropic black nothingness at the hands of an antagonist. The likes of which DC readers only think they have experienced in past Crises. I state with a heavy bias that it is a great time to be a DC Comics fan. Writer Brian Bendis does his part in raising the stakes in the Great Darkness Saga by connecting the impact of the blackness to both the 21st and 31st Centuries and its greatest respective superhero teams.

Buy 4 Villains, Get A 5th Villain For FREE!

Written by: Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad

Art by: Jorge Corona

Colors by: Sarah Stern

Letters by: Becca Carey

Cover art by: Jorge Corona, Sarah Stern

Cover price: $3.99

Release date: March 8, 2022

Batgirls #4 follows the trio of Batgirls as they build a new network to protect against Seer, devise new theories about the Hill Ripper's identity, track down the Tutor, avoid the Saints, and introduce a fourth villain... because four wasn't enough, apparently.

Real Housewives Of Themyscira...

Written by: Stephanie Williams, Vita Ayala, Joëlle Jones, Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad
Art by: Laura Braga, Skylar Partridge, Joëlle Jones, Elena Casagrande
Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr., Jordie Bellaire
Letters by: Pat Brosseau
Cover art by: Jim Cheung, Jay David Ramos
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: March 8,2022

Trial of the Amazons #1 kicks off the first Wonder Woman-centric event in a very long time with a gathering of Amazonian tribes to decide the ultimate champion. The winner earns the right to be the watcher of Doom's Doorway and guard the living world against the monsters within. Can the tribes keep the peace long enough to get through the competition, or will a tragic event end before it begins?

Reading the Minutes

Written by: Stephanie Williams, Vita Ayala

Art by: Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales

Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr.

Letters by: Becca Carey

Cover art by: Darryl Banks, Hi-Fi

Cover price: $3.99

Release date: March 8, 2022

Nubia & The Amazons #6 is the second chapter in the Trial of the Amazons event where the tribes of Themyscira, Esquecida, and Bana-Mighdall mourn the loss of a murdered sister. While the fate of the Trials is decided, assorted characters start a murder investigation. Meanwhile, those closest to Doom's Doorway sense something isn't right.