Wonder Woman #752 Review

Written by: Steve Orlando
Art by: Max Raynor
Colours by: Romulo Farjado Jr
Letters by: Pat Brosseau
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: February 26, 2020

Last issue, Diana's sojourn in Boston got off to a decent enough start with our Amazon heroine more or less winning over her Boston PD chaperone with a fairly typical display of compassion, heroism, and strength. That issue also promised some interesting villains going forward, though. Will we see those teases being developed this time around? Well, we're not going to find out if we stand here chatting all day, are we?

Amethyst #2 Review

Fast Friends

Writer: Amy Reeder
Artist: Amy Reeder
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 25, 2020

I liked the first issue of Amethyst a lot more than I thought I would, even as an Amy Reeder fan.  I am not a Gemworld enthusiast, and Brian Michael Bendis didn't make me more of one when Young Justice was hanging out there.  In fact, I think he made me like it less!  However, Reeder did enough to make me interested in the character of Amethyst and her current plight.  So, did this issue surprise me as well?  Let's find out...

Red Hood: Outlaw #44 Review

The Outlaw Food Truck

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: Paolo Pantalena, Arif Prianto, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 25, 2020

We're moving over to the war-torn country of Qurac to see if the Outlaws can shake out some of those evil Untitled and hopefully find out what their game plan is with this country... you know, besides simply setting up dark obelisks that will be able to transfer their evil all about and allow the Untitled to grow an army that the world has never seen.  Let's jump into this issue and see if Jason Todd and the rest of the Outlaws can work with General Glory as the United States forces its way into this world of mysticism and monsters and what will they plan on doing with the information about the Untitled when their mission is through?  Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

Red Hood: Outlaw #43 Review

All Blades, Aww Yeah

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: Christopher Williams, Scott Hanna, Arif Prianto, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: February 26, 2020

Now that our Outlaws team is back together again, it's time to get back to basics.  Hopefully though, with their time apart, it doesn't come off odd or forced to get the gang back together again in a cohesive, working fashion.  That's what we're up to here.  A good old fashioned, Red Hood and the Outlaws mission, not to mention a lot of tying up of loose ends from before.  Let's jump into this issue and see if Jason and his friends can face their newest and for Jason, one of his oldest threats of this series.  Let's check it out.

Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey #1 Review

Scatapult My Heart

Writer: Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
Artist: Amanda Conner, Paul Mounts, and John J. Hill
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: February 12, 2020

I am a big fan of Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner and was so excited when I heard they would be back doing Harley.  The only thing I wondered was how they would work in the Birds of Prey angle between Red Tool gags, roller derby mayhem, and Gang of Harley missions!  Yea, I had no idea what the book was going to be about, but a guy can dream, can't he?  CAN'T HE????  So, what is going on here, and is it any good?  Let's find out...

Strange Adventures #1 Review

People are Strange

Writer: Tom King
Artist: Mitch Gerads, Evan "Doc" Shaner, Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: March 4, 2020

Tom King must be waxing poetic about the good old days before Heroes in Crisis, the Bat/Cat wedding lie, and being booted off Batman before his self proclaimed 100 issue run could run its course.  Back when Mister Miracle was winning hearts and awards, the world was his oyster, and it may be back with Strange Adventures.  Tom and his BFF, Mitch Gerads, are joined by Evan "Doc" Shaner to give us their take on Adam Strange that is sure to dark, depressing, and hopefully uplifting as well.  How was this first issue?  Let's find out...

The Rot #1 (2018) Review

Publisher: Source Point Press
Parent Company: Ox Eye Media
Writer: David C. Hayes
Artist: Sean Seal
Editor: Travis Mcintire
Letters: Joshua Werner
Release Date: May 16th, 2018
Cover Price: $3.99

A few weeks ago Ox Eye Media was having a "free comic book week" on their website where they were giving out a bunch of comics from their Source Point Press comic label, so I grabbed everything that I could. Out of all the ones I've read so far I've been very impressed with them all, but The Rot #1 has been my favorite. I immediately bought the entire first volume and I can't wait to get it in the mail.

Plastic Man #1 Review

The Gummy Gumshoe

Writer: Gail Simone 

Artist: Adriana Melo 

Colorist: Kelly Fitzpatrick 

Letterer: Simon Bowland 

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: June 13, 2018

Hooray! This means I get to play this amazing Plastic Man theme song!

Now check out my review of Plastic Man #1, right here!

DCeased #1 Review

The Z Word

Writer: Tom Taylor

Artists: Trevor Hairsine & Stefano Gaudiano and James Harren

Colorist: Rain Beredo

Letterer: Saida Temofonte

Cover Artists: Greg Capullo and Fco Plascencia

Variant Cover Artists: Francesco Mattina and Yasmine Putri

Editor: Ben Abernathy

Cover Price: $3.99

On Sale Date: May 1, 2019

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

Here it is, the much-touted Biggest DC Event of the Summer, not to be eclipsed by that other Biggest DC Event of the Summer, Year of the Villain. How many Biggest Events can we have at once? I have a feeling one of the Big Two will find out eventually. Find out my thoughts on DCeased #1, right here!

Dial H for Hero #1 Review

For Your Convenience

Writer: Sam Humphries

Artist and Cover: Joe Quinones

Letterer: Dave Sharpe

Variant Cover: Nick Derington

Assistant Editor: Andrea Shea

Editors: Mike Cotton and Andy Khouri

Group Editors: Brian Cunningham and Mark Doyle

Cover Price: $3.99

On Sale Date: March 27, 2019

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

It should be no surprise to readers of the site that your ol’ pal Reggie is a fan of Dial H for Hero. And not just the initial series seen in the pages of Showcase, or later in Adventure Comics, or when it had its own self-titled series, or the semi-inspired series Hero Hotline, or the most recent iteration at the dawn of the New 52—I have enjoyed them all for different reasons. So if I don’t like this version—it’s broken the chain! Or will this be my most favorite take on the Hero Dial of all? More will have to come out to be sure. For now, check out my review of Dial H for Hero #1, right here!

The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1 Review

Tripping Balls with Mr. A

Writer: Jeff Lemire

Pencils: Denys Cowan 

Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz

Colors: Chris Sotomayor 

Letters: Willie Schubert

Cover: Cowan, Sienkiewicz & Sotomayor 

Variant Cover: Jeff Lemire & Marcelo Mialo

Assistant Editor: Maggie Howell 

Editors: Chris Conroy & Molly Mahan

Cover Price: $6.99 

On Sale Date: November 20, 2019

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM** 

Well, well, well. If it isn’t one of the characters that DC screwed up royally during the New 52. Something about having ushered forth from the primordial ooze or some such? I don’t believe DC Comics ever developed the character enough to speak about. There’s been an appropriate cooling off period, and now he’s back for the first time in the prestige format The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage, and I’ve reviewed book one of the series right here!

Suicide Squad #1 Review

Pleased to Meet You, I’m Marked For Death  

Written By Tom Taylor 

Art By Bruno Redondo 

Color By Adriano Lucas 

Letters By Wes Abbott 

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: December 18, 2019

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

Oh boy! It’s the Suicide Squad again…for the first time! Or more like the second or third time in recent memory. I didn’t realize that the “Suicide” portion of the title might apply to how the reader feels after successive reboots. Well, I was suicidal before all of this began, so let’s dive into my review of Suicide Squad #1, right here!

The Sandman Universe #1 (2018) Review

Danny Says

By Simon Spurrier, Nalo Hopkinson, Kat Howard, Dan Watters, Bilquis Evely, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Tom Fowler, Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara, Mat Lopes

Cover Price: $4.99 

On Sale Date: August 8, 2018

Hey, it’s the return of Vertigo, the DC Comics imprint that never left! Supposedly, this issue heralds some kind of revitalization that begins next month and includes…a whole bunch of new titles I forgot. And, a bunch of new titles for the Sandman Universe! I think this is going to be the first taste of all that, and I’m excited to give it a lick. So follow my slobber and read my review of The Sandman Universe #1, slick with saliva!

The Green Lantern #1 (2018) Review

All Systems Green

Writer: Grant Morrison 

Artist: Liam Sharp 

Colorist: Steve Oliff 

Letterer: Tom Orzechowski 

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: November 7, 2018

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

Hooray! It’s the moment we [fans of Green Lantern] have all been waiting for! Mind you, while I thought Green Lantern Corps was a meandering, long-winded book, I liked Green Lanterns overall…it had its good and its bad issues. But there can be no doubting that the franchise need a sprucing up—and who better to spruce than Grant Morrison himself? Some would say: nearly anyone. But not me! Let’s see what I think of Green Lantern #1, by reading my review right now!

The Dreaming #1 (2018) Review

While the Dream Lord’s Away

Written By: Simon Spurrier 

Illustrated By: Bilquis Evely 

Colors By: Mat Lopes 

Letters By: Simon Bowland 

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: September 5, 2018

What th’…? A Vertigo book being reviewed on the Weird Science DC Comics Dot Com website? On a Wednesday?! That’s right, by request, Chris Sheehan and myself will be covering the Neil Gaiman-curated “Sandman imprint,” on the website and podcast, much in the same way we did Young Animal. I’m a big fan of Gaiman’s Sandman, so I’ve been looking forward to this series, The Dreaming, in particular. And what do you know, I’ve reviewed the first issue right here!

Superman: Man of Tomorrow #4 Review

"BURIED PAST"

Written by: Robert Venditti
Pencils: Paul Pelletier
Ink: Drew Hennessy
Colors: Adriano Lucas
Letters: Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $0.99
Release Date: May 11th, 2020

In another "digital first" one-shot by Venditti, Superman is faced with a Swamp Thing like monster that just won't leave him alone. What's this ugly jerk have against truth, justice, and the American way?