Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Dark Crisis: Young Justice #3 Review

 


Writer: Meghan Fitzmartin
Art: Laura Braga, Luis Guerrero, and Pat Brosseau
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 16, 2022
Reviewed by: Jon Wayne

I will not sugarcoat it no longer: this book is garbage. There is no clear plot halfway through this series that is the main tie-in book to a Crisis level event. The characterization of the heroes we’re all reading this for assumes nothing has happened to them since they were originally on Young Justice in the 90s.

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 Review

  

  

Written by: Tom King
Art by: Mitch Gerads
Colors by: Mitch Gerads
Letters by: Clayton Cowles
Cover art by: Mitch Gerads
Cover price: $7.99
Release date: August 16, 2022

Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 asks readers to solve one final riddle: What will it take to get Batman to break his #1 rule?

Harley Quinn #20 Review

  

  

Written by: Stephanie Phillips
Art by: Georges Duarte, Simone Buonfantino
Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Letters by: AndWorld Design
Cover art by: JonBoy Meyers
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: August 16, 2022

Harley Quinn #20 sets Task Force X scrambling when the Element-X residue absorbs Lashina and tries to do the same with the rest of the team. Can Task Force X stop the goo monster before they're all merged into a multi-headed monstrosity? Can they stop the sentient goo from escaping the moon? Can Harley find a bathroom in time?

Aquaman / The Flash: Voidsong #3 Review

  
  
  


Written by: Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly
Art by: Vasco Georgiev
Colors by: Rain Beredo
Letters by: Troy Peteri
Cover art: Mike Perkins, Rain Beredo
Cover price: $6.99
Release date: August 16, 2022

Aquaman / The Flash: Voidsong #3 takes on the alien armada bent on consuming all Speed Force energy in the universe. Only Arthur and Barry are left to take on the unstoppable army, but the Speed Force may hold the key to Earth's salvation.

Batman / Superman: World's Finest #6 Review

  

  

Written by: Mark Waid
Art by: Travis Moore
Colors by: Tamra Bonvillain
Letters by: Aditya Bidkikar
Cover art by: Dan Mora
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: August 16, 2022

Batman / Superman: World's Finest #6 takes readers back to a Golden Age story when Robin, lost in time after the battle with Nezha, finds refuge with a traveling circus. Even in the past, Robin can't escape his detective training when two circus hands die under mysterious circumstances.

Black Adam #3 Review




No Redemption In Death


Written By: Priest
Art By: Rafa Sandoval, Matt Herms, Troy Peteri
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 16, 2022


For this issue of Black Adam, we're going to be dealing with what happens to a Black Adam after he's dead. I'm talking about the afterlife and I'm talking about what happens to the people around him after he's dead, like his descendant Malik White, who Black Adam just passed his powers down on to. Let's jump into this issue and see if the story gets a bit more in line with what continuity has going on, outside of Dark Crisis obviously, since it already went and made the big step in making Malik at least tolerable. Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

The Flash #785 Review




This Dream Is A Nightmare


Written By: Jeremy Adams
Art By: Amancay Nahuelpan, Jeremy Cox, Rob Leigh
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 16, 2022


Our heroes have found Barry Allen, but will his dream world let him go? We have a weird development going on where when Wally confronted Barry inside of his dream world, Barry saw his former sidekick as the Reverse Flash, and not only that, but Wallace West became mesmerized by his family in this world to the point where he stopped worrying about his mission. Yeah, it seems like these worlds have some defenses to keep Barry busy and to make sure nobody gets him out. Let's see if we can free one of the Fastest Men Alive as we continue our Dark Crisis tie-in because if we can free Barry, we can free the rest of the Justice League, and with that, hopefully, we can fight back the forces of the Great Darkness and Pariah.  

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Blood Syndicate #4 Review

  

  
Written by: Geoffrey Thorne
Art by: ChrisCross
Colors by: Wil Quintana
Cover art by: Dexter Soy
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: August 9, 2022



Blood Syndicate #4 turns up the heat as Holocaust goes on a rampage burning any gang, cop, or civilian in his way to ash. It's up to two groups of vigilante heroes to team up or die trying.

The Jurassic League #4 Review

    

   



Written by: Juan Gedeon, Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by: Juan Gedeon, Jon Mikel
Colors by: Mike Spicer
Letters by: Ferran Delgado
Cover art by: Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer
Cover price: $3.99
Release date August 9, 2022

Jurassic League #4 continues the dino-hero adventure by unveiling the monstrous threat holding all the villains under its diabolical control. Can the dino-heroes trust each other enough to band together and stop this threat before it destroys the world?

Harley Quinn #19 Review

   

  


Written by: Stephanie Phillips
Art by: Georges Duarte
Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Letters by: AndWorld Design
Cover art by: JonBoy Meyers
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: August 9, 2022


Harley Quinn #19 encounters resistance on Task Force X's trip to the moon when the team is forced to dodge missiles and vomit. As the team reaches their destination (minus one), they soon learn all is wrong with the JL storage facility.

Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #3 Review

 
 
  

Written by: Stephanie Williams
Art by: Alitha Marinez, Mark Morales, John Livesay
Colors by: Alex Guimaraes
Letters by: Becca Carey
Cover art by: Khary Randolph, Emilio Lopez
Cover price $3.99
Release date: August 9, 2022


Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #3 continues the devastating battle between Zillah and Nubia on the streets of Brazil as the story of their shared history unfolds. Will the hurts of the past destroy hope for the future?

Batgirls #9 Review

 
 


Written by: Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad
Art by: Neil Googe
Colors by: Rico Renzi
Letters by: Becca Carey 
Cover art by: Jorge Corona, Sarah Stern
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: August 9, 2022

Batgirls #9 give the cauldron break from big threats to have a little fun by setting a trap for KGBest. Unfortunately, playtime is cut short when they find the next victim of the Hill Ripper.

Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Green Lantern #1 Review




Mama, Tell Me I'm The Greatest



Written By: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jeremy Adams
Art By: Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire, Troy Peteri, Jack Herbert, Alex Guimaraes
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: August 9, 2022


Let's just hope beyond hope that with the extension of the Dark Crisis name to include On Infinite Earths these dream world tie-ins don't do the same because..... yeesh!  Here we are though, exploring the dream world that will keep John Stewart content and out of the way while Pariah takes the hope away from Earth-0 so that he can somehow recreate infinite Earths in the Multiverse.  Also, we have a backup that explores Hawkgirl's dream world as well.  Let's jump into this issue and see what keeps our heroes happy.  Let's check it out.

I Am Batman #12 Review




Answer The Question


Written By: John Ridley
Art By: Christian Duce, Rex Lokus, Troy Peteri
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 9, 2022


In our previous issue of I Am Batman we got ourselves a surprise in the form of Renee Montoya, but not only Renee but her alter ego, The Question. That's right, it's time for Jace Fox to have himself an old-fashioned team-up and who better than The Question to get that started with her pursuit of finding out who really shot Anarky during Fear State. While I do love me a team-up, I will say that bringing back Gotham characters after leaving Gotham so that this book could have its identity this soon feels like a misstep to me but maybe it's simply here to set up Renee's book coming down the line. Let's jump into this issue and see if Batman and The Question can get to the bottom of this mystery. 

Superman: Son of Kal-El #14 Review




The Battle Begins


Written By: Tom Taylor
Art By: Cian Tormey, Federico Blee, Dave Sharpe
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 9, 2022


Like normal, I'm not sure if The Rising has happened yet or is currently happening, but what I do know is that Jon Kent, Superman has finally taken the battle to Bendix. After the previous issue where Superman and Jay Nakamura fought off a Bendix-controlled Senator, who turned into a giant octopus monster, the war between our hero and villain is going to kick off proper because, by the end of that issue, everyone in the world discovered that the person behind The Truth broadcasts was none other than Jay Nakamura, the son of the former President of Gamorra. Believe-you-me, Henry Bendix wasn't happy to discover this bit of information and may just take it out on Jay's prisoner mother. Let's jump into this issue and see what Superman is going to do to end this war before it escalates. Let's check it out.

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Batman Beyond: Neo Year #5 Review

 

 

Written by: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
Art by: Max Dunbar
Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Letters by: Aditya Bidikar
Cover art by: Max Dunbar, Sebastian Cheng
Cover price: $3.99
goog_344042331Release date: August 2, 2022

Batman Beyond: Neo Year #5 reveals the secret mechanism the Gotham AI uses to control...everything. Meanwhile, Terry enlists criminal help to find a solution and take the fight back to Lumos.