Nightwing #85 Review

 

Kiss and Tell

Writer: Tom Taylor

Artist: Robbi Rodriguez

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 20, 2021

I have not enjoyed Fear State much overall, and that goes for the tie-in books and the main Batman title.  Maybe I should say I am not enjoying the tie-ins because of the main title because James Tynion's lack of any forward progress in the Batman book has to be hampering books like this one.  Still, Tom Taylor is a great writer, and he tries his best to make due.  Let's see how he does in this issue.

Batman #115 Review

 

Fear Nothing

Writer: James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan

Artist: Jorge Jimenez, Jorge Corona, Bengal

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: October 19, 2021

I am still waiting for this Fear State thing to start.  What, you say it started issues ago, even with a Fear State Alpha issue?!?  It's had multiple tie-ins already?!?  I guess I'll take your word for it, but someone needs to get on the horn to James Tynion and tell him that!  Just dial 1-800-Sub-Stak, and they will surely put you right through.  While we wait for you to do that, we will jump into this week's Batman issue where surprisingly, not much happens.

Nubia & The Amazons #1 Review

 Written By: Stephanie Williams

Art By: Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales
Colors By: Emilio Lopez
Letters By: Becca Carey
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: October 19, 2021

Nubia & The Amazons #1brings readers back to Themyscira with Nubia as the current Queen of the Amazons. When the Well of Souls activates, giving birth to more reincarnated souls, the Amazons greet their new sisters with a welcome and some hesitation. Why has the Well of Souls, dormant for centuries, come alive again?

Batman/Catwoman #8 Review

The Joke's On Us

Written By: Tom King

Art By: Liam Sharp, Clayton Cowles

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 19, 2021

The three time-lined mess that is Batman/Catwoman continues with this issue where we'll hopefully find out what happened at the end of the previous issue, where Catwoman and Phantasm teamed up to murder the Joker only for our Clown Prince of Crime to whisper something into Phantasm's ear that got our Angel of Death to turn on Selina and amscray with the Joker. That's all that really matters in my mind but in the future we have Selina arrested for the murder of the Joker and in the past...... Selina and Bruce were banging after Bruce smelled Joker in the air...... gross. Let's check this issue out.

Shazam! #4 Review

Future Problems

Written By: Tim Sheridan

Art By: Clayton Henry, Marcelo Maiolo, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: October 19, 2021

It's the end of our Shazam! mini and in this finale we'll hopefully learn about everything that's been affecting the power of Shazam!, fix the Rock of Eternity and after the cliffhanger to the previous issue, see how Black Adam of the 853rd Century plans on stopping the events that we saw in Future State that led to Billy essentially helping in causing the end of existence from the evil that is the Unkindness. Let's jump into this issue and see if things work themselves out.

Suicide Squad #8 Review

Sometimes... Dead Is Better

Written By: Robbie Thompson

Art By: Eduardo Pansica, Dexter Soy, Julio Ferreira, Marcelo Maiolo, Wes Abbott

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 19, 2021

Let's look back in on the many missions of the Suicide Squad since we have one team over in the Swamp Thing book trying to subdue the Avatar of the Green and the other has just made their way to hell to try and get something off of the Rock of Eternity that plummeted down to the firey inferno... Which Shazam!'s book is currently dealing with... Yeah, this book is all over the place but hopefully, we'll get back on track soon with what really matters and that's stopping Amanda Waller and her insane plans that were revealed in Future State. Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

Superman: Son of Kal-El #4 Review

How To Be Super And Invade Foreign Countries

Written By: Tom Taylor

Art By: Daniele Di Nicuolo, Gabe Eltaeb, Dave Sharpe

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 19, 2021

Superman has left the planet with his Authority team to take on the threat of Mongul and Warworld, which leaves Jon Kent to take over for his father and become the Superman for a new generation...... The only problem is, Jon has no idea what kind of Superman he wants to be and since he is so new at it, he's making some mistakes and following his emotions a little too much for a god-like being who isn't trying to scare everyone who thinks that Superman lives by the same rules as everyone else. This rookie presentation of our hero leads to what we'll be dealing with this issue where previously we saw Henry Bendix, the President of Gamorra drop a "Post-Human" on the Kent Family farm, where it looked like no one could have survived. Let's jump into this issue and see if Jon has saved the day and if he's made any more enemies. Let's check it out.

The Flash #775 Review

Darkness Rising

Written By: Jeremy Adams

Art By: Fernando Pasarin, Matt Ryan, Jeremy Cox, Steve Wands

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: October 19, 2021

Central City calls us back to check in on Wally West and his exploits as the Flash, where previously we saw a cosmic spear, or glaive if you prefer was hurtling through space and wasn't about to be stopped by anyone until it came to Earth and more specifically, the home of the Scarlet Speedster. Let's see what's up with this mysterious weapon and what our hero will do about it. Let's check it out.

Batman Secret Files: Peacekeeper #1 Review

The Mahoney Legacy

Written By: Ed Brisson, James Tynion IV

Art By: Joshua Hixson, Roman Stevens, Travis Lanham

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: October 19, 2021

It's time for another Secret File and this time we're going to be exploring the background and present of Sean Mahoney, Peacekeeper-01. These Secret Files feel weird because while there are some interesting new or underutilized characters throughout Gotham it feels weird that the way we're getting their information is through one-shots instead of actually being able to have some background on them in the stories that they're coming out of but maybe for the way that those stories are being written this is the best possible way to understand what's going on with the character involved. Let's jump into this issue and see if we can learn anything new about Peacekeeper-01.  

Green Lantern #7 Review

Paradoxes Be Damned!

Written By: Geoffrey Thorne

Art By: Tom Rany, Marco Santucci, Mike Atiyeh, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: October 19, 2021

Let's head off to space to see how the Green Lanterns are holding up after the majority of them have lost their powers. I guess they're doing alright for the most part though because as we saw in the last issue, John Stewart is a part of a team that is on a rescue mission to save Kilowog, while the other part of our story shows Simon Baz and Jo Mullein showing up to New Korugar with the United Federation of Planets to save Teen Lantern..... or to save New Korugar from Teen Lantern because damn did she go ham on that planet. Let's jump into this issue and see where our next leg in this cosmic adventure takes us. Let's check it out.

Justice League: Last Ride #6 Review

 

Next to Last Ride

Writer: Chip Zdarsky

Artist: Miguel Mendonca

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 12, 2021

I haven't been as big a fan as most when it comes to this Zdarsky joint, but it only takes a solid ending to change that.  Hopefully, this penultimate issue gets things rolling for me and sets up a strong finish that makes this one a winner.  Do we get that in this issue?  Let's find out...

Batman '89 #3 Review

Two-Face Rises!

Written By: Sam Hamm

Art By: Joe Quinones

Colors By: Leonardo Ito

Letters By: Clayton Cowles

Cover Art By: Joe Quinones

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 12, 2021

Batman '89 #3 takes the big step for Harvey Dent on his journey to becoming one of Batman's greatest enemies. Just like Two Face's mind, the story teeters between two realities - one where Harvey saves the day and sees all his dreams come true. The other is where Harvey doesn't make it out of a fire unscathed.

Strange Adventures #12 Review

 

Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend...

Written By: Tom King

Art By: Evan "Doc" Shaner, Mitch Gerards

Colors By:  Evan "Doc" Shaner, Mitch Gerards

Letters By: Clayton Cowles

Cover Art By: Mitch Gerards

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 12, 2021

Strange Adventures #12 ends the grand, strange experiment of lies, spies, and secret deals. In the end, Adam Strange is no longer the same, and readers get very little by way of resolution on any level. The net result is characters moving on with their sad, broken lives.

Batman: Urban Legends #8 Review

 

Biggest Book Ever?

Writer: Brandon Thomas, Dan Watters, Christian Ward, Alyssa Wong

Artist: Vasco Georgiev, Cian Tormey, Nikola Cizmesija, Christian Ward

Cover Price: $7.99

Release Date: October 12, 2021

I was worried that after Chip Zdarsky's Red Hood story ended, this book would no longer have the spark it started with.  That has 100% happened, and I am still waiting for something else to make this a must-read.  I love Batwoman, so I'm hoping that may do the trick as she leads the charge this month.  Let's jump into it and see if this issue gets this book back on my pull list...

Wonder Woman #780 Review

 

Back in the Saddle Again

Writer: Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad

Artist: Travis Moore

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: October 13, 2021

Well, we are finally here...Wonder Woman is back on Earth, and I couldn't be happier.  Unfortunately, it took a bit longer than I had hoped to get here, and while others seemed to love her trek through the "multiverse," I wasn't impressed.  Conrad and Cloonan seem to have their hearts in the right place, but they also drag things on way too long, but again, we are finally here!  So, let's jump into this and see if the journey was worth it...

Superman and the Authority #4 Review

 

Warworld Here We Come!

Writer: Grant Morrison

Artist: Mikel Janin

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: October 12, 2021

This book is an odd one.  Supposedly, it would be the ongoing Clark Kent/Superman book of 5G, but after that was canceled, it became a setup for Philip Kennedy Johnson's Warworld story.  It doesn't entirely jive with the book it's leading into, and readers have to look past things that don't make sense in the overall continuity, but despite that, I've enjoyed it.  Grant Morrison is giving readers some underused characters and doing some damn good character work on them. But, it all ends here, and I can't be the only one worried about how the ending will or will not tie into the ongoing Action Comics story. So, let's see what we get and if it's any good...