Before he was Batman, Bruce Wayne was a teenager trying to restore his late father’s broken down muscle car in Shea Fontana and Marcelo Di Chiara’s ‘Batman: Overdrive,’ a refreshing overhaul of Batman’s origin story.
Review: ‘Shadow of The Batgirl’
February 13, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux retell the story of the second Batgirl Cassandra Cain in a new graphic novel that is remarkably faithful to the original comics, and remarkably good.
Review: ‘Diana: Princess of The Amazons’
January 22, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Diana, the little girl who will grow up to be Wonder Woman, tires of being the only kid on an island of immortal women, so she decides to try to literally make a new friend. Complications ensue, and lessons are learned in this new book by Shannon and Dean Hale and Victoria Ying.
Review: ‘Superman Smashes The Klan Part One’
December 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang joins forces with the art team Gurihiru to adapt the most famous Superman radio serial into a new story in the character’s home medium.
Review: ‘Superman of Smallville’
September 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Everyone’s gotta start somewhere, and for Superman, that somewhere was Smallville. Art Baltazar and Franco reintroduces us to the Man of Steel when he was still just a boy in their new original graphic novel, Superman of Smallville.
Review: ‘Teen Titans: Raven’
July 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In the latest offering from DC Comics’ new YA-focused imprint, author Kami Garcia joins artist Gabriel Picolo to reintroduce Teen Titan Raven as a teen with a past so mysterious even she doesn’t know it…yet.
The (comic) book was better: What to read after you’ve seen ‘Shazam’
April 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Fans of the ‘Shazam’ movie have plenty of good options for comics starring the character to read next. Here are five good places to start.
Review: ‘Young Justice #1’
February 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Brian Michael Bendis’ new Wonder Comics imprint from DC is off to a strong start with Young Justice #1, in which he and artist Patrick Gleason relaunch the seemingly unrelaunchable team of teenage superheroes.
Review: ‘Batman and The Justice League Vol. 1’
December 27, 2018 by Leave a Comment
A Japanese creator brings a fresh eye to some iconic superheroes.
Review: ‘Shazam!’ #1
December 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
WIth a movie in the works, DC launches a new ‘Shazam!’ series.
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