Tag: Batman
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Blackest Night: Batman #3 Comic Review
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DC Story: Peter J. Tomasi Pencils: Ardian Syaf Inks: Vicente Cifuentes Colours: Nei Ruffino Of all the Blackest Night spin-offs, Batman’s was never going to be the most significant, but it had the potential to be the most personal. While everyone involved in the big event has lost someone, the murder of Dick Grayson’s parents…
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Detective Comics Annual 11 Review
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DC Writers: Fabian Nicieza, Mandy McMurray Art: Tom Mandrake, Kelly Jones Colours: Nathan Eyring, Michelle Madsen While the first part of Fabien Nicieza’s Azrael story ‘The Eighth Deadly Sin’ was pretty underwhelming, it’s nice to see this conclusion improve on it considerably. This is mainly due to the appearance of the Question, a character who…
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Batman Annual 27 Comic Book Review
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DC Writers: Fabian Nicieza, Mandy McMurray Art: J. Calafiore, Kelley Jones, Mark McKenna Colours: Nathan Eyring, Michelle Madsen Reaction to the Batman Reborn event has definitely been a surprise. Not in the sense that it has sold copies (that was a given) but how quickly fans have warmed to the Dick Grayson and Damien duo.…
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Batman: Arkham Asylum PS3 Review
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Simply put, Batman Arkham Asylum is the best superhero videogame ever made. Why are so many comic book videogames substandard? As a staunch comic geek first and a videogame enthusiast a very close second, I often find it baffling that so little effort is put into superhero or comic-based games. Part of this is perhaps…
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Batman: The Widening Gyre #1 Comic Review
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DC Writer: Kevin Smith Pencils: Walt Flanagan Inks: Art Thibert Colours: Art Lyon Following the critically lambasted Cacophony miniseries, Kevin Smith and Walt Flanagan unite once more to bring us another ill-conceived Batman limited-series. Six-part series The Widening Gyre – the title presumably taken from Yeat’s ‘The Second Coming’ – is a moderate improvement on…
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Detective Comics #855 Comic Book Review
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DC Writer: Greg Rucka Artist: J.H. William III, Cully Hamner Colours: Dave Stewart, Laura Martin The art on Detective Comics has so far been dazzling, J.H. William III’s realistic pencils and elaborate panel compositions set off by Dave Stewart’s measured use of red. William’s is also capable of versatility, shifting styles when the tone demands…
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Batman Reborn: Batman #688 Comic Review
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DC Writer: Judd Winick Pencils: Mark Bagley Inks: Rob Hunter Colours: Ian Hannin Whereas last month’s issue of Batman saw Dick Grayson accept his role as Wayne’s successor, this month we see Gotham’s underworld react to the new, media-friendly Dark Knight; more specifically Penguin and Two-Face, the later of whom isn’t convinced by the Bat-impostor.…
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Batman Reborn: Batman and Robin #2 Review
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DC Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Frank Quitely Colours: Alex Sinclair Grant Morrison’s bizarre retro romp continues with a brutal assault on Gotham’s finest by Le Cirque D’etrange, who live up to their name in every way possible. It also hints at another consequence of Dick Grayson assuming the cape and cowl; how long will it…