I bought the single comic book issues, but I am choosing thiss TPB edition to be able to make a better overall reviewThe Ultimates are back, baby!
I bought the single comic book issues, but I am choosing thiss TPB edition to be able to make a better overall review about the storyarch.
This TPB edition collects “Ultimate Universe” (2023) #1 and “The Ultimates” (2024) #1-6.
Creative Team
Writer: Deniz Camp
Illustrator: Juan Frigeri
ULTIMATE WRITING
I wasn’t sure if the lightning would strike twice, since the original The Ultimates run (at least in its first two years) was awesome and some of the best comic book runs that I’ve ever read and one of my top favorites (that I was luckily able (thanks to a somebody very special) to get it in its single comic book issues).
Therefore, my expectation was high…
…and it was reached with plenty of greatness!
I didn’t know Deniz Camp was (I researched and he was doing stuff for Valiant comics), so I wasn’t sure if he’d up to the task, but…
…after reading the first issue (where every single baloon dialogue is worthy to be cited as a memorable quote), I was relieved that the title was in VERY good hands, since that trust was renewed once and again, in the second issue, the third issue…
…and oh my god, when we reached the FOURTH ISSUE where it’s a masterpiece of creative narrative style that I’d met very few times in the past, and only with iconic creative teams like in V for Vendetta issue that it’s a sheet music, here it’s something different where you are witness of four diffent moments in time of a one narrative…
…TRULY A MASTERPIECE!!!
Definitely, The Ultimates book (for not saying that the Ultimate Universe in general) is well in the great hands of Deniz Camp…
…Jonathan Hickman is doing a superb job in Ultimate Spider-Man but definitely Deniz Camp is going over the top with his management of the central tile of the comic book line.
WE NEED A LOT OF HEROES
Howard Stark was able to confined The Maker (original Ultimate Reed Richards) in The City, but only for 18 months, now it’s a desperate countdown for his son, Tony Stark, taking the responsibility of preparing a counterattack strategy.
However, the Council (The Maker’s henchmen) managed to infiltrate The Triskelion satellite (headquarters of Tony Stark) and launch a deadly attack over New York city, making to look like he was responsible, and now he and anybody associated to him are considered criminal terrorists.
Tony, now Iron Lad, with the help of Dr. Doom (current Ultimate Reed Richards), devised a plan to “create” those heroes that The Maker was able to stop their expected origins. They send packages with “everything that they need” to become the heroes that they were supposed to be.
However, some just thown away the packages, some killed themselves trying to get the powers, and some ended using the new abilities for crime, there were very few exceptions like Peter Parker which indeed became Spider-Man like he was supposed to be originally.
So, Tony and Doom decided to recruit in person, since the indirect approach wasn’t really working…
…ENTER: THE (NEW) ULTIMATES!
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Giant-Man (Hank Pym)
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne)
The Original Human Torch (the android)
Thor
Sif
America Chavez
She-Hulk (Lejori Zakaria)
Haweke (Charli Ramsey)
However, they won’t click each other (like any Marvel team) easily but even worse, the world considers them terrorists and their Ultimate challenge will be against…
…THE HULK!!!
And that encounter won’t resolve any good at all!...more
I haven’t bought this particular comic book per se, but I did buy the “DC vrs Marvel” Omnibus Vol 1, and this story iThe Youngster Teams Together!
I haven’t bought this particular comic book per se, but I did buy the “DC vrs Marvel” Omnibus Vol 1, and this story is featured there. I’ll do a review of the omnibus later, but I want to make individual reviews of each crossover stories contained there.
Creative Team
Writer: Chris Claremont
Illustrator: Walt Simonson
Special Liaison between DC and Marvel: Len Wein (current Editor for The New Teen Titans, at the moment)
OF TITANS & MUTANTS
So far, the crossovers of the biggest comic book houses had been about single characters (not matter that sometimes there were some guest chracters coming along), so the bets got higher this time choosing the hottest teams that DC and Marvel can offer…
…The Uncanny X-Men!…
…AND…
…The New Teen Titans!
In 1982, there weren’t coolest and best written comic books than those two titles, there were the top sales titles of each house, therefore putting them together, it was the greatest idea ever!
And the bet paid off since it was a success in sales, critique and still nowadays, it’s considered one the most memorable crossover ever done by DC and Marvel.
It was clear that they want…
…Dark Phoenix…
…as the villain for the side of Marvel, but if so, what can DC can choose to be up to the task?...
…Darkseid!!!
Definitely this comic book would be a hit and it was indeed!
Yes, Darkseid isn't a New Teen Titans' villain, but when you have Darkseid in a comic book, you just don't complain about and give thanks for it.
In this occasion, the dimensional separation between DC and Marvel worlds wasn’t established yet, so like the three previous times, the New Teen Titans and the X-Men were co-existing in the same universe, not only that…
…in the same New York City!
Darkseid wants to tap into the knowledge and power of the Source (a galactic entity, a force of creation and ruler of the omniverse (but as I said, at that moment, both bunch of characters were just living all along together in the same universe), and first Darkseid manipulated Metron to do the dirty work, but it wasn’t enough, so the god of Apokolips decided that he needed a force of nature to acomplish his desire, hence, Enter: Dark Phoenix.
While Metron was out of comission, he was able to alert Starfire, and she was aware of the Dark Phoenix, since while she was traveling to Earth, she was told by LIlandra, empress of the Shi’ar, about the astronomical power of the Phoenix Force (how cool is that, ah?!)
Since the New Teen Titans are snooping around, Darkseid sent Deathtroke and an army of Para-Demons to stop them! The X-Men aren’t far behind (Wolverine is wearing the Brown suit! When you think that the comic couldn’t be cooler!)
Both teams are trapped and the X-Men memories of Dark Phoenix are used to engage a new activation of the Dark Phoenix, and while that occurs (obvious, we all want to see Dark Phoenix again!) they are free again and the meeting of all meetings take place with both team shaking hands.
Of course, you’ll get what you pay for…
Darkseid vs Dark Phoenix!!! YES!!!
Since Darkseid may be a god, but Dark Phoenix is a force of nature, and you can’t control a force of nature! So, maybe Darkseid should think better before messing with forces beyond his own power.
This comic book was a sales success and there were plans to do a sequel, this time done by the creative team of The New Teen Titans, Marv Wolfman and George Perez, but disputes at the highest levels of both companies stopped all crossover for almost a decade! Even there were some advanced work for a JLA/Avengers crossover drawn by George Perez that it was stopped too (however eventually it was done, but that was curiously the last crossover done so far (currently there are new talks for new crossover due the success of sales of the new Omnibuses of DC vrs Marvel and The Amalgam Age of Comics (that I bought too)).
I haven’t bought this particular comic book per se, but I did buy the “DC vrs Marvel” Omnibus Vol 1, and this stThe Batman vs The Incredible Hulk!
I haven’t bought this particular comic book per se, but I did buy the “DC vrs Marvel” Omnibus Vol 1, and this story is featured there. I’ll do a review of the omnibus later, but I want to make individual reviews of each crossover stories contained there.
Creative Team
Writer: Len Wein
Illustrator: Jose Luis Garcia Lopez (with assistance of Dick Giordano as “embellisher”)
HOLY SMASH, BATMAN! THE MEETING OF TWO BRUCES
The Joker never knows fear. The Joker simply is fear.
There were already two crossovers between DC Comics and Marvel with Superman and Spider-Man in both cases, now it was turn to change the roster and in that moment, the next most popular characters in both houses were Batman and The Hulk, so it was kinda logical to choose them but it’s kinda odd pairing Batman and The Hulk, even taking in account that on each crossover the writes always find an excuse to put them fighting.
This comic written in 1981 should be quite impactful on certain creative teams later since I found some stuff that easily can inspire comics events that happened many years later. In a moment, The Hulk grasps Batman and the latter fears that may got break his spine and not being able to move anymore, that it’s basically the peak moment in the Knightfall event when Bane breaks the spine to Batman. In other scene, the Joker is imbued with god-like powers naming himselg “King of the World” and able to change reality, which is basically the same idea of Emperor Joker. And other curious thing is that The Shaper of Worlds (the other guest villain) is in reality a cosmic cube, in other words, a tesseract, that it’s something quite known recently in this new millenium thanks to the MCU films.
In other things, while Len Wein is a writer with experience in both houses, DC and Marvel, it seemed like he wasn’t that experienced with The Hulk in comics format but more the TV live action version of the character since Bruce Banner is walking across America finding a cure for his condition but more than that it’s that he uses a fake name using “David Banks” and it was usual in the TV series that Bruce Banner doesn’t use “Bruce” but the name “David”, with only that the comic is quite adamant to specify that Bruce Banner isn’t “David Bruce Banner” like in the TV series but that his full name is Robert Bruce Banner.
In any case, Bruce Wayne meets Bruce Banner! The two Bruces of the two comic book houses meet at last!
Dr. Bruce Banner is under the fake name of “David Banks” and working on the Wayne Research facility (that at first I thought it was a branch operating in New York but later Commisioner Gordon appears so it seems that the action is happening in Gotham City) and there, they are developing a “Gamma Gun” that it was supposed to help to cure a wide variety of illnesses, but soon enough The Joker appears stealing the gadget but provocking that Bruce Banner transforms into The Hulk (In this crossover, like the two previous ones, there isn’t a dimensional separation of DC world and Marvel world, so The Joker knows who The Hulk is and even Batman is aware that The Hulk is Bruce Banner).
The Joker confuses with Hulk’s mind (that it’s not that hard anyway) putting the Green behemoth to battle agains the dark knight. I won’t detail the whole fight but it was curious that Batman is able to put to sleep Hulk with gas but The Huls remains as the monster even slept, and it’s not until he awakens again that he’s already calm that he turned into Bruce Banner again (I found odd that he remained as The Hulk being slept, but I am not expert on The Hulk).
The Joker needs the Gamma Gun to use it on The Shaper of Worlds (a character that indeed first appeared on The Incredible Hulk comics, but certainly it’s quite a farfetched option as guest villain for the Hulk taking in account that with Batman they chose The Joker, his primary best known villain). The Shaper of Worlds is able to make realiy the dreams of others, he doesn’t have imagination of own, but he needs the imagination of others to make his powers to work, but currently he’s unstable and he needs the Gamma Gun to do that (a weak plot but it works fine).
There is a cool moment where Commisioner Gordon talks by phone with General Ross (having a cameo of Doc Samson).
It’s an odd pairing for crossover, but as I said already, it seems that it was quite impacful with the following generation of creative teams. Cool crossover.
I haven’t bought this particular comic book per se, but I did buy the “DC vrs Marvel” Omnibus Vol 1, and thSuperman and Spider-Man together again!
I haven’t bought this particular comic book per se, but I did buy the “DC vrs Marvel” Omnibus Vol 1, and this story is featured there. I’ll do a review of the ómnibus later, but I want to make individual reviews of each crossover stories contained there.
Creative Team
Writer: Jim Shooter (with Marv Wolfman helping with plot suggestions)
Illustrator: John Buscema
IF WORKS ONCE, WORKS TWICE
Since the first superhero crossover with Superman and Spider-Man works great for both companies, it was logical to do it once again, but this time, it was basically a job for Marvel Comics (since it’s an issue in its Marvel Treasury title run) along with a supervision/approval by DC Comics.
They didn’t try to choose a different pair, it was once again the Man of Steel and your Friendly Neighborhood, BUT the Incredible Hulk and Wonder Woman did appearances in the comic book. It seems that Jim Shooter didn’t think that Green Goblin or any other Spider-Man foe was enough for the story and he chose Doctor Doom (obviously the best villan in Marvel but he’s foe of the Fantastic Four or to use against the Avengers or the entire Marvel Super-heroes Group, so using him for a crossover of Spider-Man and Superman, it was kinda overkilling, however in the case of Superman’s villain gallery, it was totally worse, since Shooter chose the Parasite, that certainly he’s always a threat for the Man of Steel, but he’s not in the Top List of Superman’s rogues, and since this is a crossover event, he wasn’t the best choice, specially since it’s used like a low-level henchman and not an equal villain partner for Doctor Doom.
Once again, since many “rules” of inter-company crossover weren’t created, Metropolis and New York are conveniently in the same universe and the Hulk just needed to walk to reach Metropolis, and even Spider-Man commented that Wonder Woman indeed operated for a time in New York but “strangely” they never meet before.
This time, you have the complete roster of Daily Planet staff with Perry White, Jimmy Olsen and Steve Lombard, along with Lana Lang from WGBS, repeating (obviously) Lois Lane with Clark Kent. In fact, Peter Parker works temporarily in the Daily Planet (and he gets a better paid for his potos from Perry White) meanwhile Clark Kent is temporarily hired in the Daily Bugle but J. Jonah Jameson soon enough realized that Kent maybe is a mild mannered reporter but he’s not as easily to manipulate like good ol’ Petey.
Something strange (at least for me, I guess that in that moment in the comics it was correct) that Peter Parker isn’t hanging out with Mary Jane Watson (in fact she doesn’t appear in the comics, not even mentioned), and Peter is asking out almost any girl around him.
Doctor Doom is planning to ruin any current source of energy of the planet, and by the way to monopolyze the energy requirements from humanity with something of his own invention, however Spider-Man and Superman are messing around and he hires the Parasite, along that influencing the Hulk to try to keep them at bay. Since Doctor Doom is the legal ruler of Latveria, he has diplomatic immunity that it will be a headache for the pair of superheroes.
I haven’t bought this particular comic book per se, but I did buy the “DC vrs Marvel” Omnibus Vol 1, and The first DC/Marvel super-hero crossover!
I haven’t bought this particular comic book per se, but I did buy the “DC vrs Marvel” Omnibus Vol 1, and this story is featured there. I’ll do a review of the ómnibus later, but I want to make individual reviews of each crossover stories contained there.
Creative Team
Writer: Gerry Conway
Illustrator: Ross Andru (but uncredited Neal Adams redraw Superman figures and John Romita Sr. redraw some Marvel characters’ faces)
SUPERMAN V. SPIDER-MAN: DAWN OF CROSSOVERS
While it’s true that this is the first superhero crossover made by DC Comics and Marvel Comics, actually there was an earlier collaboration by both comic book companies, publishing MGM’s Marvelous of Oz (in 1975), of course, I don’t know why the heck you needed the two major comic book companies working togethere to publish one comic book adaptation of Wizard of Oz.
This idea began as a concept for a theatrical film featuring Superman and Spider-Man, it’s not clear if animated or live-action, but since the live-action movie of Superman was already in production, and the TV series of Spider-man was in development too, it was decided that it was better to do a comic book doing the first ever superhero crossover between the two major comic book companies featuring the two major household characters at the time (at that point Superman was indeed more popular than Batman in DC (but there would be time later for a crossover between Batman and Spider-man (review coming soon!)).
It was decided to choose Gerry Conway, a logical choice since he had been working with both companies and he has been quite relevant in the comic book industry, creating characters like The Punisher (precisely along with Ross Andru) and Ben Reilly for Marvel, and Firestorm, Jason Todd, KIller Croc and Power Girl for DC, for not saying that he was who decided to kill Gwen Stacy.
Ross Andru did the artwork, he did work for both companies too, but years later was revealed that Neal Adams and John Romita Jr, redraw stuff from the comic book, that honestly I think that if they didn’t trust in Andru, then they should point Adams or Romita Sr. I think that it’s unrespecful to redraw the artwork of another artist not matter if they were way more famous than the original chosen illustrator.
Then, the dream comic book that until that moment was considered something impossible was indeed published, a story featuring the Man of Steel and your Friendly Neighborhood, along with their respective girlfriends, Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson, even their bosses, Morgan Edge (at that moment, Clark Kent wasn’t working in the Daily Planey but he was a TV News Anchorman for WGBS Network) and J. Johan Jameson, the two heroes fighting against their iconic foes, Lex Luthor and Doctor Octopus.
Since it was the very first superhero crossover between DC and Marvel, they didn’t complicated much explaining why the Last Son of Krypton and your favorite Webcrawler were existing in the same Earth (it was later that they realized that it was better to conceive the concept of parallel dimensions), therefore the story has been considered non-canon, BUT it has been referenced in some other comics of Marvel like What If? #1 and others.
THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY… IS ON!
Lex Luthor and Doc Ock meet in prison after being arrested by their respective enemies, and there they realized that it would quite productive to work together to eliminate Superman and Spider-man along with taking control of the world, therefore they are able to escape without much trouble. Clark Kent and Lois Lane travel to New York to attend to the presentation of a revolutionary satellite able to control weather (mmh, this is suspiciously quite similar to the satellite used in the later Superman III, mmh) and of course, Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are in the presentation too. Lex Luthor disguised as Superman kidnaps Lois and MJ using a teleportation device, and then...
...there is the mandatory brawl between the heroes in almost any crossover (even crossover of characters of a same comic book company), but soon enough they realized that both are good guys and that they need to work together to find their respective girlfriends, for not saying to arrest (again) their respective villains.
Something cool that happens is that Doc Ock (and I stand up to clap for good ol’ Octavius) indeed will question the methods of Lex Luthor since the hacked satellite would be destroying the world, since many cliché are always trying to destroy the world…
…what the heck are they gonna take control is they destroyed the world?
I think that’s quite enough, since I don’t want to spoil the fun of reading the rest of the story, that maybe it’s not that inspired for the nowadays narratives, but I can assure that it’s still a great comic book to read since you can’t have a lot of times two of the most popular superheroes from different publishing house fighting side by side in the same comic book.
This is the first volume of “Radiant Black” comic book series. This TPB edition collects “Radiant Black” #1-6. This comiAwesome comic book series!
This is the first volume of “Radiant Black” comic book series. This TPB edition collects “Radiant Black” #1-6. This comic book series is the flag title of Image’s Massive-verse.
Creative Team
Writer: Kyle Higgins (1-5) Cherish Chen (6)
Illustrator: Marcelo Costa
GO GO RADIANT BLACK
This comic book series is ideal for any fan of Power Ranger but also for fans of Invincible or even Spider-Man, since while the design of the suits it’s clearly inspire don Power Rangers, the narrative is quite similar to Invincible or Spider-Man where the main characters are struggling not only with the factor of having super-powers but their personal lives is totally merged with their super-powered experiences, specially since like Peter Parker (aka Spider-Man), they are always struggling with having enough money to survive.
Our story begins with Nathan Burnett, an unpublished writer living in L.A. that after falling in too much debts, he has to return to home, Lockport, Illinois, and living again in his parents’ house. No money, no job, no inspiration to write, Nathan’s vision of his future is quite grim, but suddenly he finds an alien artifact merging with his body and he gets an armor and superpowers. His best friend, Marshall Ward was witness of Nathan’s transformation, and he’s helping him to understand his new superpowered status quo.
They think that Nathan’s situation is unique but soon enough they discover that there are at least another individual with similar suit but a different set of powers, but clearly both coming from the same alien source.
I won’t detail more, since there are several surprises and twists in these first six issues enough to please any comic book fan. Definitely, this is an awesome comic book series. I bought the first four TPBs recently, since in Black Friday, my local comic book store had 50% of discount in all titles, so I took a leap of faith and bought the four TPBs trusting that the title would be worthy, and I can assure that at least this first volume was more than worhty and an awesome reading experience.
This is the fifth volume of “I Hate Fairyland” comic book series. This TPB edition collects “I Hate Fairyland” (second series) #1-5Gert is back!!!
This is the fifth volume of “I Hate Fairyland” comic book series. This TPB edition collects “I Hate Fairyland” (second series) #1-5. This is a continuation of the original run, but “rebooting” the numbering of the comic book issues.
Creative Team
Crreator & Writer: Skottie Young
Illustrator: Brett Bean
Colors: Jean-Francois Beaulieu
Lettering & Design: Nate Piekos
GROWING PAINS
Gertrude (Gert for friends) finally was able to escape from Fairyland and her body got old according to her mind state and the years passed in real life…
…so everything was okay for (now) good ol’ Gert, right?
Wrong!
Gert passed 27 years of her life battling monsters and slaughtering almost anything alive in her sight (including the moon!), therefore, she didn’t develop the proper skills to live as an adult life in the (too normal) real world, she is losing job after job, where her only relief is imagining being able of slaying all the annoying normal people around her (Gert and normal people don’t mix).
Until she is kidnapped by the millionaire, William Wiggins, offering the only job that Gert is qualified to do…
…returning to Fairyland to find Wiggins’ son and getting him back to real world (of course, Wiggins also is planning to set a stable way to travel to Fairyland and selling entrance tickets).
Gert isn’t that thrilled to return to Fairyland but she asked for a good part of the money income about the theme park concept and since she isn’t able to do anything else in real world, she accepts the deal…
…but Wiggins assigned Rotwald (a talking rat, with one eye, originally from Fairyland, that he got by mistake, in his attempts to get his son back) to serve as chaperon and making sure that Gert would honor the deal.
Since Gert was a “guest” once in Fairyland, that making her able to get back there, however, past guests didn’t get to arrive directly to Fairyland…
…but having to go through…
…INFERNO!!!
A hostile region that it’s not hell (we already knew their version of hell in previous volumes) but still quite awful to live there, but luckily she got a guide!
ENTER: VIRGIL
Virgil is a faun and his mission is to guide Gert (with Rotwald along) through Inferno and reaching the gate to Fairyland, and everything could go smoothly, but…
…Gert had the “brilliant” idea of eating the map (maps and Gert don’t mix) and a journey of a couple of days…
…becoming years in Inferno!!!
But I don’t tell you more, to avoid spoiling you the fun of reading this awesome follow-up of the original run of I Hate Fairyland, that I was kinda concerned since while Scottie Young was still the writer, now the drawing art was by someone else, but definitely Brett Bean was the right choice for passing the torch in the illustration part of this new project, keeping the same feeling in the visual department (even in the issue #5 there is a cool situation where you can read a QR code to hear the song “The World” by Jack the Radio serving as musical backgroung to cover a big part of that fifth chapter of the TPB without dialogue).
I bought the physical comic book edition but I choose this "kindle" edition to make my review since the other option didn'tA new era in DC begins!
I bought the physical comic book edition but I choose this "kindle" edition to make my review since the other option didn't seem totally right either.
This is one-shot issue, serving as initial point in a new era in DC Comics, featuring two stories, one for the “All In” comic book line of DC and other for the new “Absolute” universe. Both stories are interconnected. Both stories can be read in any other, and both ended using a shared “center spread page”.
Creative Team
“Alpha” story
Writers: Joshua Williamson & Scott Snyder
Illustrator: Daniel Sampere
“Center Spreard Artist”: Dan Mora
“Omega” story
Writers; Scott Snyder & Joshua Williamson
Illustrator: Wes Craig
ALPHA
In this story, the new Justice League becomes “Justice League Unlimited” inviting the largest roster so far of super-heroes trying to be the best ever possible team, using all the resources available to them including Terran cutting-edge technology, along with alien technology of several alien worlds, but even using magical means!
A few super-heroes denied the offer, but the most of them, gladly go to the inaugural even in their brand-new headquarters in the biggest Watchtower ever bulit by the Justice League.
In the middle of this, an uninvited guest arrives…
…DARKSEID!!!
Ans in the middle of this, the need of a time-traveler will be vital to track Darkseid and there goes in Booster Gold, and he will get terrified meeting the “new team” assembled by Darkseid!
OMEGA
Darkseid creates the most powerful machine ever conceived employing elements from the past, preesent and future…
…a Miracle Machine!
Which can be do any wish of the elected user (here I have some doubt since one requisite to designate the proper user for the Miracle Machine is blood and so far I understood need to be blood of the user (or at least of the same family) but at some point, Darkseid gives some of his blood but when the machine asks for more blood, he uses the blood of Kalibak, his son, BUT Kalibak isn’t really his son, he did in peace truce with High Father and they interchange sons, therefore, Kalibak was originally son of High Father and Orion was originally son of Darkseid (even in the previous story Orion appears referring to him as his father), so I don’t know how the Kalibak’s blood could be accepted for this (unless this will become a “clever twist” later in the following storylines).
In any case, Darkseid wish to be united with the essense of the Spectre, and you can guess that this won’t end well to the safety of the multiverse.
Here, you see once again Booster Gold tracking Darkseid and meeting his fearful new team!
I bought the single comic book issues, but I am choosing thiss TPB edition to be able to make a better ovThe Ultimate Universe is born again…kinda
I bought the single comic book issues, but I am choosing thiss TPB edition to be able to make a better overall review about the storyarch.
Creative Team
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Illustrators: Marco Checchetto (issues #1 to #4, #6), David Messina (issues #4 & #5)
WITH GREAT MARRIAGE COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES
The Maker (aka original ultimate Reed Richards) decides to make the Ultimate Universe lives again, but since the original one was destroyed, he took another universe (Earth-6160) and turned into a new versión of “ultimate universe” obviously on his own design…
…and part of that design was to avoid the origin of several key héroes, including Spider-Man! However, Tony Stark aka Iron Lad took the work of his father, Howard Stark about trying to stop the insidious plans of The Maker and send several spheres with the means to create those héroes, but almost everyone didn’t take the offer or died trying, almost everyone but…
…PETER PARKER!!!
However, Peter Parker was already an adult (with even a beard!), married with Mary Jane Wason and having two children: Richard & May Parker, still already having those great responsibilities, when he got the offer of Tony Stark, he took it and became Spider-Man, getting yet another great responsibility.
I had some doubts about this, since it’s not the same when you are bitten by accident by a radioactive spider and you are a teenager that being a superhero wasn’t his first idea, and now when he is adult with wife and children and he decides to get superpowers to become a superhero, still in this first volume nothing really bad happened, but he is now Spider-man and with his powers always comes tragedy, so I am truly fearful about what would happen in following volumes of this great new comic book.
In this first six months, his career as new superhero came with several mistakes and refining his hero image, but also getting unbelievable allies, and trying to figure out a way to fit his family into this hero gig.
Kingpin is a secret subject of The Maker and he isn’t happy about the existence of this Spider-man, along with other unsuspecting threats, also he is owner of the Daily Bugle, forcing J. Jonah Jameson and other surprising friend to look for an independent option to publish news on their own terms. Kingpin will prove to be a menace that you mustn't take lightly.
This is brave new universe and certainly you can’t take anything granted as previously worked in the original ultimate universe or even the primal Earth-616…
…expect the unexpected! Totally amazing! Certainly ultimate!...more
This is a facsimile edition of “The Flash” #123 (Sept 1961) featuring the iconic story of “The Flash of Two Worlds”DC Comics was never the same!!!
This is a facsimile edition of “The Flash” #123 (Sept 1961) featuring the iconic story of “The Flash of Two Worlds” introducing the concept of “multiverse” to DC Comics continuity. I bought a physical edition but I only found this “kindle” edition, so I used this one to make my review.
Creative Team
Writer: Gardner Fox
Illustrator: Carmine Infantino
Editorial Guidance: Julius Schwartz
ENTER: THE MULTIVERSE!!!
Obviously I haven’t original comic since I lack of $83,000, hehehe, but luckily DC Comics published this facsímile edition (that it’s somethin different than a reprint, since a true facsímile published the same advertisements used on the original issue, and even using the same kind of paper and inks (at least something really close to the original ones used back then), therefore one is able to read this iconic story that introduced the concept of “multiverse” to DC Comics, and that’s a monumental concept that changed for the better the way that DC Comics universe works.
The “second” Flash aka Barry Allen travels (by accident) to “Earth-2” meeting the “first” Flash aka Jay Garrick, before that, Jay Garrick was a “comic book character” in Barry Allen’s Earth where Gardner Fox (the one of Earth-1) claims that Jay Garricks’ adventures came to him in dreams. Barry Allen deduced that Gardner Fox, in some way, get “tuned” while sleeping to Earth-2 and in that way, he was able to know about the existence of Jay Garrick.
This “humble” meeting between those two characters (one of the called “Golden Age” of comics and the other from the “Silver Age” of comics) was the first step to a whole anual tradition of regular meeting of the Justice League of America reuniting with the Justice Society of America, evolving to Crisis of Infinite Earths and later to become something bigger with “elseworlds” stories and even ongoing alternate universes titles.
And everything born here.
THE FLASH MEETS THE FLASH
The Flash Barry Allen offers to cover the entertainment in a charity event managed by Iris West (his girlfriend) and when Barry is doing an innocent “magic” trick with a rope, he vibrates in certain frequency and suddenly he is finding himself in other Earth, no longer Central City but Keystone City and son enough he found out that this “Earth-2” was home for Jay Garrick, the “old” Flash.
I like that they didn’t do the cliché fight hero vs hero until they understand that both are in the same side, they since the beginning are cordial and open-minded.
They even join forces (since Jay Garrick was “retired”) to face a new threat made of three rogues: The Shade, The Fiddler and the Thinker.
Since it’s a very old story, maybe it isn’t that good for five stars, but due the monumental effect provoked thanks to this humble story to the way of DC Comics evolved since then, definitely it deserves a full five-star rate.
This is a one-shot comic book about Scrooge McDuck. I bought the physical edition, but since GR doesn't have coveJoin the multiverse duck tales!!!
This is a one-shot comic book about Scrooge McDuck. I bought the physical edition, but since GR doesn't have cover art for that one, I prefer to use the kindle version for my review.
Creative Team
Writer: Jason Aaron
Illustrators:
Chapter 1: Paolo Mottura Chapter 2: Francesco D’ippolito (pencils) & Lucio De Giuseppe (inks) Chapter 3: Alessandro Pastrovicchio & Vitale Mangiatordi Epilogue: Giada Perissinotto
Colors: Arianna Consonni (Arancia Studio)
Lettering: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Reprint of orginal “Christmas on Bear Mountain” by Carl Barks (Script & Art)
Cover: Alex Ross
FOR THE DUCK WHO HAS EVERYTHING
The greatest adventurer who ever lived. The toughest thing in two legs. In any universe. Duck of no duck. ‘Nuff said.
Jason Aaron, old veteran writer in Marvel Comics is a great fan of Scrooge McDuck since he began to read Scrooge’s old adventures to his son, and now he did this amazing comic book with the greatest art team of Italian illustrators ever assembled.
Jason Aaron crafted an ingenious multiverse adventure using as point of origin none other than the very first comic book adventure ever published of Scrooge McDuck (reprinted at the end of this comic book).
You’ll have obviously Scrooge McDuck here but he will face his greatest challenge so far…
…HIMSELF!!!
A Scrooge McDuck from an alternate reality is stealing “The Number One Dime” of each Scroogee McDuck (along with as many Money Bins possible!) and it’s up to our favorite adventurer to settle things.
Along with as many Scrooge McDucks that you can imagine, you’ll have all your favorite companions: Huey, Dewey & Louie, along with Gyro Gearloose and of course, Donald Duck!
And you can bet that the Beagle Boys are around here, of yes!
And while Magica De Spell isn’t in the story (bummer!), she still will contribute with a key magical artifact to the adventure.
Definitely, if you are fan of Duck Tales and/or Scrooge McDuck, you can’t miss this awesomely illustrated and crafty written comic book!...more
This is the first volume of “Le Petit Spiroy” comic book series. Originally appearing in 1987 for the first time in Watch out for Le Petit Spirou!
This is the first volume of “Le Petit Spiroy” comic book series. Originally appearing in 1987 for the first time in Dupuis Publishing.
This first volume is known as “Say Hello to the Lady”
Creative Team:
Creators, Writer & Illustrator: Tome & Janry
FRANCO-BELGIAN COMICS
The collaboration between France and Belgium in the genre of comic strips & comic books is monumental, figuring many of the most iconic examples of the genre, not only Asterix, but also The Smurfs, Tin Tin, Lucky Luke, Le Petit Spirou, and many, many, MANY others…
…generating their own inner genre named, obviously, Franco-Belgian comics, considered along with United States & Great Britain comics and Japanese manga, as one of the three most influential and relevant examples of the comic book field.
(I plan to read in the future other titles of this genre, therefore, in the first volume of each title, it will be normal to find this same general introduction.)
PICARESQUE BUT CHARMING
While this is quite recent, taking in account that other iconic Franco-Belgian comics were created in the 40’s, 50’s and so on, this is an 80s product and it shows in its picaresque tone that maybe in previous decades wouldn’t work out. This is a child version of the adult Spirou character (which I haven’t read anything) and it seems that while the adult version is proper and serious, the creators decided to give it a double-meaning and picaresque tone to the series but keeping it charming and kinda innocent due that many of the main characters are kids. One good thing is that due the creative team were already seasoned artists, the comic book begins already with the expected look of the characters, not like Tintin or Lucky Luke that you will have to wait for following volumes to find the expected recognizable look of the characters.
Spirou or Le Petit Spirou is a schoolboy wearing his trademark Bellboy outfit (I think to make him recognizable as a younger version of the character) whom is always getting in troubles due being interested in the opposite sex.
The volume started with a short story about a collection of photos left by a deceased photographer capturing indiscreet moments of many people in the town. The rest of the volume are one page gags, were you are introduced to several characters like Vert (his best friend), Suzette (his kinda girlfriend), Mr Mégot (school’s gym teacher), Abott Langelusse (main religious figure in town), Sister Mary Angelique (a beautiful nun), Pepé Spirou (his grandfather) and Mrs. Spirou (his mother), and even you get the introductory gag about Jean-Henri Masseur (which in French is language joke sounding a lot like “your sister” and used by Suzette as a misleading prank since she has a very sexy sister).
Other iconic characters still not appearing in this very first volume, but certainly the book begins with good artwork and charming gags quite hilarious.
I bought this in its printed version but I didn’t find that edition here on GR, so I had to use this Kindle edition that I found
This Doom endures!
I bought this in its printed version but I didn’t find that edition here on GR, so I had to use this Kindle edition that I found
This is a Giant-sized (64 pages) one-shot comic book.
Creative Team:
Plot, Script & Art: Sanford Greene & Jonathan Hickman
Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg with Sanford Greene
Lettering: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Cover Art: Sanford Greene & Matthew Wilson
DOOM VS GALACTUS…’NUFF SAID!
I didn’t choose to buy this comic book but actually the guy in charge of comic books in the geek local store where I buy comics, he was the one who chose it for me, he told me that I need that comic and well…
...he was right!...
…in fact the comic book became in demand getting more value, which I don’t complain at all.
The first thing that got me off guard, it was that it’s not the Earth-616 Doctor Doom, since some Doctor Doom in the multiverse, where in his Earth, all heroes and villains faced Galactus…
…and they lost!...
…even space characters like the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Nova Corps, the Shiar Imperial Guard, everybody lost too!...
…only surviving Doctor Doom and Valeria Richards (that’s why it’s impossible to think about this Doom as the one from Earth-616.
Aaah! But Doctor Doom doesn’t survive…
…Doctor Doom endures! (his words, not mine!)
Galactus is on a frenzy hunger and everything in the universe is in peril…
…and obviously the only hope to stop Galactus is Doctor Doom, whom lost the first round but he is still alive (barely thanks to his magic knowledge), but Valeria Richards looks foor him and everything is set for second round!
Something that I found kinda unfair, it's that I noticed that this comic book got so many attention due the involment of Jonathan Hickman (which obviously is one of the best comic book writers in the industry, in special about Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom) and certainly I'm sure that he indeed collaborated in the project, but I think that the real "father" of this comic book was Sanford Greene, since you can notice that he was involved in all departments to make this comic book.
This comic book is highly recommended to any fan of Fantastic Four, in special of Doctor Doom, Valeria Richards and/or Galactus. Also, I have no doubt that this one-shot was published to start to make current boost to the characters of Doctor Doom and Galactus that both are expected to be relevant in the incoming phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
This is the first volume of “Lucky Luke” comic book series in its “The Complete Collection” American edition. Originally appHere comes Lucky Luke!
This is the first volume of “Lucky Luke” comic book series in its “The Complete Collection” American edition. Originally appearing in 1949 for the first time in Dupuis Publishing.
In this collected American edition are printed seven different stories: “Arizona 1880”, “Dick Digger’s Gold Mine”, “Lucky Luke’s Double”, “Rodeo”, “Desperado City”, “The Buffalo Creek gold rush” and “Lucky Luke versus Cigarette Cesar”.
Creative Team:
Creator, Writer & Illustrator: Morris
FRANCO-BELGIAN COMICS
The collaboration between France and Belgium in the genre of comic strips & comic books is monumental, figuring many of the most iconic examples of the genre, not only Asterix, but also The Smurfs, Tin Tin, Lucky Luke, Le Petit Spirou, and many, many, MANY others…
…generating their own inner genre named, obviously, Franco-Belgian comics, considered along with United States & Great Britain comics and Japanese manga, as one of the three most influential and relevant examples of the comic book field.
(I plan to read in the future other titles of this genre, therefore, in the first volume of each title, it will be normal to find this same general introduction.)
NOTHING LIKE AMERICAN WESTERN…FROM EUROPE!
It’s curious how the American Western is a genre that sometimes is better portraited outside of United States like the Italian “Spaguetti Western” and this Franco-Belgian comic book of Lucky Luke becoming easily the best known and popular “american” cowboy in comics.
I can understand that nowadays is not recommended to promote smocking (but I wonder why drinking alcohol doesn’t have the same kind of witch hunt) but it’s kinda absurd that Morris, its creator, were critized for having Lucky Luke smocking in its classic run since if he was an adult in the old American west, it’s only logical that he would smoking (and drinking alcohol) due in that era of history was normal that, you can’t (or you shouldn’t) re-write history, bad or good, history should be told or portraited like it happened.
In this gorgeous first volumen of the american edition known as “The Complete Collection”, you won’t have the most characteristic look of Lucky Luke (in fact you can appreciate how the look of the face of Lucky Luke is evolutioning during the run of this first seven tales but without still reaching his most recognizable look) but unlike the first story of Tin Tin where the artwork is just awful, here you will find gorgeous artwork in characters and scenarios. Jolly Jumper, his white horse, the “smartest horse in the west”, is without a doubt smart and even sometimes you hear him talk (like Scooby-Doo) but later you can read his thoughts.
Also, you will find an extensive information about Morris, his personal life, his inspirations for this comic book and the impact of the series.
Arizona 1880 (4 stars)
It’s the very first Lucky Luke story with a very cartoonish look in Lucky Luke and while the story is quite simple, it’s quite entertaining and a worthy beginning, where Lucky Luke without much background of his personal past, he reaches Nugget City and having to deal with an insidious criminal and his pair of minions.
Dick Digger’s Gold Mine (5 stars)
Dick Digger is an old man that he can’t just keep his mouth shut about having found a gold mine and the same pair of minions (but just them, the boss is still in jail I guess) are starting to look for the mine without realizing that they already have the map in a bottle of Dick Digger.
Lucky Luke’s Double (4 stars)
Lucky Luke arrives to another town and he finds out that there is a criminal in prison looking just like him (even the same wardrobe!) and the band of that criminal kidnaps Lucky Luke to interchange him in the Town’s Jail.
Rodeo (4 stars)
Lucky Luke in participating in a rodeo event, when a nefarious participant steals the money of the rodeo grand prize.
Desperado City (5 stars)
Lucky Luke arrives to Desperado City which is a very dirty and sinful town, where he soon enough will have to “clean” the town. Easily the best written tale in this first collection.
The Buffalo Creek gold mine (5 stars)
A very funny tale where people starting to think that there is gold in Buffalo Creek which is only a creek but suddenly you have train and a whole town emerging due the bunch of people arriving there to look for the gold. Easily the funniest tale (showing a true old cartoon style of narrative) of this first collection.
Lucky Luke versus Cigarette Cesar (3 stars)
The title explains much of what happens, where indeed Lucky Luke meets this character known as Cigarette Cesar and he has to face him to bring him to justice. It’s not a bad story but easily is the weakest of the collected tales in this first collection.
This is the first volume of “Tintin” comic book series. Originally published, between 1929 and 1930, in the “Le Petit Vingtième”, Rocky beginning!
This is the first volume of “Tintin” comic book series. Originally published, between 1929 and 1930, in the “Le Petit Vingtième”, a children’s supplement part of “Le Vingtième Siècle” a Belgian newspaper.
Creative Team:
Creator, Writer & Illustrator: Hergé
FRANCO-BELGIAN COMICS
The collaboration between France and Belgium in the genre of comic strips & comic books is monumental, figuring many of the most iconic examples of the genre, not only Asterix, but also The Smurfs, Tin Tin, Lucky Luke, Le Petit Spirou, and many, many, MANY others…
…generating their own inner genre named, obviously, Franco-Belgian comics, considered along with United States & Great Britain comics and Japanese manga, as one of the three most influential and relevant examples of the comic book field.
(I plan to read in the future other titles of this genre, therefore, in the first volume of each title, it will be normal to find this same general introduction.)
STILL FAR FROM GREATNESS
This is the very first comic book of Tintin but it’s not recommended only if you are truly interested about reading Hergé’s full work, since this volume is too crude in its artwork, almost without a proper plotline and not well written at all falling in cliché cartoonish jokes.
Hergé did it as a commision to do an anti-communist satire, and certainly you get that, but Tintin is barely recognizable since Hergé’s artwork here is too amateur in every sense, characters’ designs, scenarios, etc…
Also, Hergé only read a single book, written by a former Belgian ambassador at Russia, as his only info reference to make this story, and while it’s intentionally a satire, it’s obviously not properly researched to portrait a believable view (negative or positive) about the Soviet Union at the moment.
It was odd that Milou (Tintin’s dog) was able to read his thoughts, but I understand that was normal in Hergé’s first publications, eventually Milou began to behave as a more normal dog.
Tintin is a Belgian reporter commisioned to visit Moscow and he traveled along with his dog, Milou, and they have troubles all the way, beginning in East Germany, and later in Russian territory, where Tintin is assaulted by East Berlin Police and the Soviet OGPU (Secret Police), along the way, Tintin is witness of Communist government acts of opression or deceat but all this is portraited in a too childish comedy style so instead of having a smart critique, you are left with a crude satire lack of imagination.
It’s obvious that was Hergé’s first work and done under paid commision but still this is something that you may choose not to read and you won’t miss anything important about Tintin legacy....more
I bought this in its single comic book issues, but I’ve chosen this TPB edition to be able of making a better ovThe Ultimate Universe lives again!
I bought this in its single comic book issues, but I’ve chosen this TPB edition to be able of making a better overall review.
This TPB edition contains “Ultimate Invasion” #1-4 plus one-shot “Ultimate Universe” #1.” event.
Creative Team:
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Illustrator: Bryan Hitch
ULTIMATE BRAVE NEW WORLD
The original Ultimate Marvel Universe, back at the beginning of the millenium was one of the best events ever made by Marvel, and even in the whole comic book industry, becoming best-selling titles and even the model for the eventual Marvel Cinematic Universe, like the thing that Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury was before in the comic of The Ultimates.
But as all things, the original Ultimate Marvel Universe came to an end, dying that universe, erasing everything there…
…BUT…
…two characters were able to escape to the destruction of the original Ultimate Marvel Universe…
…one hero…
…one hero turned villain…
…Miles Morales…
…and Reed Richards, and it’s this last one who now known as The Maker, one of the most dangerous villains in the whole Marvel multiverse, was confined in a prison, but he ha done goal in mind…
…getting back the Ultimate Universe, but shaping it at his own desire!
The original Ultimate Marvel Universe was the Earth-1610 but it was no more, therefore, The Maker after making an ingenious escape from his prison (and even inviting Miles Morales to go with him, but that one refused), he travelled to the Earth-6160 to make crafty manipulations here and there, to avoid many heroes to born (like Peter Parker isn’t bitten by a radioactive spider)…
…but even the Maker wasn’t able to stop certain events like Bruce Banner becoming The Hulk, and he doesn’t know where is the frozen body of Captain America…
…however the Tony Stark from there (he wasn’t Iron Man but his dad), discover The Maker’s plans and tried to stop him, but only to be considered as a terrorist by the general population.
And that’s only the prologue! And certainly I didn't spoil all the stuff, plenty more to read!
Because the new Ultimate Marvel Universe is just beginning!
Essential reading if you want to engage into the new Ultimate titles like Ultimate Spider-Man (I am reading this one!), Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Black Panther, so far, but I am sure that they’ll be more.
This softcover TPB recollects “Stray Dogs” Free Comic Book Day Prologue plus “Stray Dogs: Dog Days” #1-2.
Creative TeaA worthy companion anthology.
This softcover TPB recollects “Stray Dogs” Free Comic Book Day Prologue plus “Stray Dogs: Dog Days” #1-2.
Creative Team:
Creator & Writer: Toni Fleecs
Creator & Illustrator: Trish Forstner
Colorist: Brad Simpson
UNTOLD TALES
Due the huge success of Stray Dogs, it was only logical trying to capitalize in some way a little more of that success, and definitely it was wise and worthy to publish this two-parter comic book (along with the prologue promoted during the Free Comic Book Day), and in that way, telling short tales (each can be of a couple of pages, maybe four at best) but quit enough to tell how the most of th dogs in the original story came in possession of the terrible man.
It’s interesting that at least sometimes, the man wasn’t successful in his insidious attacks, or having to choose a different victim since the originally planned was able to repel the attack.
It’s not that solid as the first TPB, since it’s a recollection of very short separated stories, but still it’s a fair and relevant companion book to any reader that reads the first TPB and wanting to know how was the lives of the dogs before meeting the awful man…
…even there is a story telling events after the ending to the original story, so it’s quite important to read too.
Creator & Illustrator: TrisShocking modern masterpiece!
This softcover TPB recollects “Stray Dogs” #1-5.
Creative Team:
Creator & Writer: Toni Fleecs
Creator & Illustrator: Trish Forstner
Colorist: Brad Simpson
NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
This can be easily, one of the darkest stories that I ever read, specially in a comic book, while I’ve read several graphic novels oriented for adults, definitely this is one that it’s not for everybody since it can be totally understandable that it can shock the sensibility of many people, even I was shocked in several moments.
The story is cleverly showing most of the most popular breeds of dogs, obviously choosing several iconic breeds used in dogs from popular media like movies and TV, therefore even if you haven’t dogs of your own, it’s impossible that you won’t click with at least one of two of the canine characters in the story, totally fitting described like…
…Silence of the Lambs meets All Dogs go to Heaven.
Warning has been made.
MEMENTO FUGIT
I don’t know how scientific supported is the element developed here that dogs have problems with the short-term memory, therefore, they depend of routine to keep in mind what is happening around, but if something dramatically changed, they can soon enough to forget who was their previous owner and accepted the new owner as the only owner that they ever had.
However, it’s something that you have to accept in this story since it’s the key of how the narrative works.
MAN ISN’T DOG’S BEST FRIEND
This very dark story, drawn with a very cute style (giving even more shocking impact to the darkness of events here), a man has a lot of dogs, and they thought that they been rescued from streets and therefore they are grateful with their owner, since he always is giving them food and shelter.
Sophie, a new dog is trying to get used to the new environment, and she doesn’t have recollection of her previous life before being in the man’s house. Rusty, one of the many dogs in the house is self-appointed to tell her how things works in the house. Eveything is working until…
…Sophie finds a red scarf that she at once remembers as property of her true female owner…
…therefore, since that moment, you know that something really bad happened…
…and the worst of all is that Sophie’s past isn’t unique…
…but an insidous serial pattern to be feared…
…and brace yourself since not everybody will survive this story!
Don’t be confused due the cuteness of the artwork, this is without a doubt a horror story, and definitely something not easily to digest.
But definitely a daring and bold masterpiece of modern graphic novels.
This is the comic book issue #8 of the event “Batman: White Knight”, which it will be a miniseries of 8 issueBatman: White Knight comes to an end!
This is the comic book issue #8 of the event “Batman: White Knight”, which it will be a miniseries of 8 issues.
Creative Team:
Writer & Illustrator: Sean Murphy
Colorist: Matt Hollingsworth
Letterer: Todd Klein
ONE BIG EPILOGUE
Joker might have been responsible for terrorizing Gotham, but you weren’t necessarily making it better.
Due Batman: White Knight has been such a rush during the previous months, I expected something better for the final issue…
…since it was like an “automatic pilot” issue, where everything runs as expected according to how the story was left in the seventh issue…
…also it was dissapointing that the conclussion was forced to get back to the status quo, at least about The Joker…
…but I have to admit that there were some good changes in how the things were being done in Gotham City from now on (in this parallel universe)…
…and certainly, due stuff exposed in previous issues and a key sentence here, you can figure it out about what will be about, the next volume…
…since I am sure that Sean Murphy (the author) will return to his great new Batman universe, that I read that it will be included into the incoming DC Black Label line of stories.
Don’t get me wrong, since Batman: White Knight is without a doubt one of the best things that you can read about Batman.
My complain isn’t about the whole storyline, but about the necessity of this eighth issue that I think it could be fit (with some editing) and making the miniseries in a seven-issue thing.
Merged review:
Batman: White Knight comes to an end!
This is the comic book issue #8 of the event “Batman: White Knight”, which it will be a miniseries of 8 issues.
Creative Team:
Writer & Illustrator: Sean Murphy
Colorist: Matt Hollingsworth
Letterer: Todd Klein
ONE BIG EPILOGUE
Joker might have been responsible for terrorizing Gotham, but you weren’t necessarily making it better.
Due Batman: White Knight has been such a rush during the previous months, I expected something better for the final issue…
…since it was like an “automatic pilot” issue, where everything runs as expected according to how the story was left in the seventh issue…
…also it was dissapointing that the conclussion was forced to get back to the status quo, at least about The Joker…
…but I have to admit that there were some good changes in how the things were being done in Gotham City from now on (in this parallel universe)…
…and certainly, due stuff exposed in previous issues and a key sentence here, you can figure it out about what will be about, the next volume…
…since I am sure that Sean Murphy (the author) will return to his great new Batman universe, that I read that it will be included into the incoming DC Black Label line of stories.
Don’t get me wrong, since Batman: White Knight is without a doubt one of the best things that you can read about Batman.
My complain isn’t about the whole storyline, but about the necessity of this eighth issue that I think it could be fit (with some editing) and making the miniseries in a seven-issue thing....more
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