It’s a special kind of school that has Killer Croc hiding it its walls. And it’s a special kind of student who has Killer Croc as a guardian angel. At least some of the hauntings are Croc, who promised to her mother, a fellow inmate at Arkham Asylum, to watch over Olive before Arkham was […]
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Review: Justice League Season 1 Episode 8
April 3, 2016Paradise Lost Part 1 When Wonder Woman returns home (after having leaving against her mother’s will to help the Earth fight the alien invasion) she find that Felix Faust has invaded and turned her family to stone. In order to get them back Diana has to recover some mystic artifacts for him. Of course Diana […]
Review: Gotham Academy # 4
March 29, 2016Somehow Olive and her friends escaped…whatever it was in the pit in the North Hall without getting injured, or caught, or sentenced to detention. But the teachers definitely know what’s going on, as Olive accidentally catches Mr. Wayne inquiring about HER specifically and Headmaster Hammer hints that he knows it was her in the North […]
Review: Batgirl #36
March 24, 2016The fight continues, the um, fight to recover the contents of Barbara Gordon’s computer which was stolen by a goon bent on exposing everyone’s private lives to the whole world. But it also contained her college work, which is due. While out searching for help to recover her files Babs runs into a techie at […]
Review: Gotham Academy #3
March 22, 2016Last issue Olive Silverlock accidentally busted a secret cult in a hidden crypt of the cemetery on academy grounds. But it turns out the secret society (The Order of the Bat) is trying to help the school by binding the crazy ghost of Millie Cobblepot. And when Pomeline confronts Olive about her assumptions that the […]
Review: Justice League Season 1 Episode 6
March 20, 2016The Enemy Below Part 1 When another nuclear submarine violates the Atlantean space tension between Atlantis and the surface boils up into near war. The Justice League has its own opinions on the situation and on Aquaman himself, King of the Atlanteans. Aquaman tries, kind of, to reach out a hand in peace, but he’s […]
Review: Batgirl #35
March 17, 2016Confession time: This is my first look at the new 52 Batgirl. Yes, I know, this comic came out in December 2014, and I’ve had it for months, but it’s the New 52 and I’ve been afraid to look. But really? I loved it. Very modern, very smart. This is not Nancy Drew, this is […]
Review: Gotham Academy #2
March 15, 2016Olive is struggling to come to terms with what happened over the summer, more so because she doesn’t remember it. Her memory is a big hole, making the rumors of ghosts and mysterious movements in the night take a big step back and morphing her from a fun-loving student like the others, to a moody […]
Review: Justice League Season 1 Episode 5
March 13, 2016In Darkest Night Part 2 With John charged with destroying a planet Flash takes to his defense as the other Justice League members investigate the claims. Superman and Martian Manhunter quickly find plenty suspicious about the claims. Like with subsequent plots there’s more scheming and manipulation going on here than we’ve seen. The force behind […]
Review: Gotham Academy: EndGame #1
March 10, 2016Maps, Pomeline and Olive are hunkered down in the GA gym with everyone else waiting out a wandering horde of Joker-infected zombies causing chaos outside. The girls begin to tell each other scary Joker stories. Even one of the teachers joins in. Sure it’s a fun, creepy one shot. But um, there really are Joker […]