In Blackest Night Part 1 Guess what…there are black people in this series! I mean, not just Green Lantern aka John Stewart, but at the opening of this episode he walks through a whole black community, casually busting petty criminals and tossing balls back to neighborhood kids. This series does a pretty fabulous job of […]
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Review: Justice League Season 1 Episode 3
February 28, 2016Secret Origins Part 3 With Superman and Hawkgirl trapped by the aliens and Batman dead, the rest of the gang goes back into the hive to rescue their captured comrades. Since we started with Batman and Superman it’s nice to have a little time with our other heroes, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman. […]
Review: Justice League Season 1 Episode 1
February 14, 2016Secret Origins Part 1 When Superman shows up as Batman’s staking out a space research facility things go sour. Not that Superman is incapable, but the alien infection/invasion happening is outside of both men’s prior experiences. Something at the site gives Superman strange visions that haunt him as he goes about his normal superhero life […]
Review: Gotham Academy #1
November 7, 2014Soooo many questions left after this one. First, I love the cover and the very idea (A Gotham Prep School?) The execution is dark and creepy, a lot like Batman meets Hogwarts. Olive is in her second year at GA and feels like an outsider after some yet-to-be-explained summer break events changed her perceptions of […]