Comic Review: Justice League Volume 1 Origin

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Comic Review: Justice League Volume 1 Origin

Justice League Volume 1 Trashed

Justice League Volume 1 Trashed

It’s the origin story of how all the members meet for the first time and formed the Justice League.  Written by Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, 52) and illustrated by Jim Lee (Gen 13, Deathblow), it’s the world’s most powerful team.

The DC Universe has been changed after the events of Flashpoint. Some changes are small and barley noticeable, while others are drastic. With the Justice League, the members have not even meet yet. A dramatic event is on the horizon that will cross the paths of these hero’s. With a great evil too powerful for any one person, they will need to ban together. Unfortunately it may take awhile before they actually work together.

Great jumping on point if you are new to the Justice League. It definitely sows the seeds for the current Trinity War. Also the origin of cyborg and how he was created is part of this volume.

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Comic Review: Batman Earth One Volume 1

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Comic Review: Batman Earth One Volume 1

Batman Earth One Volume 1

Batman Earth One Volume 1

Retelling of the Batman Origin story from Earth One .  Part of the Earth One Series alongside Superman and Wonder Woman. This DC comic is written by Geoff Johns (The Flash, JSA) and illustrated by Gary Frank (Supreme Power, Supergirl).

When Bruce Wayne was a young child he had his parents taken away from him. When a mugger takes Bruce, a struggle breaks out and during the commotion his parents are killed. Alfred is now Bruce’s legal guardian. Over the years Bruce can’t let the thought of his parents go and asks Alfred to help train him. When he reaches his twenty’s, Bruce feels ready to find the man who killed his parents.

A much more emotional Batman than we are used to, very angry at the world. The changes of his earlier years are only tweaked a tiny bit, so the story stays in Gotham for the whole time. If you enjoyed vol 1, number 2 is coming out in 2014.

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Comic Review: All Star Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder Volume 1

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Comic Review: All Star Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder Volume 1

All Star Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder Volume 1

All Star Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder Volume 1

If Superman All-Star made you think of him in a brighter light, this has the opposite affect for Batman. Here he is brutal, arrogant, one minded and a little mean but it makes for a damn fine story. Frank Miller (300, Sin City) and illustrator Jim Lee (Justice League, World Of Warcraft) tell the story of a bit more intense Batman & Robin.

A re-imagining of how Batman and Dick Grayson first met. One night during a performance of the Flying Graysons, Dick’s parents are murdered. Ushered away by bent GCPD officers, Batman saves him before anything happens. Whisked away to the Bat Cave, Batman tells him he has been drafted into a war. Soon he will become Robin but with everything that has happened, can he cope?

This series has drawn a bit of criticism. A lot of that is directed at the fact that Batman seems to really enjoy all the violence. I say take this book for what it is, a writer trying to have fun with a much loved icon. As the lead character himself would say,”I love being the goddamn Batman.”

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Comic Review: Batman And Son

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Comic Review: Batman And Son

Batman And Son

Batman And Son

A great series of Batman stories in their own right. They are made even better by what this sets up for the future of the Batman universe. This DC title is written by Grant Morrison (Animal Man, Action Comics) and illustrated by Andy Kubert (Doc Savage, Trinity).

Batman has been so busy fighting crime that he has been ignoring his public duties as Bruce Wayne. Bruce gets away from Gotham by attending a London Pop Art museum but it’s not long before something goes wrong. The gala is suddenly attacked by a swarm of man-bat soldiers and pretty soon, Batman is knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, Talia has quite the surprise for her former lover.

There are so many good things going on for this Batman collection. The 3 incarnations of Batman, the introduction of the son of Batman and a standalone Joker story. This single issue is considered one of the top ten Joker stories of all time. You will be blown away by the artwork. It’s truly amazing!  There are tons of reasons to get this comic, so pick one and enjoy.

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Comic Review: Batman Detective Comics Volume 1 Faces Of Death

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Comic Review: Batman Detective Comics Volume 1 Faces Of Death

Batman Detective Comics Volume 1 Faces Of Death

Batman Detective Comics Volume 1 Faces Of Death

This is the series that set up the Death Of The Family event before we even knew about. Come check out DC’s Detective Comics, written and illustrated by Tony S. Daniel (Spawn, The Tenth).

Starting with the capture of The Joker, Batman returns him to Arkham Asylum. The next day he is gone, leaving one thing behind in his cell–his own face. Trying to track down the Joker he is lead to the Dollmaker, the man who cut his face off.  The Dollmaker is a much more slippery and elusive enemy than he first anticipated and soon Batman is fighting for his life.

The series starts out very strong, which is easy when you have the Joker as a starting point. First couple of issues are interesting and overly gory but after those it kinda fizzle’s out.

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Comic Review: Infinite Crisis

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Comic Review: Infinite Crisis

DC Comics Infinite Crisis

DC Comics Infinite Crisis

The heroes of the DC Universe faces one of their greatest challenges. This is also a sequel to the 1980’s series. A story written by Geoff Johns (JSA, Avengers) and drawn by a team consisting of George Perez (Avengers, Teen Titans), Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman, Invisibles), Jerry Ordway (Superman), and Ivan Reis (Green Lantern)

Following the events of Identity Crisis, Batman has inadvertently released an army of OMAC’s on the world. Also revealed in this story line is that there were survivors from the original “crisis”, Crisis on Infinite Earths. These survivors, which included Alexander Luthor and Superboy Prime, were hiding in a cave. Now they feel it is time for them to reveal to the world of their existence. If the original crisis was any indication, you can expect a pretty rough road ahead for the heroes of the DC Universe.

The story was well written and kept you on the edge of your seat throughout the entire event. Geoff John worked his magic quite well like he did for the revival of the JSA series. As well, George Perez has not lost his touch as the king of jamming as many characters into a panel as possible.

Must read tie-ins into this story are Days of Vengeance, OMAC Project, Villains United, and Rann Thanagar War as well as Superman: Sacrifice which ties into OMAC Project. This story leads you into the 52 week series “52” and continues on to Countdown to Final Crisis and Final Crisis.

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Latest News: Warner Bros Announces Actors for Superman Batman Movie

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Latest News: Warner Bros Announces Actors for Superman Batman Movie

After weeks of speculations, Warner Bros announces who will be playing the roles of Superman and Batman in the upcoming Superman Batman movie that was announced in July.  Man of Steel actor, Henry Cavill will reprise his role of Superman and just announced, Ben Affleck will be Batman. The movie is slated for release July 17th 2015.

I wasn’t impressed when Henry Cavill was announced to be Superman/Clark Kent for Man of Steel. Of course, I’m pretty bias since in my mind the only person who can be the “real” Superman is Christopher Reeves and nothing can ever change my mind of this.  I guess considering the newest Superman movie made over $650 million it’s pretty hard to argue that Warner Bros would want Cavill back for another movie.

Now that Ben Affleck has been chosen to be the Dark Knight, I definitely think Warners Bros have lost their mind and no amount of money could ever buy it back! You would think someone who could play Daredevil wouldn’t have much problems being Batman but need I remind you that Affleck acting as Daredevil/ Matt Murdock was as good as Roseanne Barr singing the US National Anthem.  Not only was he horrible as the blind vigilante, he got majorly upstaged by his co-star Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell. Garner, of course, was so good the studio thought it was a great idea to give Elektra her own movie. We all know how that went. Mind you, I wasn’t fond of Christian Bale as Batman in the Dark Knight Trilogy by Christopher Nolan either but I was able to see past it because everyone else in the cast did a good job to make it work.  I am not sure who Warner Bros are going to get to make Affleck look good in this movie but I sure hope they have lots of funds in their budget to hire some really talented cast members.

Also announced a few cast members of this new movie are: Man of Steel stars Amy Adams as  Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White and Diane Lane as Martha Kent. The rest of the cast has yet to be determined.

The new Super Hero film is being scripted by David S. Goyer from a story he co-created with Zack Snyder. Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are producing, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan and Wesley Coller serving as executive producers.

As much as I love to see Superman and Batman together on the big screen, I am pretty skeptical that it will be good enough to impress me. Hopefully, by some miracle the movie won’t be as bad as Green Lantern.

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Comic Review: Batman Superman #1

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Comic Review: Batman Superman #1

Batman Superman #1

Batman Superman #1

DC Comics have released a new reincarnation of the Batman and Superman love hate relationship in the new Batman and Superman series. The story is penned by Greg Pak (Incredible Hulk/Incredible Hercules, World War Hulk, Magneto: The Testament) and drawn by Jae Lee (Dark Towers, Inhumans, Transformers/GI Joe Dreamwave).

The story begins with their early days as they struggle with the concept of being heroes as well as getting to trust and rely on each other. The story so far is well written and captivating. After reading the first issue, I was craving for more. The artwork is not the best I’ve seen from Jae Lee. His usual trademark dark, gritty tone does fit the theme and direction of the story but it is not as detailed as his previous work .

I would recommend reading this series for the fact that you would want to see two of biggest characters in the DC library together. They are basically the comic book version of the “ODD COUPLE”.  Could this series foreshadow what we could expect from the recently announced “Superman Batman” movie?

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Latest News: Superman Batman Movie Announced!

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Latest News: Superman Batman Movie Announced!

There’s a new dynamic duo coming to the silver screen and thank god it’s not Batman and Robin as it was hinted in the last Batman movie, Dark Knight Rises.

At the Warners Bros/Legendary panel during the 2013 San Diego Comicon, a new DC Comics movie,  Man of Steel director, Zack Snyder,  announced there will be another Superman movie. A new Superman AND Batman movie to be more precise.

Following the success of the Man of Steel, Warner Bros has decided to venture into another movie but this time with their two most recognizable characters teaming up.  There’s very little details released about the new project. What we do know is that Warner Bros plan to create a connected cinematic universe similar to what Marvel has with interconnected movies.

Hopefully, more information will be release soon. In the meantime, let the rumormill in comicdom begin!

Batman Superman #1

Batman Superman #1

For those of you who want to get a glimpse of what the movie could be, check out the new Batman and Superman series by Greg Pak and Jae Lee

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Comic Review: Identity Crisis

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Comic Review: Identity Crisis

DC Comics Identity Crisis

DC Comics Identity Crisis

This is one of the starting points leading into the current events in the DC Universe. Identity Crisis puts the heroes into a spiral of fear and distrust. A story written by acclaimed novelist Brad Meltzer (Green Arrow, JLA) and drawn by Rags Morales (Action Comics, Hawkman).

The Elongated Man’s wife dies mysteriously and brings the entire Justice League together to deal with the circumstances of her death. No one is quite sure what has happened but everyone is eager to lend a helping hand. Batman, the world’s greatest detective, leads the way. What he uncovers starts a chain reaction of events that has a lasting impact that is still felt today.

This is an excellent story with lots of twists and turns that leaves you with more questions than answers. The artwork is adequate for the story but nothing spectacular. The aftermath of the events in story leads into Infinite Crisis.

 

 

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