Ah, the final volume of New 52 Batgirl and the final one by Cameron Stewart, too. You may have read that I have not been enjoying his run at all and find the overall direction they have got Barbara Gordon on to be all wrong (in my opinion). Batgirl of Burnside fared a bit better …
There’s been a notable absence of Suicide Squad reviews on Gotham Archives since Kicked in the Teeth only received a 2/5 and we weren’t impressed. However, enough time had passed and we decided to pick it up just to see if it does get any better and to be honest, yes it does a little …
The second collected volume in Cameron Stewart’s Batgirl New 52 run is a collection of a couple of short stories. Despite being called ‘Family Business’ the Superheavy James Gordon as Batman tie in is only a smallish part of it making the book a little misleading really. It follows Batgirl’s new life in Burnside with …
The Batgirl of Burnside is the second phase of the New 52 run and is a ‘softish’ reboot following Gail Simone’s Batgirl run which ended with Deadline. By a soft reboot I mean a very soft reboot, from the looks of it what happened in Gail Simone’s run were canon as there are mentions in …
Overview Batman, Volume 10: Epilogue is the final collection in Batman New 52 and finishes with Batman #1 (I am Gotham) from Rebirth. Epilogue is a collection of short stories which begin and end there as a farewell from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo (although Tynion also has an issue). It’s a bittersweet book as …
Overview Batgirl, Volume 5: Deadline is Gail Simone’s finale with Batgirl in her New 52 run and the conclusion to the entire Knightfall arc. Deadline also includes some crossover issues and a Future’s End special. It’s quite a hefty volume at 10 issues so there’s a fair bit of bang for your buck here. It’s …
Overview Batman, Volume 9: Bloom is the finale of the Snyder/Capullo storyline arcs (Epliogue is like Graveyard Shift where it’s a collection of shorter solo stories). Bloom is the continuation of James Gordon as Batman’s crusade against the menace Bloom who has Gotham well and truly in his grip. Bloom is the most grand and …
Overview After the enormous events in Volume 7: Endgame Batman is no more, Wayne Enterprises is no more and Gotham needs a new Dark Knight to watch over it as crime sprees rage on and the mysterious Mr. Bloom is causing havoc giving people special powers and killing people in the process. Enter James Gordon. …
Overview Batman: Endgame is the seventh collected edition in the Batman New 52 series and the epic return of The Joker following the events of Death of the Family. It’s an explosive book from start to finish without a minute to pause in between. The Joker has a new strain of Joker toxin which has …
Overview Graveyard shift is the sixth volume in Batman New 52 and follows the phenomenal Zero Year story arc (Secret City and Dark City). This one is more similar to the older modern age collected editions where it’s new different stories rolled into one, all Batman related though as Graveyard Shift is no crossover arc. …
