Punchline has become a runaway success since her debut in Batman #89 (a cameo) and full appearance in Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #3 during James Tynion IV’s Batman run and drawn by Jorge Jimenez. With Harley Quinn out of the picture for The Joker, Punchline (real name Alexis Kaye) stepped in as an …
Reign of X is the final part of Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men which began with House of X/Powers of X and the main continuity Dawn of X. In Reign of X the mutants are firmly in Krakoa but everything is not all as it seems. Power struggles, new relationships and fractures from their old lives are …
Hush, who’s real name is Thomas Elliot, is a major supervillains who debuted in 2003 by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. His debut issue was Batman #609 in the storyline named after him, which is a rare occurrence. Considering how many new villains are created and barely seen again, Hush endured and become a major …
Night of the Monster Men is the first Bat family crossover during the Rebirth era by Steve Orlando and James Tynion IV. and one that does not interfere with the main Batman/Nightwing or Detective Comics books in any way. They’re referred to a tad but otherwise has no lasting impact. It is a Hugo Strange …
House of X/Powers of X is the comeback of popular writer Jonathan Hickman, last seen at Marvel working on the huge Secret Wars crossover. Arguably, this return on X-Men is bigger in terms of scope and indeed issues than Secret Wars and in my opinion one of the biggest and best modern comic book storylines …
Dawn of X is a 2019 reboot relating to the X-Men series of comic books, written and given direction mostly by Jonathan Hickman. It is an outstanding storyline with a lot of depth and perhaps a few too many tie ins – this has led to several Dawn of X reading orders with many of …
James Tynion IV (who we’ll refer to as James Tynion from now on) is an accomplished comic book writer who has worked with Batman titles for many years starting during the New 52 and not just his 2020-2021 Batman run. He has been working closely in particular with Scott Snyder during his time with Batman …
Future State is a “possible future” spawned from the aftermath of Dark Knights: Death Metal. It is a huge crossover storyline centred mostly around the Justice League. It is a relatively simple series to follow with trades covering all of the issues – this makes the issue by issue collection expensive and possibly pointless. There …
Fear State is a major Bat-family crossover event and James Tynion IV’s final storyline in his Batman run. The storyline debuted in August 2021 and finished in December 2021. It is a fairly decent storyline which was well received and a good send off for Tynion. The synopsis involves the Scarecrow taking over Gotham with …
In the 2000s and 2010s Batman fans were blessed with a long run by Grant Morrison which followed immediately by Scott Snyder’s acclaimed run. Snyder has been writing Batman more or less constantly since he started in 2011 and there are cracking storylines involved. For those who have had a taste of Snyder and want …
