Detective Comics Volume 3: League of Shadows is without a doubt an Orphan/Cassandra Cain storyline with everything else being a supportive cast, including Batman, Batwoman, Clayface and Batwing from the Batmen. Although a new mini arc, it is still a continuation of the very first issue of Rebirth Detective Comics. If you like Cassandra Cain …
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Batgirl, Volume 1: Beyond Burnside is the first Batgirl collected edition of the DC Rebirth series written by Hope Larson following on from Cameron Stewart’s New 52 run. Despite being called ‘beyond’ Burnside this book does carrying pretty much straight away after Mindfields and sees Barbara take a break and head to Asia. The artwork …
The second volume of James Tynion’s Rebirth run on Detective Comics continues where Rise of the Batmen finished with Red Robin’s apparent death, the ‘Batmen’ assembled and Jacob Kane firmly locked away by Batman himself. This now leads us to a fresh new arc involving the ‘Victim Syndicate’ – a group of Gothamites who at …
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It’s James Tynion at the helm for the brand new Rebirth Detective Comics run which starts with an explosive storyline involving family ties, team work and great human sacrifice. Working in parallel with Tom King’s Batman solo run Detective Comics brings greater depth of story writing and more character development and in my opinion Detective …
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It’s been some time since I read I am Bane and if you’ve read my review of I am Gotham and I am Suicide then you’d know by now that Tom King’s work on Batman Rebirth has not exactly bowled me over. Here, in this review of the fourth collected edition from his run you’ll …
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Following the solid second volume in Back to Blüdhaven, Nightwing’s Rebirth adventure is now in full swing and Dick as a character is starting to shine. In Nightwing Must Die! storyline we get heavy involvement from the arrogant Damian Wayne, some more from Shawn Tsang and the special guest villains of Deathwing and Dr. Simon …
To me, Back to Blüdhaven is the real start of Nightwing’s Rebirth run. Better than Batman had a feel of a prologue whereas Volume 2 now begins a new story in the setting that Nightwing is probably going to be in until the writers/artists change over. I mention this in almost every review or article …
Nightwing Vol. 1: Better than Batman Overview Nightwing Volume 1: Better than Batman is the first collected edition in Nightwin’s Rebirth run from Tim Seeley as writer and Javier Hernandez as the artist. It sees Dick Grayson ending his stint as a spy and return to being Nightwing in the suit. Before he can finally …
Batman I am Bane Overview Volume 3: I am Bane is the third collected edition in the Batman Rebirth series. Beginning with the events which in I am Gotham and continued in I am Suicide, Volume 3 I am Bane showcases another huge confrontation between the Dark Knight and the formidable Bane. To date, I have …
Wonder Woman is lost. Something doesn’t seem right in the world and she is looking for answers. How will she find them and why can’t she go home? Overview This book was a couple of firsts for me – my first Wonder Woman book and my first book where a female is the lead. Alt …
