I have been known to indulge in the occasional Arrowverse program over the years. There have been some strong moments, but more often than not, I found myself ignoring bad acting and aggravating over-emotionalizing because I enjoyed the adventure and nerd-service.
So, given that, and given Elena’s take on this week’s Batgirl Annual #1, I’m thinking it’s time Berlanti and Kreisberg bring the Babsgirl of Burnside into their world. We’ve got a solid few years of stories to mine, and I think they’re a perfect fit for an enterprise with an established track record of turning beloved characters into blubbering fools. And then imagine the Babs/Huntress/Canary team up (we can throw in Iris for good measure)—they could give it a hip spin on the classic, and just call it Prey. Another cha-ching for the C-Dub.
Oooookkkkaaaaaay, so in comics, we also saw our favorite inchworm move another inch, as DKIII returned from its seven-year voyage and plopped out its eighth installment. Jay loved it, at least on some scale of comparison, somewhere, probably. There were also some light-hearted crossovers and Harley’s Little-But-Nearly-DKIII-Level-Delayed Black Book. Personally, I feel pretty disconnected from this week’s output (probably because I haven’t read any of it yet). How about you?
Batgirl Annual #1
But this is not a one-and-done and it’s sharing half its page length with another unrelated tale, and that’s really not what I want to spend $5 on.
– Elena (read the full review)
Dark Knight III: The Master Race #8
With each new delay and the
threatpromise of an extended issue order, though, this story doesn’t seem like it’s going anywhere.
– Jay (read the full review)
Detective Comics, Vol. 9: Gordon At War
…if you’re going to read anything featuring Jim Gordon as Batman, make it this story!
– Josh (read the full review)
Harley’s Little Black Book #6
The book is gloriously shaggy and the characters have hair with a life of its own.
– Elena (read the full review)
Suicide Squad/The Banana Splits Special #1
The tone of the story feels as though Bedard was attempting to juggle both worlds, rather than fully immerse one world into the other.
– Josh (read the full review)
Titans Annual #1
What appears to be a mess of an attempt in bringing characters together, slowly alters and changes to form a gripping and emotional story.
– Josh (read the full review)
