Analog #2 Review

NSA OK

Written by: Gerry Duggan
Art by: David O'Sullivan
Colors by: Jordie Bellaire
Letters by: Joe Sabino
Publisher: Image Comics
Reviewed by: Andrew McAvoy


The first issue in this series gave us an interesting story, a great concept, and although set in the near future I was impressed with the tough-guy gumshoe feel about it. The central character Jack McGinnis impressed me and he carried with him a real 1940s Noir, slick dialogue wit that added a really fun element to the book.

Isola #2 Review

Isola-ti-do!

Written by: Brenden Fletcher / Karl Kerschl 
Art by: Karl Kerschl
Colors by: Msassyk
Letters by: Aditya Bidikar
Published by: Image
Reviewed by: Andrew McAvoy

The last issue of Isola was a very interesting installment. The first part of the book had very little dialogue, letting the book's fantastic artwork conduct the process of unraveling a mysterious tale.  By the end of that issue, we had gleaned that the Queen of Maar was suffering under the effects of an evil spell and assuming the shape of a Tiger while being stewarded by Captain Rook. Let's see how the pairing got on in this second installment. 

Youngblood #11 Review

Because I'm Appy

Written by: Chad Bowers
Art by: Jim Towe
Colors: Juan Manuel Rodríguez
Letters: Rus Wooton
Publisher: Image
Reviewed by: Andrew McAvoy 


I felt that the last issue of Youngblood had to do a lot of groundwork aimed at setting up the next few issues in the series. The crux of the last issue (and the previous issues) was that after being run out of the US the Youngblood initiative was given a new home by the Japanese government who wanted to give state sanction to the Youngblood team. This issue picks up on that fresh start with official Government backing in Japan. Let's see how the team get on, and more importantly, find out how the news goes down with President Diehard back in the US!

Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill ep. 89 - Uncle Scrooge #1 (1952)

Dive Around in this Episode Like a Porpoise

Ye cats, comic enthusiasts! This week, vocal bumblers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) tackle the elephant-sized duck in the room when they read Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #1 from 1952, written, drawn, and lettered by Carl Barks! After some biographical info about Barks, Disney, and Ducks, they go through the entire oversized issue, detailing Uncle Scrooge McDuck's first comic book appearance. Then, while capping off the monumental life of Carl Barks, they try to untangle the complex working of Disney comics--and name some of the colorful folks that got involved in licensing along the way! It's an episode that fans of Walt Disney and comics history won't want to miss!

DC Comics Best Covers of the Week: May 9, 2018

Luxurious Variant

Okay, I am sold on the new dressing DC Comics is using for variant covers. It allows these images to breathe and let craft speak for itself. What's funny is that the current crop are clearly designed with that logo in the sky; I can't wait to see these covers when they're made with the variant cover look in mind!

Sideways #4 Review

Suffer Me Sideways 

Storytellers: Kenneth Rocafort, Dan DiDio, and Justin Jordan

Art by: Kenneth Rocafort, Daniel Brown, and Carlos M. Mangual
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date: May 9, 2018

Oh. You're here? Still checking this series out, huh? I don't blame you. I was excited for the first issue of this series once. Once. And now I'm here, just biding my time until it eventually gets canceled. Well… if you're already here you might as well read my thoughts on the fourth issue of this borderline mess. Come with me!

The Wild Storm: Michael Cray #7 Review and Spoilers

Murky Magic Machinations

Written by Bryan Hill with Warren Ellis
Art by: N Steven Harris and Dexter Vines
Colours by: Ross Campbell
Letters by: Simon Bowland
Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 9, 2018

It's Michael Cray time! A combination of work stress and having to read Hanna-Barbera comics for a while has, quite honestly, made me more than a little desperate for this book. Which is kind of ironic, because a couple of months ago I'd more or less given up on it. What a difference a single issue can make! Bryan Hill's decision last time to bring to the foreground the mystery of our titular hero's tumour did enough to hook me back into this series that had been threatening to sink under the weight of a story structure that was formulaic and predictable. Now, though, with the introduction of the Wild Storm universe's John Constantine and a sense of things spinning out of Cray's (and Christine Trelane's) control, all bets are off. Who knows what might happen this issue? There is, as they say, only one way to find out…

Suicide Squad #41 Review and **SPOILERS**

Deadshot-Daughter Day

Writer: Rob Williams 

Pencils: Eduardo Pansica 

Inks: Julio Ferreira 

Colors: Adriano Lucas 

Letters: Pat Brosseau 

Cover: David Yardin 

Assistant Editor: Andrew Marino

Editor: Mike Cotton 

Group Editor: Brian Cunningham 

Cover Price: $2.99 

On Sale Date: May 9, 2018

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

That “Hack hates Waller” business now behind us, it looks like we’re going to revisit a member of the Suicide Squad that’s been overlooked for the last three or four story arcs: Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot! Yep, that one-handed trick-shootin’ assassin is getting the spotlight again, and it looks like Batman’s the one shining it. So let’s check out my review of Suicide Squad #41, right here!

The Immortal Men #2 Review

Reload Issue 1

Writer: James Tynion IV
Art Team: Ryan Benjamin, Richard Friend, David Baron
DC Comics
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Cover Price: $2.99


Issue one of Immortal Men was a bit of a mixed bag for me that introduced a whole bunch of characters for the readers to digest with a few concepts that didn't immediately grab me. With that being said I'm back for issue two because I'm not totally disinterested yet. So let's see if this crazy cast of characters has a better hook this time, shall we? Join me inside.

Eternity Girl #3 Review and **SPOILERS**

Slipped Through the Cracks

Script: Magdalene Visaggio 

Pencils, Inks, Cover: Sonny Liew 

Colors: Chris Chuckry 

Letters: Todd Klein 

Assistant Editor: Maggie Howell 

Editor: Andy Khouri 

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: May 9, 2018

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

It’s another go-‘round with that depressed, retired superhero, Eternity Girl! I wonder if she figures out how to kill herself in this issue? Only one way to find out: read my review of Eternity Girl #3, beginning below!

New Super-Man and the Justice League of China #23 Review and **SPOILERS**

Goth Kong Kenan

Writer: Gene Luen Yang 

Pencils: Brent Peeples 

Inks: Matt Santorelli 

Colors: Hi-Fi 

Letters: Dave Sharpe 

Cover: Philip Tan with Rein Beredo

Associate Editor: Jessica Chen

Editor: Paul Kaminski 

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: May 9, 2018

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

Let me tell you, this tale of North Korean oppression and Chinese diplomacy has taken a new cast, what with the Presidents of North and South Korea meeting and starting some kind of meaningful dialogue—the first such dialogue in more than sixty years! As a show of good faith, South Korea dismantled its gigantic speakers that used to blare propaganda about the good times down South, and North Korea has…advanced its clocks a half hour to be in line with their democratic neighbors? I mean, why bother changing the time a mere thirty minutes? It’s not like the citizens of North Korea would know the difference. They should be looking at a clock face of chickens and beans in place of numbers. Anyhoo, none of that is relevant in the story as presented in New Super-Man and the Justice League of China #23, and you can read my review of it right here!

Detective Comics #980 Review

Team Killing Exercise 

Written by: James Tynion IV
Art by: Scot Eaton, Wayne Faucher, John Kalisz, Allen Passalaqua and Sal Cipriano
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date: May 9, 2018

“Batmen Eternal” part five! The worst possible future for Gotham City has been locked into place, and there’s nothing Batman can do to stop it...until Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain catch a glimpse of something they never would have thought possible!

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #44 Review and **SPOILERS**

Fight Murder With Murderers

Writer: Robert Vendetti 

Artist: Brandon Peterson 

Colorist: Ivan Plascencia 

Letterer: Dave Sharpe 

Cover: Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Tomeu Morey 

Assistant Editor: Andrew Marino

Editor: Brian Cunningham 

Cover Price: $2.99 

On Sale Date: May 9, 2018

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

If the Darkstars achieved their goal of eliminating violent crime, do you think they’d all have to look for new jobs? I’d think any QA department for most manufactured goods would suit them well, and they’d probably make good high school principals too. The rest of them could be welders, since they’ve got the helmets for it. Please enjoy my review of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #44, right here!

Batman: White Knight #8 Review

Joy and Pain

Written by: Sean Murphy
Art by: Sean Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth, and Todd Klein
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 9, 2018

In the extra-sized finale of Sean Murphy’s top-selling miniseries, Jack Napier’s suspicious seduction of Gotham City comes to its twisted conclusion! With the city on the verge of becoming an icy tomb for the GTO, Batgirl makes a crucial assist and Gordon is forced to reevaluate his judgment of Batman to secure the greater good. As the true Joker’s return becomes imminent, Harley seeks vengeance and reckons with the bleak future that looms for her loved ones. 

Wonder Woman #46 Review

Who Do You Worship?

Written By: James Robinson

Art By: Stephen Segovia, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Saida Temofonte

Cover Price: $2.99

Release Date: May 9, 2018

Darkseid is gone for now and the portal to Themyscira is closed.  So what's up next for our hero?  Well, it's time to see some affects from the ending to Metal, where Hawkman predicted some terrible things to come for our heroes and for Wonder Woman, that means the Dark Pantheon.  Let's jump into this issue and see how the start of our new arc goes and hope that it's paced out better than our last.  Let's check it out.

Flash #46 Review

History Lesson

Written by: Joshua Williamson
Art by: Scott Kolins, Luis Guerrero, and Steve Wands
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date: May 9, 2018

“THE ROAD TO FLASH WAR!” Wally West is overwhelmed by fragments from his past! With his protégé’s psyche falling apart, Barry Allen races around the DCU calling in every favor possible to save his shattered family. Meanwhile, Hunter Zolomon’s sinister machinations tip over the first domino in what might prove to be the end of everything for The Flash!

Red Hood and the Outlaws #22 Review

Slipping Away

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: Dexter Soy, Alison Borges, Veronica Gandini, Taylor Esposito

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 9, 2018

Let's continue on with the saga of what I'm calling Smarty-Pants Bizarro hope to whatever deity you want to believe in that we can glimpse some kind of ending coming our way because even though I love Bizarro.......... and pretty much anything Outlaw related, this story has gone on way too long and has left so many dangling plot threads that I need to have some kind of closure on.  Hopefully, that all begins here.  Let's jump into this issue and see if Bizarro is still juicing on synth K and if Red Hood has gotten Ma Gunn's letter.  Let's check it out.

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #22 Review

Fly, Fly Away

Written By: Julie Benson, Shawna Benson

Art By: Roge Antonio, Marcelo Maiolo, Saida Temofonte

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 9, 2018

It's the final issue of Birds of Prey and while I can't say that I'm sad about this, I can say that there were a few moments in this run that were fun and were some of the best portrayals of Batgirl that we've had during Rebirth.  That being said though, this seems like it will be a mostly forgettable run, but we still have this issue left and hopefully, this will make this run one worth remembering.  In our previous issue, we saw the Birds of Prey and friends battling Calculator and his crew so that the information broker could find out who Oracle is and with Blackbird's power of mind control, he just might find out because Huntress became their hostage.  Let's jump into this final issue and see how everything ends up.  Let's check it out.

Justice League: No Justice #1 Review

Out Of The Frying Pan......

Written By: Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson

Art By: Francis Manapul, Hi-Fi, Andworld Design

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 9, 2018

It's finally arrived, the moment most of us have been waiting for.......... Justice League getting back to being the kick ass book it's supposed to be and after we're done with this four issue mini...... We'll get ourselves a team change up and that always gets me excited.  As for the story so far...... Well, after our heroes went and saved the Universe from the Dark Multiverse, they went and accidentally cracked open the Source Wall and because you can pretty much say that anything can happen with that taking place, we're getting our heroes going up against the biggest threat they've ever faced in the form of the cosmic Omega Titans.  Let's jump into this issue and see if all the hype was worth it.  Let's check it out.

PREVIEW: Detective Comics #980

Written by: James Tynion IV
Art by: Scot Eaton, Wayne Faucher, John Kalisz, Allen Passalaqua and Sal Cipriano
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date: May 9, 2018

“Batmen Eternal” part five! The worst possible future for Gotham City has been locked into place, and there’s nothing Batman can do to stop it...until Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain catch a glimpse of something they never would have thought possible!

PREVIEW: Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #44

That's Our Hal

Writer: Robert Vendetti 

Artist: Brandon Peterson 

Colorist: Ivan Plascencia 

Letterer: Dave Sharpe 

Cover: Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Tomey Morey 

Variant Cover: Tyler Kirkham and Tomeu Morey 

Assistant Editor: Andrew Marino 

Editor: Brian Cunningham 

Cover Price: $2.99 

On Sale Date: May 9, 2018

-->“DARKSTARS RISING” part three! The Darkstars draw a line in the sand and tell the Green Lantern Corps not to cross it—but Hal Jordan never toes the line!

Whoa-ho! Looks like the murderous police force known as the Darkstars are going to turn it up a notch! What is worse than murder, I wonder? Find out when you peep some preview pages below!

PREVIEW: New Super-Man and the Justice League of China #23

Water, Water Everywhere

Writer: Gene Luen Yang 

Pencils: Brent Peeples 

Inks: Matt Santorelli 

Colors: Hi-Fi 

Letters: Dave Sharpe 

Cover: Philip Tan with Rein Beredo 

Variant Cover: Bernard Chang 

Associate Editor: Jessica Chen 

Editor: Paul Kaminski 

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: May 9, 2018

-->“SEAS OF CHANGE” part four! As a tidal wave threatens to engulf all of Pyongyang, the Justice League of China must save the North Korean capital from destruction whether they like it or not! The Dragonson has risen to ascend to his throne as the Aqua-Man of North Korea, and he’ll make his countrymen pay for what they did to him, come hell or high water!

Looks like we're picking things up from where they left off! And here's hoping they pick up a little, besides! Check out some preview pages, right here! 

PREVIEW: Eternity Girl #3

Never Say Never Man

Script: Magdalene Visaggio 

Pencils, Inks, Cover: Sonny Liew 

Colors: Chris Chuckry 

Letters: Todd Klein 

Assistant Editor: Maggie Howell 

Editor: Andy Khouri 

Cover Price: $3.99 

On Sale Date: May 9, 2018

-->While Eternity Girl and Madame Atom make their way to the mysterious Shining Tower that sits at the intersection of being and nothingness, Caroline’s old boss reveals a devastating secret about Eternity Girl’s powers that even she doesn’t know, but that could destroy her for good. This looks like a job for…Never Man?

Hmm...something about her powers that Eternity Girl doesn't already know? She controls space and time, what else can she possibly do? Maybe you'll find out by checking out the preview pages below! 

PREVIEW: Batman: White Knight #8

Written by: Sean Murphy
Art by: Sean Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth, and Todd Klein
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 9, 2018

In the extra-sized finale of Sean Murphy’s top-selling miniseries, Jack Napier’s suspicious seduction of Gotham City comes to its twisted conclusion! With the city on the verge of becoming an icy tomb for the GTO, Batgirl makes a crucial assist and Gordon is forced to reevaluate his judgment of Batman to secure the greater good. As the true Joker’s return becomes imminent, Harley seeks vengeance and reckons with the bleak future that looms for her loved ones. 

PREVIEW: Red Hood and the Outlaws #22

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: Dexter Soy, Alison Borges, Veronica Gandini, Taylor Esposito

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 9, 2018

The Penguin has redeveloped waterfront property into a new boardwalk attraction for children of all ages, but Red Hood knows any “legitimate” business of the Penguin’s is a cover for something illegitimate. Plus, Artemis pays a visit to Lex Luthor to find out about the “side effects” of Bizarro’s revival, though Lex might be more concerned with dredging up his past with the wayward Amazon than answering any of her questions.

PREVIEW: Suicide Squad #41

Bustin' Loose With Batman

Writer: Rob Williams 

Pencils: Eduardo Pansica 

Inks: Julio Ferreira 

Colors: Adriano Lucas 

Letters: Pat Brosseau 

Cover: David Yardin 

Variant Cover: Francesca Mattina 

Assistant Editor: Andrew Marino 

Editor: Mike Cotton 

Group Editor: Brian Cunningham 

Cover Price: $2.99 

On Sale Date: May 9, 2018

-->“CONSTRICTION” part one! Batman has broken Deadshot out of Belle Reve! Now the Dark Knight and the assassin who never misses have a new mission: rescue Deadshot’s daughter from the clutches of Kobra! But Amanda Waller’s not having it, and she’s determined to drag her prisoner back at any cost!

Hey! This story...seems familiar, somehow. But maybe it's a whole new bag of beans, or whatever expression suits best your locality! Have a lookie lou at some preview pages, as follow forthwith!