Wonder Woman #70 Review

They Lust

Written By: G. Willow Wilson
Art By: Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Pat Brosseau
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

I have been waiting for this book to pick up since G. Willow Wilson took over.  I love her and I love Wonder Woman, so why am I struggling with this book?  I have spelled out the reasons in my past reviews, but I hope this issue turns it all around.  Does it?  Let's find out...

House of Whispers #9 Review and **SPOILERS**

A Tale Untold

Written By: Nalo Hopkinson and Dan Watters

Illustrated By: Dominike “DOMO” Stanton

Colors By: John Rauch

Letters By: AndWorld Design

Cover By: Sean Andrew Murray

Edited By: Molly Mahan

Associate Editor: Amedeo Turturro

Assistant Editor: Maggie Howell

Executive Editor: Mark Doyle

Cover Price: $3.99

On Sale Date: May 8, 2019

**NON SPOILERS AND SCORE AT THE BOTTOM**

We were promised a story battle at the end of the last issue, and by gum we’d better get it now! Mind you, it’s sort of weird to promise a story within a story, but it’s not the first time it has been done. George Orwell crammed like a whole third of another book in the pages of 1984! Let’s hope it doesn’t get that dire in House of Whispers #9—and you can find out by reading my review! Right here!

The Flash #70 Review and *SPOILERS*

Flash Origins

Written By: Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter

Art By: Howard Porter, Hi-Fi

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 8, 2019

*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*

Flash has gotten back on his feet after the previous issue. Last issue really set a high bar and maybe that will weigh this new story arc down a little bit but I hope this isn’t the case. The previous story line was very well done and I enjoyed it thoroughly. This was especially nice after Force Quest shenanigans took over the book and dragged it down into the muck. But we’ve left that behind and it was revealed at the end of the previous issue that we would be getting a Year One story. Frankly, that idea can go either way. It could be really fantastic or a trash fire. Let’s jump into this issue and see where it takes us.

Supergirl #30 Review and *SPOILERS*

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

Written By: Marc Andreyko

Art By: Kevin Maguire, Sean Parsons, Chris Sotomayor

Letters By: Tom Napolitano

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 8, 2019

*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*

I really love this book but the last issue did make me take a pause for a moment. Don’t get me wrong, the book is still a ton of fun to read and I have been anxiously awaiting the new issue. That being said, the last issue really did turn the speed up to 11 and not in a good way. I think it was pretty clear that the book suddenly rushed through the story that was being told until we got to a point near the end. I’m not really sure why this is the way things went but I wasn’t a big fan of it. That being said, the last issue was still pretty dang good and I’m looking forward to seeing where this new issue takes us so how about we just jump right in and see where it takes us.

Hawkman #12 Review

By The Power of Hawkman...... I Am Hawkman!

Written By: Robert Venditti

Art By: Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Norm Rapmund, Scott Hanna, Jeremiah Skipper, Starkings & Comicraft

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

Let's finish up our first story for Hawkman, where we see our hero figure out a way to take down Idamm and the Deathbringers once and for all and maybe...... maybe end the curse of resurrection that has plagued Carter for millennia........... probably not though since that's the character's shtick and all.  In our previous issue, the Deathbringer-Hawk-Mechas were charging up to blast Earth to pieces and if that wasn't enough, Idamm also let Carter in on the fact that him and every other Deathbringer was immortal now and couldn't be stopped.  Let's see how this all places out here and with that, hopefully get some more information about our baddies.  Let's check it out.

Red Hood and the Outlaws #34 Review

Cutting Ties

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: Pete Woods, Rex Lokus, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

In case you've been living under a rock for awhile......... or just haven't been caught up on your Red Hood comics, Jason Todd is now the owner of the Iceberg Lounge, while Penguin is forced to watch behind sound proof-one way glass in his panic room, that Jason trapped him in.  While this is a brave new world for Jason Todd and what we've been seeing from these comics, this is also an opportunity for Scott Lobdell to dive back into everything he's written on the character and tie it all into what we're currently doing.  So if you didn't read Red Hood and the Outlaws in the New 52, maybe you want to go back and do a little reading because boy is this heavy in the continuity...........joy.

Shazam! #5 Review

Black Adam: Friend Or Foe?

Written By: Geoff Johns
Art By: Marco Santucci, Dale Eaglesham, Scott Kolins, Max Raynor, Mike Atiyeh, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

It's back to the Magiclands for us as we see if the Shazam Family can locate each other now that Billy and Mary are trapped in the Funlands, Eugene and Pedro in the Gamelands and Freddy and Darla in the Wildlands.  If that wasn't enough it seems that with the Magiclands back open it has attracted someone that our heroes might not want to deal with and that person is Black Adam.  Let's jump into this issue to see how our heroes fare and if Black Adam will be the real hero in the long run.  Let's check it out.

Batman and the Outsiders #1 Review

Written by: Bryan Hill
Art by: Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini and Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

It feels like I've been waiting for this book for forever and a day.  It's finally here and while I don't know if we will ever find out all the reasons it was redone a bit and shelved for a while, I have my theories.  However, that's not the concern now that it is in my hands!  So, was it worth the wait?  Let's find out...

Justice League Odyssey #9 Review

Come to the Darkseid


Writer: Dan Abnett
Artists: Daniel Sampere, Juan Albarran, Ivan Plascencia, Andworld Design
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

Review by Joey Casco of TheWineStalker.net

With Azrael, Starfire, and Jessica facing certain death while outnumbered, and with Cyborg and Darkseid being boom tubed away, Azreael begins to fill his prophecy as "the voice that binds". He speaks and his words bring the attacking armies of Tamaran and the Azraelite order to their knees. They're powerless.

Wonder Twins #4 Review

Wonder Comics Twins

Writer: Mark Russell

Art: Stephen Byrne

Letters: Dave Sharpe
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

Legion of Doom Mixers, Superman’s love for soft jazz, dates gone wrong, and Filo Math’s villainous background all in this week’s Wonder Twins #4 by Mark Russell. Let’s jump in!

Detective Comics #1003 Review

Gotham Days, Arkham Knights

Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artists: Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, Nathan Fairbairn, Rob Leigh
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

Review by Joey Casco of TheWineStalker.net

This is Part 3 of "Medieval". Recap of Part 2: After getting his butt kicked by the Arkham Knight and the Knights of the Sun, Batman went back to the Batcave to get patched up by Alfred while Robin went out to find residuals of the Day Bomb they used to light the sky at night. Robin is kidnapped, and the Arkham Knight tries to convince him to join them and takes off his helmet... but we just see the back of their head.

Catwoman #11 Review

Getaway or Get Away?

Written by: Joelle Jones
Art by: Fernando Blanco, Hugo Petrus, John Kalisz, and Saida Temofonte
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

Catwoman is still trying to get her own identity going since leaving Batman and Gotham behind.  While I think that the spinning wheels nature of the book may all lead back to that as well, at least after the last couple of issues, Catwoman is back doing what she does best...stealing things!  Yea, we still have the Creel stuff going on in the background, but it's the heists and capers I want.  Do I get more of the good stuff?  Let's find out...

The Batman Who Laughs #5 Review

The Plan All Along

Writer: Scott Snyder
Art Team: Jock, David Baron, Sal Cipriano
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Cover Price: $4.99


The Batman Who Laughs is back this month, with the series now having been extended to seven issues, dragging the fun out hope for a bit longer.  Last we left our 'real' Batman he was cornered by a bunch of cops, being mistaken for the Batman Who Laughs, and starring down the barrel of a few guns, all while the actual Batman Who Laugh looks on. So let's discuss where Scott Snyder, Jock, and David Baron take us this issue, after an issue full of pretty good reveals, and that shocking cliffhanger.

PREVIEW: Batman and the Outsiders #1

Writer: Bryan Hill
Artist: Dexter Soy
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Cover Price: $3.99

When the quest for justice drives Batman into some morally ambiguous areas, he calls in the most moral man he knows: Jefferson Pierce, a.k.a. Black Lightning, and his team of operatives known as the Outsiders!  Several years ago Batman personally put the Barrera family into hiding after they suffered through terrible experiments at the hands of an organization called the Ark. Now all but one of them have turned up dead...and Batman needs to locate Sofia Barrera before the wrong people get their hands on her-and her surprising power! But it wouldn't be Batman without a hidden agenda, would it? And when Black Lightning, Katana, the Signal and Orphan find out what Batman is really up to, their every loyalty will be called into question.

PREVIEW: Catwoman #11

Writer: Joelle Jones
Artist: Fernando Blanco
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Cover Price: $3.99

Asking the question, "Who is Selina Kyle?" has gotten folks hurt in the past...but this time it's Selina asking about herself. Meanwhile, the disgraced Creel family are marshalling their resources to make a return to Villa Hermosa and claw their way back to the top.

PREVIEW: Supergirl #30

Writer: Marc AndreykoArtist: Kevin MaguirePublisher: DC ComicsRelease Date: May 8, 2019Cover Price: $3.99
If you want to do something right, do it yourself-the crystalline Lord Gandelo is tired of sending others to kill Supergirl and has arrived to destroy the Girl of Steel herself! It's an all-out fight as crystal battles steel-and Supergirl must choose between avenging Krypton and sparing a wicked life.

PREVIEW: Wonder Twins #4

Writer: Mark Russell
Artist: Stephen Byrne
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Cover Price: $3.99

From the writer of two of the most critically acclaimed DC Comics of all time (THE FLINTSTONES and EXIT STAGE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES), it's a mind-bending new look at DC's new alien teen sensations...the Wonder Twins! It's spring and love is in the air-even for the Wonder Twins!-as they try to adjust to life on Earth and as interns for the Justice League. After Jayne makes an impressive showing at her new school's science fair, the twins both get dates that don't go as planned but the bigger threat may come from Jayne's best friend Polly Math, daughter of reformed villain Filo Math.

PREVIEW: The Batman Who Laughs #5

Writer: Scott Snyder
Art Team: Jock, David Baron, Sal Cipriano
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Cover Price: $4.99

It’s a battle to the death as Batman goes head-to-head with the Grim Knight! The Caped Crusader is forced to not only fight off the most evil version of himself, but the growing desire to turn his back on his moral code and commit cold-blooded murder. Any other time, Batman would be able to stay on the straight and narrow, but as the Joker serum finally takes over his body, Bruce Wayne may just succumb to pure evil, and kill the Grim Knight. All of this is foreseen by the Batman Who Laughs, who has been planning for the corruption of Bruce Wayne, banking on him activating the “Last Laugh” protocol and turning Gotham City into an incubator for evil. All the Batman Who Laughs needs is one last “Happy Bruce” from another dimension to make his serum work…but only Batman knows where the last Bruce is going to show up.

PREVIEW: Wonder Woman #70

Written By: G. Willow Wilson
Art By: Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Pat Brosseau
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019


Wonder Woman, Steve Trevor and the goddess of love, Aphrodite, are pretty sure they’ve found Aphrodite’s missing son in this unremarkable suburban town—the fact that everyone here is compulsively driven to act on their secret desires is an awfully big clue! But if they actually want to talk to him, they’ll have to get through a flying army of…attack cherubs?!

PREVIEW: The Flash #70

Written By: Joshua Williamson
Art By: Howard Porter, Hi-Fi
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019


“The Flash Year One” starts here! Barry Allen feels helpless in his life in Central City. As a forensic scientist, he’s always catching criminals after they’ve committed their crimes. All that changes one fateful night when Barry is struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals. When he wakes from a coma, he realizes he can run at incredible speeds. Can Barry master these powers and be the hero his city needs...or will the powers burn through him?

PREVIEW: Justice League Odyssey #9

Written By: Dan Abnett
Art By: Daniel Sampere, Juan Albarran, Ivan Plascencia, Andworld Design
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019


In this issue, Cyborg stands alone against the unstoppable fury of the Eskaton! To save life itself, the rest of his rogue Justice League team of Jessica Cruz, Starfire and Azrael must stand with the greatest evil in the Multiverse-—and that means battling everything the feral Ghost Sector can throw at them. The fate of the Ghost Sector hangs in the balance, but has the Odyssey team picked the right side?

PREVIEW: Detective Comics #1003

Written By: Peter J. Tomasi
Art By: Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, Nathan Fairbairn, Rob Leigh
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019


Damian was so certain he could succeed against the Arkham Knight where his father failed—and not only was he wrong, but as it turns out, the Knight has a surprising plan for the son of Batman!

PREVIEW: House of Whispers #9

Ananse No Questions, Tell No Ezrulies

Written By: Nalo Hopkinson and Dan Watters

Illustrated By: Dominike “DOMO” Stanton

Colors By: John Rauch

Letters By: AndWorld Design

Cover By: Sean Andrew Murray

Edited By: Molly Mahan

Associate Editor: Amedeo Turturro

Assistant Editor: Maggie Howell

Executive Editor: Mark Doyle

Cover Price: $3.99

On Sale Date: May 8, 2019

To try and understand what is going on in her own story, Erzulie seeks to enlist assistance from the fearsome god of stories: Kwaku Anansi. However, the spider-god has many threads in his web, and who knows what price he may extract in unraveling the secrets of one...

Arachnophobics, steer clear of this one. Everyone else, enjoy some preview pages, right here!

PREVIEW: Hawkman #12

Written By: Robert Venditti

Art By: Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Norm Rapmund, Scott Hanna, Jeremiah Skipper, Starkings & Comicraft

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

With the battlefield split, Carter and his past lives put together a last-ditch plan to stop the Deathbringers once and for all, but if it should fail, Earth will be doomed and the universe will fall into the hands of the Deathbringers forever!

PREVIEW: Shazam! #5

Written By: Geoff Johns
Art By: Marco Santucci, Dale Eaglesham, Scott Kolins, Max Raynor, Mike Atiyeh, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2019

In the latest chapter of “Shazam and the Seven Magic Lands,” the kids visit the Gamelands, a colorful world of races and games where all that matters are your high scores! But as good as Pedro and Eugene are with their arcade cred, can they score high enough to survive it?