The Wild Storm #23 Review

Converging

Written by: Warren Ellis
Art by: Jon Davis-Hunt
Colours by: Steve Buccellato
Letters by: Simon Bowland
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

It's penultimate issue time! Last month's stunning action-fest will probably take some beating, but there are only two issues to go till the end of this wonderful series and those plates that writer Ellis has been spinning the last few months are finally synchronizing rather nicely. Jenny Mei Sparks' proto-Authority team are in the middle of preventing Skywatch abducting the residents of a small town in Utah. Let's find out how they're getting on.

Detective Comics Annual #2 Review

Our Past is Prologue

Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artists: Travis Moore, Max Raynor, Tamra Bonvillain, Nick Filardi, Rob Leigh
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

Review by Joey Casco of TheWineStalker.net

It appears that the Reaper has returned yet again and is killing criminals in Europe, and it's making the news. With the Reaper coming from Batman's own rogue's gallery, and the Reaper also being dead, Batman has got to figure out what the heck is going on. But his encounters with the Reaper were so long ago that he needs to use the "Black Casebook", which is essentially his journal of "unusual and unexplainable adventures" from early in his crime-fighting career, to brush up on him.

Catwoman Annual #1 Review

Nine Lives and Videotape

Written by: Joelle Jones
Art by: Elena Casagrande, Le Beau Underwood, Hugo Petrus, Scott Godlewski, Jordie Bellaire, and
Saida Temofonte
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

I was a big fan of this book when it first hit the stands last summer and as more a Cat fan than a Bat/Cat fan, I was glad that DC was letting Joelle Jones flex some of her muscles with a book she was both writing and drawing.  Well, almost a year later I am not so high on this book anymore.  Joelle Jones has pulled back and is just writing it and while everyone who has filled in has been really good, none of them are Jones.  Plus, the story has meandered about and while it's had its moments, Joelle hasn't really made me care about any of her characters and that almost includes Selina herself.  I will never bail on Catwoman and I still love her, I just need more out of this book every month.  Maybe a little Annual is what the doctor ordered to get things back on track.  Well, let's find out...

Superman: Leviathan Rising Special #1 Review

Held Captive By Kryptonite

Written By: Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka, Matt Fraction, Marc Andreyko
Art By: Yanick Paquette, Mike Perkins, Steve Lieber, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Nathan Fairbairn, Paul Mounts, FCO Plascencia, Dave Sharpe, Simon Bowland, Clayton Cowles, Tom Napolitano, Troy Peteri
Cover Price: $9.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019


Alright, we've had five issues of Leviathan Rising and now it's on to the Special, where we'll see him really rise........  no, what we will do though is go through this giant mama jama and look at four stories that will tie together..... for the most part....... by the end.  Previously, we've seen Leviathan's imploding monster, who I'm still just calling Leviathan as well, go through the world we love so much and take out the secret agencies as a way to clean the slate...... or a Royal Flush as it's been called.  Now it's time to see what happens next.  Let's check it out.

Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1 Review

Batman and Noggin

Writer: Scott Snyder
Art Team: Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia, Tom Napolitano
DC Comics Black Label
Release Date: May 29, 2019
Cover Price: $5.99

DC Black Label's second titled release, Batman: Last Knight on Earth, is finally here. Having been a giant fan of Snyder and Capullo's time on the main Batman title I looked very forward to what was coming. So without having to do much to sell the concept of the book by itself, considering the creative team involved, let's discuss what's going on in Last Knight on Earth!

Heroes In Crisis #9 Review

Closing The Loop

Written By: Tom King
Art By: Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey, Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019


It's time to end this event and see what is left after we discovered that Wally West killed all of the heroes that were in Sanctuary......sans Booster and Harley, who he only framed for the murder.  That's right, there's not a lot of fun to be had here, especially if you're a Wally West fan, but maybe..... just maybe, Tom King will pull everything around here and make it all make sense or at least tell us that things can change to take all of these tragedies away.  Yeah, I'm not holding my breath, but let's jump into this issue and check it out.

Doomsday Clock #10 Review

You Can't Outrun Your Past

Written By: Geoff Johns

Art By: Gary Frank, Brad Anderson

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: May 29, 2019

It's finally here, the thrilling continuation of the biggest thing coming out of DC Comics...... The Doomsday Clock.  We saw in the previous issue how the big hitter heroes all geared up and made their way to Mars to see what this mysterious energy signature that attacked Superman was and boy did they under-estimate Dr. Manhattan when they got there.  Not only did he single-handedly take everyone out, but also appeared to ruin their chances of survival as the Green Lantern's barrier, giving everyone air to breath was destroyed.  Let's jump into this issue and see what we get now.  Let's check it out.

PREVIEW: Superman: Leviathan Rising Special #1

Written By: Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka, Matt Fraction, Marc Andreyko
Art By: Yanick Paquette, Mike Perkins, Steve Lieber, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Nathan Fairbairn, Paul Mounts, FCO Plascencia, Dave Sharpe, Simon Bowland, Clayton Cowles, Tom Napolitano, Troy Peteri
Cover Price: $9.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

An all-star roster of writers and artists highlight the new threat of Leviathan, but also tees up new ongoing series for Jimmy Olsen by writer Matt Fraction and artist Steve Lieber, and Lois Lane by writer Greg Rucka and artist Mike Perkins, coming in June! As Leviathan enacts a plan to take down Superman, it’s up to Lois, Jimmy and the heroes of the DC Universe to rescue the Man of Steel.

PREVIEW: Heroes In Crisis #9

Written By: Tom King
Art By: Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey, Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

The most-talked-about miniseries of the year reaches its stunning finale! The mystery behind the murders at Sanctuary is solved, but the mind behind it is one the heroes never expected. With their deepest secrets exposed, the Trinity has to consider how to carry on. Should the tragedy cause them to redouble their efforts to help their hurting comrades, or will they need to close up shop? The answers will be found in the ashes of this final showdown, and the fates of Booster Gold, Harley Quinn and the rest hang in the balance.

PREVIEW: Wild Storm #23

Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Jon Davis-Hunt
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

The storm of accidents, deaths, mistakes, confusion, and anger has led to this. Miles Craven has lost his grip and Henry Bendix has lost his mind. Angie Spica’s journey is ending. And so is life on Earth.

PREVIEW: Detective Comics Annual #2

Written by: Peter J. Tomasi
Art by: Travis Moore, Max Raynor, Tamra Bonvillain, Nick Filardi, Rob Leigh
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

After years on the shelf, Batman returns to the Black Casebook! Throughout his career, Batman has compiled his most disturbing cases into one volume, its every page filled with bizarre horror and crimes he never quite managed to solve. Now a case from the past has re-opened itself in the here and now…and Batman will find himself face-to-face again with one of the deadliest villains he fought in his early years: the Reaper!

PREVIEW: Catwoman Annual #1

Written by: Joelle Jones
Art by: Elena Casagrande, Le Beau Underwood, Hugo Petrus, Scott Godlewski, Jordie Bellaire, and Saida Temofonte
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

Selina Kyle walks a fine line in the criminal underworld. A thief herself, she’s regularly on the wrong side of the law, while her personal life gives her crooked colleagues plenty of reason to distrust her. When Catwoman finds herself at the center of a dark plot full of violence and intrigue, she’ll have to decide which side she is on…and who she can trust. If a leopard can’t change its spots, and a leopard is a cat…can Catwoman ever escape her own destiny?

PREVIEW: Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1

Written by: Scott Snyder
Art by: Greg Capulo, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia, and Tom Napolitano
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 29, 2019

Bruce Wayne wakes up in Arkham Asylum. Young. Sane.
And...he was never Batman.  So begins this sprawling tale of the Dark Knight as he embarks on a quest through a devastated DC landscape featuring a massive cast of familiar faces from the DC Universe. As he tries to piece together the mystery of his past, he must unravel the cause of this terrible future and track down the unspeakable force that destroyed the world as he knew it...  From the powerhouse creative team of writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, the team that reinvented Batman from the emotional depths of "Court of Owls" to the bombastic power of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, DC Black Label is proud to present the bimonthly, three-issue miniseries BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH, published at DC's standard comic trim size.  This could be the last Batman story ever told... 

Suicide Squad #1 (1987) Review

"TRIAL BY BLOOD"

Writers: Robert Greenberger, John Ostrander
Pencils: Luke McDonell
Inker: Karl Kesel
Cover Price: 75¢
Release Date: February 3, 1987

Review written by Joey Casco of TheWineStalker.net

We begin this issue at what an airport supposedly in the United States where Air Force One is touching down. The mayor of the town and the governor of the state are there to greet the President, and security is jacked up.

Two men wearing red shirts, who we later learn are Rustam and Ravan, leave a bag and a device on the ground. Uh-oh!

Rustam whispers "now" to a communicator on his finger, a portal opens up on wall, and Manticore and Jaculi come out and just start slaughtering everybody.