Batman: Last Knight on Earth #2 Review

Knock, Knock ... 

Writer: Scott Snyder
Art Team: Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia, Tom Napolitano
DC Comics Black Label
Release Date: July 31, 2019
Cover Price: $5.99

Last Knight on Earth got off to a great start a couple months ago, with the only bad thing leaving me to say about it, is that it only comes out every couple of months because I need more. So with issue two now finally in our hands we can get back into what was a heck of an intriguing story, with a team-up I never thought I'd enjoy so much, all in another nice looking package. So let's not waste any more time and get right to discussing.

Red Hood: Outlaw Annual #3 Review

The Journey Home

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: Adam Pollina, Steve Firchow, Pete Woods, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: July 31, 2019

After a long, long wait, it's time to find out what happened to Bizarro and Artemis after they vanished through one of Smarty-Pants Bizarro's quantum doorways, when the Outlaws were still the Outlaws and Jason Todd seemed like he still had a plan of action.  Not to say that Red Hood: Outlaw hasn't been enjoyable, but when his fellow Outlaws were with him, he resembled the character that I wanted more than what we've gotten lately.  Besides my personal likes and dislikes though, let's check in with this Annual and see what Jason's better halves have been up to.  Let's check it out.

The Green Lantern Annual #1 Review

What's Your Bandwidth?

Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 31, 2019

I haven't been the biggest fan of Morrison's run on Green Lantern, but sometimes all it takes is a solid one-shot Annual to do the trick.  Is this one of those times?  Let's find out...

Justice League Dark Annual #1 Review

Taking Root

Written By: James Tynion IV, Ram V

Art By: Guillem March, Arif Prianto, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: July 31, 2019

With our first annual to this series and the extra pages that comes with it, maybe we'll get an answer to one of the aspects of how "magic was changed".  I mean, we keep hearing about it and we'll hear about it within the first couple of pages in this issue, but since our heroes' fight with the Lords of Order, all we keep hearing about is how magic is changed and I'd like to see something come of that.  With that being said, there is an aspect to one of our looming questions that has come up in this book that will be addressed this issue and I only hope that it's the beginning of a tread coming down the line.  Let's jump into this issue and see what's going on with the Parliament of Flowers.  Let's check it out.

The Batman Who Laughs #7 Review

Writer: Scott Snyder
Art Team: Jock, David Baron, Sal Cipriano
DC Comics
Release Date: July 31, 2019
Cover Price: $4.99

Jokes on You Batman

The Batman Who Laughs has been a well written, high selling, substitute Batman title for DC, picking up the slack while the main title continues to see sales fall. The slightly extended series comes to a conclusion here this month, which is a bit of the a shame, but I'm also ready for the Batman Who Laughs to take a seat on the bench for awhile ... something I dont think is happening anytime soon.  So, does Batman finally bring the Batman Who Laughs down for the count, or does the Laughing Man and his Bat-Punisher friend end up winning one for the bad guys? Lets discuss.

Batman: Secret Files #2 Review

Some Things Should Remain Secret

Writer: Andy Kubert, Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Mairghread Scott, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
Artist: Eduardo Risso, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Carlos D, and Amancay Nahuelpan
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 31, 2019

I was not as big a fan of the first Secret Files issue as some, but the idea that this one gives us "All you need to know about the Summer's Biggest Story" seems very promising.  I mean, they are talking about the City of Bane and not Event Leviathan, Year of the Villain or something else I'm missing, right?  Ok, let's see what this is all about...

PREVIEW: Batman: Secret Files #2

Writer: Andy Kubert, Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Mairghread Scott, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
Artist: Eduardo Risso, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Carlos D, #39, Anda, Amancay Nahuelpan
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 31, 2019

"City of Bane" is upon us! Bane's conquering Gotham City, but he's not doing it alone. In this Secret Files issue, read about Bane and his cabal: The Joker, the Riddler, Hugo Strange and the Psycho-Pirate. Brutal stories of madness, murder and hatred done by some of comics' greatest talents!

PREVIEW: Batman: Last Knight on Earth #2

Writer: Scott Snyder
Artist: Greg Capullo
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: July 31, 2019

The world has been destroyed, and Batman is on a quest to find out who's responsible. But when villains from his past begin to complicate things for the Dark Knight, he finds an unlikely ally in a place known as "the Plains of Solitude."

PREVIEW: The Green Lantern Annual #1

Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 31, 2019

A Green Lantern tradition is reborn when the annual Jordan family reunion takes a turn for the bizarre, leaving Hal and his nearest and dearest on the front line of a terrifying invasion from an impossible reality that's closer than you think! There's only one way for intergalactic lawman Hal "Green Lantern" Jordan to prevent the ultra-crime of the millennium-but what will be the outcome when Green Lantern takes on a young superhero sidekick? And who will it be? Also featuring an incredible guest appearance by the strangest Lantern of all-you must not miss THE GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL!

PREVIEW: The Batman Who Laughs #7

Writer: Scott Snyder
Artist: Jock
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 31, 2019


It's the final showdown between Batman and the Batman Who Laughs... but how do you defeat a foe who knows your every instinct and every move? Bruce Wayne will have to outsmart Bruce Wayne in this ultimate test of good versus evil. You can't miss this finale to the epic miniseries that will tear up the very foundations of Gotham City!

PREVIEW: Red Hood: Outlaw Annual #3

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: Adam Pollina, Steve Firchow, Pete Woods, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 31, 2019

Missing since the fateful events of issue #25, the story of what happened to Bizarro and Artemis after they were sucked through the quantum doorway can finally be told! Trapped in a strange reality where everyone with metahuman abilities has become normal and ordinary humans now possess powers, up is down, left is right and only a pair of Outlaws can save the day in a world gone mad. Meet strange new foes, and even stranger new allies. Can the Outlaws fix this broken world and still make it back to our world and their mission alongside the Red Hood?

PREVIEW: Justice League Dark Annual #1

Written By: James Tynion IV, Ram V

Art By: Guillem March, Arif Prianto, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 31, 2019

Swamp Thing takes center stage in this one-of-a-kind story that will change the Green forever! After the fall of the Parliament of Trees, the Parliament of Flowers and its new guardian have risen. It’s now up to Alec Holland to convince him to become a benevolent protector of the world, but little does he know, a foe from his past, the Floronic Man, is trying to sway the guardian as well. Which path will the King of Petals choose? The fate of mankind depends on it!