Rebirth Rewind: Green Lanterns #11 (2016) Review

THE PHANTOM LANTERN: PART TWO

Released: November 16th, 2016

Writers: Sam Humphries

Pencils: Robson Roca

Inks: Jay Leisten & Cam Smith

Colors: Blond

Letters: Dave Sharpe

Cover Price: $2.99

Review written by Joey Casco of TheWineStalker.net

Frank Laminski has stolen the Phantom Ring from Rami to become the Phantom Lantern, and Rami is now Volthoom's hostage. Can the Green Lanterns of 8614 make quick work of a guy fueled by jealousy that now has access to all of the colors of the emotional spectrum?  Use the "Phantom Lantern" label to read my other reviews from this arc.

Batgirl #41 Review

The Hero Burnside Deserves

Written By: Cecil Castellucci

Art By: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Jordie Bellaire, Andworld Design

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 27, 2019

Burnside's ablaze as the robot monster Oracle confronts Batgirl, but our hero went and flipped the script on this machine claiming to be Barbara's pride and joy, when she leaped off the building they were on and into the fire below.  Thankfully, there was also water below so I'm sure that Barbara will be just fine.  Let's jump into this issue and see if we can learn anything more about this Oracle monster or really......... just find out how any of this makes sense.  Let's check it out.

Justice League Dark #17 Review

Diana's Got The Body, Circe Has The Brains

Written By: James Tynion IV

Art By: Javi Fernandez, John Kalisz, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

The war of magic rages on and with each issue it seems like Circe and her Legion of Doom Dark are gaining more and more ground on our heroes.  This became overwhelming obvious in the previous issue, where Wonder Woman's consciousness was trapped in the collective unconscious, while Circe stole her body and put on her very best Diana impersonation so that she could get her hands on the black diamond of Eclipso.  Let's jump into this issue and see if our heroes can start winning and if Man-Bat will ever come back from being a reject from John Carpenter's The Thing.  Let's check it out.

Supergirl Annual #2 Review and *SPOILERS*

The Past That Haunts You

Written By: Robert Venditti
Art By: Laura Braga, Chris Sotomayor
Letters By: Tom Napolitano
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*

Supergirl has once again been dragged into another book’s story. Judging by the cover of this issue (yes, I know we’re not supposed to do that), this issue will continue to add to that story rather than be a separate issue like annuals sometimes are. I am still a bit upset that Supergirl is once again being dragged into something else, especially now that there are so many hanging threads from the issues that took place before. However, I hope that we can at least make the most of it. The idea behind all of this isn’t a bad one. It just comes at a bad time and now Supergirl feels more like a companion book. However, maybe it’ll be the best companion book that we could possibly have asked for. Let’s just jump into this new issue and see where it takes us.

Detective Comics #1016 Review

Writer: Peter J. Tomasi

Pencils: Doug Mahnke & Jose Luis
Ink: Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, Matt Santorelli
Colors: David Baron
Letters: Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 27th, 2019

Review by Joey Casco of TheWineStalker.net

Nora Fries is back and she has turned against her husband, so now Mr. Freeze must team up with Batman to help save her from herself. And, like most the stuff in this arc, it doesn't make much sense.

Basketful of Heads #2 Review

Writers: Joe Hill

Artist: Leomacs

Colorist: Dave Stewart

Letterer: Deron Bennet

Editors: Mark Doyle & Amedeo Turturro

Release Date: November 27th, 2019

Cover Price: $3.99

Review written by Joey Casco of TheWineStalker.net

The first issue of this miniseries was a very wordy character development issue that took quite a bit of time to read as we were given reasons to care about what happens to these characters, but issue #2 moves really fast as the action picks up right from the beginning.

Red Hood: Outlaw #40 Review

Getting The Band Back Together

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: David Messina, Rex Lokus, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 27, 2019

The concept of Red Hood teaching a group of meta kids how to be villains is something that sounded like a lot of fun originally, but sadly I haven't been having a lot of fun yet.  Maybe that can all turn around with this issue now that Doomed is with the team and their heading back to The Block after Red Hood found out that Shay Veritas was in trouble.  Maybe this will be a team building exercise that really gets me on board with this team of kids because right now I need something that really gets me on board with anything that's been going on here.  Maybe Bizarro and Artemis are just what I need because they should be making their way back to this book anytime now.  Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

Batman Beyond #38 Review

A Blight On The City

Written By: Dan Jurgens

Art By: Sean Chen, Sean Parsons, Chris Sotomayor, Travis Lanham

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 27, 2019

Let's head back to the future of Neo Gotham and Batman Beyond as we continue to find out if Terry McGinnis will remember who he is and hopefully figure out who the new Batwoman is.  Previously, we saw Matt McGinnis and Bruce Wayne placing their bets on who this new figure standing in for Terry while he's gone is and they better hope that whoever is behind the mask is capable because in the background we also have the return of Blight.  Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

Freedom Fighters #11 Review

Freedom Is On The March

Written By: Robert Venditti

Art By: Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Adriano Lucas, Andworld Design

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

It's the penultimate issue of taking back America from the Nazis and it's been a wild ride, but to do this issue right, you're going to have to have a wilder ride leading up to the finale next issue, which I'm all for because I've been enjoying this book immensely and am getting kind of sad now that I know it's going to end.  In the previous issue we saw Adolf Hitler III kill his daddy and take control of the Third Reich all because he wants to end the Freedom Fighters once and for all and Adolf Jr. wasn't willing to send out the Cyborg Overman again, but with him now gone........ it's time to see if our heroes can once again stand up to this metal monster.  Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

Shazam! #8 Review

Power Outage

Written By: Geoff Johns

Art By: Scott Kolins, Michael Atiyeh, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

It's finally here!  The next installment to the seriously delayed Shazam! series and I think we should all take a minute, breath and take this all in because who knows when we'll get the next issue.  Okay, shade aside, I'm happy as hell that this came out this week because I've been dying to know what Billy Batson would do after the last issue, when he was pulled into the Darklands while looking for Darla and Freddy.  Let's just hope that Pedro and Eugene can hold out a little longer in the Wozenderlands because sadly, they really aren't a priority this issue.  Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

The Flash #83 Review and *SPOILERS*

Jailbreak! 

Written By: Joshua Williamson

Art By: Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Arif Prianto
Letters By: Steve Wands
Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 27, 2019

*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*

While the Flash has taken a significant turn from the story we were telling previously, it definitely feels like a breath of fresh air. We have a brand new world to tell a brand new story inside of. While it’s not exactly a story we’ve never seen before, it has enough new things about it that it doesn’t feel stale or a copy of previous stories. The characters that we are familiar with are now thrust into this new predicament and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens. We even got a major cliffhanger at the end of the previous issue when we discovered that Flash has been captured by Captain Cold and Commander Cold was killed for siding with the resistance. Without further ado, let’s jump into this new issue and see where it takes us.

Batman: Creature of the Night #4 Review

More Than Human

Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artist: John Paul Leon and Todd Klein
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

I really liked the first three issues of this book, but after such a long delay, I was worried it may not have that magical spark that it did for me when it began.  I really didn't expect this day to actually come, but let's jump in a see what Bruce Wainwright has been up to.

Tales From The Dark Multiverse: Infinite Crisis #1 Review

One Beetle Army Corps

Written By: James Tynion IV

Art By: Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $5.99

Release Date: November 27, 2019

It's back to the Dark Multiverse for us, which thankfully isn't the worst thing possible because with each of these installments we're getting, it seems that they're getting better and better.  It's just too bad that Tempus Fuginaut's original plan of gathering people seems to have been sidelined for him to instead just gawk at heroes with their "what if" situations, where this time we're shown Ted Kord living after his encounter with Maxwell Lord.  Let's jump into this issue and see what this Dark Multiverse Infinite Crisis looks like. 

Action Comics #1017 Review

It's About to Get Ugly

Written by: Brian Michael Bendis
Art by: John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, Brad Anderson, and Dave Sharpe
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

I am taking over Action Comics for Eric since he has a bunch of books to review this week and that's fine with me since I have been enjoying Action more than Superman.  That is a bit of a backhanded compliment since I haven't been liking either actually, just don't hate this one as much. So, how was this issue?  Let's find out...

PREVIEW: Basketful of Heads #2

Writer: Joe Hill
Artist: Leomacs, Dan McDaid
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

Hunted to the point of exhaustion, June Branch struggles to outwit and outfight the home invader coming after her. He's armed with a .44 and a secret agenda; she's got a thousand year-old Viking relic and no way to escape. The axe is about to fall in the topsy-turvy second chapter of the horror story with the sharpest edge in comics!  Fears escalate and a full moon rises over the HMS Havoc in chapter three of the "Sea Dogs" backup tale, written by Joe Hill!

PREVIEW: The Last God #2

Writer: Philip Kennedy Johnson
Artist: Ricardo Federici
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

Beyond the edge of creation lies the Black Stair. And beyond it, amid the void, he waits. Mol Uhltep, the Last God. This is the tale of those who claimed to slay him, and the world they doomed with their lies.

As the horrifying forces of the Last God descend upon the city of Tyrgolad, our intrepid heroes-Queen Cyanthe, Eyvindr, and Veikko al Mun-must either defend or escape their crumbling stronghold and contend with dark legacy left behind in King Tyr's wake. But with every second, the undead army of the Last God adds more bodies to their numbers. None are safe.
In the past, we witness the tragic and violent beginnings of the first fellowship, as young Tyr and Cyanthe meet under terrible circumstances.

All this and more in the second chapter of DC's dark fantasy epic The Last God

PREVIEW: The Terrifics #22

Writer: Gene Luen Yang

Artist: Stephen Segovia
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

The Terrifics have failed, and Bizarro has turned back the clock on Gateway City! With the twisted Man of Yesterday in control of time itself, the Terrifics must battle their way back from the dawn of human history to survive!  That is, if the Terribles don't find them and kill them first. Things am not looking bad, me don't declare!

PREVIEW: Supergirl Annual #2

Writer: Robert Venditti
Artist: Laura Braga
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

What was Supergirl's last day on Krypton like? Before her entire world came crumbling down, did she get to say goodbye to her loved ones? Tell the boy who sat next to her in science class her true feelings for him? Take a deep dive into Supergirl's darkest regrets and desires as the Batman Who Laughs' infection takes over her core memories and twists them to his bidding!

PREVIEW: Red Hood: Outlaw #40

Written By: Scott Lobdell

Art By: David Messina, Rex Lokus, Troy Peteri

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 27, 2019

After their first mission in the field, all the Outlaws want is to head back to the Block for some R&R. Unfortunately, no sooner do they get home than they find themselves under assault from Shay Veritas' clones! It's like Night of the Living Duplicates in there, and Red Hood is nowhere to be found. Is he teaching them a dangerous (but hopefully valuable) lesson with his absence, or is he dealing with something even bigger and more terrifying?

PREVIEW: The Flash #83

Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Scott Kolins
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

"Rogues' Reign" continues! The warped world of the Rogues has turned everything surrounding Iron Heights prison into a wicked hellscape! But there is hope in the darkness, as the Flash battles his way back from the brink and discovers a way to reverse the Rogues' reign once and for all. The only problem? To do that he must venture out in the path of the tumultuous terrain of the Weather Wizard Kingdom- where ice dogs and lightning monsters lurk in the darkness at every turn!

PREVIEW: Batman Beyond #38

Written By: Dan Jurgens

Art By: Sean Chen, Sean Parsons, Chris Sotomayor, Travis Lanham

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

After all these years, Derek Powers, long thought dead, returns! The lethal villain who now goes by the name Blight is back to terrorize Neo-Gotham while he hunts down Bruce Wayne! With Terry McGinnis wanted by the police and on the run, the only person who can stop him is Batwoman! But how do you stop a walking nuclear reactor when you barely know how to use your own high-tech suit?

PREVIEW: Freedom Fighters #11

Written By: Robert Venditti

Art By: Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Adriano Lucas, Andworld Design

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

The final battle for the fate of Earth-X has begun, and the last charge of the Freedom Fighters is underway! The team may have bested the defenses of the Nazi stronghold of Cheyenne Mountain, but now our heroes must face off against the combined might of the newly reconstructed Cyborg Overman, the evil Plasstic Men, and the psychotic Hitler III! The odds are against the red, white, and blue, but Uncle Sam has a plan-don't miss this penultimate issue in the Freedom Fighters saga!

PREVIEW: Detective Comics #1016

Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artist: Doug Mahnke
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

Defeating her now-estranged husband, Mr. Freeze, isn't enough to sate Nora Fries's bloodlust as she usurps his frozen throne, establishing herself as the first ice queen of Gotham. The Dark Knight will have his hands full as Nora unleashes an icy hell unlike any other on his city's streets.

PREVIEW: Shazam! #8

Written By: Geoff Johns

Art By: Scott Kolins, Michael Atiyeh, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

As Billy Batson and the rest of the Shazam Family are about to learn as they cross over into the Darklands, the Magiclands aren’t all fun and games! In a world filled with all kinds of frightful creatures and haunts, nothing will compare to the horrors of Billy’s own internalized fears.

PREVIEW: Batman: Creature of the Night #4

Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artist: John Paul Leon
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: November 27, 2019

Bruce Wainwright is not the man he believed himself to be. He never was. But when you've unleashed horror on the world... what can you do about it? Is Bruce human after all? Or has he become more than a man? It's the unmissable finale of one of the best-reviewed miniseries of the year, sure to go down as a modern Batman classic!