Future State: The Next Batman #2 Review and *SPOILERS*

Dystopia

Written By: John Ridley
Art By: Laura Braga, Arif Prianto
Letters By: Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $7.99
Release Date: January 19, 2021

*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*

The Next Batman book started off with an interesting issue but there are a ton of ways that we can still improve. The biggest hurdle that this book has to overcome is the high price. DC has to deliver in order for their customers to justify buying in on these books, especially if they are considering getting two or more issues. However, there are definitely some interesting ideas that are being expressed in this book and I’m legitimately interested in where the story will take us. So, let’s jump into this new issue and see where they want to take us.

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Future State: Shazam! #1 Video Review - Shazam Spells Bad

 

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Future State: Nightwing #1 Video Review - Gotham's Most Wanted

 

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Future State: Shazam! #1 Review

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely 

Written By: Tim Sheridan

Art By: Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Marcelo Maiolo, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 19, 2021

Let's jump to the year 2029 and see what Billy Batson is up to two years after the Teen Titans and he took on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse..... as seen in Future State: Teen Titans... Hopefully, the future has been kinder to our Mightiest Mortal than it has to the rest of the DC Universe because you'd just hate to see something bad happen to the Big Red Cheese... Yeah, don't expect anything bright or hopeful here, let's jump into this issue and check out just how dark things have become for our hero.

Batman/Catwoman #2 Review

Just Ignore That Part

Written By: Tom King
Art By: Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey
Letters By: Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: January 19, 2020

*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*

This new series got off to a somewhat bumpy start. There are three different stories all being told in tandem and while one of them is distinct enough, the other two are so similar that there were several scenes that I had to return to in order to realize that they were part of the other timeline. That said, there were some very interesting things that were being done in this book with those timelines. I’m honestly interested in where the stories will be going. However, the biggest point of this series comes down to Tom King. He has seemingly been given free rein over this book so if you weren’t a fan of his beforehand, I highly doubt you will enjoy this series at all. It was a bit heavy-handed even for me. However, perhaps this new issue will lure readers back in. We won’t find out unless we jump in, so let’s do just that.

Future State: Nightwing #1 Review

 

Crazy...Insane?!?

Writer: Andrew Constant

Artist: Nicola Scott, Ivan Plascencia, and Wes Abbott

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 20, 2021

Future State has been all over the place with the different years and stories, but the Bat-Family books have been consistent.  Magistrate Bad!  No Masks Allowed!  Batman's Dead!  Well, that last one isn't necessarily true, but that's what a lot of people think.  Even with consistency, the books need some glue to get everything to stick, and luckily, my man, Dick Grayson, is always up for that.  It is easily the best part of this first issue.  What am I getting on about?  Let's find out...

Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 Review

Are You Not Entertained?

Written By: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Brandon Easton, Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad,
Jeremy Adams

Art By: Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire, Dave Sharpe, Valentine De Landro, Marissa Louise, Gleb Melnikov, Travis Lanham, Siya Oum, Hi-Fi, Gabriella Downie

Cover Price: $7.99

Release Date: January 19, 2021

Let's jump to the year 2030 and find out what's been going on with Superman..... or, the way that this book plays out, let's find out what's been going on with Shilo Norman, Midnighter, and a new Black Racer while getting a very small amount of actual Superman. There's a lot of book here but is there a lot of story? Let's jump into this issue and see what Worlds of War has in store for us. Let's check it out.

Future State: Catwoman #1 Review

 

The Great (Future) Train Robbery

Written By: Ram V

Art By: Otto Schmidt

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 19, 2021

Future State: Catwoman #1 follows our future feline as she kicks off a heist to rescue the "guests" of a Magistrate prison train before it reaches its destination. Some of the prisoners are innocent youths on their way to a reformatory institution, and others are high-risk prisoners, one of which has special meaning for Selina Kyle. The clock is ticking and the train isn't stopping. Can Selina rescue all the prisoners before time runs out?

It's future sleek. It's a cool suit with gadgety things. It's Future State.

Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1 Review

Amazons At The End Of The World

Written By: Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad

Art By: Jen Bartel

Letters: Pat Brosseau

Cover Price: $5.99

Release Date: January 20, 2021

Backup Story: Nubia in Future State

Written By: LL McKinney

Penciller: Alitha Martinez

Inker: Mark Morales

Colors By: Emilio Lopez

Letters By: Becca Carey

Immortal Wonder Woman #1 imagines a far flung future where the Amazons, led by Queen Diana, and an ailing Swamp Thing are the only intelligent life left on Earth.  Collecting a few mementos from her long-dead friends, Diana tries to convince her fellow Amazons it's time to leave Earth and relocate Swamp Thing to a world where the Green can survive and thrive again. Meanwhile, New Genesis and Apokalips are being consumed by a dark force that even Darkseid can't stop. Leaving his worlds to their fate, Darkseid heads to Earth to find a new home but not before running headfirst into some grey-haired resistance. 

It's the end of everything and everyone. It's Wonder Woman with a cool white streak in her hair. It's Future State.

Rorschach #4 Review

Another One

Writer: Tom King
Artist: Jorge Fornes
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Letters: Clayton Cowles
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: January 18th, 2020

In issue #3 we got the backstory of William Myerson's sidekick Laura Cummings, but it doesn't stop there because issue #4 moves on from her hometown to being in a traveling circus for a bit before she met Myerson. But wait a minute... we know Myserson becomes a new Rorschach... but there's another one, too?

DCeased: Dead Planet #7 Review

 

Dead Alive

Writer: Tom Taylor

Artist: Trevor Hairsine
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: January 20, 2021

I am a huge Tom Taylor fan, and while I'm kind of burnt out with the whole "zombie thing", I have been enjoying DCeased: Dead Planet.  So, what did I think of the finale?  Let's find out...

PREVIEW: Future State: The Next Batman #2

 

Writer: Vita Ayala, John Ridley, Paula Sevenbergen

Artist: Aneke, Laura Braga, Emanuela Lupacchino

Cover Price: $7.99

Release Date: January 20, 2021

In this second Future State: Batman chapter, wearing a mask in Gotham City is now a crime-and when it’s compounded with murder, it can be a shoot-on-sight offense! Batman is on the trail of a murderous couple but quickly finds that all is not as it seems...and finds himself in the firing line of the Magistrate and their Peacekeepers! The gritty, street-level adventures of the new Dark Knight continue!

PREVIEW: DCeased: Dead Planet #7

 

Writer: Tom Taylor

Artist: Trevor Hairsine

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 20, 2021

The Justice League fights an army of Amazos for Earth, while John Constantine goes head-to-head with Trigon! The Justice League fight for Earth and the lives of the...infected?! The final chapter of the best-selling series will be talked about for years to come!

PREVIEW: Batman/Catwoman #2

 

Writer: Tom King

Artist: Clay Mann

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: January 20, 2021

Phantasm has come to Gotham City! Andrea Beaumont, the one-time love of Bruce Wayne, is looking for her lost child, and she’s pretty sure The Joker is involved. So, who better to have as an ally than Batman? And what better way to get to Batman than through Catwoman? It’s a knotted history for this costumed quartet, spanning past, present, and future. What The Joker did to Selina Kyle at the beginning of her career will have deadly consequences at the end of their lives. Tom King’s ultimate tale of the Dark Knight kicks into high gear as the story roars down the avenues only hinted at in the pages of Batman.

PREVIEW: Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1

Written By: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Brandon Easton, Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Jeremy Adams

Art By: Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire, Dave Sharpe, Valentine De Landro, Marissa Louise, Gleb Melnikov, Travis Lanham, Siya Oum, Hi-Fi, Gabriella Downie

Cover Price: $7.99

Release Date: January 19, 2021

This monumental Future State title features four big stories! First, Clark Kent is gone, leaving a Superman-shaped hole behind. People gather in Smallville to celebrate their hero, little realizing that he is across the galaxy helping others. Superman has gone to Warworld, where he fights as a gladiator in the deadly pits of Mongul. But this is Superman we’re talking about-and his idea of a victory does not line up with the expectations of Mongul’s hordes! Meanwhile, on the other side of Warworld, other agents are at work, struggling for a better life. Shilo Norman, the man known as Mister Miracle, has ridden a Boom Tube across the cosmos from Metropolis to finds himself at odds with an entire planet! At the same time, Midnighter, the greatest fighter from Earth, is punching his way through a whole mess of trouble. He’s on the hunt for a new energy source deadlier than Kryptonite. His goal: to shut it down before it gets unleashed on an unsuspecting universe. On top of that, the Black Racer, a girl raised in the slums of Warworld to be one of its top competitors, turns betrayal into a crusade to fight for the freedom of others like her.

PREVIEW: Future State: Shazam! #1

Written By: Tim Sheridan
Art By: Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Marcelo Maiolo, Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: January 19, 2021

No one’s seen Billy Batson in years-not since the incident known as the Final Battle of Titans Island. Now leading a small band of heroes, even his allies have begun to ask who’s controlling Earth’s Mightiest Mortal. In a story set years after the events of Future State: Teen Titans, learn the truth behind the sacrifice Billy made to imprison an ultimate evil even he couldn’t destroy.

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