Superman: Red & Blue #1 Review

Never Meet Your Heroes

Writer: Marguerite Bennett, Wes Craig, Brandon M. Easton, John Ridley, Dan Watters Artist: Wes Craig, Clayton Henry, Steve Lieber, Dani Strips, Jill Thompson
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: March 16, 2021

Superman: Red & Blue #1 is an anthology of short stories related to but not entirely about Superman. In each story, the writer and artists are given the opportunity to address a social issue using Superman as the catalyst. The intent is to seemingly express an important lesson about the world around us to the readers through Superman's weaknesses, insecurities, and failures.

Batman vs. Ra's Al Ghul #5 Review

 

Go for the Gold

Writer: Neal Adams

Artist: Neal Adams

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 16, 2021

I know that Reggie is laughing at me right now.  If you don't know who Reggie is, then you are an unlucky person, but Reggie was a friend of just about everyone he met and a part of our podcast and website.  Most importantly, he was our brother.  Neal Adams' books were me and Reggie's special bond.  Eric wanted no parts of them, so it was always our job to cover them.  Even when I begged him to skip them, Reggie would do the written reviews and then force me to record for the podcast.  The thing is, he did it to drive me nuts!  Some of the best times I had on our podcast were losing my mind over a Neal Adams book and just listening to Reggie laugh his ass off over my insanity.  It would start early in the week with us DMing pics from the issue while we laughed and tried to figure it all out.  We rarely succeeded, and I would get angrier and angrier as the week went on.  I miss those times so much, but not as much as I miss Reggie.  It doesn't feel right doing this review without him, but I know he would have demanded it... again, to drive me nuts!  Believe me, Reggie, this one is a doozy, and this review is for you...

Catwoman #29 Review

 

Old Habits Are Hard to Break

Written By: Ram V
Art By: Fernandeo Blanco
Colors By: Jordie Bellaire
Letters By: Tom Napolitano
Cover Art By: Joëlle Jones, Laura Allred
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 16, 2021

In Catwoman #29, Selina receives an unwelcome visit from Detective Dean Hadley to ask about an anonymous dropoff of drugs after her last outing. When Selina makes a connection between the drugs and the Riddler, she pays him a visit before the source of the drugs can get to him first. Meanwhile, the drugmaker has unleashed a new assassin intent on covering their tracks.

Justice League #59 Review

Getting Back To Naomi

Written By: Brian Michael Bendis, Ram V

Art By: David Marquez, Tamra Bonvillain, Josh Reed, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: March 16, 2021

It's not only a brave new world for DC Comics with their Infinite Frontier era of comics, but it's also a brave new world for Justice League as Brian Michael Bendis takes over the book and while I've had my problems with the way that he writes DC characters and at times seems like he doesn't really know the characters, I'm going to go into this with no baggage and just look for a comic that I can hopefully get behind because who doesn't want to love the Justice League? Let's jump into this issue and check it out.

Nightwing #78 Review

 

Don't be a Ric

Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas, and Wes Abbott
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 16, 2021

If you are a Dick Grayson fan like me, you have been through some tough times lately.  Yea, Dan Didio is no longer around ready to drop the guillotine on our boy's head, but we still had to suffer through years of Ric Grayson.  YEARS!!!  I know that Wally West fans think they've cornered the "DC is out to screw us" market, but for a while there, it was a neck-and-neck race.  As the saying goes, good things come to those who wait.  Yea, I think that's a load of horseshit myself (I've been waiting for my jetpack to arrive for at least twenty Christmases), but lo and behold, Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo are starting their Nightwing run!  It's a Christmas Miracle (in March), and I couldn't be happier.  I know I shouldn't spoil my review in the opening paragraph, but I am too damn excited!  This issue rocks, and I couldn't be happier.  On to the review...

PREVIEW: Superman Red & Blue #1

 

Writer: Marguerite Bennett, Wes Craig, Brandon M. Easton, John Ridley, Dan Watters

Artist: Wes Craig, Clayton Henry, Steve Lieber, Dani Strips, Jill Thompson

Cover Price: $5.99

Release Date: March 16, 2021

This new series presents fresh new visions of the Man of Steel in his two signature colors of red and blue! Around the world, everyone knows that when they see a red and blue streak in the sky, it’s not a bird...it’s not a plane...it’s Superman.

To start things off, Academy Award-winning writer of DC Future State: The Next Batman John Ridley joins artist Clayton Henry (Batman/Superman) to tell a story of Clark Kent as he confronts a villain who still haunts him, in a story that shows what Superman can mean to a whole country. Then, Brandon Easton (DC Future State’s “Mister Miracle”) and Steve Lieber (Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) take readers to the streets of Metropolis to show how one hero can mean so much to an individual in pain.

Plus, writer/artist Wes Craig (Deadly Class) tells a tale of Superman’s early days and the man who inspired him to become the hero he is today! And Marguerite Bennett (DC Future State: Kara Zor-El, Superwoman) and artist Jill Thompson give us a tale of teenage Clark Kent, while Dan Watters and Dani, the team behind Coffin Bound, bring us an outlandish fable about what happens when all colors are stolen!

PREVIEW: Batman vs. Ra's Al Ghul #5

Writer: Neal Adams
Artist: Neal Adams
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 16, 2021

Everyone knows that Gotham City needs Batman-but a shadowy group is running a competition to replace him. Will they choose a man with the necessary skills to keep the people of Gotham safe? Or do they have something else in mind? Either way, Deadman has his own idea of the next steps to take!

PREVIEW: Catwoman #29

 

Writer: Ram V

Artist: Fernando Blanco

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 16, 2021

So far, Selina Kyle’s ambitious plan to gain control of Alleytown has been going purrfectly, but she’s about to run headlong into a brand-new foe-and pass right through them...? Riddle us this, Catwoman! What do the Khadym mob, a non-corporeal assassin, and Poison Ivy have in common? And when it comes to solving riddles, there’s only one person Selina can go to-no matter how much she hates the idea.

PREVIEW: Nightwing #78

 

Writer: Tom Taylor

Artist: Bruno Redondo

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: March 16, 2021

Nightwing is back-and his drive to keep Blüdhaven safe has never been stronger! But his adopted city has elected a new mayor with the last name Zucco. When Nightwing enlists Batgirl’s help in investigating the politician bearing the same name as the man who murdered his parents, she unearths details that will shock and fundamentally change the hero.

PREVIEW: Justice League #59

Written By: Brian Michael Bendis, Ram V
Art By: David Marquez, Tamra Bonvillain, Josh Reed, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Rob Leigh

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: March 16, 2021

Writer Brian Michael Bendis reunites with artist David Marquez (Miles Morales, Iron Man, Batman/Superman) for a new, star-studded Justice League featuring Superman, Batman, the Flash, Hawkgirl, Aquaman, Hippolyta, new DC powerhouse Naomi, and...is that Black Adam?! Superman is leading the charge to reinvent the Justice League, and at the same time, a new, cosmic-powered threat arrives from Naomi’s homeworld to rule the Earth!

And in the backup story, dark days lie ahead for the new Justice League Dark. Zatanna and John Constantine take a road trip, only to discover horror around the bend as a friend-and sometime foe is reborn in fire! A legend is destroyed, and another takes a terrible turn, as Merlin reveals the beginning of a new, blood-drenched plot for all humankind. So begins writer Ram V’s new journey into the abyss with the Justice League Dark and artist Xermanico!