The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 Review

    

Writer: Matthew Rosenberg, Ryan Cady
Artist: Carmine Di Guandomenico, Will Robson
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: April 4, 2023

We are seven issues into this series, and Mathew Rosenberg seems intent on TRYING to be funny rather than giving readers an engaging story.  I guess he thinks that people will keep returning for his lame humor and ham-fisted satire, but the only reason most are coming back each month is that this is a Joker book.  A horribly written Joker book, but still a Joker book.  So, let's find out if Rosenberg can get out of his damn way and make things a little bit more interesting this month...

Weird Science DC Comics Ep 478: Action Comics Rules, Detective Comics Drools, Clown Sections & Salt Shea

 

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro

10:17 - Action Comics #1053

53:22 - Detective Comics #1070

1:09:00 - Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods #2

1:23:50 - Dark Knights of Steel #10

1:41:23 - Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #5

2:03:04  - Harley Quinn #28

2:28:03 - Punchline: The Gotham Game #6

2:44:16 - Tim Drake: Robin #7

3:23:47 - Book of the Week

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #2 Review

    

Written by: Tom Taylor
Art by: Clayton Henry
Colors by: Jordie Bellaire
Letters by: Wes Abbott
Cover art by: Clayton Henry, Marcelo Maiolo
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: April 4, 2023

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #2 finds Jon Kent embarking on his quest through the multiverse to find and stop Ultraman, his childhood tormentor.

The Flash #796 Review

    

Written by: Jeremy Adams

Art by: Roger Cruz, George Kambadais, Fernando Pasarin, Wellington Dias, Oclair Albert
Colors by: Luis Guerrero, Matt Herms, Pate Pantazis
Letters by: Rob Leigh
Cover art by: Taurin Clarke (cover A)
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: April 4, 2023

The Flash #796 brings the One-Minute War to a close with an all-out battle, including heroes from across time and space.

Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #6 Review

   

Written by: Marc Silvestri
Art by: Marc Silvestri
Colors by: Arif Prianto
Letters by: Troy Peteri
Cover art by: Marc Silvestri
Cover price: $4.99
Release date: April 4, 2023

Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #6 ramps up the tension as Batman and Joker fight for their lives to escape an unholy wedding held by the Queen of the Dead, Amanda Simms.

Batman #134 Review

    

Written by: Chip Zdarsky
Art by: Mike Hawthorne, Adriano di Benedetto
Colors by: Tomeu Morey
Letters by: Clayton Cowles
Cover art by: Jorge Jimenez
Cover price: $4.99
Release date: April 4, 2023

Batman #134 descends into the bowels of Gotham when Selina leads Batman to the medical torture chambers Red Mask uses to create a gateway into the Multiverse.

Action Comics #1053 Review

 

   

Writer: Philip Kennedy Johnson, Dan Jurgens & Leah Williams

Artist: Rafael Sandoval, Lee Weeks, Marguerite Sauvage

Cover Price: $4.99

Release Date: March 29, 2023

While Action Comics has been solid since Phillip Kennedy Johnson took over, his Warworld Saga could have sold better.  Thankfully, DC didn't get a new creative team but turned the book into an anthology comic book with three stories.  But are all three stories good?  Let's find out...