Any week that sees an issue of Batman release is cause for celebration, never mind stacking Daredevil, Avengers Assemble, and Saga on top of that. The Death of the Family storyline continues full force, while the new Spider-Man gets some time to shine in other series. It's a pretty sweet week for comics.
One quick note: you might notice we're down a reviewer this week. As such, we missed some comics we normally review. We hope you'll forgive us.
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"One thing that Batgirl has excelled at when it comes to its Death of the Family tie-in issues is making sure that the event advances Barbara’s own story instead of just servicing Batman’s. Since the beginning, writer Gail Simone has played up the character’s relationship with the Joker, so developing the next stage of that conflict as part of a larger Bat-family event feels natural. This issue finds Babs once again dangerously close to doing something she’d regret, but Simone is able to pull the carpet out from under us, cleverly balancing the unexpected progression of her own plotlines while staying in tune with the greater Bat-saga." -Joey
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Final Score:
8.3
"What Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have crafted with Death of the Family is a multi-tiered threat that is likely the most elaborate and well-conceived plan that the Joker has ever concocted. Batman #16 is the next stage of his attack, if you can even call it that – “love letter” might be more appropriate. Not only does Snyder continue his remarkable exploration of the Batman/Joker dichotomy, but he uses issue #16 as an opportunity to solidify the roles of the other marquee Batman rogues as well." -Joey
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Final Score:
9.6
"Though it doesn’t quite reach the narrative heights of the issue that came before it, Batman and Robin #16 continues to use Death of the Family to its advantage in terms of pushing Damian Wayne to his limits, not to mention giving the art team a chance to craft the creepiest Joker they possibly can. Whereas last issue was primarily Joker’s show in terms of characterization, the payoff of that chapter is the position it leaves Damian in – kill his Joker-ized father or be killed himself." -Joey
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Final Score:
8.6
"I was enjoying Kyle Higgins' run on Deathstroke until that ended prematurely and the book veered into a much less palatable direction. Fortunately, with Justin Jordan at the helm, it's possible to just pretend that the past six months never happened. Jordan has quickly put the series back on track with a simple but winning concept. How do you give the world's greatest assassin a worthy challenge? Hire him to kill an unkillable man." -Jesse
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Final Score:
7.6
"I’m going to be honest with you. I totally forgot about the brake screech which was last month’s issue of Demon Knights. When I started reading this, Robert Venditti’s first turn at the book’s helm, I was really confused. The reason for my confusion wasn’t the fact that the story begins 30 years after Demon Knights #15 or the fact that the Demon Knights, themselves, begin dispersed throughout the land, following last issue’s cataclysm. No, I was confused because the characters seemed so very different." -Poet
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Final Score:
5.5
"Last month’s issue of Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. was an epic and fitting (if entirely too early) conclusion to the title. So, what could issue #16, the series finale, possibly offer? As it turns out, it’s an epilogue that marches along, teeth gritted, under an almost palpable pall of resentment at its fate. And, in my opinion, nothing could be more appropriate." -Poet
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Final Score:
8.0
"January seems to be a month for lost Wildstorm books to find a new home at DC proper. A few weeks ago it was The Whistling Skull, and this week sees the debut of Todd Farmer and F.J. DeSanto's futuristic action series Insurgent. It's good to see that creator-owned books still have a place in DC's lineup. Unfortunately, this one doesn't leave much of a lasting impression." -Jesse
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Final Score:
4.2
"One of the appeals of a book like Suicide Squad is that no character is truly safe. The team has to face challenges that make them live up to their name, right? Unfortunately, this particular Squad is turning out to be less than suicide-y. Last month's Death of the Family tie-in was derailed with the abrupt revelation that Deadshot wasn't actually dead. And that more or less sets the tone for issue #16. This is yet another script focused on the various Squad members regrouping and dealing with recent hardships while Amanda Waller plots from the shadows. It seems like the book has been trapped in that cycle ever since the Basilisk conflict wrapped up." -Jesse
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Final Score:
5.9
"The New 52 hasn't focused much attention on DC's cosmic characters outside of the Green Lantern franchise and the occasional blip in books like Red Hood and the Outlaws and the now-canceled Blue Beetle. So the prospect of a new cosmic-oriented book from cosmic maestro Keith Giffen certainly piqued my interest. That was, until last week'sunderwhelming prelude tale in Green Lantern: New Guardians Annual #1 killed my enthusiasm. Fortunately, Threshold #1 is a much stronger effort that doesn't require readers to have read the annual at all." -Jesse
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Final Score:
7.6
Source : ign[dot]com
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