Red Hood and the Outlaws #0 – Review
It’s more summary than story, but the basics of Jason Todd’s origin thankfully remain intact. You know, if you can ignore the really dumb Joker twist at the end. I mean, really?
It’s more summary than story, but the basics of Jason Todd’s origin thankfully remain intact. You know, if you can ignore the really dumb Joker twist at the end. I mean, really?
This issue of Nightwing is what all of DC’s Zero Month should have been. …Good. This is what it looks like to thoughtfully modernize a classic origin. Do this more, DC.
From the pages of Justice League comes the highly anticipated return of Earth’s Mightiest Mortal! Billy Batson has made it to the Rock of Eternity, but is he worthy of the power? Is he the one chosen to save the world? And what does this have to do with Trinity War? Most importantly, how did it shape up? Learn more within Justice League #0!
September is Zero Month! DC Comics wraps up the first twelve months of The New 52 with the line-wide Zero Month. This is the first Zero Month since October of 1994. College freshmen this year were born in 1994, and are probably unfamiliar with what a zero issue is. One of the finest zero issues to be produced in the fall of that year, and stands the test of time over the years, is Starman #0, by Earth-2 writer James Robinson!
Will an issue of Wolverine and the X-men be good even if none of the main characters are actually in the issue? Who exactly is the new leader of the Hellfire Club?
The hypocrisy of the Avengers gets too hard to ignore in this character-centric issue. It tries to focus on Luke Cage’s concerns about family and fatherhood, but man, the Avengers suck.
The Avenging action, adventure and intrigue continues as Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes leaps off of Disney XD and into your hands! Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye infiltrate a Hydra base – and face a foe they’d never expect! Then, Magneto, the mutant master of magnetism comes to claim the Wasp for his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants – but Wasp ain’t a mutant — and ain’t one to go without a fight!
This has so far been the biggest issue that has come out of Avengers vs. X-Men. The events that happen in this issue will change the Marvel universe forever. There are major SPOILERS in this review.
So how can DC pull off a flashback series like Team 7 when most of its books can’t even get on the same page about what DCnU’s history actually is? Well, it can’t
The final part of Rob Liefeld’s first story arc of Deathstroke – will this issue be as bad as the rest of the story arc? The artwork certainly is worse, but what about Liefeld’s new direction has me singing him some praise?