Supergirl: Adventures of Supergirl

Supergirl returns for a second season with “The Adventures of Supergirl.” Most likely that’s a reference to one of her past comic book titles, “The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl.” Not only is she back for a new season, she’s on a new network and has several changes from the opening forward. For one thing, now that she’s on the CW with most of DC’s other currently running shows (Gotham over on Fox being the exception), she’s being drawn into the “CW-verse” or “Arrow-verse” as I’ve heard it called. Flash appears in her opening credits from their crossover episode, which I thought was a nice touch.

Aquaman #8 review

“Unstoppable” is a well-named story. NEMO, the new society that Black Manta has become part of (which has a really goofy name) had unleashed a terrible weapon that is heading straight for Atlantis. Not only can Aquaman and the Drift not stop it, they can’t even figure out what this hulking monster is. When Aquaman finally works it out, the answer is pretty damn terrifying, and it makes perfect sense. I have no idea how they are going to manage to stop this next issue.

Arrow: Legacy

Arrow returns for season five with “Legacy,” a concept that’s a part of a lot of DC’s history. Unfortunately, they don’t live up to the word on pretty much any front. I’ve been a fan of the show with varying degrees of intensity over the years. If nothing else, I like the show for starting off the “CW-verse.” But this may be, in my opinion, one of their worst individual episodes.

Green Arrow #8 review

One of the things I was happiest about when DC started their Rebirth event was bringing back the relationship between Green Arrow and Black Canary. They’ve always been one of my favorite comic book couples. This issue has a lot of them together, trapped on an island. As the old song goes, “Reunited, and it feels so good.”

Gotham: Mad City- Burn the Witch

Gotham continues the new “Mad City” season with “Burn the Witch.” I’m sure this wasn’t at all what they intended, but that title keeps making me think of the old Monty Python sketch. That’s somehow fitting, considering how absurd things are getting in Gotham these days.

Gotham: Better To Reign In Hell…

Gotham returns for a third season. Last season had subtitles for the halves of its season. They seem to be continuing that trend as they lead off with “Mad City: Better To Reign In Hell…” As you’d expect, most of the cast is not exactly in a good place.

Quick Note from DragonCon

I will post a lot more later when I manage to get home, but of special interest, I have learned that legendary comics writer Marv Wolfman has written a novelization of the Suicide Squad movie, and that tie-in novels are coming for both Flash (in November) and Arrow (a few months later).

History of… the Huntress

Comic book characters rarely have simple histories, and Huntress has been through several reboots and at least two Earths. So her story is a bit complicated. This is my attempt to make some degree of sense of her twists and turns. This traces the variations of the Bat-family Huntress, not various other characters who have used the name.

Suicide Squad movie review

There are a lot of bad reviews out of Suicide Squad. In my humble opinion, they are wrong. I just saw it, and thought it was a lot of fun. It wasn’t as good as some top tier Marvel efforts (Winter Soldier, Civil War, Avengers) but it was a LOT better than some of DC’s recent efforts (Man of Steel, Green Lantern, Hex). I thought it was a fun action flick with a few Easter Eggs and respected the original source material.

Titans 1

With the introductory special out of the way, the new Titans book has begun for real. At Dick’s loft in Gotham, the team is getting used to the return of their forgotten friend, Wally West. Lilith tries to help him piece together some of his missing memories, but some of them are proving hard to reach, which likely isn’t good. Despite the fact that Dick is one of the best detectives on the planet, it’s Garth that comes up with an idea for their next lead.

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