Black Lightning: A Brief History

With the new show coming up, I thought this would be a good time to go over Black Lightning’s history. Personally, I’m really looking forward to this addition to the CW hero shows, even though Black Lightning won’t be part of their universe

iZombie: Eat, Pray, Liv

  A lot of odd things happen on iZombie this week. Arguably, odder than normal, which says something in this world. I also want to strangle one of the characters by the end of the episode, but I’m getting ahead of things. There’s weird events and bad choices all over the place. The episode opens…

iZombie: Zombie Knows Best

  The new season continues, with sub-plots building and weird brain side-effects in full swing, in “Zombie Knows Best.” Unlike a lot of their usual episodes, this one has a lot of flashbacks in it, and focuses a lot more on Clive. I thought it worked well, and that’s even with me being sick of…

Green Lantern/Space Ghost 1

Green Lantern/Space Ghost Writer: James Tynion IV and Christopher Sebela Artist: Ariel Olivetti Letterer: A Larger World Studios Cover: Ariel Olivetti Presumably to boost sales for their recent launched Hanna Barbera comics, DC is doing a bunch of team up one shots. I can’t say as I’m too interested in most of them, but I’ve…

Gotham: Smile Like You Mean It

Things continue to get strange in Gotham, as seen on “Mad City: Smile Like You Mean It.” The episode draws on several different elements from various points in the Joker’s career, presumably to convince us that this Jerome is supposed to eventually be the Joker. His cult is a lot like the Jokerz gang as…

Aquaman 15

Aquaman 15 Writer: Dan Abnett Artist: Philippe Briones and Wayne Fruckner Colorist: Gabe Eltab Letterer: Pat Brosseau Cover: Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, & Gabe Eltab Aquman’s been dealing with a nasty plot against himself and Atlantis for the last several issues. Black Manta has taken over NEMO (still hate the name) and launched a clever,…

Aquaman 12

Aquaman 12 Writer: Dan Abnett Artist: Philippe Briones Colorist: Gabe Eltaeb Letterer: Pat Brosseau Cover: Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, & Gabe Eltaeb The current run of Aquaman has focused a lot on the tensions between the surface world and Atlantis. Aquaman has been doing everything possible to keep peace between the two realms, even running…