Amazing Spider-Man #14! Spider-Verse: Part Six! Not exactly the final chapter, not exactly part six, especially considering all of the various tie-ins. Here we are at the end, and while none of the loose ends get tied up, the story finally comes to the part that English teachers would call the Climax. In two weeks, be ready for what Marvel calls the Epilogue, but I’ll call the Resolution. [Read more…] about THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14 Review: “This is (not) the end”
BATMAN #38 Review: “The Gods Must Be Crazy (Quilt)”
My jaw dropped. I’m not guaranteeing that your jaw will drop when you read Batman #38, I’m just saying that mine did. I’ve read every issue of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman run, and this is easily one of the best. [Read more…] about BATMAN #38 Review: “The Gods Must Be Crazy (Quilt)”
Spider-Verse #2 Review! – “Second Verse, Same As The First”
Can you believe that Spider-Verse is almost over? Just a few more weeks, and ‘every Spider-Man ever’ will have definitely been in a comic book. But not every Spider-Man has been able to make a meaningful appearance in Amazing Spider-Man or Edge of Spider-Verse or Scarlet Spiders, even in a story as sprawling as this has been. And so we have the second of the two anthology books called simply Spider-Verse. [Read more…] about Spider-Verse #2 Review! – “Second Verse, Same As The First”
Amazing Spider-Man #12 Review! “The Emissary Of Hell!”
A new year, a new installment of Spider-Verse! Last time, the Spider-Friends ‘Safe Haven’ was made considerably less safe once Solus, the head of the Inheritors, showed up and killed Captain Universe Spider-Man. Things are looking bleak for the Spider-Verse, but the story is finally kicking into gear with this issue. [Read more…] about Amazing Spider-Man #12 Review! “The Emissary Of Hell!”
Batman #37 Review! – “Endgame: Part 3”
I would guess that one of the hardest things to do as a comic book writer is to continually top yourself. Somehow, Scott Snyder keeps managing to do just that over his run on Batman. For a story that starts with Batman fighting a drug-crazed Justice League, Snyder is able to find a way to make part 3 of “Endgame” even more intense. [Read more…] about Batman #37 Review! – “Endgame: Part 3”