• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Comic Book Herald

A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans

  • Reading Orders
    • Marvel
    • My Marvelous Year
    • DC Comics
    • All Comic Book Publishers
    • Most Recent
  • Beginner Guides
    • Beginner’s Guide To Comics In 2021
    • Marvel 2021: Where to Start?
    • DC 2021: Where to Start?
    • Best of Lists
    • Tablets for Comics
    • Guides for Digital Readers
  • Reviews
    • Marvel Comics
    • DC Comics
    • Comic Book Movies
    • Comic Book TV
    • Video Games
  • Podcasts & Video
    • My Marvelous Year
    • Best Comics Ever (CBH)
    • CBH on Youtube!
  • About Me
    • My Favorite Comics of All Time
    • Columns
    • CBH Email Newsletter
  • Support Comic Book Herald
    • Ways to support

DC Reviews

Legion of Super-Heroes: Before The Darkness

March 2, 2021 by Sara Century Leave a Comment

The Legion of Super-Heroes can be a bit of an acquired taste, and the dozens upon dozens of trades collecting their stories offer an abundance of choices that might not necessarily make it easier to break into the series. As with the characters of the Legion, the trades are many, and a lot of them don’t have a ton of depth. There is plenty of content, but it takes a while for the essential stuff to start happening, and that has been retconned and re-retconned to the end of time.

Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness (collecting Legion of Super-Heroes #260-271 and Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1-3) is not essential, but it builds a bridge between the departure of Superboy and the pending Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen run that would go on to define the team for many readers. The fact is that in spite of and often because of its density, The Legion of Super-Heroes is almost always at least a little bit fun to read. Case in point: Before The Darkness begins with a fight at a space circus and ends with more than one assassination attempt under its belt. So buckle up, it’s going to be a wild ride. [Read more…] about Legion of Super-Heroes: Before The Darkness

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured Tagged With: legion of super-heroes

The Greatest DC Detective Stories Review!

February 28, 2021 by Honey H Leave a Comment

Many of us have our own definitions of what count as the “greatest” stories ever told. Stories we parade around as our recommendations to any new or curious reader who wants to hear our thoughts. Many of us put out our top-10 lists on forums, or argue on twitter about which story is the best one ever told. And these lists do not even have to be in order or have a defined structure. They could just be a handful of stories you think are awesome.

DC and Marvel are both no strangers to this concept, they’ve published trades in the past collecting their favorite stories. They might give us a collection of origin stories, or deaths, or weddings, or world-shattering events. This time around, DC has given us a list of what they believe to be their “Greatest Detective Stories Ever Told.” Whether or not this is a valid claim, we will see. I will be taking us down this rabbit hole of days gone-by and do my job as a critic to give my readers as much information as they can, so they can decide if this comic is good for them. [Read more…] about The Greatest DC Detective Stories Review!

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured Tagged With: Batman, dc

The Old 52: “Gotham… is a mystery” – On Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman

February 16, 2021 by Sean Dillon Leave a Comment

A picture containing text Description automatically generated

Out of all of the New 52 launch titles, the only one to get close to its issue 52 without cancelation or new creative teams coming in was Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman (the final issue would be taken over by frequent collaborator, James Tynion IV). This 51 issue epic exploring the Dark Knight, the history of Gotham, and the inexplicability of the Joker ran the gambit of genres from post-apocalyptic nightmare to detective story. But at its heart was the story of Bruce Wayne and his impact on Gotham City. What follows is a retrospective of the run that highlights what it was, for good and ill.

“Something bad has come back to Gotham, Bruce.” [Read more…] about The Old 52: “Gotham… is a mystery” – On Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured Tagged With: DC Comics, New 52

Just Imagine… Stan Lee Creating The DC Universe, Vol. 2

February 11, 2021 by Sara Century Leave a Comment

When one thinks back on early aughts comic book curiosities, one prominent entry on the list might be Stan Lee’s Just Imagine… universe, in which he (and many, many artists) created a reimagining of the DC Universe by feeding Lee a basic premise and letting him go his own weird direction with the idea.

This shaky groundwork did not make for an especially groundbreaking series, and the issues have seldom been referenced since, with a few exceptions (every wild idea at DC comes back in a Grant Morrison comic at some point). Still, most things Lee was ever even remotely involved in are being recollected today, and so we’ve got a two-part trade that collects these wacky, wacky stories. We’re talking about the second volume of Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe here. [Read more…] about Just Imagine… Stan Lee Creating The DC Universe, Vol. 2

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured Tagged With: DC Comics, Stan Lee

The Compassionate Brutality of “Wonder Woman: Dead Earth”

February 10, 2021 by Matt Draper Leave a Comment

In the aftermath of a fiery apocalypse, humanity clings to life with little hope of a future. And into this world awakens Diana of Themyscira. But what can Diana save when so little of the world she loves remains? And what will become of Wonder Woman when she learns the truth of what happened centuries ago?

Daniel Warren Johnson’s 4-issue miniseries “Wonder Woman: Dead Earth” was published in 2020 under DC Comics’ Black Label imprint and follows Princess Diana, who has suddenly woken up in a post-apocalyptic earth. The causes of Earth’s destruction are vague, but centuries earlier the planet was scorched and now a small band of survivors fights to stay alive in a barren wasteland overrun by grotesque monsters known as the haedra. The fight to save what’s left of humankind will reveal what caused this apocalypse and challenge Wonder Woman’s values of love and compassion in a brutal, hopeless world. [Read more…] about The Compassionate Brutality of “Wonder Woman: Dead Earth”

Filed Under: DC Reviews, Featured Tagged With: Wonder Woman

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 13
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

CBH on Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi7HnWapV-o

The Comic Book Herald Podcast!

Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsRSS
My Ultimate Year podcast and reading club

Recent Posts

  • The Best Loki Comics! March 7, 2021
  • Best New Graphic Novel: Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974 March 6, 2021
  • The Best of Deadpool! March 5, 2021
  • Mirka Andolfo’s Boobalicious ‘Un/Sacred’ Busts Down Social Barriers March 4, 2021
  • How to (Re)Read the Hickman Era of X-Men: House of X #2 Pt. 1 March 3, 2021
  • Legion of Super-Heroes: Before The Darkness March 2, 2021
  • Creannotators #37: “Canto” Interview With Writer David M. Booher! March 2, 2021
  • 1989 Pt. 6: Damage Control & Sensational She-Hulk Begin! March 1, 2021
  • MUY #10: Brian K. Vaughan’s Ultimate X-Men! March 1, 2021
  • Best of Marvel What If…? Comics! February 28, 2021
  • The Greatest DC Detective Stories Review! February 28, 2021
  • The Best Ghost Rider Comics! February 27, 2021
  • Asterix Reading Order! February 26, 2021
  • How to (Re)Read the Hickman Era of X-Men: Powers of X #1 Pt. 2 February 25, 2021
  • The Infinity Crusade Omnibus Review! February 25, 2021

Popular Articles

DC Rebirth Guide

Batman Reading Order

DC New 52 Reading Order

Marvel Ultimate Universe Guide

Civil War Reading Order

Marvel Cosmic Reading Order

The Best Comics of All Time!

Deadpool Reading Order

Justice League Reading Order

Complete Thanos Reading Order

X-Men Reading Guide (Modern Era)

Age of Apocalypse Reading Order

Modern Marvel Universe in 25 Trades

Best Tablet For Digital Comics

Is Marvel Unlimited Worth It?

Footer

New to Comic Book Herald?

Hey there - my name's Dave and this is my comic book blog. It's my way of sharing my borderline obsessive addiction to the comic book medium, and I hope you like some of what's going on here.

Most people that come here are looking for my (WIP) Marvel reading order guide. You can probably also get a sense if CBH is for you by taking a look at some of my columns.

If you like what you see, let's connect on Facebook or Twitter. Or, leave a comment on the blog here, I'm always looking for new awesome people in the comic book community.

More on Comic Book Herald

  • Home
  • About
  • Support CBH
  • My Marvelous Year
  • Join!
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

Recent Posts

  • The Best Loki Comics!
  • Best New Graphic Novel: Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974
  • The Best of Deadpool!
  • Mirka Andolfo’s Boobalicious ‘Un/Sacred’ Busts Down Social Barriers
  • How to (Re)Read the Hickman Era of X-Men: House of X #2 Pt. 1

Copyright © 2021 · Metro Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in