Author: Josh O'Farrell

Detective Comics #999 DC Comics Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Art: Doug Mahnke It’s the eve before the big #1000 celebration, but what better way to prepare yourself for celebrating Batman than watch him get the ever living snot beaten out of him by an 8-year-old version of himself? Writer Peter Tomasi and artist Doug Mahnke bring you the concluding chapter to the arc ‘Mythology’ with ‘The Price You Pay’! After going through trials and torture with some of Batman’s greatest mentors and allies, fighting off some nightmarish monster which represented his fiercest adversaries, Batman comes face to face with…

The Flash (2016-) #65 DC Comics Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Rafa Sandoval Heads clash, relationships break, tempers reach boiling point and Gotham Girls fate is revealed in the conclusion to the 4 part Heroes in Crisis tie-in crossover ‘The Price’! As seen in Batman #65, the third chapter in this crossover, Gotham Girl injected herself with the super venom, causing her to display power levels not too distinct from those of a super saiyan, wanting to prove herself to be one of ‘the greatest superheroes of all time!’ As Batman and Flash hurry to save Central City from Gotham Girls…

Batman (2016-) #65 DC Comics Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Guillem March Gotham Girl’s slowly declining sanity is becoming a bigger danger to our heroes but will they be able to resolve their own conflict in time or will Central City have to suffer the ramifications?? It’s part three of the Batman/Flash crossover special “The Price of Vengeance”! Now I did NOT do a review of part two which featured in The Flash #64, to give a quick summary of events: Batman and Flash investigate the crime scene at the Flash Museum, only to discover particles which lead them to an…

Amazing Spider-Man (2019-) #15 Marvel Comics Writer: Nick Spencer Artist: Chris Bachalo I’m really enjoying Nick Spencer as a writer on Spider-Man. I’ve enjoyed some of his previous works but he’s also irritated me on other things he’s worked on (mainly his tendency to never follow a production schedule and leave us hanging for ages with his indie stuff, but Nick it’s cool, just don’t mess up Spidey) but finally I’m after figuring out why exactly I’ve been liking this run so far. He’s writing small, condensed, character-focused stories and whatever ‘big stuff’ he’s been building towards, it’s been in…

Batman #64 DC Comics Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Guillem March Warning: This review contains spoilers for the recent DC Comic’s event ‘Heroes in Crisis’ As much of a pain it has been to be reading King’s absolutely average/ almost robotic take on Batman, I was eagerly looking forward to this week’s issue, which was written by Flash writer Joshua Williamson, for another 4-part Batman/Flash team-up crossover special event. And the most ironic thing is, it’s a tie into one of DC’s most recent controversial stories and I’m genuinely enjoying it more. Whatever your opinion is on Heroes In Crisis, I…

Amazing Spider-Man #10 Marvel Comics Writer: Nick Spencer Artists: Humberto Ramos & Michele Bandini Spidey and Black Cat are caught with sticky fingers by the Thieves Guild….but wait, they’re stealing FROM the stealers, so is that rescuing? Yes? No? Well, for one thing, Spider-Man was certainly caught RED HANDED (get it? Because his suit….is red…and….yeah) Ok, I’ll stick with reviewing and stop with comedy, fine. The enigmatic and kleptomaniac society known as the Thieves Guild has successfully stolen every piece of tech/gear/equipment/stuff/things/etc from EVERY superhero in New York. The storyline wraps up as Spider-Man and ex-Guild member Black Cat confront…

The Terrifics #10 DC Comics Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Viktor Bogdanovic BETRAYALS! SUSPENSE! ACTION! TEAMWORK! LOSS! GIANT ZOMBIE ALIEN FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE WRECKING HAVOC! It’s all here in the latest issue of: THE TERRIFICS! The tremendously thrilling Terrifics and the superbly spectacular Strong family come face to face with the dastardly Doctor Dread, who we discovered in the previous issues was behind all the wrongdoings and hijinks so far but was also none other than Simon Stagg’s caveman bodyguard Java! DUN DUN DUUUUN! But just before the two teams snatch the evil ape-man, they have one huge problem to…

Immortal Hulk #8 Marvel Comics Writer: Al Ewing Artist: Joe Bennett Well, Halloween may be over but the horror is still dropping in piece by piece with the latest issue of Immortal Hulk. Ewing continues to bring the eerie feeling with the latest issue, which body horror fans will most likely enjoy. The green goliath is chopped into pieces in separate jars. Yep. Frankenstein’s monster much? I really like this series, I’m so interested to see how Ewing has brought Hulk back to his horror roots while also telling an interesting story. He seems to be delving into a…

Batman #58 DC Comics Writer: Tom King Artist: Janin A little birdie told me that the main plot in Batman is actually picking up again. All these side stories really were the BANE of it all. Ok now that we’re done with these godawful puns let’s get down to business. Tom King’s Batman run has been very hit or miss for me lately. There have been times when I’ve really liked it, there have been times when I’ve hated it and there have been MANY times where I’ve just been downright bored with it. Reeling in from the previous…

Batman/The Maxx: Arkham Dreams #2 IDW Publishing Writer: Sam Keith Artist: Sam Keith You know when you have a major fever, and everything seems bizarre? You get cold sweats, can’t tell what’s real or not; it can be either funny or scary or some weird hybrid of both. Well, that’s essentially what reading Arkham Dreams is like. If you thought the first issue was an absolute mindf**k then oh boy, buckle up your seatbelts because you ain’t seen nothing yet. We continue on our story with the terrifying new Arkham doctor experimenting on the Maxx’s fragile psyche and unleashing the…