REVIEW: “The Wake #9” Puts a Great Book Back on Track
The Wake has always been at its best as a comic when it’s defying expectations. This might sound like simple Vertigo Comics propaganda (Defy Slogans), but now entering the penultimate issue, it has...
View ArticleStaff Picks: April 17, 2014
Sinestro #1 Asaph’s Picks: Batman #30: the Zero Year story arc is almost at an end, with issue #30 being the penultimate chapter. Batman’s first big confrontation with The Riddler seems destined for a...
View ArticleC2E2: Vertigo’s New Titles Defy the Limits of Imagination
At Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), DC hosted a “Vertigo: Defy” panel to discuss the stories being released soon. Vertigo is DC’s publishing title for works that lie outside the standard...
View ArticleImage Announces New Titles from Brubaker & Phillips, DeConnick, Fraction,...
Image Expo has brought forth a flood of announcements for new titles for 2014, with many of the comic book industry’s biggest names attached. Here are some of the most intriguing and exciting previews...
View ArticleNoob Review: Death of the Family—He’s back.
I am a Batman fan. When I first started reading Batman (about a year and a half ago) anything would do. I loved it all. But things change, when you read enough of the same time of stuff, you start to...
View ArticleCON QUEST Capeless Crusader’s ECCC Show Guide and Panel/Party/Event List
Behind NYCC and SDCC, Emerald City Comicon is the third biggest comics and pop culture convention in North America, taking place in lovely downtown Seattle. Capeless will be reporting live from the...
View ArticleCON QUEST ECCC 2014: The DC Comics Panel
The annual DC panel lacked the sizzle and flash of a big news drop but still painted a decent picture of the creative process some of the more prolific writers go through. The panel started with the...
View Article“American Vampire: Second Cycle #1″ Review: Snyder Returns to His Magnificent...
“American Vampire Second Cycle #1″ Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (artist) Vertigo $3.99 Reviewer’s Note: The following review and insight contains a small number of spoilers for the issue....
View ArticleCAPE WATCH: Daredevil Celebrates His 50th Anniversary, A New Scott Snyder...
Welcome to Cape Watch, where we explore the most interesting and/or biggest releases of the week from the “big two” publishers. Here’s what to look forward to this week from DC and Marvel: DC Comics...
View ArticleCape Watch: Batman Battles the Riddler, Nightcrawler Has A Family Feud,...
Welcome to Cape Watch, where we explore the most interesting and/or biggest releases of the week from the “big two” publishers. Without further ado, here’s what to look forward to from DC and Marvel...
View ArticleREVIEW: Wytches #4 – Demon With a Capital D
Written by: Scott Snyder Art by: Jock & Matt Hollingsworth Published by: Image Comics $2.99 “Wytches #4” is all about tension. From the frantic, rapidly paced visuals from Jock, to the creepy...
View ArticleCAPE WATCH: Five DC Comics to grab this week! (Mar. 11)
DC Comics has an interesting line-up this upcoming week. From the crazy Bizarro World to Gotham City under siege and a Green Lantern title comes to an end. So without further ado, let’s take a look...
View ArticleScott Snyder set to leave BATMAN in April
For the last five years, DC’s flagship title Batman has been headed up by fan-favourite creative team Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. A while back it was reported that Capullo would end his run on the...
View ArticleDC Reportedly Seeking Creator Exclusive Contracts in Advance of REBIRTH
For weeks, there has been a change brewing at DC Comics. In late January, DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and Co-Publishers Jim Lee and Dan Didio released a simple image of a blue...
View ArticleJim Lee will join SUICIDE SQUAD post DC’s Rebirth
Jim Lee and Scott Williams’ cover art for Harley Quinn/Suicide Squad’s April one shot. Following DC’s announcement that they would relaunch much of their comic line after the event Rebirth in June,...
View ArticlePoint of Entry: The Many Masks of Batman
No other characters have such a massive amount of stories written about them as Superman and Batman. Heck, just with their titular series, there’s 773 issues each. With Detective Comics (only starring...
View ArticleREVIEW: Batman #3
Batman is one of the most iconic characters ever created. Some of the best comic book stories ever written revolves around Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, so it’s a nearly impossible task to write...
View ArticleREVIEW: All-Star Batman #1 – The Dark Knight Out of His Element, and Under...
All-Star Batman #1 comes with a lot of baggage. First, it’s written by Scott Snyder, who just completed a five-year run on the main Batman title which could be best described as seminal and may...
View ArticleREVIEW: All-Star Batman #1 – Running the Gauntlet
All-Star Batman #2 continues to deliver on its promise of presenting stories with Batman out of his element, against his biggest foes. The second instalment of the “My Own Worst Enemy” arc ups the ante...
View ArticleREVIEW: All-Star Batman #4 – Over The Top
All-Star Batman #4 is kind of a crazy book. Sometimes I’ll mean that in a good way. Sometimes I won’t. This is leaning a bit more towards the latter, I’m afraid. I’m not sure what it is about the...
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