Lee Garbett

A theoretically good idea that falls apart, like a lot of Morrisons work, in the last quarter, with time travel metaphysics, alternate universe theory and a lot of Mumbo jumbo that really only he can understand. The concept and delivery of a lot of it, was good and the various shades of Batman that we see through the ages is intriguing and leads to thoughts of other spin offs, but the conclusion felt garbled, mixed up and unsatisfactory. For fans and completists only.

I got burned really badly with how terrible the rebooted Constantine (Hellblazer) series was, but I’m happy to announce that while this series might not be quite the same as the original Lucifer, it at least does a decent job of entering into the story and not ruining it. Holly Black may not have quite the gravitas of Mike Carey, but her mind is in the same weird space, so I can definitely see her growing into the nuances that define a series like this. She starts out on a relatively dark show more pathway from the outset, and is clearly channeling the tone of her darker faerietale series, which I find pairs well with the outlying combo of God having been murdered by Gabriel, Mazikeen reigning in Hell, and Lucifer galavanting about with humans and still being unwittingly involved with the conflict between Heaven and Hell. There’s a decent balance of plotlines here (which may or may not converge), so my hopes are high that this reboot will live up to the original! show less

First of all, truth in advertising demands that all comic book stories that begin with the words "The Death of . . . " should be edited to more accurately read "A Death of . . . " or "One in a Series of Deaths of . . . " Stephen Strange is dead only until he ain't.

This particular death unfolds in two inter-connected arcs. The first is a murder mystery asking who stabbed Stephen Strange through the heart and stole his hands. The second is a giant cosmic showdown with magic-eating variant on show more Galactus called the Peregrine Child, who even has his own Silver Surfer-type heralds who seek out and soften up his next target.

For the mystery, a "surprise investigator" slowly follows the clues and calls all the suspects together to finger the perpetrator as investigators have been doing for centuries now. Call it homage or call it trope, either way it's dull as all get out. I had absolutely no interest in who actually did it before or after the reveal. For the cosmic battle, dozens of superheroes smack and/or team up with a dozen villains to against all odds defeat the big bad. Ain't a spoiler if it's the same recipe used in every superhero confection.

Stephen Strange has always been a C-level hero for me, and I've only ever read his comic books out of completist urges rather than any actual desire to enjoy his adventures. This is more of the meh that has cloaked him since his first appearance.

I did enjoy the first Benedict Cumberbatch movie though, and look forward to seeing the sequel coming out soon. I'm hoping this book isn't under consideration for the storyline of the third film. show less

After wounding Darkseid with a bullet fired through time Bruce Wayne is struck down by a bolt of omega energy and thrown into the deep past where he must fight his way though amnesia and follow clues he left for himself, jumping from era to era, chased by something big and nasty with teeth and tentacle, first as a cave-man, then as a witchfinder, then as a pirate, then as a cowboy and so on until he gets to a station hanging over the heat death of the universe, while his superhero friends show more search for him to stop him because he's so soaked in omega energy when he returns to his his own time he'll destroy the whole world AND I MEAN COME ON.

Return Of Bruve Wayne is the culmination of a few years' worth of build-up and it's got the usual Morrisonian high mind-mending-concept-to-page rate and also Bruce Wayne as a cave-man, a prate, a cowboy, etcetera. Really, it's got everything, and it still feels fresh and mad and fun. show less