Scott Lobdell

I wasn't sure that these could go together, even though both came from the same group of people.

But, it actually wound up being really interesting and used both of the very different TV/movie worlds very well and put them together in a way that made sense. (And now I need something with Amber as the Main Character for sure!)

Basically in Xena and Gabrielle's time it's the end of the world, but, they're trying to summon Ash from the future, but it's not going well.

I thought that Scott Lobdell show more really seemed to know the characters, and there was so much maintext with Xena and Gabrielle that made my heart very happy. Ooh, and as an added bonus, now I think I have the ISBN for the 90s/early 2000s X:WP comics (already read the other newer Omnibus) Woo!!

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of Dynamite Entertainment. show less

Even knowing that most of the deaths in this story arc get retconned (and having previously read many of said returns) the writing and art styles make the losses heart wrenching and worth the read.

At times I almost wished the characters in question had stayed dead, so powerful was their send off.

I already read the Death of the Family arc in the Batman series, and the story seemed to have full closure in that graphic novel, but since I am also reading (slowly) the Teen Titans, I read the continuation of Joker's tyranny in this series. We see a bit of Joker when the story focuses on Robin, kidnapped by Joker and forced to battle his friend, Red Hood. When Robin thwarts his plans by not fighting to the death, Joker knocks them out and brings them to the dinner table which is the climax show more of his showdown with Batman. This is a truly disturbing moment, but I already read it in the Batman graphic book collection, so it was more of a reskim for me. The rest of the story actually followed the other members of the team, Robin's Titans, as they track him down to Gotham in hopes of rescuing him. They don't actually manage that, though, as they are instead snared in one of Joker's many subplots, and have to be rescued by Red Hood's team. Crossover! I enjoyed this story line of them fending off Joker-gassed homeless folk and trying to find an antidote. Honestly, this was much less horrifying than the main Joker story, which I found depressing. Eventually, the Titans are reunited with their Robin and return to find that he has bought them a new luxury boat for their base. This collection of comics ends on a nice creepy note, as we see Robin hitting on all the girls on his team, and then spying on everyone from his headquarters with red glowing eyes. What? A nice way to build suspense for the next arc. I enjoyed this graphic book, but wasn't blown away. I am mostly just glad that the Joker arc is over - and I usually like the Joker stories, but meh, this was too intense for the light reading I was looking for. show less

I read this book for one reason and one reason only: because Cable makes a pun about having an evil clone. And, honestly? That was literally the only good thing about this story. Sure, it set up a lot of things that came after it throughout the 90s right up until Grant Morrison took over with New X-Men 114 in the early 00's but on its own NOTHING HAPPENS!!! For 12 issues everyone just sort of faps about and then it's over. That said, it's a really great pun.



Also, can we talk about how 90s show more that panel is? So many muscles and guns and POUCHES!!! show less