Oh no, you're not becoming a comic reviewer, are you?

so, this is a bit of a follow up on the comic posts that i did last month. I am currently reading: Action Comics, Batgirl, Batman, Batwing, Birds of Prey, Green Lantern: New Guardians, Justice League, Justice League International, Nightwing, Superboy, Supergirl, and Teen Titans. Only 2 of those, birds of prey & J.L.I. are new and i did not review in my original posts. birds of prey i am reading because it is an eclectic mix of female comic characters, including, black canary, katana, and poison ivy, all banding together, and it is surprisingly entertaining. J.L.I. is also a team, but it is a team of heroes that the government set up and try to control. it has a plethora of 2nd and 3rd tier heroes on it, so it is a fun dynamic.


My favorites are: Teen Titans, Supergirl, Batman & Batwing. if i could only be reading a more limited number, i'd pick those 4, hands down. let's go into why, now that they're all through at least 3 issues, with the 4th ones coming out this month.

So, this one stars a mix bag group of young heroes. Let's (not) learn about them! Note: most of these heroes, like Wonder Girl, Red Robin, and Superboy all have very big backgrounds, and long back stories. that is not why these are fun. you need to know relatively little information about the characters to be interested in them for this new book, which makes me glad, because i really don't know a lot about anyone here except Tim Drake, aka Red Robin. he was the 3rd robin to batman, and he was arguably the best robin, in my opinion. What made me really like this new Teen Titans was that they had 3 brand new characters, that no one on the internet coughtumblrcough could have pent up feelings about. There is Skitter, Bunker, and Solstice, all of which we still don't know a whole lot about now, other than initially meeting them. I look forward to finding out about these new heroes!

So, initially, the biggest draw of supergirl, was the really well done art, and that fact that it was a brand new origin story. In this new DC Comics, supergirl has never existed before, so they have a completely fresh slate to start with. It has been really interesting to read, because they are taking a bit of time to explain things, building real suspense, from one to the next. We've learned so far that in her mind, she was on Krypton holding a baby Kal-El (Superman) just a few days ago, so there is an unexplained time gap that she is missing. also, there is a new villain that i am eager to find out more about. Apparently the governments of the world sold their right to outerspace to the private sector, and this man is able to lay claim to supergirl, since she crash landed from space. could be a really interesting villain, that has an evil base in a space station no less!

I suppose it is no surprise that one of my favorite titles is about Batman. nonetheless, this is an amazing book, and really, if i had to read just one, it would probably be this. and that is all due to the writing of Scott Snyder on it. He is a brilliant writer that really draws you into the story. This one has mystery solving, and the detective feel you want from Batman, and it presents him with a new enemy, that is sitting in front of his face this whole time. I have read other things from Snyder, that are solidifying him as one of the top writers for comics right now, specifically Gates of Gotham, which is far and away the best thing i have read since i have started reading comics. everything about it was perfect, and he is aiming for the same high mark here with Batman.

This one actually does have a #4 issue cover that i could screenshot, but it wouldn't line up as nicely with the others, like had been doing, so it'll be at the end. Like i said on Google+, this is a really great title, that requires no background knowledge. I know basically nothing about any of these characters, except batman who shows up in the first one briefly. It is about David Zamvimbi, who is functioning as the Batman for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. back before this New 52 thing DC did, there was this new thing called Batman Incorporated, where batman went all over the world and recruited new "batmen" to fight crime. well, Batwing was a product of that creation (which is a super awesome read, all written by Grant Morrison, who is the only writer to trump Scott Snyder right now, but that is another thing all together). There, that is basically all the background knowledge that exists for this title.  So, Batwing got his chops and tech from batman during batman inc, and now he is fighting his own war on crime. he has a villain named Massacre that is hunting down former superheroes from Africa, that i am only just learning about as it goes along. It is a neat, read that requires little to no background knowledge to understand what is going on. it explains everything pretty well, i feel. It is developing its own set of mythology too, teaching you about these former African heroes, which may have existed in comics before, but i don't know. it doesn't matter, because they pretty much tell you everything you need to know about them anyways.

So, should i do more of these comic things? less? different, not new comic stuff, that has a full story arc to discuss? find something better (non comic related stuff) to write about? all ideas and suggestions are taken, and i really do value them. :)