Review Search: John Kalisz
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American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #1"American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares" #1 has a lot to enjoy for both existing fans as well as new readers.
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June 14th, 2012 |
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Detective Comics #10Ed Benes joins writer Tony S. Daniel for "Detective Comics" #10, kicking off a new storyarc for the Dark Knight.
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June 8th, 2012 |
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Batman and Robin #9Robin takes the lead of "Batman and Robin" #9, but it feels a little inadvertently silly at times.
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May 10th, 2012 |
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Detective Comics #9"Night of the Owls" invades "Detective Comics," and Daniel finds a good balance for his plots and that of the crossover.
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May 7th, 2012 |
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Batman and Robin #7"Batman and Robin" makes a serious charge to be the best Batbook released this month.
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March 15th, 2012 |
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Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #5Penguin's problems continue to spiral out of control. Naturally that makes for good reading.
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February 9th, 2012 |
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Batman & Robin #6A situation that brings out the detective as well as the family man.
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February 9th, 2012 |
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My Greatest Adventure #4Chugging along, this little anthology continues to entertain in bite-size installments.
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January 12th, 2012 |
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Batman and Robin #4Batman, Robin, and Nobody share a little heart-to-heart-to-heart. Also, Damian’s dog gets a name.
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December 14th, 2011 |
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Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #3This issue features the continuing story of loss and how the Penguin copes with it. “Not well” factors in.
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December 10th, 2011 |
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Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #2This might be familiar ground for the Penguin, but it's so enjoyable I can't complain.
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November 10th, 2011 |
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Batman and Robin #3This issue is more "Robin and Batman" than "Batman and Robin," and I like it.
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November 9th, 2011 |
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My Greatest Adventure #1Robotman returns to the relaunched DCU and he’s sharing staples with Tanga and Garbage Man!
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October 17th, 2011 |
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Batman and Robin #2Tomasi and Gleason bring a pleasant consistency to "Batman and Robin."
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October 13th, 2011 |
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Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #1Wah, wah, wah. The Penguin gets a chance to show readers just how bad he can be, and quite honestly, his bad makes this book very good.
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October 8th, 2011 |
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Batman & Robin #1Batman and Robin (Bruce and Damian) begin working together as a team for the first time since Bruce’s return from the dead. Also, someone is out to kill the agents of Batman Inc.
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September 16th, 2011 |
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Secret Six #35"Secret Six" looks determined to end with a bang, not a whimper. The protagonists are still villains, and Gail Simons reminds us of that this month.
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July 10th, 2011 |
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Zatanna #13Zatanna gets a message from a magic cat, which includes an ominous warning Colton gets very bad news about where he comes from.
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May 21st, 2011 |
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Secret Six #33"Secret Six" wraps up a trip to Hell with a devilish choice to be made.
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May 6th, 2011 |
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Zatanna #12The story reads like it was meant for a much younger audience, but the art is drop-dead gorgeous.
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April 23rd, 2011 |
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Zatanna #11Zatanna’s pal Mikey comes to her aid after months trapped as Oscar Hempel’s marionette Zee.
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April 2nd, 2011 |
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Secret Six #31"Secret Six" ramps up the heat, figuratively and literally.
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March 4th, 2011 |
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Secret Six #30“Firin’ from the hip at the woman I’m currently putting it to? Ain’t you got any chivalry or whatever at all?”
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February 3rd, 2011 |
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Zatanna #9Can you say, "Esirprus pukcab erutaef," kids? I thought you could.
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January 27th, 2011 |
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Batman: Streets of Gotham #18"Batman: Streets of Gotham" is now officially in its end run, but so far it's more of a whimper than a bang.
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December 26th, 2010 |
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Zatanna #8“I psyched myself up smiled my sunniest smile, strutted onto the set. . . and vomited into the green puppet’s trashcan.”
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December 23rd, 2010 |
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Zatanna #7Zatanna is in LA to help with the opening of a magic museum. Things go wrong. Of course.
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November 22nd, 2010 |
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Zatanna #6“Ralph and Sue. They’re not dead anymore. Good for them.”
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November 1st, 2010 |
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Zatanna #5This issue continues the Zatara family reunion that started in issue #4. It also includes the requisite fight with a demon.
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September 19th, 2010 |
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Zatanna #3The end of the first "Zatanna" storyline is a bit predictable, but the art is still gorgeous.
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July 27th, 2010 |
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Batman: Streets of Gotham #14Remember when the second features were announced and we were promised variable page lengths for them? It finally happened.
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July 21st, 2010 |
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The Mighty Crusaders #1More tedium from DC's Red Circle revamp.
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July 19th, 2010 |
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Zatanna #2Dini and Roux continue to make this a comic worth buying. We’re not that far off the ground floor at this point, there’s still room to jump on.
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June 26th, 2010 |
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Batman: Streets of Gotham #12The start of a two-parter focusing on C-list villain the Carpenter is pleasantly fun, even with a surprise pair of scripters.
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May 20th, 2010 |
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Zatanna #1"Zatanna" kicks off with a great first act to a magical show.
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May 19th, 2010 |
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The Mighty #12The series reaches its conclusion with a final battle and forward-looking ending.
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January 11th, 2010 |
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Batman: Streets of Gotham #7Easily Paul Dini's best issue to date, "Batman: Streets of Gotham" reads like a disturbing episode of "Batman: The Animated Series."
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December 21st, 2009 |
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The Mighty #10The secret origin of Alpha One revealed. Spoiler: His evil is nothing new, and this comic is very good.
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November 7th, 2009 |
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Strange Adventures #8The series you forgot existed ends in a way that is rather forgettable.
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October 8th, 2009 |
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Batman: Streets of Gotham #3"Batman: Streets of Gotham" still doesn't feel as off-beat and different as advertised, but it's proving to be entertaining.
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August 20th, 2009 |
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The Mighty #7This is becoming more and more of a horror comic, and it's quite good.
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August 6th, 2009 |
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Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1"Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps" tackles two familiar Lanterns and one new addition, but these origin stories don't quite spark enough interest.
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July 15th, 2009 |
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The Mighty #6I was worried "The Mighty" might lose steam with the loss of Peter Snejbjerg, but it's just as, um, mighty as ever.
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July 6th, 2009 |
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Batman: Streets of Gotham #1In its debut, "Batman: Streets of Gotham" seems less the street-level version of a Batman title that we were promised, and more like an extension of Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen's run on "Detective Comics." Now with added Manhunter
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June 17th, 2009 |
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Strange Adventures #3So, is Synnar the Weird or is the Weird Synnar? And what happened to the Lady Styx growing out of a woman’s head last issue?
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May 13th, 2009 |
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The Mighty #4This certainly isn't your father's "Superman."
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May 6th, 2009 |
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The Mighty #2Snejbjerg's art looks great as the story begins to examine the obligations of the superhero.
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March 7th, 2009 |
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Strange Adventures #1The sequel to “Rann-Thanagar Holy War” debuts amid a cloud of indifference. Does this issue demand to be read, firmly taking its place among the best and brightest on this week’s shelf? Um, no.
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March 7th, 2009 |
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The Mighty #1"The Mighty" is yet another "realistic" take on super-heroes, but this first issue is a cut above most.
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February 6th, 2009 |
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Rann-Thanagar Holy War #8Don’t read this comic book. Instead, go buy some old Jim Starlin cosmic comics, because those were great, and this comic is so very bad. Just awful.
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December 27th, 2008 |
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