New comics

I’ve got like 3 weeks of comics to recap here.  

Detective Comics Annual 2026

Batman teams up with Lobo (?!?), but it’s really an excuse for Tom Taylor to do his spin on Batman’s Black Mercy hallucination.  It’s not all that different from what you’d expect: married to Selina, kids, parents and Alfred still alive.  It’s competently done, but nothing that’s must-read.  

The backup story is a twisted little Pyg story that wasn’t bad at all, but still missable.  Not a waste of money, but I wouldn’t buy this again.  

Super Creepshow 1, 3-5

An anthology series I picked up on iFanboy’s recommendation.  It’s a bunch of creatives doing their EC Comics spin on superheroes.  Very Twilight Zone.  A fun read, and while I’m not going to go out of my way to find the missing second issue, I’d pick it up if it was convenient to do so.

Doomquest 3

Hee, Doom as George Washington.  Ryan North’s having so much fun with this, and he’s taking us along for the ride.  

Absolute Wonder Woman 22

Barbara succumbs to temptation and accepts the Cheetah spirit into her life.  Diana rescues Circe from Scylla.  Dillon Snook does a fine job, but I obviously miss Hayden Sherman.  

Absolute Batman 22

Absolute Harley Quinn’s origin is well told by Scott Snyder.  Batman eludes the Robins.  Joker adds a twist to the story at the end.  (Thomas Wayne is alive.  We think.)

Absolute Catwoman 2

Some well done action scenes, and I like what Snyder and Che Grayson are doing with some Bat-Universe staples.  No reason to quit yet.  

Daredevil 4

Is this worth picking up for the Lee Garbett art?  Because the story is very mid for me.  There’s some promise with the detective freezing in the middle of a crisis, but that’s not enough.  Maybe another issue or two.  

Barbara Gordon: Breakout 3

Really not living up to the promise of the premise.  It’s off after this issue.

Assorted Crisis Events 9

A down-on-his-luck guy has no choice but to become a temporal soldier, trapped in a shitty existence.  It’s not Deniz Camp’s best work, but it doesn’t suck.  

Powers 25 11

The mystery continues as the killer is possibly revealed.  Standard good Bendis/Oeming material here.

Wonder Woman 35

Stephanie Williams does her take on Diana’s contest victory, the one that won her the mantle of Wonder Woman.  I wonder how much of this is plotted out by Tom King. It’s well done, and goes a little deeper into Diana’s psychology at the time, but it’s not required reading or anything.  

New comics

Detective Comics Annual 2025

I was not happy when I found out that Tom Taylor wasn’t the writer on this.  I wouldn’t have bought it if I’d known.  But luckily, Al Ewing writes a fun little mystery here.  I wouldn’t buy it again, but it wasn’t a total waste of money.

Black Canary: Best of the Best 6

This story failed on so many levels.  This was just a very long fight scene, and Ryan Sook was not the best choice for it; I’m not a fan of his faces.  At all.  And considering Shiva and Black Canary are supposed to be the two best martial artists in the world, I would have liked fewer pro wrestling moves.  The story also lacks the mother/daughter poignancy that Tom King was probably hoping for, and while I appreciate him writing a straightforward story, I wish there was more to it than just a resurrection.  Definitely one of his weaker efforts.  (And the fight commentary!  Ugh.)

Absolute Green Lantern 2

Why does Abin Sur look exactly like Evil Boo from Dragonball Z?

There still isn’t much to go on for this title yet, but it’s still got enough potential for me to keep reading.

Absolute Batman 8

A really good fight scene between Batman and Freeze.  Also, Scott Snyder rips apart the potential for a super sweet Justice League of Batman Villains with the abduction and presumed upcoming transformation of Waylon Jones into Absolute Killer Croc.

DC vs Vampires: World War V 9

My interest in this world is waning.  It’s always tricky once the New Gods show up.  And despite all the action, this issue feels like setup.

Battle Beast 1

Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley return to the Invincible universe!  This issue is basically an extended fight scene, but only as that pair can do.  So much fun, it’s wonderful to be in this world again.