BATMAN INCORPORATED # 9
SYNOPSIS: The fallout from last month’s shocking turn of events has Batman on the run! Is The Dark Knight a murderer?
REVIEW: Issue #9 deals with the aftermath of Damian Wayne's death and the direction of Batman Incorporated thereafter. Damian is buried and Batman, Inc. is driven underground. Bruce Wayne is somber and hellbent on revenge. It's all handled very well by Grant Morrison providing some closure to Damian's storyline and setting up the future of Batman and company. All the while I'm reminded how unnecessary it was to lose the Damian character.
EAST OF WEST #1
SYNOPSIS: The things that divide us are stronger than the things that unite us. A Sci-Fi Western set in a dystopian America where all hope for the future rests in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...who just happen to be trying to kill the President of the United States.
One of the most exciting new books of the year, this is EAST OF WEST, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the award-winning team of Marvel's FF, JONATHAN HICKMAN and NICK DRAGOTTA.
REVIEW: A dark and bloody beginning to this exciting sci-fi western without a protagonist you're rooting for but are compelled to keep reading. Many questions remain especially about the three young Horsemen who are ruthless and deadly as expected but also surprisingly darkly amusing. A great read worthy of your pull list.
BUDDY COPS (ONE-SHOT)
SYNOPSIS: EXPLOSIONS! MONSTERS! BEER! Dark Horse proudly(ish) presents Buddy Cops, the classic tale of a demoted space cop and a 1970s android that hate each other and beat up evil things. Get ready to enjoy the laugh-inducing odd couple of Uranus and T.A.Z.E.R. as they take on gigantic orangutan and vegetation beasts while debating the sexualization of toasters! MONSTERSWAT!
* Features a brand-new cover, 24 story pages, and never-before-seen Buddy Cops material!
REVIEW: You can not lose with this funny and ridiculous one-shot of a space cop and his partner android. It's wild Deadpool-style humor and short mini-stories are a lot of fun and a refreshing departure from super serious superhero comics.
MARK WAID'S GREEN HORNET #1
SYNOPSIS: The Hornet faces his most dangerous enemy ever--an egotistical, arrogant Britt Reid! In his alter-ego as a powerful newspaper publisher, the Hornet has lost control, becoming a social crusader far too sure of himself and of his judgment. But when he finally goes too far, an innocent man pays a terrible price--and the legend of the Green Hornet begins its cataclysmic collapse!
REVIEW: Mark Waid is a great story teller as evidenced by this introduction to the 1940's and Green Hornet. He leads the reader into Britt Reid's publishing world surrounded by political corruption and gangland activity. The exposition is hefty but doesn't overwhelm because it flows nicely with the montage of action panels by Daniel Indro. If you're a fan of the era and pulpy heroics without the campiness then this is worth your time.
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