Jeff Brister Comic Reviews

Batman #98 takes a slight pause from the escalating tensions to showcase the contrast between Harley and Punchline.

While it's an almost-great issue on its own, Batman: The Knight #2 feels slightly unnecessary when compared to similar stories from the past.

In Black Panther #1, John Ridley and Juann Cabal waste no time throwing readers into the action, setting things up for a world-spanning thriller.

Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown #3 is another fun, imaginative, and adventurous tale, playing up Conan's contrast to humorous effect.

Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown #4s overall plot might be getting a little stale at this point, but the writing and art elevate it into a story worth reading.

An all-star lineup of writers and artists showcase the durability and versatility of the Batman in Detective Comics #1027

Future State: Robin Eternal #1 takes us back to Gotham to begin a satisfying, high-stakes action thriller.

Future State: Wonder Woman #1 is an incredible introduction to an intriguing new character and world.

The excellent Future State: Wonder Woman #2 puts a unique and beautiful spin on Greek Myth, filled with humor, drama, and wit.

Green Lantern Season Two #3 continues the fun and adventurous one-and-done storytelling of the series so far, but Morrison's script is brought down by so-so art by Liam Sharp, who handles art and colors this issue.

Green Lantern gets back into its groove with a madcap, Silver Age tale featuring The Flash.

Green Lantern Season Two #5 continues the series' impressive run, delivering a high-action issue illustrated in an excellent Kirby-influenced style.

The Green Lantern Season 2 #6 raises the stakes ever higher. It feels breathless and exciting, building on the pacing Morrison has established in the series.

Green Lantern #2 raises the stakes and shakes things up while providing the high sci-fi action and drama the title deserves.

Distilling sixty years of Hulk stories into forty pages, Jim Rugg opts for a less-literal, more abstract approach than his Grand Design predecessors. Rugg's art overflows with subtle flourishes and big swings, which covers up its slightly underwritten script.

Immortal Hulk #43 continues to build tension and raise the stakes, checking off every box on the list: body horror, examination of identity, action, and a cliffhanger ending!

Legend of the Swamp Thing Halloween Spectacular offers up a surprisingly great, weighty set of tales rooted in sorrow and hope.

Despite great art and well-written and snappy dialog,Legion of Super-Heroes #6 is only a so-so book, brought down by Bendis historical problems with pacing and plotting.

Legion of Super-Heroes #7 delivers another pretty but otherwise inessential issue, filled with talking heads and little forward plot movement.

The Trial of the Legion of Super-Heroes finally begins in issue #8, where the writing finally rises to the consistent excellence of the art.

LOSH #12 concludes the current series in an incredibly good place before setting the table for Future State.

Red Sonja continues its strong run with another beautifully illustrated issue centered around the difficult choices that must me made in times of war.

Suicide Squad #7 is a welcome bit of durable superhero storytelling, full of the action, character work, and great art readers expect.

After a promising ten issue run, Suicide Squad #11 wraps things up too soon with a sweet and tidy conclusion.

Classic and current Grant Morrison collide wonderfully in Superman and the Authority #1, a thoughtful and weighty introduction to a Superman's mission to create A Finer World.

Superman and The Authority #2 is compelling and interesting, pushing for something different and weirder within the strict confines of team books.

Its well-illustrated and fast-paced, much more than necessary. In trying to pack more plot into a smaller space, it loses the nuance that the beginning hinted at.

Superman and the Authority #4 wraps up the miniseries with a kinder, more hopeful, but no less vicious team ready to take on the biggest threats.

Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths is another well-done tragic tale with a knife-sharp twist.

Tales From The Dark Multiverse: Flashpoint #1 continues to surprise and impress, with a superbly illustrated issue that digs deeper into the themes of the series.

Tales From the Dark Multiverse: Wonder Woman: War of the Gods #1 asks, "What If?" without constraint, and ends up with a compelling tragedy.

With Wonder Woman #763, a new and interesting status quo is set and ready to be explored.

Wonder Woman #766 delivers another dose of tense action and great character work.

Wonder Woman #769 gives the current arc a bit of closure by revisiting and expanding on the central themes of Tamakis run.