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This review covers Future State: Swamp Thing #1 and #2.

Future State: Swamp Thing is perhaps the greatest Future State mini-series to find its way to print. Its biggest strength is its disconnect from the rest of the Future State event and the DC Universe at large. You could easily take this story and publish it as a stand-alone graphic novel, and it might become one of the best-selling This review covers Future State: Swamp Thing #1 and #2.

Future State: Swamp Thing is perhaps the greatest Future State mini-series to find its way to print. Its biggest strength is its disconnect from the rest of the Future State event and the DC Universe at large. You could easily take this story and publish it as a stand-alone graphic novel, and it might become one of the best-selling more

This review covers Future State: Swamp Thing #1 and #2.

Future State: Swamp Thing is perhaps the greatest Future State mini-series to find its way to print. Its biggest strength is its disconnect from the rest of the Future State event and the DC Universe at large. You could easily take this story and publish it as a stand-alone graphic novel, and it might become one of the best-selling This review covers Future State: Swamp Thing #1 and #2.

Future State: Swamp Thing is perhaps the greatest Future State mini-series to find its way to print. Its biggest strength is its disconnect from the rest of the Future State event and the DC Universe at large. You could easily take this story and publish it as a stand-alone graphic novel, and it might become one of the best-selling more

I disliked this more than I liked it and I found it to be very average for all the hype piled on it. I hated the ending which positioned the "big bad" to be way too powerful considering how easily he dispatched the characters he killed.
This book really cemented for me how poor of a writer Geoff Thorne is and I am finding myself in a position of not buying the Green Lantern book in a very, I disliked this more than I liked it and I found it to be very average for all the hype piled on it. I hated the ending which positioned the "big bad" to be way too powerful considering how easily he dispatched the characters he killed.
This book really cemented for me how poor of a writer Geoff Thorne is and I am finding myself in a position of not buying the Green Lantern book in a very, more

Infinite Frontier is a mess. DC Comics has always used these big "Crisis-like" events to fix problems in DC continuity, bring back characters from the dead, and wipe clean the mistakes that past writers made with the DCU. Scott Snyder's run on Batman lead to Metal which lead to his run on Justice League which lead to Death Metal which lead to Infinite Frontier which is basically leads to the univ Infinite Frontier is a mess. DC Comics has always used these big "Crisis-like" events to fix problems in DC continuity, bring back characters from the dead, and wipe clean the mistakes that past writers made with the DCU. Scott Snyder's run on Batman lead to Metal which lead to his run on Justice League which lead to Death Metal which lead to Infinite Frontier which is basically leads to the univ more

The advertised "Man-Bat vs Suicide Squad" showdown was not quite what I expected it to be. I expected a look at the new Suicide Squad as revealed in the new Suicide Squad #1 comic book that came out this month. Since about half the team tends to die off in the first issue of a Suicide Squad series, I thought maybe they'd show us a little more about the team members who recently left us. Instead, The advertised "Man-Bat vs Suicide Squad" showdown was not quite what I expected it to be. I expected a look at the new Suicide Squad as revealed in the new Suicide Squad #1 comic book that came out this month. Since about half the team tends to die off in the first issue of a Suicide Squad series, I thought maybe they'd show us a little more about the team members who recently left us. Instead, more

This review covers both Future State: Suicide Squad #1 and #2.

I knew that Future State had to offer at least one book that was a bonafide good title worthy of your money in both story and art, from start to finish. I had hoped that I would find that praise-worthy title amongst the Superman and Batman titles that crowd the shelves. You can only imagine my surprise when I has finished th This review covers both Future State: Suicide Squad #1 and #2.

I knew that Future State had to offer at least one book that was a bonafide good title worthy of your money in both story and art, from start to finish. I had hoped that I would find that praise-worthy title amongst the Superman and Batman titles that crowd the shelves. You can only imagine my surprise when I has finished th more

This review covers both Future State: Suicide Squad #1 and #2.

I knew that Future State had to offer at least one book that was a bonafide good title worthy of your money in both story and art, from start to finish. I had hoped that I would find that praise-worthy title amongst the Superman and Batman titles that crowd the shelves. You can only imagine my surprise when I has finished th This review covers both Future State: Suicide Squad #1 and #2.

I knew that Future State had to offer at least one book that was a bonafide good title worthy of your money in both story and art, from start to finish. I had hoped that I would find that praise-worthy title amongst the Superman and Batman titles that crowd the shelves. You can only imagine my surprise when I has finished th more

This review covers Future State: Green Lantern #1 and #2.

Green Lantern is the name of several characters in the DC Universe, but most people associate the name with Hal Jordan, the character created in the Silver Age of comics. It's a little disappointing to see that Hal only shows up in one back-up story at the end of issue #2, and the story doesn't do much other than set-up an appear This review covers Future State: Green Lantern #1 and #2.

Green Lantern is the name of several characters in the DC Universe, but most people associate the name with Hal Jordan, the character created in the Silver Age of comics. It's a little disappointing to see that Hal only shows up in one back-up story at the end of issue #2, and the story doesn't do much other than set-up an appear more

This review covers Future State: Green Lantern #1 and #2.

Green Lantern is the name of several characters in the DC Universe, but most people associate the name with Hal Jordan, the character created in the Silver Age of comics. It's a little disappointing to see that Hal only shows up in one back-up story at the end of issue #2, and the story doesn't do much other than set-up an appear This review covers Future State: Green Lantern #1 and #2.

Green Lantern is the name of several characters in the DC Universe, but most people associate the name with Hal Jordan, the character created in the Silver Age of comics. It's a little disappointing to see that Hal only shows up in one back-up story at the end of issue #2, and the story doesn't do much other than set-up an appear more

I recently joked with a friend that the classic Marvel "What If...?" stories always ended with the end of the world. While Future State: The Flash #2 doesn't quite hit the full apocalypse, it does bring about the worst possible outcomes for the Flash family. It wasn't the ending I expected, but I don't really have a problem with the end of the story being a downer. My biggest gripe is that it's a I recently joked with a friend that the classic Marvel "What If...?" stories always ended with the end of the world. While Future State: The Flash #2 doesn't quite hit the full apocalypse, it does bring about the worst possible outcomes for the Flash family. It wasn't the ending I expected, but I don't really have a problem with the end of the story being a downer. My biggest gripe is that it's a more

Brandon Vietti was a writer on the Young Justice cartoon and a bunch of animated movies, including DC's own direct to video LEGO offerings, and that weird Scooby-Doo/WrestleMania you've probably seen in the discount bins at Dollar General. This is his first attempt at comic books and it's not the best first impression.

The biggest problem is that he's using Wally West as the main villa Brandon Vietti was a writer on the Young Justice cartoon and a bunch of animated movies, including DC's own direct to video LEGO offerings, and that weird Scooby-Doo/WrestleMania you've probably seen in the discount bins at Dollar General. This is his first attempt at comic books and it's not the best first impression.

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This is the best the issue of Dark Detective, but that's been a very low hurdle to clear. The strongest factor that helps this issue to soar above the others is that Mariko Tamaki doesn't have much story to tell or inane inner monologues to annoy us with. Instead, we get final showdown between Batman and Peacekeeper-01 with a bunch of punching, kicking, and explosions. Sure, we still get a lot of This is the best the issue of Dark Detective, but that's been a very low hurdle to clear. The strongest factor that helps this issue to soar above the others is that Mariko Tamaki doesn't have much story to tell or inane inner monologues to annoy us with. Instead, we get final showdown between Batman and Peacekeeper-01 with a bunch of punching, kicking, and explosions. Sure, we still get a lot of more

Well, that was... nothing. This issue of Dark Detective advertised the meeting of the original Batman and the Next Batman, and their face-to-face meeting turned out to be a whole lot of nothing much at all. In all, they stared at each other, exchanged a few words, then turned away and walked off. That was it. Mariko Tamaki should be ashamed.

The terrible inner monologue Tamaki seems to Well, that was... nothing. This issue of Dark Detective advertised the meeting of the original Batman and the Next Batman, and their face-to-face meeting turned out to be a whole lot of nothing much at all. In all, they stared at each other, exchanged a few words, then turned away and walked off. That was it. Mariko Tamaki should be ashamed.

The terrible inner monologue Tamaki seems to more

Emo teen Bruce Wayne is back and narrating this story again, showing how poorly Mariko Tamaki seems to understand the world around here. The internal dialog of Bruce is much worse in this issue than it was last time while also providing one of the biggest plot holes outside of a Looney Tunes train tunnel painted on a mountainside. Why Tamaki thinks that police detectives will mistake an old rottin Emo teen Bruce Wayne is back and narrating this story again, showing how poorly Mariko Tamaki seems to understand the world around here. The internal dialog of Bruce is much worse in this issue than it was last time while also providing one of the biggest plot holes outside of a Looney Tunes train tunnel painted on a mountainside. Why Tamaki thinks that police detectives will mistake an old rottin more

Gene Luen Yang's final chapter of this Batman and Superman team-up reads like the final chapter of Batman and Superman's friendship, strained and exhausted, before the events that lead to Superman's exit from Earth and Batman's descent into the worst version of Gotham City ever imagined. It's sad because even as the two allies see their friendship falling apart for various reasons, they still main Gene Luen Yang's final chapter of this Batman and Superman team-up reads like the final chapter of Batman and Superman's friendship, strained and exhausted, before the events that lead to Superman's exit from Earth and Batman's descent into the worst version of Gotham City ever imagined. It's sad because even as the two allies see their friendship falling apart for various reasons, they still main more

DC Comic's new publishing initiative of adding back-up stories and raising the cover price comes to Detective Comics for the Future State debacle in the form of Future State: Dark Detective. This time, the mediocre writing talents of Mariko Tamaki get the proper Bruce Wayne/Batman story while the superior writing talents of Mathew Rosenberg get the mediocre character of Grifter to work with. Both DC Comic's new publishing initiative of adding back-up stories and raising the cover price comes to Detective Comics for the Future State debacle in the form of Future State: Dark Detective. This time, the mediocre writing talents of Mariko Tamaki get the proper Bruce Wayne/Batman story while the superior writing talents of Mathew Rosenberg get the mediocre character of Grifter to work with. Both more

Unlike other Future State comics that have been set in the far future where things are radically different, Batman/Superman is set at the beginning of the massive upheaval that changes the DC Universe. On the one hand, it's a sad moment of the last gasps of a DC Universe that doesn't completely suck, but on the other hand, it's great to see the real Batman and Superman working together again even Unlike other Future State comics that have been set in the far future where things are radically different, Batman/Superman is set at the beginning of the massive upheaval that changes the DC Universe. On the one hand, it's a sad moment of the last gasps of a DC Universe that doesn't completely suck, but on the other hand, it's great to see the real Batman and Superman working together again even more

The better backups of this series are in the odd issues.

Issue #3 once again shows how quickly the overall quality can shift in DC's new publishing format that combines a 22-page feature story with two 20-page back-up stories. While the feature that should be drawing me in has left me underwhelmed, again, the two back-ups have proven that there are much better stories to tell in the DC Universe, even if the execution isn't perfect.

John Ridl Issue #3 once again shows how quickly the overall quality can shift in DC's new publishing format that combines a 22-page feature story with two 20-page back-up stories. While the feature that should be drawing me in has left me underwhelmed, again, the two back-ups have proven that there are much better stories to tell in the DC Universe, even if the execution isn't perfect.

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The mixed bag that DC's new publishing initiative of adding two back-up stories and raising the cover price hits hard on this issue. If these back-up stories had been included in the initial issue, I would have never given the series another chance. I still feel that the "feature" story is somewhat lacking, but the back-up stories at downright terrible. $7.99 for a comic book is a tough sell for The mixed bag that DC's new publishing initiative of adding two back-up stories and raising the cover price hits hard on this issue. If these back-up stories had been included in the initial issue, I would have never given the series another chance. I still feel that the "feature" story is somewhat lacking, but the back-up stories at downright terrible. $7.99 for a comic book is a tough sell for more