Cover by Ricken50 Written by Christy Marx Pencils by Scott McDaniel & Romero Molenaar Inks by Jonathan Glapion Pickup your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! As I have been quite enjoying the ‘Batgirl’ title I decided that it was time to dip in to the ‘Birds of Prey’ title to see how this New 52 incarnation was working out. I’ve read several of the told TPB’s which I picked up around the time of the short-lived TV series which was my introduction to the universe of BoP. NB: I like the idea of Helena Wayne/Kyle daughter of Batman…
Author: Neil Vagg
Neil Vagg
Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.
Directed by Harald Zwart Written by Cassandra Clare (novel) & Jessica Postigo Paquette (screenplay) Check it out in cinemas world-wide now! Beware of spoilers! I first saw the trailer for this movie some time ago and it immediately grabbed my interest as it seemed like a despite being an attempt to cash in on the massive hole left in the world-wide box office in the wake of the ‘Twilight’ saga reaching an end. I saw the first couple of ‘Twilight’ movies at the cinema, I enjoyed them for what they were. I didn’t buy in to the romance, I’ve never…
Cover by Mike Allred Written by Jeff Parker Art by Joe Quinones Colours by Maris Wicks Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! This week it’s the conclusion to The Joker story which started in last weeks ‘The Joker Sees Red’. This week ‘Batman Hunts The Dead’. When we last left the Dynamic Duo they were left baffled when the mysterious Red Hood kidnapped The Joker out from under their noses in the middle of a grave yard. I raved about issue #7 for it’s genius concoction of references of other famous Joker stories from around the Batman…
Cover & Art by Jae Lee Written by Greg Pak Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! I was a little confused by issue #1 of this series. It wasn’t that I disliked it I just wasn’t sure what the point of this series was going to be. With the launch coinciding with the release of ‘Man of Steel’ in movie-land as well as ‘Superman Unchained’ in the comic-world so it felt like a little saturation of the market in terms of Supes. This title is I guess the closest you could find to high-brow in the world…
Written & Directed by Various Created by Jon Harmon Feldman Purchase your copy on DVD @ Amazon.co.uk now! I highly doubt anybody will be spoiled but beware! I was wandering around a cut-price music and DVD shop a couple of weeks ago when I spied a copy of the ‘Tru Calling: Complete Series’ boxset sitting on a shelf next to some of the original deluxe boxsets of ‘Buffy’ and ‘Angel’. Believe me this is not a normal occurrence in this day-and-age and it was a major trip down memory lane. The original pilot for ‘Tru Calling’ had appeared online the…
Cover by Alex Garner Written by Gail Simone Colours by Fernando Pasarin Inks by Jonathan Glapion Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! ‘Batgirl: Wanted’ kicks off this month in the wake of the events which have seen Barbara lose her brother and cut off the bat-logo from her costume. I’ve read a lot of reviews of this title over the last two years and most have veered from exceedingly positive to equally as negative. In terms of recent issues it seems that many of the critics are taking issue with the levels of violence and also the…
Written & Directed by Jeff Wadlow Check it out in cinemas now! Beware of spoilers! Three years after the original ‘Kick-Ass’ took many a cinema-goer by surprise the cast a back a little older, somewhat taller and ready to take a stab at taking the success of the first film and turning it into a fully fledged franchise. ‘Kick-Ass’ was a critical and box office success but not one that came without controversy. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you will have picked up on the shock at the general levels of profanity and violence in the film but…
A nice albeit brief change of pace before ‘Battle of the Atom’ starts. Written by Brian Bendis Cover by Stuart Immonen Art by David Lafuente Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! Issue #15 is technically the end of the arc which leads us in to the ‘Battle of the Atom’ crossover event taking place in several of the ongoing X-Men titles but it is also a standalone story which almost forgets the ongoing conflict between the different X-teams. This issue sees the older (present day) X-Men take a backseat and allow the teen characters to stand on…
Batman finally cracks a smile in the wake of losing Damian… Cover & Pencils by Patrick Gleason Written by Peter J Tomasi Ink by Mick Gray Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! Beware of spoilers! In the wake of the death of Damian in New 52 Batman Inc #8 Batman has been pretty miserable in this series which is to be expected but the loss of one of the titular characters has allowed this book to undergo a massive shakeup. So far Batman has teamed with Red Robin; Red Hood and Batgirl. Next month he finds himself teamed up with…
Directed by Curt Geda Written by Erin Maher & Kathryn Reindl Watch it live on Cartoon Network USA, Saturdays @ 10:00 Beware of spoilers! This week Beware the Batman brings us a story about love. There’s something Frankenstein-esque and at times almost King Kong about ‘Toxic’ with the tragedy dial turned up to an eleven. Katanna/Tatsu doesn’t appear in this episode which shifts all of the focus back on to Bruce/Batman allowing him a little more screen time and some more character development than we have seen in recent weeks. There are some great callbacks to early episodes with Simon…