Cover by Jason Fabok Written by Ann Nocenti Pencils by Georges Jeanty Inks by Dexter Vines Coloured by Michelle Stewart Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS ‘The Joker’s Daughter’ has been one of the more anticipated titles – not necessarily for good reason – under the ‘Villains Month’ banner just purely on the basis of the questions if poses over the origins of the character. This title is written by Ann Nocenti whose previously work includes the ongoing ‘Catwoman’ series and reviews of her work that I have read are scathing at best. Batman-News.com has even collected…
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.
Cover by Jason Fabok Written by Frank Tieri Art by Christian Duce Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS I’m impressed by both the creep factor and also the level of violence that ‘Villains Month’ has brought to the table. This issue in particular has a level of darkness to it that I completely did not expect to see even with DC Comics focussing solely on it’s villainous characters. I’m not sure what my preconceptions were about The Penguin, in recent issues he’s been downgraded from A-list villain at the hands of Emperor Penguin and has been stuck…
Cover by Guillem March Written by John Layman Art by Cliff Richards Coloured by Matt Yackey Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS So as if the current and still ongoing story in ‘The Dark Knight’ featuring Clayface wasn’t enough for you then here we have a further issue dedicated only to his rampaging journey through Gotham. The only difference here being that Batman is M.I.A along with the Justice League. Honestly I’m feeling a little Clayface fatigue at the moment. I had anticipated that the last issue of this title before ‘Villains Month’ would be the last…
Cover by Mikel Janin Written by Sterling Gates Art by Szymon Kudranski Coloured by John Kalisz Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS Another ‘Villains Month’ issue, another misleading cover. This is becoming a theme with this series. The cover features Outsider, AMAZO and Copperhead but the story on the inside of this issue although narrated by Outsider is actually really a story of Owlman. This issue ties in to the wider arc of ‘Villains Month’ and also directly in to the ‘Forever Evil’ title so if you’re only casually reading these specials this is one for you…
Cover by Sean Murphy Written by Kyle Higgins Art by Thony Silas Colours by Andrew Elder Purchase your digital copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS (they’re also above sorry but I love this image!) It’s time for the big reveal in this half way mark in the ‘Rewired’ arc as finally after keeping the villain secret for all the previous issues we finally get to see her no him no… THEM! At the end of chapter 3 Terry was being called in to action by the mysterious villain who, after murdering the Mayor and releasing the inmates of Arkham,…
Cover by Mike Allred Written by Jeff Parker Art by Colleen Coover Purchase your digital copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS This week ‘Batman ‘66’ makes a move that I’ve been expecting for some time now and sets itself firmly around or after the third season of the TV series and swaps out Julie Newmar for Ertha Kitt as Catwoman and after several brief mentions Barbara Gordon finally appears as not just herself but also her crime fighting alter-ego Batgirl! Batman and Robin don’t feature in this issue and unlike that last back-up story this doesn’t move on directly…
Cover by Guillem March Written by Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti Art by Jason Masters Coloured by Dave McCaig Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS As I’m sure you’re all aware by now I am a massive fan of Batman and his various comics so I’ve been loving a lot of these portraits of his major villains throughout ‘Villains Month’ and thankfully there are enough different Bat-titles to allow many of the villains to shine. Freeze has turned up a couple of times during this month, having been a major player in ‘Batman Detective Comics’ #23.3 which…
Cover by Guillem March Written by Ray Fawkes & Scott Snyder Art by Jeremy Haun Colours by John Rauch Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS The flagship ‘Batman’ series seems to have fallen back in love with The Riddler again recently. His reintroduction in the ‘Zero Year’ story – referenced here a couple of times – has been somewhat of a rebirth for the character. We now know he was present in the early days of Bruce’s vigilante career and that’ going to make him a pivotal role as that story continue to unfold so it’s clearly…
Cover by Brian Bolland Written by China Mieville Pencils & Inks by Various Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS There’s not a lot I can say about this issue other than… I don’t get it. I never read the ‘Dial H’ series and I’m not familiar with ‘Dial H for Hero’ but having done a bit of researching I now kind of understand the premise behind it. That being said I’m still not entirely sure what’s going on in this issue. For me the artwork is pretty loud and busy which made it hard to pick up…
Cover by Patrick Gleason Written by Gail Simone Pencils by Derliz Santracruz Inks by Karl Kesel Coloured by Brett Smith Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS I was definitely hesitant to the idea of changing The Ventriloquist from the Arnold Wesker incarnation to this new Shauna Belzer version but when handled by Gail Simone in the pages of ‘Batgirl’ it unsurprisingly turned out well and has added a truly terrifying psychotic serial killer angle to the character that is a massive departure to the villain I have come to know over the years. Here Belzer is making…