Script by Christos Gage Art by Megan Levens Colours by Dan Jackson Letters by Richard Starkings Cover by Steve Morris Called in for a supernatural-crimes case, Buffy and Spike discover an incubus demon is targeting women in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Xander and Giles work on an exorcism that stirs up some questions about Ghost Anya. Get your copy of ‘Buffy’ #20 at Comixology now! My woes with he ongoing comic ‘seasons’ of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ are very well documented at this point. Each season I hesitate about whether I will subscribe or not then I pickup the first couple…
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.
Written by Brenden Fletcher & Cameron Stewart Pencils by Babs Tarr Colours by Serge Lapointe Cover by Babs Tarr As Barbara’s friends gather for a major celebration, a familiar face from her past returns—and he’s got a lot to say about their future together! Pickup your copy of ‘Batgirl’ #45 at Comixology now! After riding high over the last few months for me ‘Batgirl’ hits somewhat of a low point this month with #45 and sadly it’s all because of that damn Dick Grayson! Dick and Barbara have, to comics fans, decades of history. I even touched on it with…
Written by Michael Grassi & Rachel Shukert Directed by Dermott Downs Following on from a solid second episode Supergirl is now entering the stage that all new shows go through where they need to cement their style and work on those room-for-improvement areas that have been identified. Supergirl’s growing pains lie in the character development, we’ve seen the D.E.O. take centre stage thanks for their knowledge of the alien forces that the titular hero is likely to face on a weekly basis and in doing so the writers have left out the characters introduced in the pilot. In my review of…
Story by Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg Teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg & Ali Adler Directed by Glen Winter Catch ‘Supergirl’ on CBS Mondays @ 8/7 central and airing in the UK on Sky One Thursdays @ 8 and available on catchup. It’s week two, otherwise known as the big test, for a new show and with ‘Stronger Together’ Supergirl continues to surpass expectations. The real test comes from the ratings for a second episode but there’s no doubt in my mind that Supergirl won’t stabilise very early on and earn it’s back-nine episode order. ‘Stronger Together’ acts as a secondary pilot re-contextualising…
Story by Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler & Andrew Kreisberg Teleplay by Ali Adler Directed by Glen Winter Catch ‘Supergirl’ on CBS Mondays @ 8/7 central and airing in the UK on Sky One Thursdays @ 8 and available on catchup. After the success they had with ‘Arrow’ and being able to double down on that with ‘The Flash’ it was a bit unexpected to find out that Gerg Berlantia and Andrew Kreisberg were doubling down again to create ‘Supergirl’ and the upcoming ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’. Having witnessed their creative successes on the previous shows audience interest was at its peak in trying to decipher…
Word on the street this week has it that the upcoming ‘Wonder Woman’ film which was slated to begin production sometime this year in London has secretly started filming. Tweets from DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns have alluded to production starting and also his presence in London where producer Charles Roven has confirmed that the film is doing much of it’s shooting: https://twitter.com/geoffjohns/status/663979226626990081 https://twitter.com/geoffjohns/status/664252575332638728 Later in the week there was a shot of Gal Gadot on instagram in training for shooting which added credence to the fact that things were underway although there were no obvious signs the shot…
Written by Scott Snyder Pencils by Greg Capullo Inks by Danny Miki Colours by Francisco Perez Cover by Capullo, Miki & Perez When Batman almost gets taken out by a new threat, Jim Gordon might have to reevaluate what it means to wear the cowl before it’s too late for Gotham City! Pickup your copy of ‘Batman’ #45 at Comixology now! Coming off the back of the hugely successful ‘Court of the Owls’, ‘Zero Year’ and ‘Endgame’ arcs Capullo and Snyder have taken the ‘Batman’ title to entirely new levels with their current arc. For those who have been living under a…
Producer Charles Roven is well known amongst Bat-fans for his producing work on the Chris Nolan trilogy but his name is also attached to the new Snyderverse version of the The Dark Knight which is building towards the inevitable two part ‘Justice League’ film announced several months ago (read more on that here!). Recently he has been doing the rounds of promo for his current works and in an interview with Collider he gave away some juicy bits of information on both the upcoming JL film but also ‘Wonder Woman’ which may or may not have just entered production here in…
Written by Tom King Pencils & Inks by Mikel Janin Colored by Jeremy Cox Cover by Mikel Janin For the first time since he faked his own death, Dick Grayson returns home to Gotham City. But will Spyral ever really let him go for good? When Dick comes home to find that the Batman he knew is gone, he seeks out his mentor, Superman. But both friends have changed since they last met. Can they find common ground and team up to stop Blockbuster’s plans for Spyral? Pickup your copy of ‘Grayson’ #12 at Comixology now! No review of this absolutely seminal issue in the…
Written by Tom King & Tim Seeley Pencils & Inks by Mikel Janin Colored by Jeremy Cox Cover by Mikel Janin It’s Grayson versus…Grayson? To save Agent 1, Dick must face his most dangerous enemy yet: himself. Pickup your copy of ‘Grayson’ #11 at Comixology now! Things have been a little confusing in the world of Dick Grayson for the past few months but thankfully all will become clear when you read ‘Grayson’ #11. For the past few issues poor Dick has been facing a barrage of questioning from his colleagues at Spyral as a number of other agents have been taken down seemingly by Dick…