Random DC Comic Reviews

  The Human Target: Issue #6 Ahhhh, Tom King, the writer who has been naturally bestowed with the superpower of character assignation. All he needs to do is put his pen to the paper (or fingers to the keyboard) and the magic begins, and he sure does not disappoint with The Human Target Issue 6.  After having Fire engage in a lustful affair with Martian Manhunter in the last issue, Tom King directs his character assassination powers towards Ice by turning her and the main protagonists in the story into murderers. Who do they kill you ask? Well none other than Ice's creepy stalker boyfriend Green Lantern Guy Gardner! (Yes they kill off Guy Gardner, but it's okay because it's an elseworlds story, which means it takes place in a world outside of the DC mainstream universe. In short, Guy is alive in present continuity.) After stalking Ice and attacking Christopher Chance (the main hero in the story) for the umpteenth time.  Ice freezes his body, and Mr. Chance knocks his head ...

  Batman/Superman World's Finest Issue #1   A disclaimer, despite being a huge DC comics fan, I've never been a huge fan of the trinity, but when I heard Mark Waid was back at DC writing the said issue in review, I had to check it out.  For those of you don't know, Mark Waid is a comic writer of legendary status, primarily for his memorable work on the Flash in the 90's, which is remembered by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest Flash runs in DC comics history. In short, it's good. Recently, I read his Doctor Strange series that Marvel sadly cut short, for I felt it was quality stuff, so does Waid still have the magic touch.... Yes, the issue is great! It starts with Poison Ivy attacking Metropolis with Batman & Robin quickly subduing her, and Superman showing up in toe. As they debate as to who should take her in, Metallo shows up and injects Superman with red kryptonite, causing him to have a mental break with reality, in which he proceeds to enter i...

  Aquamen #1 First off I hate the name. There technically should only be one Aquaman, and as one of DC comics big six heroes he should be headlining his own title, both for marketing and brand reasons.  However let's address the elephant in the room. It's long since been believed that DC feels there is a lack of racial diversity in their titles (This is an indisputable fact), and that they've been planning to rectify this by replacing current white male heroes. (There is evidence to validate this line of thinking, ie Firestorm, Atom, Mr. Miracle, Blue Beetle/The Question, but a lot of it is speculative as well)  At any right, I would have preferred at the very least Aquaman and Aqualad as the title, as we've already seen what happens to comic sales when you have a partitioned fanbase preferring one of the two Flash's, Firestorm's or six of the Green Lantern's, so you can imagine what will happen to Aquaman sales once one is headlining and the other is not. A...