May 6

Review: Gotham Academy #6

Gotham-Academy-6-coverOlive and her friends are finally getting some answers from Killer Croc when Batman busts up the party. Olive tries to defend Croc from Batman, meanwhile Batman tries to cut Croc out of the picture permanently. A who’s who evil, rescuer situation is complicated by the fact that Olive knows it was Batman that tore her family apart, jailing her mother in Arkham and sentencing her to Gotham Academy. Apparently the Dark Knight is 1) no hero in Olive’s eyes, but is instead a family destroyer and 2) is still entirely too interested in Olive and what genetics she may have inherited from her mother. How far will he take his interest? Well this is Batman and Obsession we’re talking about, so, probably way too far.

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March 29

Review: Batgirl #35

Confession time: This is my first look at the new 52 Batgirl. Yes, I know, this comic came out in December 2014, and I’ve had it for months, but it’s the New 52 and I’ve been afraid to look. But really? I loved it. Very modern, very smart. This is not Nancy Drew, this is a modern young woman who is tech savvy (and not just Wayne Tech fantasy gadgets either) and has a real personality (and a real temper). In this issue Babs Gordon discovers someone stole cell phones from a party at her new apartment, and her laptop (which may or may not have footage of a super villain attack on Black Canary’s house on it.) This scheme collides with a local jerk wad who runs a website exploiting personal photos, doxing people and generally embarrassing them by releasing very private information on his website. It’s the kind of guy who will take a beating and still keep going just because (and he talks in hashtags!), so Barbara has to find a way to shut him down before her own secrets end up on the web.

Very fun, fast paced, but a robust story too, not one strung out for effect. Why did I wait so long to dig into this??

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