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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #042 – BATMAN #34

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #042 – BATMAN #34

Thank you Gerry Duggan; this is what I’ve wanted to see in my main Batman title. Batman #34 is a wonderful one issue story called ‘The Meek’ which is a welcome break from reading some really long story arcs. The plot is your standard find the murderer book, but instead of using copy-cat killers or any of the usual big names we get a nameless, disposable villain; which in my opinion does the book a lot of favours.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #041 – ROBIN RISES: OMEGA #1

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #041 – ROBIN RISES: OMEGA #1

By Chris Fenn

I’m finding it quite difficult to think how to word this review. I love Tomasi’s work, and I think his work with Gleason has been consistently the best Batman book since the launch of the New 52. I also love the Fourth World and am instantly interested any time they become a focus in a book. The difficulty I have is that this issue has quite a few things I really dislike with it.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #040 – SPREAD #1

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #040 – SPREAD #1

The narrative really struck me as being similar to Saga; it’s an anecdotal tale from an articulate individual who we see as a baby later revealed to be called Hope. Our main character is a man who is referred to as “No”, and he seems to have gotten his name from his monosyllabic answers, and he seems good hearted but also highly capable in close quarters combat.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #039 – GRAYSON #1

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #039 – GRAYSON #1

The entire tone of the book is really light and totally fits with Dick Grayson’s character. Now is the time where I sound like a total DC fanboy and say that this book reminds me a lot of the current Marvel Now Daredevil series, except I like Grayson and haven’t been too sold on Daredevil. The similarities between the two books extends beyond the two acrobatic characters; both books make a lot of use of spirals and lines and jazzy colours that almost seem out of place but really suit the book.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #038 – BATMAN ETERNAL #14

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #038 – BATMAN ETERNAL #14

Now let me throw this out there before people get upset or angry; I like Scott Snyder. I really liked The Black Mirror. I liked the Court of Owls. I mostly liked Death of the Family. Scott Snyder is a good writer…But Scott Snyder needs to stop doing story arcs that require a million issues. I’ve complained about Zero Year before for being too long, but Batman Eternal is estimated to run for Sixty issues. Sixty! From start to finish that’s fifteen months. This story will finish in around July 2015, and I cannot fathom why this story needs sixty issues to tell.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #037 – PUNISHER #8

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #037 – PUNISHER #8

It is such a joy to see this in my reading pile; it’s one of those books that makes me excited to see and is often at the top of my reading list. This installment lives up to the high benchmark the previous issues have already set. Now before I get into the meat of The Punisher I will sort of apologise if this review seems a bit samey. At the time of writing my local post man screwed me over and only brought me four comics, so I try not to go over the same book too often, but this week I have no real choice.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #036 – BATMAN #32

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #036 – BATMAN #32

This is the penultimate issue of Zero Year, and I quite enjoyed this issue. There are some bits I thought were really good, some bits I wasn’t too keen on and some bits that I didn’t get at all.

One of the bits I just didn’t get was the opening page of the issue. I don’t know who the homeless person is, if he is supposed to be anybody, and it isn’t made clear what favour Batman requested of him. I don’t know if this is something that will be made clear in the final issue.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #035 – SOVEREIGN #4

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #035 – SOVEREIGN #4

Now I enjoy good bits of writing and dialogue, I find films like Clerks massively engaging because of the dialogue between characters, but in Sovereign it feels overly indulgent of itself. I understand that this is a fantasy world, and it will have more fantasy-sounding people and places, but I honestly feel completely lost reading this. I have no idea who or what places are called.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #034 – SAGA #20

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #034 – SAGA #20

Following on from the bombshell that was the final page of the previous issue we see the seeds potentially being sewn here. Alana seems to be very preoccupied with work, leaving to get there before Marco is even awake. I imagine this could play in to the separation a lot, but more interestingly we see Alana start to use some drugs. Now she hints that she has done drugs in the past, but we are warned that this is stronger than what she may be used to, and I can see this really escalating into a problem for her.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #033 – WICKED + THE DIVINE #1

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #033 – WICKED + THE DIVINE #1

By Chris Fenn This will be the first Image #1 I’ve ever reviewed. Pretty much every Image comic I own I’ve gotten because @InterComics or @intercomicspod has suggested it – Saga, East of West, Nailbiter, the list goes on – and they have all been brilliant titles. The Wicked + The Divine was suggested to me by @InterComics and I thought it sounded appealing. The concept of Gods on Earth is something that always appeals to me, and when it’s done right (Seven Soldiers of Victory: Mr Miracle or Wonder Woman) it makes for a fantastic read. The story starts with

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #032 – BATMAN AND RAS AL GHUL #32

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #032 – BATMAN AND RAS AL GHUL #32

The story of Batman and Robin has come a long way since the death of Damian. We’ve encountered a lot of characters; whether they’ve been trying to stop Batman from resurrecting Damian, or helping Batman stop Ra’s al Ghul, but now the Batman comes head to head with The Demon. My admiration goes to the colorist of this issue, John Kalisz, as I was simply awestruck with how the first seven pages created such a mood and atmosphere.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #031 – NEW 52 – FUTURES END #7

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #031 – NEW 52 – FUTURES END #7

Tim Drake’s story has been quite fascinating and did grab my attention for some while; I want to know what happened in Paris and I want to know how Tim survived and what happened to the rest of the Titans. I understand why they would want to progress the character of Tim’s girlfriend, Madison, but having her have a breakdown and namedrop her father isn’t the way to go about it. Also I have no idea who Maxwell Payne is, and all google gave me was the Max Payne computer game series!

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #030 – DETECTIVE COMICS #32

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #030 – DETECTIVE COMICS #32

This new creative team is exactly what Detective Comics need. They make me want to just never stop reading, and I’m honestly considering going back to read their Flash run. The art and page layout in this comic is utterly beautiful. Going through the book I took time to appreciate the first page, and the page where we see Annette walking down the pier; both have such wonderful layouts and really good use of panels.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #029 – MOON KNIGHT #4

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #029 – MOON KNIGHT #4

I started Moon Knight with its first issue of Marvel Now; something to broaden my horizons and move out of Gotham for a while. I really liked the books artwork, and I liked the idea behind this insane superhero that is quite light without being silly. A really good concept and something I looked forward to.

But I didn’t get it.

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OUT OF THE LONG BOX #028 – NAILBITER #2

OUT OF THE LONG BOX #028 – NAILBITER #2

This is something I originally picked up at the suggestion of Mr Inter-Comics himself (@InterComics) and I did the forbidden thing of judging the first issue by its cover. I didn’t really want it; I thought it would be needlessly gory without any substance.

Holy crap how wrong I was. Top Gear top tip people: when Mr. Inter-Comics recommends a book to you, give it a buy because he’s spot on!

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