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“Deathstroke Vs. Batman” – Part Four – “The Good Son” Wri ter: P r ie st Artists: Ed Benes, Richard Friend, Dinei Ribeiro Review by Adam Ray I’ve said before that Deathstroke was one of my favorite foils to Batman. He’s amoral and duplicitous. It’s been great reading this series within a series so far to see them butt heads over a very personal matter. From the offset, Deathstroke had no interest or belief that Damian could be his son, but Batman insisted on making sure, making Slade all the more angry at being unable to continue his work as an international assassin. Batman closed his business down, just to make the point extra clear. Now we fast forward to this issue. Damian has found out about the issue that’s gripping his father and would-be father. Through the sheer stubborness we know the current Robin to be a master of, he invites himself onto one of Slade’s missions. Damian has the wonderful job of showing off the whole dilemma gripping the two men. ...

Writer : Benjamin Percy Artists : Chris Mooneyham and Lalit Kumar Sharma (Pencils) with Klaus Janson and Scott Hanna (Inks) Colorist:  Nick Filardi Review by Steve J. Ray Summary “THE BLEEDING EDGE: PART THREE” Dick Grayson has a really bad bug… literally. It’s making him sick to his stomach, and messing with his mind. Wyrm is on the attack , and he has Nightwing on the defensive. The one thing the technological terror hasn’t counted on, though, is that our hero has friends. Enter the Burnside Badass, Batgirl! Positives As one would expect from Benjamin Percy, the issue is action packed. This entire subject matter is so in the now that one wonders how long it will be until real world technology catches up with comics; and our data, our lives, and our memories are stolen, misused and corrupted by our gadgets. Social media hacks, celebrity smartphone privacy violations and people’s data being bought and sold are now scarily commonplace news items. The writer kn...

Wasted Space - Issue #3 Writer: Michael Moreci Artist: Hayden Sherman Colors: Jason Wordie Letterer: Jim Campbell Cover: Marguerite Sauvage Variant Cover: Hayden Sherman Review by Steve J. Ray From reading issues 1 and 2 of this spectacular space opera for grown-ups, I knew that this series was going to be good. It was clear that the main protagonist, Billy Bane was damaged, that life had dealt him a blow from which he has yet to recover.  In Wasted Space #3 this catalyst is finally revealed. Man... now I'm starting to get why he turned out the way he did.  Nice writing, Mr. Moreci. I think the level of emotions portrayed are what elevates this series. Yes, this is sci-fi, sure, there's a ton of action, and of course there's a big bad villain (a really, really big bad villain)... but that's gravy. The main course is real living, breathing, suffering, fallible people . Sure, some of them are space aliens and synthetic life-forms, but they act, speak...

Review by Eric Lee It has been a few weeks since Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom stomped into theaters. I initially watched the movie on opening night and needed the time to percolate my thoughts about it. In place of a typical movie review, I am just going to give some points about the movie that were logical and illogical, because, lets face it, a blockbuster like this is judged based on how believable or off-the-rails the plot is. Warning, major spoilers ahead . Though given that it just made $1 billion worldwide , it seems unlikely that I am spoiling anything for most readers at this point. What Made Sense The movie starts off with the natural fallout of the first Jurassic World. The theme park is in ruins and Bryce Dallas Howard's Claire is now a part of a dinosaur rights group that is petitioning for the creatures to be rescued from Isla Nublar's impending volcano eruption. Bryce Dallas-Howard as Claire Dearing The real world parallels between actual an...

Article By Fay Clark We've just passed the half way point in the year, so I figured I'd let you all know what books I've fallen in love with the most. TIME FOR A TOP 10. Now I've read about 110 books in the first half of this year so this is going to be interesting. Jeez this was a bad idea. How do I choose from all of the boooooooooks, and then put them in order? Oh boy, I feel like I'm hurting my books if I don't pick them... anyways, enough crazy; time for the countdown. At number 10 we have 'S.T.A.G.S' written by M.A. Bennett. I would class this book as a Young Adult Thriller. The main character, Greer MacDonald, found herself being invited to a weekend of blood sports, by the cutest most popular boy in school. What could go wrong? In between the huntin', shootin' and fishin' that the group plans to do all weekend, there is betrayal everywhere and mysteries to be solved.  I flew through this book and I was on the edge of my...

“On The Outside” – Part One Writer: Bryan Hill Artists: Miguel Mendonça and Diana Egea [Editor’s Note: This review contains minor spoilers] Review by Steve J. Ray You know how sometimes you’ve made plans to go somewhere, it’s somewhere that’s always been cool, populated with people that you care about, you know you really  should  go… but you don’t know if you can face it? That’s sort of how I felt about  Detective Comics  #983, starring Batman and Black Lightning. I’ve been reading this title for a loooooong time. In fact, I haven’t missed a single issue in over 32 years. Has it always been good? Yes. Has it always been  great ? Sadly… no. Since DC Comics’ Rebirth  Detective Comics  has been, at least in my opinion, consistently  excellent . This has been largely down to the brilliant writing of James Tynion IV, who ended his stellar run in issue #981 .  #982  gave us a spectacular one off ghost story by writer...