Fantastic Universes

"Oracle Rising" - Part Two Writer: Cecil Castellucci Artist:  Carmine Di Giandomenico Color  Artist: Jordie Bellaire Letterer:  AndWorld Design Review by Fay Clark We left Babs in  Batgirl #37  quite literally bugging out. Killer Moth rained down the pain, with evil intent, but was it of his own accord? Batgirl is now in need of a serious re-group in  Batgirl #38 , and while she does that we catch up with our creepy animal mask wearing villains. They seem to have made a new friend, who goes by the name of Oracle. Ring any bells? Read this issue   to see if anyone figures out who this newcomer is. Need a helping hand, Batgirl? Yes, it looks like Batgirl has fallen on some hard times at the start of  Batgirl #38,  so much so that a lovely passerby offered her some money and his coat. What a gentleman! I enjoyed the way Batgirl got back into her groove. Writer Cecil Castellucci has jumped right in and given Batgirl a hard start, and...

“Bleak City” Director: Jonathan Watson Writer: Susan Hurwitz Arneson Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Pip Torrens, Julie Ann Emery, Noah Taylor, Tyson Ritter, Miritana Hughes, David Field, Aleks Mikic, Mimi Kwa, Shaun Goss, Sue-Ellen Shook Review by Steve J. Ray Summary Preacher Season 4 Episode 5, “Bleak City” contains so much action and craziness that I had to watch it twice. Jesse goes Miley Cyrus on the Saint of Killers, Love hurts for the Mohawk Angel, Jesus goes on a road trip and Hitler plays racquetball. Please go back and re-read that sentence, because although I wrote it, I still can't believe it. Don't even ask me about the girlfriend, the bar-fight or the dance number mid-episode, set to Queen's "Love Of My Life." After all of that I need to go and have a lie-down. Pat Benatar was right, love IS a battlefield. Positives As if all of the above wasn't enough, with just the merest hint of a smile, we get a hint at ...

"City of Bane" - Part 3 Writer: Tom King Artists: Mikel Janín, Tony S. Daniel and Norm Rapmund Color Artists: Jordie Bellaire and Tomeu Morey Letterer: Clayton Cowles Review by Max Byrne Action, tension and one hell of a shock. The key ingredients in this new , thrilling issue of Batman from the mind of Tom King. This is an issue that h its the ground running and j ust does not let up, all the way up to the extremely jaw dropping final moments , wh ich hit the reader like a blow to the stomach. Picking up from the events of issue #76 , Gotham City is still under the thrall o f the Bane/Thomas W ayne Diabolical Duo . Following on from the utter pummelling given t o Cap tain Atom by Gotham Girl, the villai nous stran glehold on the city seems unimpeachable. But, even the b est la i d plans can be challenged, like when a certai n Damian Wayne steps up to the plate. It's here that the art of Janin and Daniel really excels, as the movement of D amian in combat...