snaps: Batman - The Widening Gyre #4

... where the best part is the cliffhanger. and it involves a cat. and some body fluids. this is not in-continuity??


holy crap, Alfred is taking this stitching thing too far.


'Ba-puke-met' just saw the light. or maybe Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.


let us NOT read too much into this dialogue. move along now.


Twitter?? bitch, that thing's so 2009!


and that means Arthur was peeping. and probably filming. TMZ alert!!!


Bats can't believe Baphomet was fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugly as shit.


Bruce hates it when he can't read Dick.

i guess its been a while ...

... was it Selina? or Talia?

i mean, good Lord - look at those eyes! Bruce Wayne is practically salivating at the thought of having a female in his manse. as we all know, his playboy persona is a facade, and he really doesn't get any action!

anticipation and excitement are very, very weak words to describe Bruce's state of being.

before you say it's another one of his regular dates, let me present, Silver St. Cloud.


the name practically oozes sex. or porn. whatever. Batman has butterflies in his stomach. the Batman.

and she calls him "Deedee". WTF-?! is that a code word for something?

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Batman: The Widening Gyre #2

when like Romulus ...

drive-by readings

Wolverine Origins #40 (Marvel) Daniel Way Scot Eaton Andrew Hennessy Andy Troy Cory Petit Doug Braithwaite/Art Lyon (cover) Simone Bianchi/Simone Peruzzi (variant cover)

so, how does this compare to the now-classic Wolverine #90?

the answer is ... ummm, no.

i was expecting a much bloodier and gorier affair. you have an angry Wolverine on one hand, and on the other, his longtime under-the-radar "mentor"/nemesis whom he's meeting for the very first time. suddenly Logan loses all of his strategic fighting skills? his bull-in-the-china-shop approach plays right into Romulus' hands and he gets slapped around for the effort. eventually Wolverine fights smarter and gets the upper hand, de-pantsing Romulus as a big-muscled jerk who uses fake claws.

then before you start cheering, Romulus conks Logan out with the Muramasa sword handle. all these talk about Weapon X alumni as indestructible weapons and Logan being the best at what he does and he gets taken out by a sword handle. WTF, Daniel Way. this is a Wolverine book. not Power Pack. was the original script of this fight spiked by Disney????

so in the end, Romulus is still out there, waiting for the eventual winner between Logan and Daken. the winner will be the one "closest to what Romulus is". all this philosophical sissy shit is making my head ache. bring back Larry Hama, goddammit!!!

drive-by readings: JSA vs. Kobra #2

JSA vs Kobra #2 (DC) "Engines of Faith, Part 2: Strange Days" Eric Trautmann Don Kramer Michael Babinski Pat Brosseau Art Lyon Gene Ha (cover)

i like it when the requisite superhero team gets confounded at every turn by their enemies. it's no fun if they figure out the plot and smash the villains easily. the early-Morrison JLA epitomized these thriller rides. now the Justice Society, a collection of the smartest and most powerful heroes in the DCU, is playing catch-up to a resurgent Kobra, who's determined more than ever to bring about the Apocalypse and makes Al Qaeda look like amateurs. well, the glaring difference is that with Kobra, terrorism is their religion. they also seem to know how to deal with metahumans, as evidenced by decoying them to lock up S.T.A.R. Labs, bombing other places while taking the real prize inside LexCorp offices. this fight is far from over. i guess Power Girl heaving her chest doesn't really work as a distraction anymore. except for me.

drive-by readings: JSA vs Kobra #1

JSA vs Kobra #1 (DC) "Engines of Faith, Part 1: Bad Religion" Eric Trautmann Don Kramer Michael Babinski Pat Brosseau Art Lyon Gene Ha (cover)

so this time, the JSA wants to bring down the vicious terrorist organization led by Cobra Commander ... whoops, wrong Cobra. foreshadowed in the Faces of Evil gimmick (the Kobra issue was actually one of the more interesting ones), Kobra comes back from a sabbatical and ready to take their place as the eminent terrorist organization in the world. screw Al Qaeda and that Cobra. this Kobra is upping the body count.

a suicide bomber nearly takes out Mr. Terrific, despondent as he is with his personal issues. i like the fact that his role in Checkmate comes back to bite him, as some shady arms dealers operate with Checkmate's blessings (including post-hynotic commands) in hopes of catching bigger fish. of course, this does not make Powergirl happy. but that could be a good thing, because when she's mad, she breathes heavily and in a heaving manner, and - ah forget it. anyway, you know how hard is it to deal with religious zealots, and the Society will have their hands full on this one. and oh, welcome back, Don Kramer.