Monday, 12 September 2011

Justice League #1 Review DC New52

*SPOILER ALERT*
The new reboot of the Justice League gets to a good start this week as DC comics New52. The story starts of with my personal favourite hero, the Batman, he is on the run chasing a robot that looks like a scarecrow outfit shouting fire at batman but this is not all that's chasing the new enemy but Gotham police are too in state of the art helicopters but they are not only chasing the robot they are chasing batman too. In this part of the DC story line it appears that the Gotham police are not fond of Batman and maybe afraid of what he can do. The Green Lantern soon shows up and claims that he is saving Batman but Batman finds him more of a target and a flashing green target on Batman is not something he likes. 

The playful Rivalry that Lantern and Batman have is fun to read with batman going as far to insult Lantern by taking off his ring leaving him powerless. The story tells us that the Justice league has not formed as Lantern cant believe that batman has no Superpowers and none of them have even met Superman yet just heard of him and what he can do (which batman is not comfortable with as he finds superman dangerous) the story unfolds with Lantern and Batman getting the rest of the team together and iv'e heard some complaints about this but from my own perspective it's what I expected and am happy with the outcome of events and was an entertaining read and that's what matters. 

The art style is a joy to look at and one of the best iv'e seen so far with DC's new 52 and Geoff Johns has done a great job rebuilding the story of the Justice League. When reading it ask's questions about Superman and what state is he in, the man that stands for truth and justice should be the best friend batman need but in the end it leaves us with a cliffhanger that keeps us waiting to see what will happen next. In the next Issue will we see The batman try and take on the Superman? we shall see... 

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Detective Comics Issue #1

This week DC comics have don a reboot of all the hero's and villains and what a better wat to kick this off than with the Dark Knight himself, Batman. With Detective Comics being the home of Batman it seams fitting and not to mention he, along with superman, is the most iconic comic book hero in history. what sets Batman apart from the rest is that he has no superpowers which a lot of people can relate to, what happens when you push a man to the edge? you get Batman! 

Now being a fan of both Marvel and DC marvel do make great hero's and good villains but I cant help but feel that the Marvel villains are made to lose were as the DC villains are made to break the hero completely and are also giving a more meaningful back story. Most of histories biggest Villains come from the Batman comics, everyone knows who the Joker is even if you don't read/watch Batman were as with the likes of Spider-man everyone knows him but maybe not the likes of the green goblin. Were DC gets it right is the giving a Hero the perfect Villain there could be no Batman without the Joker they are the yin to each others yang. 

Batman's back story is famous his parents shot and killed in front of him and this brings out the darkness within him and how many villains do you know that are scared of the hero? Batman is a frighting image and really done well in this new reboot of Detective Comics not to spoil anything but the Batman starts off by inturupting him as he murders a man stabbing him brutally before making his escape and that's were the story goes to the end but its what happens in between that's the edge of you seat read that you get when reading about The Joker and has a great cliffhanger with a new Villain that will keep guessing until the next issue comes out.

Ok its not the best comic of the batman series but is perfect to start the new series and much what you would expect from the worlds greatest detective, if you like batman get this book as it is not just a part of batman history but a part of comic book history as like I said this is the 1st  time we have seen a DC reboot and is something exciting