One more superpowered assassin this time, as Batman takes on the Rocket Roller-blade wearing ex-CIA super-assassin Mekros.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – The Crusade Part 3
The late Alan Grant introduces a new villain to AzBat’s Rogue’s gallery, with an interesting design, but possibly a poor choice of names.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – The Crusade Part 2
It’s time to quickly go back and finish off the whole Trigger Twins story, and all the missed potential that came with it.
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Legends of the Force: Episode 41 – Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (Dark Horse Comic)
We return to the Legends timeline with a look at Dark Horse’s adaptation of the first Star Wars novel (that wasn’t an adaptation of the movies).
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – Robin Part 1
Picking up on The Crusade Part 1’s cliffhanger, we’re getting into Robin’s first solo ongoing series.
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The History of Science Fiction: Graphic Novel Review
I have, in the past, gotten into my appreciation of works discussing and examining works that examine the history of technology, art, and fandom, and the intersection thereof – and there is no place where those three intersect more than in Science Fiction as a genre. So, when I learned in a passing mention on the Sword & Laser Podcast about the graphic novel The History of Science Fiction by Xavier Dollo and Djibril Morissette-Phan, I knew that I needed to check it out. It is lacking in some significant ways, but they’re also ways that can be rectified in a second volume, if the creators are up for it.
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Splinter of the Mind’s Eye: Comic Review
It’s time to take a look at the Dark Horse Comic adaptation of Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. As I’ve previously reviewed the novel, I’ll be eschewing my regular format, and instead, I’ll be giving my thoughts on the adaptation.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – The Crusade Part 1
We start AzBat’s run as Batman, after defeating Bane – as we introduce the new incarnation of the Trigger Twins.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – The Search Pt. 1
We start off Knightquest with Bruce Wayne, Bronze Tiger, Green Arrow, and Gypsy trying to rescue Dr. Kinsolving and Jack Drake in Santa Prisca.
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UQ Holder: Complete Manga Review
Ken Akamatsu’s most recent (and likely last for a while) shonen battle manga, UQ Holder, has come to a conclusion. So, having previously discussed it the last time I got caught up, now is a good time to give my thoughts on the series.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Bloodlines Part 2
It’s time to finish off Bloodlines, before we return to Knightquest.
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Comic Review
A while back, I reviewed the 1978 Space Pirate Captain Harlock anime on the blog. My general verdict was that, after finishing the show, it was an enjoyable work of space opera. Well, almost 40 years after the series originally aired, the story is getting revisited and expanded in the form of a comic by Leiji Matsumoto & French comic writer Jerome Alquire.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Bloodlines Part 1
This time we change things up a bit with the big tie-in event that was happening in parallel with Knightfall and Knightquest.
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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Manga Review
I started going to anime conventions during peak Haruhi-ism. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime had first aired – fans were debating in which viewing order was the “right” one to watch it in, conventions had panels about how to do the Hare Hare Yukai, it was a wonderful time. As the years have gone, and in the wake of Endless Eight, and a general lack of Haruhi content, the visibility of the series has kind of faded to the background. However, the novels and the manga were still out there, so I came to the decision that if I wasn’t able to see the whole story animated, I’d read it in manga form and see how it all played out.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 10
Jean-Paul prepares to take on Bane.
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Copellion Manga – Why I Dropped It
It’s been a while since I dropped a manga, and much as when I reviewed Night Head 2041 after having dropped it, it feels appropriate to discuss Copellion for the same reason – particularly since I made it over halfway through the series (with under 100 chapters to go before finishing it) before I had enough.
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My Hero Academia Manga – Caught Up!
I’ve finally gotten caught up on the My Hero Academia Manga in the Shonen Jump app, and want to give my thoughts on where the manga is now. As a warning – this post will contain spoilers for content after the conclusion of season 5, up to where the manga is now and will include speculation on what will be covered in Season 6. Spoilers will begin below the cut.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 9
This time, we get Jean Paul Valley’s first outing as Batman, taking on Scarecrow.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 8
With Bruce Wayne out of action, the question becomes, who will take the mantle of The Bat.
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Showcase ‘94 #10 (Story 1) Recap
Finally, we see what happened to Jean-Paul Valley
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Catwoman #13 Recap
Next we pick up on what Catwoman was up to with the Neural Controller.
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Batman Legends of the Dark Knight #63 Recap
It’s time for the final confrontation between Azrael and Batman.
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Detective Comics #677 Recap
Bruce was seemingly killed by a self-destructing Batmobile. How will Nightwing and Robin respond?
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Batman: Shadow of the Bat #30 Recap
When we last left off, Batman and Azrael were dangling from a helicopter hurtling towards a bridge, and facing certain death.
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