It’s time for another round of comic book reviews. There were a lot of major releases this week to talk about. With that in mind this week we’ll be covering Absolute Catwoman #4, Absolute Superman #25, Avengers #1, Batman #15, Exquisite Corpses: Fox Mask Killer #2, Iron Man #11, and Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4. Find out how these comic books turned out with the latest comic book reviews round-up below.
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #4
CREATIVE TEAM
Writers: Scott Snyder and Che Grayson
Artist: Bengal
Colorist: Giovanna Niro
Letterer: Lucas Gattoni
Absolute Catwoman #4 does an excellent job at showing how Selina Kyle must deal with the consequences of her past actions. Particularly with the choices she made the shaped the origin story of Absolute Cassandra Cain. It is a lesson that Selina has to learn from the hard way as she must make choices in the middle of a lot of intense action. This goes to show how Cassandra has been building towards this confrontation with how easily she repelled Selina’s crew. With how things end, including more information about Selina’s history and ties to Absolute Black Mask, it will be very interesting where things go from here.
Overall Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #25
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Juan Ferreyra, Garmine Di Giandomenico, and Rafa Sandoval
Colorist: Juan Ferreyra and Ulises Arreola
Letterer: Becca Carey
Absolute Superman #25 is a fascinating examination on the importance of keeping one’s humanity. The battle against Brainiac shows us two very different results of what this all means. With Superman we see how it is his strong connections to the family he lost and that he gained on his new home helped him defeat Brainiac in a way the villain didn’t expect. Meanwhile we see the opposite with Absolute Lex Luthor as Brainiac’s actions to destroy his life turned him from Alexander the family man to Lex the one who will stop at nothing for his ultimate revenge. The paths this places Superman and Lex has a lot of potential to see show how the Absolute Universe will continue to throw surprises at all of us.
Overall Rating: 9 Night Girls out of 10
AVENGERS #1
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Marco Checchetto
Colorist: Matthew Wilson
Letterer: Cory Petit
Avengers #1 is a double edge sword that any wrong swing could end up cutting itself. That comes down to the decision of revolving this opening stage around revisiting the controversial One More Day story. To Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto’s credit they utilize Spider-Man’s OMD in a way that gives us a big time story for this new Avengers team to deal right out of the gate. In the process Avengers #1 is able to get over the current status quo of the Marvel Universe, explaining the absence of more classic roster members, and why, most importantly, the Avengers are still needed.
Overall Rating: 8.5 Night Girls out of 10
BATMAN #15
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Matt Fraction
Artist: Jorge Jimenez
Colorist: Tomeu Morey
Letterer: Clayton Cowles and Jorge Jimenez
Just as you think there would be time to assess the new status quo for Gotham City post-Bad Seeds’ Bruce Wayne takes a massive risk in the direct aftermath. It is a risk that you immediately wonder if it will cause him embrace being Batman 100% of the time, losing the Bruce Wayne side of him. That is something that hovers over everything that we see go on in Batman #15 as Bruce orchestrates his own “assassination” with the help of some of his Batman Family and Justice League allies. With where Gotham City is at the moment it is a risk that could ultimately have a big payoff. Though where that payoff will be worth it for Batman and Gotham City is anyone’s guess.
Overall Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10
EXQUISITE CORPSES: FOX MASK KILLER #2
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Che Grayson
Artist: Adam Gorham
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire
Letterer: Becca Carey
Exquisite Corpses: Fox Mask Killer #2 switches up the tempo to focus on the cast of the this series. In doing so we get to see how the world is built around Naomi Yatsurugi, emphasizing her as a series lead. This all helps build out the mythology for the person we know as the Fox Mask Killer being even more complex. The world building allows the action we do get in Fox Mask Killer #2 to pop more with its intensity.
Overall Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10
IRON MAN #11
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Lucas Maresca
Colorist: Matt Milla
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Tony Starks’ actions during Avengers: Armageddon with him going all in on his solo act was something he has been doing for a while. Iron Man #11 drove that point home as the double date with Reed and Sue Richards shows the superiority complex Tony has embraced. It drove home how Tony does feel like it is him against the world. This proves to be his biggest weakness, as proven by A.I.M.’s successful attack on Tony’s base where all his allies are located. With his weakness exploited we see what the most dangerous version of Iron Man could be left in its wake.
Overall Rating: 8.5 Night Girls out of 10
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #4
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Bryan Hill
Artist: Nico Leon
Colorist: Bryan Valenza
Letterer: Cory Petit
The Revenant threat hits close to home as the new villain attacks Miles Morales at his school. This leads to a very action heavy Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4 as it is dominated by the fight with Revenant. While very action forward Bryan Hill and Nico Leon make sure that there is still all the melodrama you expect from a Spider-Man comic book. The fight with Revenant is something that is clouded by Miles being conflicted about his dad’s role in the villain’s origin. That conflict is made even worse by Jefferson Davis decides to get involved, leading to an ending that creates a lot of unknowns.
Overall Rating: 8 Night Girls out of 10
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