These first 10 pages of “Harcourt: Second Life” just barely establish the premise of the larger story before it’s over.

When Wonder Girl reveals that Wonder Woman has been trying to contact her afterwards, Batman joins her to fight Egghead and Egg Fu. All of this information is delivered overtop a fight scene interspersed with flashbacks to keeps things lively.It was in this very series that the Justice League of America formed and became the ultimate team-up of the publisher's biggest heroes. Readers visit an alternate Earth where a tech-advanced Batman faces off against cybernetic Royal Flush Guardsmen under Joker's virtual control. In a scene lit with golden hues and framed almost entirely with plaintive closeups of Bruce and Alfred’s profiles, Alfred mournfully informs Bruce that he and Joker are not so different after all. We will not refund ratios (IE 1:10, 1:15, 1:20, 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, 1:200, 1:500 or any other type of ratio) for any reason. Fresh off a critical hit run on Wonder Woman with Greg Rucka, artist Liam Sharp took the character into his own hands in 2018 for a Batman team-up inspired by Celtic mythology.

It'd be better if the story were uncensored, but DC won't even allow the word "ass" in their books anymore.With DC currently running thin on team books and various heroes lacking time in the spotlight, The Brave and the Bold should have been their book. Belén Ortega’s pencils make it a good fight regardless, but I’m not sure they blend well with the black and white format. The main theme has also been included on The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection soundtrack. That hasn’t happened up until now due to the fact that the individual stories have different numbers of chapters, plus the breaks between Tom King’s entries. In the pantheon of King's tenure at DC Comics, this first chapter of a multi-part story is almost a collection of Tom King tropes.

First up there's Eisner-winning creative team Tom King and Mitch Gerads of Mister Miracle fame, who will reunite for a flashback story that tells of the first meeting between Batman and the Joker. The story has Batman and the Flash teaming up to put out fires started by Heat Wave, who has teamed up with the Firefly. It may represent a wider showcase of the DC Universe or a television series with a legacy still living through animation. Other than that the big reason to read this is the Superman story in here, which works really well if you’re also reading the Williamson run.The appeal of the format is to have a large collection of different stories, and when you use one of them as an advertisement for something else, it sours the experience. but a series of missteps have made many comics feel more like a repetition of other soft relaunches, like Infinite Frontier and DCUniverse. Contrasted with that implicit comradery, the “final” fight between Batman and Joker really sells the unending animosity between the two.

It was Titan Magazines' third Batman comic alongside Batman Legends and DC Universe Presents Batman Superman and was the first to be aimed at a younger audience.Much like Marvel Team-Up, The Brave and the Bold served a clear, well-defined purpose in DC's publishing schedule. Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a celebration of DC's history, both in the style and quality of storytelling. Unfortunately Jeff Spokes is off of pencils this month, but Pasquale Qualano still does a good job keeping everything together. Charge of the Army Eternal – After teaming up with Hourman to defeat the Calculator, Batman and Kid Eternity team up to fight General Immortus (assisted by the western Royal Flush Gang). Cantwell grabs you at the very start with captions that capture the innocence of Superman as he details a time he went camping.