This is my third review of the Night of Owls crossover that is taking place in the Batman family of comic books (Editor's interlude: Robert's part one review can be found here with part two here). This week, I am going to give long reviews to Nightwing #9, a title I read on a monthly basis, and Red »»

Okay, does everyone remember Crisis on Infinite Earths? Or even if you don't remember it, you certainly have heard about it, right? Well, long story short, the DC Universe combined all of their 'earths' into a single earth, in which the Justice Society were masked men from World War 2 and the Justic »»

You know how you know you're getting to be an old comic book fan? When you hear there's a multi-title1 crossover coming, you groan about it. Oh, I remember those blissful days of youth 2, when I greeted the news of a crossover with glee and excited anticipation. But, after almost all crossovers c »»

It's always tough to split a book off. It's not easy to take the success you have in one book and transfer it to a spin-off book. First off, you can spread the writer or creative team too thin. Secondly, it's tough to make a book significantly different, and yet familiar enough that pulls the reader »»

I want to let you all in on a little secret. Come closer. Don't let the other Comic Nexus guys let you know, I'm telling you this. Shhhhh. The secret is that it isn't much fun reviewing good ongoing comic books. At the end of the day, when trying to review a comic book that is just as good as the »»

I think most comic book discussions (i.e., flame topics) stem from the inability to separate something that is a "personal favorite" from that which is "the best." The distinction is easy when you like something that is not as good, almost by design, like B-Movies, Pop Art, or the Ramones. 1 It gets »»

In a new relationship, you are so enthralled at the beginning of the relationship. Everything is wonderful because you are discovering new things. She introduces you to music you haven't heard before; Or maybe he takes you to places you have never gone; Or maybe you just are enjoying her physical be »»

What to think of an Indy/Vertigo style writer who decides to return to the world of mutant super-hero comics? I'm really not sure what to make of it. Okay, you have Brian Wood, recently off of a gig as the writer of the Vertigo series, DMZ. DMZ is a hard-hitting realistic story about journalism, »»

I don't know how anyone else feels about it, but I am very much on board for the digital comics revolution. I buy comics online and I read and support web comics that I enjoy. I am very aware of the amount of storage space that I have (and I have a house with both an attic and basement), so I love t »»

Author's Note: Normally I try to write this introduction before I actually read the comic book. The idea is to capture my thoughts and feelings of why I chose to read and review a specific title. Sometimes, I write it later, but capturing the thoughts that I had prior to cracking the first page. Thi »»

Hey everyone, welcome to Story Arc Wrap-Up month in the DcnU. You see, to fit a story into a nice neat little trade paperback or hardcover, especially for series trying to grab new readers, you want to have the story-arc wrap up in four issues. And then you follow it up with either a light-hearted c »»

I've wanted to review trade paperbacks for a while, but I struggled with the proper format. You see, I don't think you choose to purchase a collected comic book in the same way as you do an individual comic book. The purchasing decision is almost completely different. Additionaly, non superhero trad »»

As of November 2011, the DC Relaunch has been a success. Starting all of the books with a new #1 was a bold move, but one that really has been well accepted, and even an old comic-book curmudgeon like me has enjoyed it. However, there is one small problem with relaunching all of the books with new # »»

It's hard for me to say whether I 'like' the new DC Universe. First off, I've never been a fan of easy answers for complex questions. But secondly, what the question is really asking is whether I like the DCnU better than the DC Post-Crisis Universe. That question hits me where it hurts, as that is »»

The art of the guest appearance in a comic book. It's a very subtle thing to pull off successfully. First off, you don't want to make it seem like you're desperate for readers and using a guest star to pull a second fan base into your book. Second, it should be a character that when you put them in »»