Reviews Situation

So... I've decided that I just can't keep up with the cost of buying comics anymore. Obviously I have the reviews for JUSTICE LEAGUE, JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL, RED LANTERNS, GREEN LANTERN, and BATMAN since I'm subscribed... But I can't keep up with the AQUAMAN, TEEN TITANS, GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS, etc. Obviously my first priority is TEEN TITANS, and I'll review it whenever I can...but that might not be common. AQUAMAN is second to TT, and the others are all coming later. The only issue I have, is that I am going to want to gather as much money as I can for May. What with all the crossovers and such.

But that's my point...I'm only going to be reviewing the subscribed series until my birthday when I can hopefully start getting AQUAMAN, TEEN TITANS, WORLDS FINEST, and EARTH TWO in subscriptions.
Til I get JUSTICE LEAGUE #6 later this week/early next week... Bye!

Justice League #6 Preview!

Justice League #6
Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Scott Williams

Last-Minute DCU Previews 2/21/2012

Aquaman #6

Batman: The Dark Knight #6

Superman #6

Teen Titans #6

and for the last preview, we have The Flash #6

TEEN TITANS ANNUAL, TEEN TITANS, SUPERBOY, LEGION LOST and THE RAVAGERS Solicits

Here's the solicit:
TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL and TOM DeFALCO
Art and cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
On sale MAY 2 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
• “THE CULLING” begins here!
• It’s the TEEN TITANS vs. THE LEGION LOST one mile beneath the Antarctic in the chamber of horrors known as the Crucible!
• Continued in this month’s SUPERBOY #9, LEGION LOST #9 and TEEN TITANS #9!

Here's the solicit:
SUPERBOY #9
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art by R.B. SILVA and ROB LEAN
Cover by IAN CHURCHILL
On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• “THE CULLING” continues here from this month’s TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1 and leading into LEGION LOST #9!
• SUPERBOY vs. ROSE WILSON – round two!
• The shocking debut of the all-new WARBLADE!

Here's the solicit:
LEGION LOST #9
Written by TOM DeFALCO
Art and cover by PETE WOODS
On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• “THE CULLING” continues from this month’s SUPERBOY #9!
• Even the combined powers of LEGION LOST and the TEEN TITANS won’t be enough to stop DARK HARVEST and his minions from committing mass murder!
• Continues in this month’s TEEN TITANS #9.

Here's the solicit:
TEEN TITANS #9
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art by IG GUARA and J.P. MAYER
Cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
1:25 B&W Variant cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• “THE CULLING” finale!
• THE TEEN TITANS and THE LEGION LOST duke it out with N.O.W.H.E.R.E. and the madman known as Harvest to stop the slaughter of
innocent children.
• This issue leads directly into this month’s RAVAGERS #1!
• Continued from TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1 SUPERBOY #9 and LEGION LOST #9!

Here's the solicit:
THE RAVAGERS #1
Written by HOWARD MACKIE
Art and cover by IAN CHURCHILL
1:25 Variant cover by TK TK
On sale MAY 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• First issue of a new series spinning directly out of “THE CULLING!”
• FAIRCHILD, brother and sister THUNDER and LIGHTNING, the monstrous RIDGE, BEAST BOY and TERRA are being pursued by ROSE WILSON and WARBLADE, who want them dead at any cost!
• No one’s survival is certain each month in THE RAVAGERS!

BLUE BEETLE and GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS solicits

Here's the solicit:
BLUE BEETLE #9
Written by TONY BEDARD
Art by MARCIO TAKARA
Cover by PAUL RENAUD
On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• BLUE BEETLE squares off against GREEN LANTERN KYLE RAYNER and THE NEW GUARDIANS!
• If Beetle and the Lanterns don’t kill each other, the bounty hunter packing Oan technology will be happy to do it for them. Wait…OAN technology?!
• Continued this month in GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #9!

Here's the solicit:
GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #9
Written by TONY BEDARD
Art and cover by TYLER KIRKHAM and BATT
1:25 B&W Variant cover by TYLER KIRKHAM and BATT
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• ODYM, homeworld of the BLUE LANTERNS, is under attack by the alien conquerors known as THE REACH!
• The combined power of the different Lantern Corps might not be enough to defeat The Reach!
• To make matters worse, they may have been betrayed by one of their own!
• Continued from BLUE BEETLE #9.

THE FLASH and AQUAMAN solicits

Here's the solicit:

THE FLASH #9
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL and BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art and cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
Variant cover by TONY S. DANIEL
1:200 B&W Variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Continuing the debut of GORILLA GRODD in DC Comics – The New 52!
• THE FLASH travels to GORILLA CITY for the first time!
• Who are the “RUNNERS” – and what do they mean for THE FLASH and the SPEED FORCE?

Here's the solicit:

AQUAMAN #9
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
1:25 B&W Variant cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• AQUAMAN and YA’WARA star in part three of the epic “THE OTHER LEAGUE!”
• More secrets are revealed about the team AQUAMAN belonged to before the Justice League!
• Plus: MERA learns a startling truth about ARTHUR’S past from Shin.

GREEN LANTERN, RED LANTERNS, and GREEN LANTERN CORPS Solicits

Here's the solicit:

GREEN LANTERN #9
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by DOUG MAHNKE and CHRISTIAN ALAMY
Cover by DOUG MAHNKE
Variant cover by GARY FRANK
1:200 B&W Variant cover by DOUG MAHNKE
On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $3.99 US
• “THE SECRET OF THE INDIGO TRIBE” part three!
• HAL JORDAN and SINESTRO learn the horrific truth behind the members of the Indigo Tribe and their connection to ABIN SUR
• Also, the GUARDIANS begin their plan to replace the Green Lantern Corps – at any cost!
This issue is also offered as a special combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

Here's the solicit:

RED LANTERNS #9
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Art and cover by ED BENES and ROB HUNTER
Cover by ED BENES
On sale MAY 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• No RED LANTERN is safe!
• ATROCITUS discovers a conspiracy behind the awakening of the terror that is ABYSMUS, which threatens to kill every member of his corps!

Here's the solicit:

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #9
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by FERNANDO PASARIN and SCOTT HANNA
On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• “ALPHA WAR” part one!
• JOHN STEWART is put on trial for the murder of a fellow GREEN LANTERN by the ALPHA LANTERNS!

NIGHTWING, BATMAN AND ROBIN, and RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS Solicits

Here's the solicit:

BATMAN AND ROBIN #9
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by PATRICK GLEASON and MICK GRAY
On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• NIGHT OF THE OWLS continues here!
• ROBIN faces TALON alone with the skies of Gotham City at stake!

Here's the solicit:

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art and cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT
On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!
• The Court of Owls is attacking, and the last person in the world you’d expect to answer Batman’s call to arms is the RED HOOD!
• Also featuring MR. FREEZE!

Here's the solicit:

NIGHTWING #9
Written by KYLE HIGGINS
Art by EDDY BARROWS, RUY JOSE and EBER FERREIRA
Cover by EDDY BARROWS
On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!
• NIGHTWING faces another villain claiming to be THE TALON at City Hall as the Court of Owls’ plans go into action – but will he be able to figure out what’s going on before it’s too late?

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL and FURY OF FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MEN Solicits

Here's the solicit:

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #9
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by AARON LOPRESTI and MATT RYAN
Cover by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND
On sale MAY 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• It’s the JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL against O.M.A.C in a fight to the finish!
• Special crossover with this month’s FIRESTORM #9!

Here's the solicit:

THE FURY OF FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MEN #9
Written by JOE HARRIS and ETHAN VAN SCIVER
Art by YILDIRAY CINAR and NORM RAPMUND
Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Don’t miss this crossover with JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #9!
• RONNIE seeks information – but is the price he must pay too high?

Earth-2 & Worlds' Finest Solicits

Here's the official solicit:

EARTH TWO #1
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by NICOLA SCOTT and TREVOR SCOTT
Cover by GREG CAPULLO
1:25 Variant cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
On sale MAY 2 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
• First issue of an ongoing series from writer JAMES ROBINSON and artist NICOLA SCOTT!
• Who are the heroes of EARTH 2 – and what befell them?
• Starring ALAN SCOTT, JAY GARRICK and many others!
• You may think you know Earth 2…but this is DC Comics – The New 52, where anything can happen!
• Don’t miss the extra-sized debut issue!

Here's the official solicit:

WORLDS’ FINEST #1
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by GEORGE PEREZ, SCOTT KOBLISH and KEVIN MAGUIRE
Cover by GEORGE PEREZ
1:25 Variant cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE
On sale MAY 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• New ongoing series featuring POWER GIRL and HUNTRESS of Earth 2!
• PAUL LEVITZ teams with amazing artists GEORGE PEREZ and KEVIN MAGUIRE.
• Discover why these two heroes are stranded on our Earth – and what it means for the heroes of the DC Universe.

Batwing #9 to start Marcus To's Art Run

Okay just saying, one of the reasons that I never actually started reading BATWING was because of Ben Oliver's art. I mean he is a really good artist and everything, and I'm sure he's a great guy...but I'm not a fan of his art as interior art. That's kind of like Alex Ross. I mean his cover work is AMAZING. And I went and saw his (Alex Ross') art show at the Andy Warhol museum and I was in awe the whole time. But his interior art isn't as interesting to me.

But anyway, I love Judd Winick's writing, I like Marcus To's style, and so therefore I'm hoping this issue is great and maybe I can start picking up BATWING from now on.

Here's the solicitation:

BATWING #9
Written by JUDD WINICK
Art by MARCOS TO and RYAN WINN
Cover by MARCOS TO
On sale MAY 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!
• BATWING arrives in Gotham City just in time to fight the chaos the Court of Owls has unleashed! Outgunned and on unfamiliar turf, can Batwing survive?


Check in soon for some more May solicitations and more info on the Court of Owls crossover event!