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A killer cathartic finale to the first arc of Batman: Dark Patterns, from @danpgwatters.bsky.social, @cleanlined.bsky.social, @treecolour.bsky.social, Frank Cvetkovic, @garbagedracula.bsky.social, and @roblevin.bsky.social!

A smaller-scoped Batman story that gives a big middle finger to ACE Chem 🖕
February 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It doesn't hurt that Ian Bertram did this BANGER of a cover for #5
February 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Who knew? @nickdragotta.bsky.social can draw the HELL out of some comics

Absolute Batman #5
February 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The Ultimates from @denizcamp.bsky.social continues to be the best thing Marvel’s putting out. Such fun and refreshing takes on existing characters, all building towards a final climax – I’ll be there for every issue!

The Ultimates #9
February 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As a relative newcomer to comics, the thing that WOWs me the most about @kellythompson.bsky.social’s Birds of Prey run is just how DAMN lovable the entire team is

New arc starts this week at #18 with Juan Cabal on art, Adriano Cabal on colors, and @claytoncowles.bsky.social on letters!
February 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Didn't realize how much I needed Stan Sakai drawn #TMNT til now

TMNT / Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1
February 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Started reading Waid & Samnee’s Black Widow run last night. Talk about an explosive first issue 🔥💣
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
If you’re only going to read one bloody train-based Issue #1 this week (weird that you actually have options this week?), make it Kill Train from Olivia Cuartero-Briggs, @martina-n-art.bsky.social, Simone D’Angelo, and @beccasee.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 3:24 AM
First WhatNot haul! Some great stuff in here, even if I did buy the entirety of Captain Canuck as a bit 😬
January 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A little under halfway through Zdarsky's Batman run and I've been positively bamboozled at how good @jorgejimenezart.bsky.social is. I hadn't read any of his work prior to this and have been LOVING it throughout this. Tomeu Morey colors and lights his pages perfectly - some neon moodiness ooh-la-la
January 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Finally started reading Zdaraky and @jorgejimenezart.bsky.social’s Batman run - nothing could’ve prepared me for Nightwing looking like THAT 🥵🥵🥵
January 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
DC is FEEDING us with two books from @tomking.bsky.social this week - Wonder Woman’s arc remains a monthly exercise in catharsis while Black Canary: Best of the Best keeps peeling back layers, interspliced amidst the framing of a no-holds-barred title fight 😵🥊
January 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If you’re not reading Prairie Gods from @shaneconneryvolk.bsky.social, you’re missing out on one of the best anthology series and one of my favorite new comics from last year
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Dan Mora’s Swamp Thing from this week’s Justice League Unlimited is a monstrous thing of beauty
January 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s cape-adjacent, but have you read The Human Target from Tom King and Greg Smallwood? I’ve only been reading comics for a few months but it’s still my favorite series.

For more recent stuff, here’s my Top 20 from 2024! Dawnrunner is a KILLER standalone series w/ breathtaking art from Evan Cagle
January 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Absolute Wonder Woman #4 from @kellythompson.bsky.social and @cleanlined.bsky.social continues to be one of my favorite books coming out right now. Draped in hope, love, and unbelievably badass moments
January 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I stayed up later than intended last night reading through The Vision from @tomking.bsky.social. It’s phenomenal throughout but SHEESH, that last issue devastated me. A truly perfect way to end things. Extra praise for Hernandez Walta + Bellaire’s hauntingly mundane portrayal of the extraordinary.
January 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM