Nemesis Forever #1
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Matteo Scalera
Colorist: Giovanna Niro
Letterer: Clem Robins
Nemesis is the world’s most dangerous man and now he’s made himself into one of the richest. No longer content just to terrorize the forces of law and order, his new plan is to wreak havoc on his enemies and seize control of the world itself and enslave humanity with super-technology.
Void Rivals #18
(W) Robert Kirkman (A/CA) Lorenzo De Felici, Patricio Delpeche
In Shops: Mar 26, 2025
SRP: $3.99
At long last… Zerta!
The full list of covers is below:
Void Rivals #18
(W) Robert Kirkman (A/CA) Lorenzo De Felici, Patricio Delpeche
In Shops: Mar 26, 2025
SRP: $3.99
At long last… Zerta!
The full list of covers is below:
Skybound, Image Comics, and Hasbro have revealed interior pages and the lineup of variant covers for Void Rivals #18, the arc 3 finale of the hit series from the Oblivion Song team of Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici, along with colorist Patricio Delpeche, and letterer Rus Wooton. The conclusion of the third story arc of the epic space opera hits comic book shops on April 30, 2025.
At long last…ZERTA! After the stunning revelations about Cybertron in the last issue, what’s next?
Each issue of Void Rivals promises to take readers further into the Energon Universe, with more familiar faces to appear including some of the most popular Transformers bots, allies, and enemies!
Void Rivals #18 will feature a main cover by De Felici, along with a lineup of variant covers including an open-to-order cover B by Michele Rubini and Giovanna Niro, a 1:10 incentive variant wrapping up the connecting cover series by Conor Hughes, a 1:25 incentive variant by Steve Beach, and a 1:50 incentive variant by Patricia Martín.
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Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg, the Batmobile lost a wheel… and you know the rest! Read these eight merry tales about characters from the DCU set during the holiday season. Be enthralled by Dr. Midnight’s literally silent night, become captivated by a Deadman story written by Marv Wolfman, and ponder the question: in a world without the Joker’s torment, is it really a wonderful life? Probably not. DC’s Batman Smells, Robin Laid An Egg, is a heartwarming new holiday anthology coming as a gift to you this this holiday season! How can you not pick up a comic titled DC’s Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg?
The song the comic is based on has become a holiday classic in many ways. Enshrined in pop culture, used as alternative lyrics in concerts by school kids who don’t feel like singing the real words, it’s been a thing for decades. So with a comic entitled DC’s Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg, you’d expect a read that was a lot of comedy and full of holiday cheer. And, the result is exactly that.
As with any anthology, DC’s Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg varies in quality of the stories but overall, the eight are really solid. They range from good to great, there’s not a stinker in the bunch. There’s riffs on classic stories, like the Joker being shown a world where he didn’t exist, and a lot of new original takes as well. It features a wide range of characters including a reunion of the Secret Six, that just reminds us we need a return of the Secret Six.
The art styles vary greatly and some are downright fantastic. Francesco Francavilla’s Dr. Midnight stands out with a wordless tale, and emphasizing how varied the storytelling is. There’s quite a few I’d love to see regularly on comics as well and like the stories some stand out more than others.
DC’s Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg is really good overall. A fun one-shot packed with original stories, it’s a nice holiday addition from DC which has already started a great tradition in its mini-series featuring Santa. Some of the stories deliver laughs, other nostalgia, and most of all, many deliver heart and warmth. It’s a nice read that’ll get you in the mood for the holiday season.
Story: Dorado Quick, Drew Maxey, Ricardo Sanchez, Alexis Quasarano, Marv Wolfman, James Reid, Zipporah Smith, Calvin Kasulke
Art: M.L. Sanapo, Marianna Ignazzi, Aaron Conley, Marcial Toledano Vargas, Paul Pelletier, Francesco Francavilla, Andrew Drilon, Anthony Marques
Color: Arif Prianto, Giovanna Niro, Ivan Plascencia, Marcial Toledano Vargas, Eren Angiolini, Andrew Drilon, Wil Quintana
Letterer: Dave Sharpe, Pat Brosseau, Steve Wands, Carlos M. Mangual, Josh Reed
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.0 Overall: 7.75 Recommendation: Read
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Dick Grayson is struggling to adjust to his new life as Bruce Wayne’s ward, with both Bruce’s rules and Batman’s training making his life difficult. But Dick is happy to remind Bruce that turnabout is fair play. Gotham’s newest crime boss, the General, continues to vie with Two-Face for control–but could an alliance benefit both of them and spell trouble for Batman and Robin? Batman and Robin: Year One #2 is another fantastic issue that evokes the classics.
Written by Mark Waid Batman and Robin: Year One #2 is another home run of an issue that delivers action, humor, and heart with a look that’s as crisp as the storytelling. Waid dives further into the early relationship between the dynamic duo, this time focusing a bit more on Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. It also addresses a major talking point for years, isn’t it a bit odd for Wayne to be adopting these kids? Are they safe? How involved is Wayne? Through a reporter, we get questions asked and answers given about the oddity that is this unusual family. From Alfred’s role to how hands on Bruce is, the issue checks off the questions Gothamites would have, and so have readers for years. With it, we also get to see the seriousness of Bruce versus Dick’s playful behavior, extending the dynamic the two have when battling crime.
And we get to see some of that two as Dick trains with Bruce and Alfred we also see that his plan of attack and solution to problems is quite different than what Bruce would do as Batman. Waid emphasizes how similar as well as how different these two are. They both are “born” out of tragedy but the impact on their demeanor as well as how they approach life is totally different.
The art by Chris Samnee continues to amaze. With color by Samnee and Giovanna Niro and lettering by Samnee and Clayton Cowles, the comic is Samnee’s amazing style but also a little blend of what has come before. The comic feels like some of the other modern Batman classic like The Long Halloween. Part of that is due to the colors taken which gives a bit darker/muted look but at the same time not a “dark” look (if that makes sense). But, where Samnee’s art really shines is how the visuals emphasize the brightness that is Dick Grayson. Small details of him being a kid, like sticking out a tongue, the body language, the facial expressions, it all adds up to a kid who exudes a positive and bright feeling around him. It sticks out compared to the rather dour Bruce/Batman.
Batman and Robin: Year One #2 is another fantastic issue that continues to help cement this series as a modern classic. Two issues in and it feels like this is one that’ll be talked about and suggested as a “great Batman read” for years to come. Here’s hoping it can keep up the high quality for all of the issues to come.
Story: Mark Waid, Chris Samnee Writer: Mark Waid Art: Chris Samnee
Color: Giovanna Niro Letterer: Clayton Cowles, Chris Samnee
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75 Recommendation: Buy
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Writer and storyteller Mark Millar and Dark Horse Comics present the conclusion of The Magic Order. The fate of the world and the fate of magic are tied to five families across the globe, each bestowed with secret power to protect our existence from dangerous supernatural and magical threats. Artist Matteo Buffagni and colorist Giovanna Niro join Millar in The Magic Order Volume 5. The cover is by Buffagni and Niro, and the graphic novel collection will arrive in comic shops and bookstores in July 2025. The Magic Order is also set to become a live-action Netflix series.
Cordelia Moonstone, the leader of the family of wizards who look after the world and protect us from the creatures lurking in the dark, has been told she will die soon, and there is nothing she can do about it. One by one wizards have been picked off by their enemies ever since Cordelia used black magic, and now she’s the last wizard standing as they make their final push. Breaking the rules has brought serious consequences and the price of her transgressions appears to be her life! But there is no chance she is going down without a fight.
This has been an astonishing series, and The Magic Order Volume 5 is set to be the best one yet. Find the 152-page (6.625” x 10.1875”) paperback collection in bookstores on July 8, 2025, and comic shops on July 9, 2025 for $19.99. Pre-order now from TFAW, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, your local bookstore, or visit Comic Shop Locator for more details and stores near you.
BOOM! Studios has revealed a terrifying first look at Hello Darkness #3, the horrifying continuation to the brand new ongoing anthology series featuring what BOOM! Studios is known for–the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery, not to mention the darkest stories yet from a murderer’s row of world class creators! Everything from primal fears to modern political horrors will be explored, in the classic style of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror.
Try and prepare yourself for another unsettling issue of the nightmarish modern horror anthology everyone is talking about. James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera return for Part 2 of “A Monster Hunter Walks Into a Bar”! And it gets gnarly gross with gruesome gluttony in “Mukbang” from Michael W. Conrad and Martín Morazzo.
The horror of war shows its disturbing face in “Kampfgeist” from Andy Lanning and Trevor Hairsine, while Robert Hack brings more laughs that are just plain wrong with “I Can’t Take You Anywhere”. And the world will never look the same after you read Part 3 of “The War” from the celebrated team of Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan.
Hello Darkness #3 features a main cover by Paolo Rivera, and variant covers by Jenny Frison, Matteo Scalera with colors by Giovanna Niro, an Erica Slaughter variant by Annie Wu, an Unlockable variant limited 1-per-store by Paolo Rivera, and limited BOOM! Studios Direct Reserve exclusive variants by Jenny Frison and Annie Wu! It comes to shops on September 25, 2024.
Batman and Dylan Dog cross paths as two of their lethal nemeses, The Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime of Gotham City, and Professor Xabaras, have an unknown history! Batman/Dylan Dog #1 has Joker traveling to London to seal a hellish pact with Dylan Dog’s nemesis, the Mephistophelian Xabaras!
Written by Roberto Recchioni, Batman/Dylan Dog #1 features a European adventure as Batman heads to London chasing the Joker. Dylan Dog isn’t the most well known character and for me, this was an introduction. I know of the name, but that’s about it. So, it was interesting to read the comic to see how easy it is to figure out Batman’s latest team up. And thankfully, Batman/Dylan Dog #1 does an excellent job of welcoming new readers unfamiliar with the Nightmare Investigator.
To me, Dylan Dog is John Constantine without the magic. Recchioni presents a character who is charming and full of style but a massive whiff of bullshit is underneath it all. Broke, who knows where the next dollars are coming from, and a reputation that seems to be shaky, we get a protagonist who feels very pulp overall bringing Batman back to his adventure roots.
Batman/Dylan Dog #1 definitely has that roots feel. There’s a sense of old reels that you might watch before a film, with a story involving zombies and a sense of B-Movie fun about it all. The comic does a solid job in every aspect of the story, weaving in Dylan Dog and Batman’s worlds, introducing characters, setting up personality conflict, and delivering action. There’s just a lot of fun within the comic and that extends to the art.
Gigi Cavenago and Werther Dell’Edera team for the art with color by Gigi Cavenago and Giovanna Niro and lettering by Pat Brosseau. The comic looks fantastic and perfectly matches the tone of the writing. Everyone looks great and the comic has a style that feels like a blend of European comics and a traditional Batman comic. The Joker especially looks fantastic and the tone of the visuals just nails the pulp aspect of it. The comic is beautiful from the design of the characters to the colors, it’s just great overall and a visual treat.
Batman/Dylan Dog #1 is a hell of a start. The comic delivers two characters in Dylan Dog and Batman/Bruce Wayne that are so perfect together in a story that makes sense and doesn’t feel forced. It has a look and flair that is a throwback to pulp adventures and Batman team-ups of the 90s. It’s a fun comic that even readers unfamiliar with Dylan Dog can enjoy. A solid debut that has us already wanting more of this new dynamic duo.
Story: Roberto Recchioni Art: Gigi Cavenago, Werther Dell’Edera
Color: Gigi Cavenago, Giovanna Niro Letterer: Pat Brosseau
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy
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Nemesis Reloaded #1 opens not with a splash but a letter, an introduction from writer Mark Millar. Millar goes into his ideas and somewhat of where this series is going. The original Nemesis series was created by Millar and Steve McNiven debuting 13 years ago. I myself only remember the basics, an evil version of Batman, but do remember it being entertaining. Flash forward to today and much has changed. With Millar looking at the big picture of all his properties, it was time to bring back this villain all leading up to July’s event “Big Game” where every Millar character will cross over in a big summer event.
As Millar notes, much has changed since that original series debuted. The world has shifted in so many ways. It’s politics, it’s economics, the environment and health of its people. Millar has recognized that and uses all of the current unease to launch Nemesis Reloaded #1. Much like the original, the story focuses on a Batman like character who’s a villain. Who he is? What does he want? We don’t really know and it doesn’t really matter.
Millar provides a self-aware comic that both takes itself seriously and skewers itself too. A discussion at the beginning about Tarantino feels like it’s talking as much about the comic to come as it does the director and writer. Like Tarantino, Nemesis Reloaded #1 bathes in its absurdity and orgy of violence and blood. It’s over the top in all the right ways updated for today’s political and social climate.
Much of that is due to the art of Jorge Jiménez. With color by Giovanna Niro and lettering by Clem Robins, the visuals for the comic are so over the top it’s just fun. Limbs are cut off, bullets fly, death reigns. It’s all done in a way it’s hard to take seriously, instead you’re forced to site back and enjoy the dance of destruction. Everything clicks visually creating an action comic with visual comedic chops. Those moments are brought home by the visuals which nail the punchlines over and over.
Nemesis Reloaded #1 is the insane violence Mark Millar has delivered in the past. Everything is ramped up to 11 delivering a comic that feels like it is both taking itself seriously but also spoofing so much of what has come before. No matter, it’s a hell of a lot of fun and a welcome return after being missing for so long.
Story: Mark Millar Art: Jorge Jiménez
Color: Giovanna Niro Letterer: Clem Robins
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75 Recommendation: Buy
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