Picked this up at the library and enjoyed it. Cassandra Cain alias Orphan is a very interesting character in the DC Rebirth Universe and this particular graphic novel expands her character for the first time since her intro back in the Batman: Eternal books. Ras Al Ghul shows up to make veiled hints about things that he is up to and Cassandra gets a mother. Everybody gets beat up and our heroes save the day. Looks like this particular series is going down a magic […]
Surprise Saga!
4.5 stars Every new volume of Saga that comes out is a little event in my life, and it feels like the wait between each one is interminable. Since we’d already had one volume out in 2017, Saga, Vol. 7, I was not expecting another one, certainly not just before New Year’s. Going back and checking, the last volume came out in April. I knew it had to be fairly early in the year, as I was heartbroken enough by the end of that volume, I’m not sure […]
Things just keep looking darker and scarier for the Locke children
SPOILER WARNING! This review may contain some spoilers for the plots of the two volumes in question. In volume 4, Keys to the Kingdom, the three Locke siblings are still fighting against the Dark Lady, whose inhabiting the body of the person they think is their friend Zach. He’s posing as Kinsey’s affectionate boyfriend and Tyler’s loyal friend, trying to get one of the siblings to reveal where the crucial and powerful Omega key is hidden. Over the course of this volume, the Locke children seem […]
Saga, Vol. 8
“Saga, Vol. 8” is a short intense episode in the ride that is the Saga world. In this episode abortion is the predominant theme/topic/issue discussed and while it might not seem as a good fit with a graphic novel, I thought they did a good job of humanizing and giving voice to both sides of the argument for and against. Just when you think you’re going to get some resolution to the myriad conflicts that have been sown throughout the previous 7 volumes, the last […]