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April 2022 Leftovers

Batman, Volume 3: Death in the Family by Scott Snyder

DC: The New Frontier, Volume 1 by Darwyn Cooke

Batman: Curse of the White Knight by Sean Gordon Murphy

Batman, Volume 4: Zero Year-Secret City by Scott Snyder

Chances by Jackie Collins

Batgirl, Volume 1: Batgirl of Burnside by Cameron Stewart

Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year-Dark City by Scott Snyder

Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzeze by S.J. Peddie

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch

Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman

Call Me a Cab by Donald Westlake

Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen

The Bouncer by David Gordon

Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø

Tough Luck: Sid Luckman, Murder, Inc., and the Rise of the Modern NFL by R.D. Rosen

Concourse by S.J. Rozan

May 1, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Here are the books I read in April that didn’t merit a full review… Batman, Vol. 3: Death in the Family **** Reading a Batman-v-Joker comic is perfect for April Fools Day. I loved Scott Snyder’s Court of Owls run but wasn’t sure how I’d feel about him doing a Joker story combined with the extended Batman Family (which I’ve never been interested in). But this is a good story, a creepy one that continues to burnish Snyder’s credentials on this series. DC: The New Frontier, Volume […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: Atlantic City, Batgirl, Batgirl of Burnside, Batman, Batman Death in the Family, Batman Zero Year, Batman Zero Year Dark City, Batman Zero Year Secret City, Bill Smith, Blood on Snow, Bronx, Caitlin Mullen, Call Me a Cab, Cameron Stewart, Chances, Concourse, Darwyn Cooke, David Gordon, DC Comics, DC The New Frontier, Donald Westlake, Jackie Collins, Jennifer Lynch, Jo Nesbo, Joe Brody, Joker, Lucky Santangelo, Lydia Chin, mafia, Murder Inc., New York City, Norway, Please See Us, psychic, R.D. Rosen, S.J. Peddie, S.J. Rozan, Sarah Weinman, scandal, scott snyder, Sean Gordon Murphy, Sid Luckman, Sonny, Sonny Franzeze, The Bouncer, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, Tough Luck, travel, twin peaks, William F. Buckley, Zero Year

Jake's CBR14 Review No:74 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense · Tags: Atlantic City, Batgirl, Batgirl of Burnside, Batman, Batman Death in the Family, Batman Zero Year, Batman Zero Year Dark City, Batman Zero Year Secret City, Bill Smith, Blood on Snow, Bronx, Caitlin Mullen, Call Me a Cab, Cameron Stewart, Chances, Concourse, Darwyn Cooke, David Gordon, DC Comics, DC The New Frontier, Donald Westlake, Jackie Collins, Jennifer Lynch, Jo Nesbo, Joe Brody, Joker, Lucky Santangelo, Lydia Chin, mafia, Murder Inc., New York City, Norway, Please See Us, psychic, R.D. Rosen, S.J. Peddie, S.J. Rozan, Sarah Weinman, scandal, scott snyder, Sean Gordon Murphy, Sid Luckman, Sonny, Sonny Franzeze, The Bouncer, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, Tough Luck, travel, twin peaks, William F. Buckley, Zero Year ·
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Extra Reading March 2022

Batman: The Killing Joke by Christa Faust and Gary Phillips

The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

In The Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

The Banks by Roxane Gay, Ming Doyle (Illustrator)

One Night, New York by Lara Thompson

The Secret Lives of Married Women by Elissa Wald

Lost and Found in Harlem by Delia C. Pitts

Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Scandal in Babylon by Barbara Hambly

Sadie by Courtney Summers

April 1, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

These are the books I finished in the month of March in which I didn’t have time or words to elaborate on… Batman: The Killing Joke *** Two of my favorites team up for a Batman prose novel? Yes! But the end result is just okay. Interestingly enough, I think both writers do a better job with the random Gothamites than they do with the Caped Crusader and his primary nemesis. You’re fine just reading Alan Moore’s legendary graphic novel. The Big East: Inside the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fanfiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: autobiography, Barbara Hambly, Batman, Beautiful Little Fools, Christa Faust and Gary Phillips, College Basketball, Colombia, comic prose novel, Courtney Summers, crime, Dana O'Neil, Delia C. Pitts, Diane Guerrero, Elissa Wald, erotica, fanfiction, Film Industry, Graphic Novel, harlem, heist, historical fiction, Hollywood, Immigration, in the country we love, Jillian Cantor, Lara Thompson, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, Libba Bray, Lost and Found in Harlem, mystery, One Night New York, Ross Detective Agency, Roxane Gay, Ming Doyle (Illustrator), sadie, Scandal in Babylon, short stories, The Banks, The Big East, The Great Gatsby, The Joker, The Killing Joke, The Secret Lives of Married Women, Young Adult

Jake's CBR14 Review No:51 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fanfiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: autobiography, Barbara Hambly, Batman, Beautiful Little Fools, Christa Faust and Gary Phillips, College Basketball, Colombia, comic prose novel, Courtney Summers, crime, Dana O'Neil, Delia C. Pitts, Diane Guerrero, Elissa Wald, erotica, fanfiction, Film Industry, Graphic Novel, harlem, heist, historical fiction, Hollywood, Immigration, in the country we love, Jillian Cantor, Lara Thompson, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, Libba Bray, Lost and Found in Harlem, mystery, One Night New York, Ross Detective Agency, Roxane Gay, Ming Doyle (Illustrator), sadie, Scandal in Babylon, short stories, The Banks, The Big East, The Great Gatsby, The Joker, The Killing Joke, The Secret Lives of Married Women, Young Adult ·
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Under the Red Hood goes under the hood

Batman: Under the Red Hood by Judd Winick

March 30, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

What seems like forever ago now, I watched (and loved) the animated movie based upon this particular run of Batman comics. I didn’t even realize at the time that it was pulled directly from the comics, since I was used to the Marvel method of comic book moviemaking, which generally is to hodgepodge stuff from the comics together into something that’s simultaneously old and new. Thankfully, this isn’t the case with Under the Red Hood, because I was in the market for more of the same. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Batman, Judd Winick, under the red hood

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Batman, Judd Winick, under the red hood ·
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Caped Crusade

Batman: White Knight, Deluxe Edition by Sean Murphy

January 28, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

I so rarely write full-length reviews on graphic novels. This is a rare exception cuz…well, I got a lot to say. I’m not a fan of most modern day DC/Marvel graphic novels. They all have familiar story lines, twee dialogue, and conclusive narratives. I’ll grant that I don’t go too deep in the weeds with them but when I do venture out of my Batman/Daredevil comfort zone (like Hawkeye for example), I’m almost always disappointed. While I do enjoy a decent diet of Batman tales, modern ones […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Batman, Batman White Knight, Comics, DC Comics, Joker, Sean Murphy

Jake's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Batman, Batman White Knight, Comics, DC Comics, Joker, Sean Murphy ·
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Trying to finish up CBR13

The House of M by Brian Michael Bendis

Batman: Knightfall (Vol. 1) by Doug Moench

December 27, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

  House of M (2005) 3/5 stars I don’t follow comics. I used to, when I was a teenager, but that was more than a couple years ago now. I have generally watched the movies, though, and have mostly enjoyed the MCU. Comics have a pretty big nostalgia factor for me, so I’ve frequently “tried” getting back into them, and have had varying degrees of success. In light of that, I’ve always kind of wanted to read Civil War, and was aware of the story-line […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Bane, Batman, brian michael bendis, Doug Moench, House of M, Knightfall, X-Men

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Bane, Batman, brian michael bendis, Doug Moench, House of M, Knightfall, X-Men ·
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The Dark Versus The Knight

Batman: Ego and Other Tails by Darwyn Cooke, et al.

October 19, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR13Bingo: person on the cover. Batman is on the cover! Like many, I rewound and watched the new trailer for The Batman several times since it came out. I’m a big fan of the Caped Crusader; he’s basically the only superhero I roll with on a consistent basis. When looking up reviews for the trailer (go ahead and laugh but I was curious how others would interpret the Easter Eggs), I saw that one of director Matt Reeves’ big inspirations for the movie […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Batman, Batman Ego, catwoman, cbr13bingo, Darwyn Cooke, et al., Graphic Novel

Jake's CBR13 Review No:159 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Batman, Batman Ego, catwoman, cbr13bingo, Darwyn Cooke, et al., Graphic Novel ·
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