DJ's Comics Blog

  This story was written by Donny Cates, with visuals from Ryan Stegman.    Aside from one issue of Venom, that I will be sitting down to read in a couple of days, the King in Black event is mercifully over. After four months of what I thought was pretty mixed storytelling, with every issue of the event slowly declining in quality, I think that I can finally say definitively that this was not my favourite event ever, although it was certainly one of the better ones that Marvel have produced in the post-Secret Wars era, which to be honest is not exactly a difficult feat when you consider the utter dross that the House of Ideas have pelted us with in the last six years. As for this individual instalment of the event, I felt that overall it was actually quite a good story, certainly the best since issue #2 when everything started going downhill, although it was certainly not a perfect finale by any means. In my opinion, the ending was a rather abrupt affair, with everyth...

 This story was written by Jeremy Adams, with artwork from Darko Lafuente, Brandon Peterson, and Marco Santucci.   Since the beginning of the DC Rebirth initiative back in mid-2016, perhaps even for the five years prior to that with the New 52 as well, Wally West has been put through the absolute ringer. Whether that be just not appearing for half a decade with no explanation, being brought back and ignored, or going through a complete character assassination at the hands of Tom King, I would say that it is universally accepted that the handling of his character since his return has been less than satisfactory. To many, Wally West is their favourite Flash, having grown up with him post-Crisis, and reading his adventures for 25 years as the Fastest Man Alive, coming to love him and his supporting cast like they were close friends, who’s lives you were deeply invested in. Personally, Barry Allen is still my favourite Flash, purely because I wasn’t a big comic guy during Wally’...