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BurtonReviews Batman I am Gotham (Batman Rebirth Issues 1-5): Sowing Seeds

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(Image sourced from http://411mania.com/movies/411s-comic-reviews-batman-rebirth-1-nighthawk-1-more/ ) After a legendary run through the New 52 by Scott Snyder on the main Batman title, anyone following it up has some mighty big shoes to fill. Que the newest rising star in the comic book writer community, Tom King (known for his work on Greyson and the Omega men). A ex CIA agent, his real world experience were sure to bring an interesting new take on the dark crusader, but were DC right to trust their flagship title to him. In short hell yes. In long here’s the rest of my review. (Image sourced from http://www.snappow.com/comics/dc-rebirth-creative-teams-revealed/ )  The first storyline of the Rebirth Batman’s tale sees Batman encounter two new and extremely powerful superheroes that want to save Gotham. They are called Gotham and Gotham Girl and they give Batman a hope for the future of Gotham for when the Bat just isn’t enough to save his beloved city; that is if they

Suicide Squad BurtonReview: Welcome to the Madhouse

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(Image sourced fromhttp://www.warnerbros.com/suicide-squad) With this summer’s biggest trend seeing superheroes of all universes bashing other superheroes square in the face, it’s no wonder the badguys got so bored they started doing their own thing. But was making a team of the baddest of the bad to fill in for where the other superheroes have been lacking this year, ya know saving other people instead of trying to beat down one another, really a good idea, or a chemical mixture that makes chaos, a time bomb ready to blow up in all our faces.    (Video sourced from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5v63uZbFl0 ) The story of Suicide Squad sees the worst residents of the DC Universe’s prisons get drafted for a super covert team that is capable of taking down the foes that ordinary good men and women just can’t. now forcing some of the most deadly and psychotic villains of this universe into a team to save the world they were only yesterday tormenting doesn’t sound like the