Tom King Archives

The Gentle Man has called in this favor, and Batman and Wonder Woman take up his fight while the Gentle Man himself spends a day experiencing Gotham City with Catwoman. Batman #39 cover by Mikel Janin Tom King once again puts out a charming and compelling installment of Batman driven by its charismatic characters and interesting story[...]

At the DC in DC panel "The Aftermath: Battle & Trauma in Comics," writer Tom King revealed a new upcoming project called Sanctuary about a place where DC heroes can go to deal with the trauma resulting from the violence they're a part of on a regular basis. "Every DC Comic is full of violence," King[...]

This time, it's writer Tom King who is having trouble getting his hands on copies of his own work from the House of Ideas. Wife: do we have a copy of the Vision hardcover?Me: Nah, Marvel's weird with comps Wife: Isn't it dedicated to me?Me: Well, yeah My part of it is.Wife: Then it's my book[...]

As such, I'll run down everything except the twist ending for you, then throw up a spoiler warning and talk about the surprise. Tom King really knows how to hit the emotions in both lighter and darker stories You really feel for Matthew thanks to a combination of excellent pacing due to the layouts as well[...]

I came around to the Tom King Batman train a lot later than most for reasons now well documented on Bleeding Cool, and Batman Annual #2 by King, Lee Weeks, and Michael Lark is a big part of the reason I ever came around to it all. Also, side note, yes I know the "Batman-Hater Holiday Special" posts were put up in reverse order[...]

Thankfully, some writers like Tom King here do take opportunities to show how things may end for our beloved heroes. You can really get how the relationship between this two works, and it has had me more invested in the romance between Bruce Wayne and Selena Kyle than I ever have before It's elevated it to[...]

Plus, great writers like Tom King and Scott Snyder are highly skilled at showing those various sides of the Bruce Wayne. Is he one of my favorite DC heroes again? No, not yet at least Do I still think he is way overused in the DC Universe? Yes certainly Can he still be insufferable in the[...]

The colors add a lot of depth and atmosphere of their own. So, the epilogue to the saga of the Batman-Hater is yet another recommendation of a Batman comic from the phenomenal Tom King, Clay Mann, and Jordie Bellaire This comic is one of the most joyous experiences one could get from a comic, and it[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Batman #37 from DC Comics by Tom King, Clay Mann, Jordie Bellaire and Clayton Cowles is a book that astonishes purely in that it is not what I would ever be expecting to get out of a Batman story It's bright, sweet, light-hearted, and filled with humour Yes, that's right — all these things[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Batman #36 from DC Comics by Tom King, Clay Mann, Seth Mann, Jordie Bellaire, and Clayton Cowles starts a new arc — one that actually makes for a fun jumping-on point for new readers, too. Exploring how Batman and Superman view their friendship, urged on with the news of Batman's engagement to Catwoman, the issue[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] This year's DC Holiday Special contains another collection of short, festive holiday-themed tales featuring an array of characters from across DC's Universe, told by some of the top creators from the publisher including Tom King, Shea Fontana, Denny O'Neill, Jeff Lemire, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Steve Epting, Phil Hester, Joshua Williamson, Neil Googe, Christopher Priest, Greg[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Batman Annual #2 from DC Comics by Tom King, Lee Weeks, Michael Lark, Elizabeth Breitweiser, June Chung and Deron Bennett continues the trajectory that King and his many wonderful collaborators have taken the Dark Knight on: an emotional exploration of the heart of the Batman and the importance of his relationships with the world[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Mister Miracle #4 from DC Comics by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Clayton Cowles is an intimate affair, part courtroom drama, but the players a gaudily dressed 'gods' and the setting is an apartment living room Let that settle in for a second, that peculiar, confusing juxtaposition: that's Mister Miracle, and that's why this series is fast[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Batman #33 by Tom King, Joelle Jones and Jordie Bellaire marks the first issue in a new arc after the game-changing proposal, or rather it's answer, from the last issue. Batman and Catwoman are engaged For some reason, this engagement has led them to a desert country that is so marred by war and criminality,[...]

Not to mention the book, written by Tom King, continues the stellar work on the character these last few years that started with Scott Snyder Now, we get a statue based on this newer incarnation. Batman Rebirth Kotobukiya Statue #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]

We can't guarantee 100% accuracy- in fact, our accuracy may be much lower than that – but we can guarantee that it's better than looking at a bunch of unfinished pages. In this episode of Improbable Previews, we get a sneak peek at Batman #33 by Tom King and Joelle Jones Will this issue feature a shocking revelation about[...]

The repetition? Something is off or he just doesn't get these — AquamAnder 🐠🔱 (@AquamAnder) November 20, 2016 On Reddit: [Opinion] Is Tom King's dialogue repetition annoying anyone else from DCcomics What repetition is this? Well, in Batman #10, Batman[...]

Now, be aware, there are spoilers in this review, so if you've not read it yet, come back later, or if you don't mind being spoiled, then read on. Batman #30 cover by Mikel Janin A Z-List supervillain from Batman's past that Tom King has taken it on himself to repeatedly include in his Batman run, in[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] After the frankly superb Mister Miracle #1, Mister Miracle #2 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads from DC Comics has a lot to live up to And while it doesn't play with the form as much, or make as deeply cutting observations into complex human issues through the medium of brightly coloured superhero adventure,[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] So, the long-anticipated Tom King and Mitch Gerads Mister Miracle series is finally starting! #1 is finally out Of course, how could I forget about this one? Everyone kept screaming its name at me every time I mentioned that, hey, DC doesn't use a large chunk of its character catalogue right now, as if[...]

But Mister Miracle #1 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads, which Bleeding Cool reviewed here with a 10/10 rating, has sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors on the day it was published as retailers put in record reorder numbers. And as a result, copies of the comic have been burning through eBay, selling for as much as[...]

That comic was Mister Miracle #1 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads. Mitch Gerads variant cover for Mister Miracle #1 King, rightly celebrated as a new master of the form, and also apparently at bringing me to tears that marvellous sonuvabitch (he's done it so far with Vision, The Omega Men and even Batman), teams up with[...]

Which will be something quite different for Batman's family of Gotham protectors, at least until the recent addition of Gotham Girl in Tom King's Batman run. What exactly Duke's powers are and how these may help him in his mission in Gotham has yet to be fully explored, but it will probably be further detailed in[...]

The book is being done by Tom King and Mitch Gerads and in an interview with DC All Access, King calls this the most ambitious thing he's ever tried to write They want to try and create a 12-issue series in the epic scope of such DC classics as The Dark Knight Returns, All-Star Superman,[...]

It's telling instead of showing, and I don't care if it's "supposed" to be a summary of events — it still doesn't make for good storytelling (this frustration is directed at a commenter on my Batman review, not at Batman writer Tom King). Art by Mikel Janin and June Chung Both comics kind of glorify war in[...]

In Batman #28, despite the awesome guest stars of Deathstroke and Deadshot, they don't get enough time on the page and the story feels rushed.

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Batman #28 from DC Comics by writer Tom King and artists Mikel Janín and June Chung is the next part in The War of Jokes and Riddles Bat-event, as Bruce continues his post-coital story of his biggest early failure in his career as Batman. This issue features Batman being pushed far enough to almost kill,[...]

With this reading of him in mind, it makes it hard to feel sympathy for the more intimate depiction that comes from his own comics by writers like Scott Snyder and Tom King The fact that he seems incapable of personal growth by design does not help. That being said, I definitely understand where Joe's reading[...]

Batman in this issue plays the role of narrator, mainly, and through this narration Tom King shows a side of Batman that is very interesting and powerful. Batman essentially provides exposition on each of the early victims, giving us little tastes of backstory that heightens the sense of loss and damage caused by their deaths[...]

Today's latest issue of Batman is the second part of the big Batman event, The War of Jokes and Riddles by Tom King, Mikel Janín and June Chung However, it also seems to continue another thing that has been noticed in DC books since Rebirth. Now DC is not unknown for making changes to their continuity,[...]