Welcome home to one of our favourite books, Batwoman, returning for another round at maybe its peak powers. And not only do you get all of the usual best Batwoman material, as she makes one final push to rescue the kidnapped kids and hope her entire personal life doesn't fall apart as everyone else is closing their arcs, but a great Wonder Woman side arc as a bonus too. But thats enough giving away how much we loved this one, listen to the rest for yourself as we pour over Batwoman vol 3, World's Finest, by J.H. Williams and W. Haden Blackman with additional art by Trevor McCarthy and colours by Dave Stewart and Guy Major.

Next week: the good books don't stop coming, as we tie up Captain Atom with vol 2, covering issues 7-12 and 0

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Once again, its back to Gotham for another installment, this time with the birds instead of the bats. The Birds of Prey are here and continuing to be their special dysfunctional selves, crashing through Black Canary's personal life, the Night of the Owls and a whole Poison Ivy arc which noone is quite sure what to make of. Come and see if we have more to say this time than the creative team as we get on with Birds of Prey vol 2, Your Kiss Might Kill by Duane Swiercyznski, Jesus Saiz, Travel Foreman, Cliff Richards and Romano Molenaar with additional pencils by Javier Pina and Timothy Green II and colours by June Chung, Gabe Eltaeb and Chris Sotomayor.

Next time: Gotham ladies' hour continues with Batwoman vol 3, covering issues 12-17 and 0

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Serendipity is a fine mistress, and she has seen fit to let us take on both N.O.W.H.E.R.E. books back to back, truly a treat for the ages. And so here we are with Caitlin Fairchild and the breakout stars of The Culling like Beast Boy, Terra and... Ridge, as they go around trying to figure out "what kind of X-Men book should our back-up Teen Titans book be" while fighting off new and traditional villains and trying to find their own Professor X - busy days indeed. See what our new metahumans are up to in Ravagers vol 1, The Kids From N.O.W.H.E.R.E. by Howard Mackie and Ian Churchill with additional writing by Tom DeFalco, additional pencils by Tom Raney, Daniel Sampere, Stefano Martino, Julius Gopez, Tyler Kirkham, Eduwardo Pansica, Daniel HDR and Geraldo Borges and colours by Alex Sollazzo, Hi-Fi, Peter Steigerwals, Gina Going-Raney and Tony Avina.

Next week: a Gotham-based reprieve, as we go to Birds of Prey vol 2 for issues 8-12 and 0

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Its back to the boy from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. for another week in the teen line with Superboy. Coming fresh out of the Culling, he's ready to learn how to be a real boy with his new friends, and also ponder if he can ever be a real boy, especially with the crimes in his genetics or whatever the hell was going on with him. Come see him hang out with a girl and a lot of gay boys (no comment here on his chemistry with anyone in particular) on his journey of self-discovery in Superboy vol 2, Extraction by Scott Lobdell, Tom DeFalco, R. B. Silva and Sebastian Fiumara with additional pencils by Iban Coello, Brett Booth, Robson Rocha and Eduardo Pansica and colours by Richard & Tanya Horie, Hi-Fi, Andrew Dalhouse and Blond.

Next week: huge news, Cullingheads, its Ravagers vol 1 for issues 1-7 of that fresh book

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There's a lot of things you might think a superhero team needs, but one that most people forget about is that every single team needs a vibe. And here's the Justice League of America's Vibe, all in his own solo comic and everything. Cisco Ramon is now the centre of the multiverse, and everyone else is trying to make him figure it out so he can become a border cop for the city of Detroit, and other such obvious features of a comic by one of these writers, so without further ado, shake yourself down with Justice League of America's Vibe vol 1, Breach by Geoff Johns, Andrew Kreisberg, Sterling Gates, Pete Woods, Andres Guinaldo and Derlis Santacruz with additional pencils by Fabiano Neves and Manuel Garcia and colours by Brad Anderson, Hi-Fi and Brett Smith.

Next week: back in the teens again for Superboy vol 2, covering 8-12, 0 (and a little bonus 13 for crossover prep)

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Its a bumper episode this time folks, because the content of the trades (and a desire to just hurry up and hit the critically acclaimed part of the run) have given us the bounty crop of TWO Green Arrow trades. We get to see the Emerald Archer get involved with triplets, wage war on a Chinese billionaire, meet up with Hawkman and try to teach a poor dog-fighting kid about archery to escape poverty, and all because we made ourselves read so much! Come along and see if we hit the bullseye with Green Arrow vol 2 Triple Threat and vol 3 Harrow by Ann Nocenti, Judd Winick, Harvey Tolibao, Steve Kurth and Freddie Williams II with colours by Richard & Tanya Horie, Mike Atiyeh and Allen Passalaqua

Next week: its him, its really him, its Justice League of America's Vibe, and his whole book from issue 1 to issue 10

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Another return to Gotham this week, ready to see what's going on in the life of Barbara Gordon, Batgirl. There's Killing Joke callbacks, a new villain, Killing Joke callbacks, a new vigilante group led by a rich woman up to no good, and some more Killing Joke callbacks for the road - plus a little personal life too, if you can believe they squeezed it in. Come on then and take a dive with us into Batgirl vol 2: Knightfall Descends by Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf, Ed Benes and Alitha Martinez with additional pencils by Vicente Cifenutes and colours by Ulises Arreola.

Next week: its a bumper one for special episode 33, as we read Green Arrow vol 2 and 3 covering issues 7-16! (and 0 too!)

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We have had things too good for too long and so now we have to pay our penance by being dragged down into the depths with the Firestorm boys again. Now here's a book - what if the title characters were split the whole time until they finally got back together in a gay way, what if there was constant talk about terrorism from a Nazi co-writer, what if we had to wrap up a book at speed but it didn't end. All these questions and more shown in Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v2, The Firestorm Paradox by Joe Harris, Ethan Van Sciver and Yildiray Cinar with additional pencils by Daniel HDR and colours by Hi-Fi

Next time: back to the Night of the Owls again, this time with Batgirl v2, covering issues 7-13 and 0

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Just in time for the film coming out on digital (because you know we have no control and lady luck is only partly on our side), its the return of Kara Zor-El, otherwise known as Supergirl if you can believe the press. This time around, she's getting into magic shenanigans with a new Irish friend, dealing with some more corpo baddies and starting to figure out more of her mysterious past with the help of her own fortress - all that and not a lot more depth besides this week as we read Supergirl vol 2: Girl in the World by Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Mahmud Asrar, George Perez and Sami Basri with colours by Dave McCaig and Paul Mounts

Next week: the hits keep on rolling as we return to Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v2, covering issues 7-12 and 0

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We just spent an hour gassing up Palmiotti and Gray last week, so lo and behold, its time to get back to gassing them up right away as we return to Jonah Hex. All that just means its time to continue on our cowboy time as we go to New Orleans and then walk right back into a time-displaced Night of Owls tie-in that does far more than any other book likely will, before capping it all off with some more fun world-building backups. Without further ado, lets mosey on down to All Star Western vol 2: The War of Lords and Owls by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Moritat with backup art by Patrick Scherberger, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Scott Kolins and colours by Gabriel Bautista, Mike Atiyeh and Patricia Mulvihill.

Next time: its the slightly-off-timely return of Supergirl for vol 2, covering issues 8-13 and 0

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