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Geek Dad
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Dad
Review – Birds of Prey #23: On the Run
Birds of Prey #23 cover, via DC Comics. Ray: The best writers can turn just about any scenario into a great comic, and that's the case for this issue – where the Birds of Prey largely face some forced and uneasy downtime. Oracle's lair has been bombed by the mysterious Daemon and his global army, and there are strict protocols for this – the birds need to vanish. So Cass, Sin/Megeara, and Black Canary all split up to meet at a designated spot later, and are alone with their thoughts. Sin and Megeara bicker over their next move, Cass grapples with the possible loss of two of her best friends, and Dinah struggles with her guilt over her last words to Barbara – and fends off a horny guy with one of the funniest scenes in this run in a while. But of course, Barbara is extremely capable – so I don't think it's a spoiler that she didn't die in the explosion, but that doesn't make the emotions surrounding it feel any less real under Kelly Thompson's pen. Compromised. Via DC Comics. The most pressing crisis, of course, is Big Barda. Good news is, the team knows she's alive. The bad news is, they know she's possessed by Inque and has been turned into a living weapon. It's great to see the most memorable Batman Beyond villain make her way into the DCU, and the use of sonic weapons as a way to peel back the shadow coating is clever and leads to some great visuals. There's an excellent segment where Barbara lays out what each of the recruited villains stands to gain from this mission that puts more thought into it than you usually, see. The visuals by Sami Basri are great, and the end of this issue has an excellent surprise that sort of pulls the whole book full-circle, with some huge fan favorites making their return. This might be the best run on this title that wasn't penned by Gail Simone, thanks to its excellent use of the team dynamic, especially between the founders. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
Gizmodo
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
DC Studios Is Finally Making a ‘Mister Miracle' Animated Series
Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios have announced that the next adult animated series will be Mister Miracle. According to Deadline, which initially broke the news, Mister Miracle comic book writer Tom King (who is also producing HBO's Lanterns TV series) will serve as the showrunner and executive producer of the animated series. While no release date or cast announcements were coupled with the Mister Miracle's announcement, the show, which follows the eponymous DC character, will be based on the award-winning 2017 comic book series, created by King and artist Mitch Gerads. According to the logline for the series, Scott Free (AKA Mister Miracle) is a renowned celebrity known best for being the greatest escape artist alive. His latest stunt is to see if he can escape death itself. Naturally, things go 'horribly wrong' in Scott's 'perfect life,' he's built with his big, strong warrior wife, Big Barda. That thing being a war between their home worlds of Apokolips and New Genesis thanks to Mister Miracle's adoptive father Darkseid (yikes) seemingly finally getting his hands on the Anti-Life Equation, a weapon granting him power to rule over the universe. 'As the mountains of bodies on both sides grow ever higher, only Mister Miracle can stop the slaughter and restore peace,' says the logline. 'But the terrible power of the Anti-Life Equation may already be at work in his own mind, warping his reality, exposing his long-buried pain, and shattering the fragile happiness he's found with the woman he loves. It continues: 'And so begins the odyssey of Scott Free, Mister Miracle: a harrowing, hilarious, heart wrenching journey across the pitfalls of the ordinary and extraordinary as the son of God raised by the devil tries to save his family, his world, and maybe even himself.' According to a press release from Warner Bros, Mister Miracle will serve as Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios' second adult animated series. The first of which (supposedly, barring the Harley Quinn Animated series) is Creature Commandos, whose second season is in production. In tandem with the announcement of Mister Miracle, DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation reaffirmed other recently greenlit animated series, including Starfire!, My Adventures with Green Lantern and DC Super Powers. While the news of a Mister Miracle series will come to many DC fans as a pleasant surprise, this isn't the first time DC has attempted to bring the comic book character to life. Back in 2018, DC announced director Ava DuVernay was set to direct a New Gods movie, which would've seen Barda and Miracle on the silver screen–a project that King was set to co-write on, but was ultimately scrapped in 2021. With DC Studios under James Gunn unveiling a revamped roadmap of sorts, featuring a new array of projects, Mister Miracle's return to the menu is a pleasant surprise for the ultimate wife guy's diehard fans.
Geek Dad
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Dad
Review – Birds of Prey #21: One Down
Birds of Prey #21 cover, via DC Comics. Ray: Last issue kicked off the most high-octane mission of the Birds yet, as the entire team was deputized to prevent a tech heist. But whatever the technology at play was, it became clear this was about something much bigger. Black Canary and the duo of Cassandra Cain and Sin both came under attack by coordinated supervillain teams, while Big Barda was infiltrating a building in Dubai when she found out that the entire building was a disguised rocket that blasted of, then detonated with her in it. Enough to kill just about anyone – but not Big Barda. It is enough to knock her out cold, though – which means she's in her armor as she rockets down to Earth like a meteor and creates a crater. Which is exactly what the villain was counting on. That's about when Inque steps in, testing the best way to inject Barda with…something and get her nice and docile for the main villain's master plan. Moving fast. Via DC Comics. Of course, the addition of the ruthless Batman Beyond villain is a big fan-favorite development here. More and more elements of that future continuity have been working their way into the DCU in recent years. But she's not the main villain here – that's Daemon Prime, a mysterious techno-villain who has been puppeteering everyone around the world. There's a sense of urgency to this issue that's hard to find in superhero comics, as the heroes realize they haven't just been outfought – they've been outplanned, and the villains are one step ahead of them the whole time. From the tension between Oracle and Black Canary to the uneasy bonding between Cass and sin, this crisis is bringing out both the best and the worst in the team – but nothing prepared me for the reveal of exactly what the villains needed Barda for. The stakes are sky-high in this arc, and that makes it one of the most entertaining arcs yet. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
