Joy Kim

Librarian. Book Reviewer. Coffee Addict.

June 17, 2013
by Joy
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The Black Beetle: No Way Out #1-4

When Colt City’s two biggest mobsters set up a suspicious meeting on neutral ground, the masked vigilante Black Beetle makes a point of inviting himself to the party. But when a bomb explodes at the meeting, Black Beetle has a new investigation on his hands–one that is thwarted at every turn by another masked man. Continue reading

March 6, 2012
by Joy
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Batwoman #1-5

Batwoman–the long-awaited follow-up to the Batwoman Elegy arc by Greg Rucka and J. H. Williams III that ran in Detective Comics a couple years back–is the least surprising good thing to come out of the DC New 52. Continue reading

February 28, 2012
by Joy
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The Flash #1-5

The Flash is still never going to be a comic that’s edgy, hip, and modern, but Manapul and Buccellato pull off the nifty trick of turning Barry Allen’s squareness into part of his appeal. Continue reading