DC Rebirth Holiday Special #1

    Harley Quinn is your host in the super hero holiday spectacular to end all holiday spectaculars. Batman Adventures legend Paul Dini (who also created the character of Harley Quinn) pens the framing segments before a host of holiday themed stories starring Superman and son Jon, Batman and son Damian, Wonder Woman, John Constantine, the Titans, members of the Green Lantern Corps, Batwoman, and many, many more...
    At $9.99, this special is a bit pricey. But it is a 96-pager and there were several stories that I loved so much, I had to read it over. The Batman/ Superman story and the Batman/ Detective Chimp story were the best. But the Paul Dini penned vignettes were the highlight. Nobody does Harley Quinn better- nobody! This book just dropped last Wednesday, but it's getting such rave reviews, I don't think it's going to be on store shelves for long! So act fast!!!
   Featuring a slew of DC talent including Cullen Bunn, Steve Orlando, Dustin Nguyen, and Gustavo Duarte, this was the best DC Special I think I've ever read. And I'm not just saying this because of how excited I am to see DC returning to making holiday specials (it's been 6 years since DC published the last one! Curse you, New 52!) 
    Rebirth has been a great thing for DC Comics and this holiday special was just another great example of how DC is the real mover and shaker of the Big Two! I look forward to 2017 and the next volume!
       
    Worth Consuming

    Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.

Green Lanterns #8

Awesome cover by Educardo Pansica.

   It's Halloween Night and Green Lanterns Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz are on the hunt for a rouge Guardian. Also on this Guardian's trail are a pair of Dominators. But they don't want the Guardian, it's the power ring that he created and keeps on his person they want.
   Called the Phantom Ring, this power ring can be worn and operated by anyone. Thus the need to be fearless or worthy has been eliminated! Now it's up to Simon and Jessica use up every trick in their bag of treats to find the Guardian first or Earth will find itself under another Invasion of Dominators!
    This is probably the closest we'll get this year to a DC Comics Halloween special and it was pretty enjoyable. There's lots of Halloween hi-jinks and fun along with a very serious storyline that looks to impact the next several issues of Green Lanterns. However, that doesn't mean that this issue doesn't have a suitable ending to make a casual reader of this series satisfied.
    This is my first experience with these new Green Lanterns. Even though Simon Baz has been around for a while, I haven't read anything starring either of the characters (though I think one of the new supporting characters in Flashpoint was in reality Simon Baz, but I'm not certain.)
    I really liked the buddy cop dynamic between Baz (the bad cop) and Cruz (the rookie good cop.) There's a Training Day vibe going on here that I think is pretty neat. The only difference is that Simon isn't corrupt (at least I think that's the case.) (I hope that's the case.)
    I don't see this series being on my new releases pull list. But I will be on the look out for this series in bargain bins or maybe the graphic novel section of my local library. It's got a lot of promise. And who knows, maybe issue #11 or 12 will be Christmas themed?

   Worth Consuming

   Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.