Here's where we continue our mini-series look at the best comics to come out in October courtesy of 8th Dimension Comics.
Is it weird that we like Dick Grayson but that we've always considered Nightwing kind of a tool? If we were hoping to have some light shed on why Batman found DNA evidence of Grayson stabbing a man to death in Batman One, then that's too bad. All we have here is Grayson inheriting the circus he used to be a part of and being pursued by a new villain named Saiko that claims that Grayson will become the worst killer in all of Gotham.
Apparently there is some kind of dark secret associated with the circus, but frankly we're not sure if we're keeping up with this one. Saiko isn't much of a nemesis, certainly not as engaging as Mirror is for Batgirl.
Rating: 5 of 10
Over the years DC has begun using magic as something powerful enough to take down the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman. Why Supes can punch through Green Lantern's constructs and not a wall of voodoo is beyond us, but it stands to reason that if magic is going to play a bigger role in the DC universe, then you'll need a special kind of team as backup for when the regular Leaguers are stopped. It's off to a sloooooow start, but a supergroup involving Deadman, John Constantine, Zatanna and other paranormal experts has some real potential. We're definitely sticking with this one.
Rating: 8 of 10
To be honest, it's hard to get interested in a Blue Beetle that's not Ted Kord. The new kid being assimilated into an alien war suit run by a galaxy-conquering hive mind is just not nearly as interesting as it sounds.
Rating: 4 of 10
We picked up Batwoman hoping to find out what was up with Renee Montoya, her girlfriend and the second Question. Montoya's portrait appears in a wall dedicated to fallen police officers, so we're assuming she's dead. Whether that means there's no Question in the new universe we don't know. We are enjoying watching Kate Kane track down a supernatural child killer based on the La Llorona legend, though. That story always creeped the hell out of us.
Rating: 7 of 10
