Tag: DC Universe

Why I’m Excited: Young Justice: Outsiders

MILD SPOILERS AHEAD! I’m a sucker for 90s animation. I remember watching Paul Dini and Bruce Timm’s  Batman: The Animated Series every night on Cartoon Network at 6:00 and 6:30 (yes, I remember the time; don’t judge me). It had a darkness to it, and a noir sensibility that, in many ways, is t...

REVIEW: Titans – Episodes 4 and 5, “Doom Patrol” and “Together”

*Spoilers Ahead* Week to week, Titans continues to surprise me. Episodes 4 and 5 are great because of the chemistry between the characters and the introduction of new heroes to this side of the DC universe. In Episode 4, ”Doom Patrol,” we’re given a lot of time with Gar and Rachel, seeing the...

REVIEW: Arrow – Season 7, Episode 4 “Level Two”

Just who is the Demon? In week 4 of this season of Arrow, Oliver Queen hopes to learn just that. What he finds instead is that he is being held in a cell on the prison’s Level Two. And what exactly does a level two incarceration entail? For Ollie at least, it means a litany …

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Friday Flash Facts: The Speed Force’s Importance to the Multiverse

In a prior Flash Facts discussion, we talked about the origins of the speedster-power-gifting energies known as the Speed Force. We also mulled over some other related topics where the Speed Force is concerned. such as some of the various powers it may bestow upon those who tap into its mystical ene...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 4 “News Flash”

The Flash changes course in the fourth episode of this season, “News Flash.” From a “villain-of-the-week” perspective, it feels like your average, “person with a pre-existing penchant for being a jerk (or insert female-specific equivalent thereof) gets ahold of some metahuman power...

REVIEW: Arrow – Season 7, Episode 3 “Crossing Lines”

*Spoilers* Arrow is determined to turn up the heat, and it showed this week with a measurable ramp-up in the intrigue and action in “Crossing Lines.” While season-specific story setup is obviously a matter of significant import, Arrow has been a series that prides itself on its action fr...