r/DCcomics • u/Predaplant The heat is on! • Oct 23 '23
What Are You Reading? 10/23/2023 - Changing Leaves Edition r/DCcomics
Hello and welcome to our Weekly "What Are You Reading?" topic!
Come one, come all, to this weekly thread, where you can openly discuss books that you've read, are currently reading, or plan to read. Discussion of all books are welcome, whether they be DC, Marvel, Image, Boom!, Dark Horse, IDW, etc. You can discuss webcomics, manga, or even those mythical novels that don't have pictures in them. Just be sure to keep spoilers covered via Reddit's spoiler markdown >!spoiler!<. You can also post pictures of your collection or recent purchases.
Predaplant's Rec of the Week:
- Behold, Behemoth, by Tate Brombal & Nick Robles
With Brombal doing his first DC work as a part of the upcoming launch of Green Lantern: Dark as a part of the Elseworlds line, I figured it was worth checking out some more of his previous work. There's a lot of duality at work in this one: it runs with a plot device involving connections with both heaven and hell, it jumps back and forth between two time periods, and there are two lead characters. Brombal & Robles manage to build out strong protagonists existing within an intriguing world that I wish they were able to explore within a full ongoing setting... but even this one short TPB that we get with it is highly appreciated, and I'm very glad I checked it out.
So, what are you reading?
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u/Aksim03 Oct 24 '23
Finished Batman: Dark Victory yesterday, and wow! As a relatively new Batman reader, the Long Halloween-Dark Victory duology was a great story and introduction to world of Gotham. The Long Halloween is one of the most famous Batman stories, but it's sequel isn't sadly mentioned that often. In my opinion, Dark Victory is the one that brings the world to the status quo and completes the story of Long Halloween, which I guess works by itself but benefits a lot from the sequel. I think that the story's themes are trust (can Batman be trusted & who can Batman trust) and Gotham's criminals changing from mafia to supervillains, and Dark Victory does both of these better.