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Batman-Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2 Comic Book Review
So Many Comics, So Little Time reviews the 2nd issue of a limited holiday Batman series featuring Kris Kringle himself, Santa!
 
Also featuring several Batman allies!
 
First part of the review is non-spoiler, followed by spoiling details.

Batman-Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1 Comic Book Review

So Many Comics, So Little Time reviews the first issue of a limited holiday Batman series featuring Kris Kringle himself, Santa!


Also featuring vampire-like creatures (at Christmas?) and a surprise villain.

First part of the review is non-spoiler, followed by spoiling details.

A Podcast Retro Review of Adventure Comics #420, cover dated June,1972. Featuring Supergirl, Superman, and Animal Man

My opinion and analysis of the controversy caused by James Gunn's canning of Henry Cavill as the Superman actor as Gunn rebuilds the DC Universe Movie and TV brand.
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Marvel Comics Review #1: Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet #1 and 2-Podcast
 
Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet #1 and 2
In September, 2014, the  Deadpool title  Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet, hit the shelves. A seven-issue weekly mini-series which is the hard-copy version of the Marvel Infinite digital comic titled Deadpool: The Gauntlet.  Each printed issue of this series features two of the digital-version chapters.
While this storyline is not exactly new, (the digital version came out a few months ago), for those who missed the digital version prior to Deadpool's marriage or those who are completist comic collectors of Deadpool, these comic books are worth picking up.  
If you were reading the various Deadpool comics in 2013-2015 (say, from issue #27 on), you are aware that our hero Wade Wilson got married to a succubus (no, really), and queen of the monster underworld named Shiklah. This marriage led to a war between the forces of Mrs. Shiklah Deadpool and her former (and very unhappy) fiancé, Dracula.  Yes, THAT Dracula! This Gauntlet story is basically the prequel to the whole "Deadpool is getting married" story arc.
So, here we go  (mild spoilers here, but we assume you already know who Shiklah is and the whole Dracula thing if  you are following the regular Deadpool series):
The story opens with Wade rescuing a girl from the clutches of a Latverian assassin in London, and quickly evolves into a running battle with a vampire.  This leads to Deadpool taking a job offer from Dracula (but not accepting a drink!) to deliver a package from the Middle East to New York. The package is a coffin containing the presumed heir to the Monster Underworld, who is to marry Dracula and thus end a very long war between the Vampires and the forces of the fiance's family.  
So what could go wrong?  Nearly everything. Our Merc with a Mouth rescues said coffin from some assassins and, at the end of issue #1 is seen sailing away with his still-unopened prize.
 
Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet #2 opens in typical crazed Deadpool fashion with our hero busting loose the animals from a zoo in Greece in order to hitch the zoo's zebra (named Mustafa), to a cart containing the aforementioned coffin.  Oh, and how do we know the zebra is named Mustafa?  Because in Deadpool's crazy world, even wild animals have thought balloons, and we see that this animal does not think too highly of Wade.  Anyway, back to our tale: While scaring off the local Greeks with his tales of vampires, Deadpool awakens a Minotaur who feels he needs to rid his village of Deadpool and his package. Hint to Deadpool: Did you notice the Minotaur said he can sense EVIL?  And he was not referring to you or to poor Mustafa.

After the requisite Deadpool/Minotaur battle and chase, we finally get to see the contents of the coffin.  This is our first glimpse of Shiklah!  Dracula's fiance, the evilly beautiful Shiklah!  
And as we hear her tell Deadpool her origin story, and the mention of the word "vampires" many times, who do you think shows up?
Blade, of course!  He has good reason to try to stop the impending Dracula-Shiklah nuptials, but if he kills the package, Deadpool does not get paid!  Cue in a decent Blade/Deadpool fight, and some monstrous intervention by Shiklah.
All in all, this is a pretty good Deadpool story. Zany, crazy, and yet, all the wackiness is centered around a real story that we now know will have major ramifications in the life of Deadpool .
 
The story is by Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan, with Duggan taking on the actual writing chores.  The art is by Reilly Brown.  Posehn and Duggan have a good handle on what Deadpool is all about.  This is a well-done story and 'Pool stays in character.  Plus he is funny.
Reilly Brown does a great job with the art.  Deadpool looks like Deadpool should (as opposed to the not-very-good art of John Lucas in the regular Deadpool comics title), and Shiklah is drawn in a very beautiful manner.  Blade looks goo

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