Ratings for Comics Released 1-29-2014 Part 1 @DCComics @Marvel @ImageComics

As anyone can tell that visits frequently I've been behind on my reading for almost a year now (excluding my Featured Reviews). Originally it's because I was out of the comic book scene since 1997 and jumped back on and started reading Marvel starting with 2009 then once I go caught up with the New 52 started reading DC. Now the number of comics I read a week sometimes 50+ and with real life it was taking awhile. I was finally only 1 month behind back before the New Year and the new house happened. So here we are again I'm almost 6 months back now. So I'm changing my quick ratings in an attempt to catch up. I will still try to post the guest reviews, but considering they are back issues I might not.

With that said here are the ratings for comics released 1-29-2014; Part 1;

• Aquaman #27
• Avengers Assemble #23
• Batman and Robin Annual #2
• Batman: The Dark Knight #27
• Black Science #3
• Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #4
• Catwoman #27
• Damian: Son of Batman #4

Let me know your opinion or if you have any questions and want to discuss anything just leave a comment.

See the Review Rating Overview page for more information on how I rate each comic

Aquaman #27 - $2.69 From the depths of the ocean comes the Karaqan - a monster so immense, Aquaman doesn't even know how to start battling it! And while he may have no idea what it is, the people of Atlantis do - and the LAST thing they want is for their king to try to stop it! Cover & Solicit - 4/5 Art, Colors & Inking - 4/5 - Weighted Double Layout & Flow - 4/5 Story - 4/5 - Weighted Triple Verdict - 4 (8/10)

Avengers Assemble #23 - $2.99 INHUMANITY TIE-IN! While tracking the toxic Dr. Covington, the education of SPIDER-GIRL takes a horrific turn: she must hero under the tutelage of the THE CURMUDGEONLY AVENGER: WOLVERINE! The INHUMAN that the AVENGERS seek has unique ability--one that, in the hands, could change everything! WARREN ELLIS (AVENGERS: ENDLESS WARTIME) once again joins KELLY SUE DECONNICK (CAPTAIN MARVEL) in a delightfully demented dance through the Avengers roster. Cover & Solicit - 5/5 Art, Colors & Inking - 5/5 - Weighted Double Layout & Flow - 5/5 Story - 5/5 - Weighted Triple Verdict - 5 (10/10)

Batman And Robin Annual #2 - $3.74 A YEAR ONE ADVENTURE OF DICK GRAYSON AS ROBIN! Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson have shared a distinctive crimefighting role: Both have played Batman to a young Robin, so when they discover something important that Damian left behind it leads them to relive one of their first adventures in Gotham City as Batman and Robin! Cover & Solicit - 4/5 Art, Colors & Inking - 4/5 - Weighted Double Layout & Flow - 5/5 Story - 5/5 - Weighted Triple Verdict - 4.6 (9/10)

Batman The Dark Knight #27 - $2.69 In this conclusion to the storyline 'VOICELESS,' the illegal immigrants of Gotham City have been forced into slave labor by the Penguin. And Batman will stop at nothing to shut it all down! Cover & Solicit - 3/5 Art, Colors & Inking - 3/5 - Weighted Double Layout & Flow - 4/5 Story - 4/5 - Weighted Triple Verdict - 3.6 (7/10)

Black Science #3 (2nd Printing) - $2.80 Shell-shocked and battered, Grant McKay and his team are stranded on the front lines of the European savages' final standoff against the Sons of the Wakan Tech-Tanka. Will this inverse manifest destiny claim the life of a member of the Anarchist League of Scientists? Or will they be betrayed by one of their own? Cover & Solicit - 3/5 Art, Colors & Inking - 4/5 - Weighted Double Layout & Flow - 4/5 Story - 4/5 - Weighted Triple Verdict - 3.9 (8/10)

Cataclysm Ultimates Last Stand #4 (of 5) - $2.39 To save a universe, a hero must die!!! Cover & Solicit - 4/5 Art, Colors & Inking - 3/5 - Weighted Double Layout & Flow - 4/5 Story - 5/5 - Weighted Triple Verdict - 4.1 (8/10)

Catwoman #27 - $2.39 A "GOTHTOPIA" tie-In! Everything's all right in Selina Kyle's world. As the fabled Catbird of Gotham City, she fights alongside Batman to keep the city safe. So why does it all feel so wrong? Cover & Solicit - 5/5 Art, Colors & Inking - 4/5 - Weighted Double Layout & Flow - 3/5 Story - 3/5 - Weighted Triple Verdict - 3.6 (7/10)

Damian Son Of Batman #4 (of 4) - $3.59 Will the devastating events of Damian Wayne's life push this troubled hero over the edge and send him straight into the abyss? Find out in the epic finale to this futuristic tale of tragedy! Cover & Solicit - 3/5 Art, Colors & Inking - 3/5 - Weighted Double Layout & Flow - 3/5 Story - 2/5 - Weighted Triple Verdict - 2.6 (5/10)

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