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 By Mark Rodriguez There is a serial killer loose in Gotham torturing people to death. Batman discovered the culprit to be who he calls the 'Wound Man'. Wound Man is covered in sharp objects set to mortally wound him if Batman were to lay a finger on him, yet he can't feel pain. After the killer escaped during their first encounter, Batman tries to figure out where he will strike next.   "We Are The Wounded" Part 2 opens with Batman showing Gordon the images of the Wounded Man. Batman doesn't know who he is, but he knows where he will strike next. Gordon says if there's a list, all of them would have to be placed on protective custody. Batman says that will prevent them from knowing what the Wound Man would do. They need to draw him out while they can still predict his actions. Gordon says Dr. Sereika is examining is examining the bodies at the lab at his university and is sure he will find the clues to pinpoint the Wounded Man's identity. Batman does...

 By Mark Rodriguez Black Widow now has a symbiote and has snuck into the Alchemax building alongside Agent Anti-Venom to stop the production of a symbiote-killing serum. They encounter an angry of savage symbiotes using both the Alchemax staff and corpses as hosts. With the action spilling out into the streets, Agent Anti-Venom rushes back into the building to confront Eddie and Dylan who are currently fighting over the Venom symbiote. This leaves Natasha and Liz Allan (who now also has a symbiote) to face the army of savage symbiotes.   The issue opens with Black Widow getting socked in the face by one of the symbiotes. Nastasha says that even when fighting alongside Liz, it seems for every symbiote they defeat, more people get infected and take their place. Liz says it will be impossible to stop them all. Widow says they have to find a way for Liz to heal them all at once or this will never end. Liz says she might be able to if they can gather them all in one place. Widow sa...

 By Mark Rodriguez Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, has obtained a symbiote named Sliver. Together they form Widow are out to stop Alchemax from spreading a serum that kills symbiotes. Alongside Agent Anti-Venom, they storm Alchemas which is currently under attack by mindless symbiotes. In an attempt to stop them, the heroes try to trap them under cold storage, but now the symbiotes have started using all the dead bodies in there as their hosts. What will happen next?   The issue opens with a flashback with Black Widow (pre-symbiote) and Agent Venom facing off several HYDRA soldiers. Natasha narrates that even though Flash Thompson was using a different symboite back during their days as Secret Avengers, he was always good under the line of fire and his teammate's back.  We see that Agent Venom is shooting at the soldiers to cover Black Widow while she runs off to operate a crane. Agent Venom runs out of ammo and tosses his gun at the men. Black Widow releases a huge st...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Riddler is working with the Court of Owls as Bruce's mysterious long-lost brother is trying to gain access of most of Wayne's shares. Elsewhere, despite Gordon thinking he shot and killed Mayor Nakano in self defense, it turns out he is being framed by the Riddler. What will happen next as Batman now turns his attention towards Nygma?   "The Dying Wish" Part 4 opens with Gotham police trying to keep things under control as protesters are now causing fires and explosions in the city. The officers things have gotten so out of hand they can't tell the protesters apart from the counter-protesters. They seem intent on blowing up a 'symbol of capitalism' while the new hero, Commander Star is just standing around and letting it happen. The officer tells his sergeant that they need back up, but the sarge says they're currently running low on manpower at the precinct. At the station, Batman and Jim Gordon are fighting off the cops as the...

 By Mark Rodriguez The first comic haul of 2025! We hit Third Eye Comics and grabbed six books this time around. I also got a classic comic from Hipcomics just in time. Batman # 156- The story continues as we now know that Riddler somehow framed Gordon for the Mayor's murder. There's also a new hero in town, and there's also Bruce's mystery brother trying to take the majority in Wayne shares. Batman # 156 Review Batgirl # 3 - Cassandra has to trust her mother, Lady Shiva as their adventures continue. Batman Dark Patterns #2- Batman is after the Wound Man, a man incapable of feeling pain, but very capable of dishing it out. Batman Dark Patterns # 2   Two-Face # 2- Two Face deals with the divorce between the King and Queen of Hearts. The Spectacular Spider-Men # 11- Peter and Miles deal with a new hero in town, Elemental. All New Venom- # 2- After the Venom War ended, we continue with this series of the one and only Venom. I'll eventually get to this one and see w...

 Written by Ninja Jupi Helen of Wyndhorn #3 Well, here we are back for the next issue of this interesting series. Let’s see where it goes since last issue left off with Helen accompanying her grandfather to reunite the exotic animal with its mother. I’m curious as to what Helen saw and did for it. Let’s get into it!    Skipping the stuff in the present, I’m more interested in talking about the past events. Helen and her grandfather were gone for an entire month. Helen barged into Lilith’s room going on about her adventure, but wasn’t making much sense. I thought she was inebriated again, but she seemed to actually be sober. lol Helen mentioned her mother in an unflattering manner who died after giving birth to her.  In all honesty, this issue is just difficult to describe since it has to be read in order to be believed.  It’s like a mystical world they entered into. They had to gain entrance through some haggard-looking creature. Barnabas told Helen to shield he...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Black Widow has obtained a symbiotie and after some Red Room training from within Natasha's mind, they are now perfectly in synch with each other. Black Widow has recently broken into the Alchemax building where they obtained a serum they were using to kill symbiotes. What happens now?   The issue opens at an auction that is selling weapons. As an item is sold for thirty million dollars, Natasha is attending the event in disguise. The auctioneer calls for the next item, but for this he calls in his colleague Dr, Frekk. Dr. Frekk explains that the biggest threat to the control over their sector of the world are symbiotes. He says lately there has been so many it feels like every other hero or villain has a symbiote, and that can't be good for business. Frekk reveals the vial of K42T, a serum that can control and neutralize a symbiote.    To show them how the serum works they first need to create a symbiote. They bring a person in as Frekk plans ...