Hello, my friends. Hard to believe that we’re halfway through an exhaustive, tumultuous and mind-rattling 2025, but we’ve managed to make it this far. With a dark uncertain future looming upon us and only scant glimmers of hopeful light buried within it, I’ll continue to do my best to provide some much-needed comfort to you all with my various thoughts upon comics and comic book-related material. Before I present you with the multiple topics I’ve prepared to look over for the second half of the year, I’ve got a brief announcement to make.
Unfortunately, due to how busy my life has been between this site, my regular job and different family-based activities, I wasn’t able to get far in my personal DC Extended Universe ranking list in time for the release of James Gunn’s “Superman” movie. While the back-half of any year is always filled with various things that keeps us constantly active in society, I’ll do my best to get this list out before the end of the year. Whether or not I’m able to get this out before the prior entertainment series gets too out-of-date is anyone’s guess, but I’ll try to get it released to you all. Now, let’s get to my various review subjects.
July will be featuring our annual comic book retrospective and it’s from a much-beloved media franchise. From Hill Valley & beyond to various points within the space-time continuum, I’ll be tackling every last visual reading material that range from being tied into its animated series while the more modern entries expand on the world that’s been covered within the far-more familiar films. With all of that connected to a movie series that began four decades ago, we’ll be going full speed ahead (or at least up to 88 miles per hour) towards my two-part historical look at all of the comics based on “Back To The Future”.
August sees us venturing to a post-apocalyptic wasteland in order for us to celebrate another milestone anniversary. He was forged within a collapsing society, became a helpful road warrior for a large surviving family and was even seen as a savior for a massive group looking to escape to “Tomorrow-Morrow Land” while also crossing paths with the leader of Barter Town. As for what Mr. Rockatansky has gotten himself up to before he wound up joining a familiar Imperator in her conflict against the leader of the Citadel, those events will drive upon my critical street as I tackle the four-issue prequel mini-series for “Mad Max: Fury Road”.
September has us heading back into the animated movie realm, specifically those focused on our favorite Dark Knight. However, this is based on a particular action figure line as this initial entry sees the Caped Crusader and company going up against some creature-themed villains within his own concreate jungle. As for the devious scheme that our featured hero will need to prevent from coming to fruition and how effectively it all played out, come join the hunt as we delve into “Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts”.
October brings about the spooky season as we deal with another piece that’s also celebrating an anniversary. Antonio Bay was haunted by certain specters due to them being killed off in order for their gold to be swiped and used to help create the small town that it is today. Despite over four decades passing since said attack, some surviving characters as well as some descendants of the initial players will now be forced to face a new kind of otherworldly terror. As such, we’ll be sailing into the four-part mini-series based on John Carpenter’s “The Fog”. As for what I’ll cover on Halloween itself, we’ll once again see how several characters handle themselves in various terror-themed short stories as I tackle yet another one-shot anthology comic called the “2008 DC Universe Halloween Special”.
November returns us to the familiar animated trilogy based a certain action figure line. This time around, certain spooky-themed foes have shown up in Gotham in order to cause some trouble. Once the Clown Prince of Crime gets added into the mix, it can lead to some serious terror for the city. Halloween may be done by the time we cover this, but this kind of haunted peril will still be bone-chilling and in need of being dealt with. On that note, the Season of the Witch is getting some extended overtime within a particular piece called “Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem”.
December closes the year out with an actual chill that leads to a literal giant problem to befall upon Gotham City. The Dark Knight will need to tackle this towering problem with the help of other heroes along with some technology that’ll help him match this new conflict at the same towering level. As for how this entire trilogy closed itself out upon a twisting, terrifying and titanic tussle, I’ll be delivering my thoughts upon a tale known as “Batman Unlimited: Mechs Vs. Mutants”.
As always, this list is subject to change. Despite the harrowing stormfront that awaits us all, I hope to provide some semblance of hope for you all with my thoughts upon these various subjects. As we look towards weathering the various harrowing obstacles that the future will be throwing at us, may we all stand by each other and provide some much-needed help as well. While we all look to end the year with some sort of standard, may you always stay safe around the C-Cubed!
