Month: April 2023

Xena Reviews: Season 6, Episode 2

Xena title cardThe Haunting of Amphipolis – Director: Garth Maxwell/Story: Edith Swensen, Joel Metzger/Teleplay: Joel Metzger

This one starts with the archangels Michael and Raphael (from Fallen Angel) watching Xena, Gabi, and Eve as they head for Amphipolis. The angels seem to think Xena is their last hope to defeat the evil of Mephistopheles. When Xena, Gabi, and Eve reach Amphipolis, they find the town practically deserted and Cyrene’s inn falling apart. Xena and Eve both have visions of Cyrene inside the devastated inn and Eve realizes that Cyrene is dead. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 6, Episode 2”

Comics Reviews: Batman 435, Detective 602

Batman 435 coverBatman #435 – “The Last Death of the Batman” – John Byrne/Jim Aparo/Mike DeCarlo

This is the final chapter of the Many Deaths of the Batman storyline. So far, a number of men have turned up dead in Gotham, each of them wearing a Batman costume that was sent to them anonymously. Bruce Wayne received a costume too, but didn’t put it on and thus avoided being dissolved by acid. This issue starts with an apparently unrelated crime, the murder of a hooker named Mary McGinnis. But the cops find a crude bat logo scratched into the carpet beside Mary’s corpse. Continue reading “Comics Reviews: Batman 435, Detective 602”