Oscar Maltby
Oscar Maltby has been writing about comics since 2015. He has also written comic book scripts for the British small press and short fictioꦜn for Ahoy Comics. He resides on the South Coast of England but lives in the longbox.
Latest articles by Oscar Maltby
Best Shots review - Future State: Swamp Thing #2 is dense and atmospheric
Features Ram V and Mike Perkins debate the potential of humanity at the end of civiliz🐽ation in Fu🐼ture State: Swamp Thing #2
Best Shots review - Future State: Next Batman #3 underwhelming considering the pedigree
Features Although the main event is disappointing, T༺he Next Batman #3 is worth a read for the distinctive and absorbing pairing of 'Outsiders' and 'Arkham Knights'
Best Green Lantern stories of all time
Features The best of the best of the r♒ing-slingin' Green Lanterns
Best Shots review - Future State: Suicide Squad #1's spectacle of it all is the draw here
Features With a back-up story starring Black Adam
Best Shots review - Future State: Dark Detective #2 picks up momentum
Features🅘 Both stories - Bruce Wayne's and R🏅ed Hood's - pick up steam in Future State
Best Shots review - Future State: Batman/Superman #1 a quality outing for the World's Finest
Features Gene Luen Yang and Ben Oliver bring Batman and Su❀perman to🧜gether for Future State
Best Shots review - Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 a powerful statement on Superman's impact
Features ಌFuture State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 well worth the hefty cover price
Best Shot review - Future State: Shazam! #1 reveals an isolated and troubled hero
Features Tim Sheridan and Eduardo Pansica paint a very different portrait of Shazam⭕!
Best Shots review - Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1 a kaleidoscope of light and energy
Features Imm🤪ortal Wonder Woman #1 offers vivid artwork and high stakes
Best Shots review - Future State: Teen Titans #1 is a competent but frustrating read
Features If yo𝔍u don't mind chaotic storytelling, Future State: Teen Titans #1 is a uniqu꧃e ride
Best Shots review - Future State: Robin Eternal #1 is one for the Tim Drake faithful
Features Futureꦉ State: Robin Eternal #1 has strong character moments but a weak 🍷plot
Best Shots review - Future State: Dark Detective #1 "a solid first installment"
Features With former Batman Bruce Wayne and the Grifters
Best Shots review - Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 "an incredibly slick package, a taster of DC's year to come"
Features Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Dark Nights: Death Metal finale is as much a b🍌eginning as it is an ending
Best Shots review - Dark Nights: Death Metal - The Secret Origin #1 gives fans "the final rehabilitation of Superboy-Prime"
Features The Secret Origin is an oasis of calm at the ⛄apex of the roaring whirlwind that isཧ Dark Nights: Death Metal
Best Shots review - Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 "isn't elegant and it isn't clever, but it sure is fun" - spoilers
Features The pe💝nultimate ꩵissue of Dark Nights: Death Metal
Best Shots review: Batman #105 has "well-realized character work"
Features Batman #105's low♒-key conclusion makes for an appealing palette cleanser after the epic start of Tynion IV's run
Best Shots review - Batman: Black and White #1 "an unusually strong anthology that encapsulates the best of the Bat"
Features This new volume of Batman: Black and White "clears the high bar set by its pr🀅🤪edecessors"
Best Shots review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 - #7
Features As collected in Teenage Mu🅘tant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1
Best Shots review: Red Hood #51 "a solid foundation for the future of Jason Todd"
Featuresཧ Shawn Martinbrough and Tony Akins takes over DC's Red Hood
Best Shots review: Captain America #25 "understated but impactful"
Features A milestone Captain America issue
Best Shots review - Dark Nights: Death Metal #5 a "bombastically silly blockbuster"
Features Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo gets into the thick of Dark Nights: Death Met🔯al with #5
Best Shots review - Dark Nights: Death Metal - Infinite Hour Exxxtreme #1 "a must-have for the Lobo lovers"
Features A trio of 🦩foul-mouthed hijinks in Dark Nights: Death Metal - Infinite൲ Hour Exxxtreme #1
Best Shots review: Crossover #1 "bold as hell" - spoilers
Features Donny Cates and Geoff S💯haw presents "slick an♈d provocative blockbuster" with Crossover #1
