Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2 Review

 

Writer: Erica Schultz

Artist: Valentina Pinti

Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg

Letterer: Cory Petit

Cover Artists: Elena Casagrande & Edgar Delgado; Jacopo Camagni; Nimit Malavia; Ashley Witter

Designer: Jay Bowen

Editors: Cy Pedro Beltran, Mark Basso, Tom Brevoort & CB Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 5, 2025

 

Mutants finally live free of Human persecution. Laura Kinney serves Revelation, the man who helped make that happen. As his Seraph, she protects him from the ailing US government and anyone else who sends agents to assassinate him. But life as a Seraph isn’t easy. Laura has lost her husband in Revelation’s service. While carrying out her duties, she cannot protect Alex, the son Zane gave her. And even when she is in Revelation’s compound, other Mutants can use Alex, who has yet to manifest any powers, to manipulate her.

 

So, Laura forges a desperate plan. She consigns her son to her siblings’ care. Will Revelation abide by Laura’s decision? And will her glorious leader discover Laura killed Hellion to keep him from blackmailing her? Let’s leap into Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2 and see!

 

Story

When Revelation next requests her presence, he tells Laura to bring Alex back. Furthermore, he doesn't want any Mutants to leave his territories. He is especially worried about Mutants fleeing to Arakko. He wants her to lead Vanisher and a contingent of guards to Helicarrierville and prevent them from leaving his territory. Revelation insists that he only wants the best for the Mutants. But he also warns Laura not to fail.

 

While Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2 begins in Revelation’s compound, the bulk of the story occurs in Helicarrierville. Laura, Vanisher, and the guards arrive to prevent anyone from leaving via Sage’s teleportation gate. However, Gabby isn’t going to stand still for that. Erica Schultz packs her story with action as the Mutants attempt to leave and Laura tries to prevent them. But while the plot highlights the rivalry between the two sisters, the battle seems part of a larger contest between Revelation and Apocalypse.

 

This series began with Laura extolling the virtues of life in Revelation’s territory while attempting to help her child escape it. Yet amid this paradise Revelation has created, Gabby and Laura constantly fight. Their brother Akihiro tries to help the sisters get along. Yet when Laura tries to reunite her family in Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2, Gabby and Akihiro try to keep her son under their care. As in a divorce, Alex becomes a casualty of a feuding family, with contesting adults fighting for the right to raise him. 

 

 

 

Art

Valentina Pinti opens with Laura approaching Revelation in his long, narrow throne room. While she wears her functional, one-piece outfit, Revelation drapes himself in robes that drag on the floor. Revelation may have hoped to unite the Mutants under his rule. But as he walks between pillars evoking Sentinel legs, he stands between Laura and her father. His words conjure a black-and-white memory of her with Zane and Alex. Regardless of how this happy image compares with the reality of her marriage, it contrasts with Laura’s relationships with Gabby and Wolverine.

 

After the yellow that dominated Revelation’s compound, Rachelle Rosenberg portrays the crowds outside Helicarrierville amid a hazy purple. As Sage addresses the would-be emigrants atop a green mound, the makeshift arch behind her looks composed of repurposed components. After Laura, Vanisher, and Revelation’s guards appear within a starburst of light blue energy, red lightning shoots from the arch. Rainbows melt in the red energy field. Sage’s yellow glasses form a link with Laura’s outfit as she strives to get her fellow mutant to see things her way in Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2.

 

 

 

Cory Petit fills white dialogue balloons with black uppercase letters that grow bold for intonation, enlarge for raised voices, and rarely shrink. Laura shares her thoughts with yellow words in brown narrative boxes. Revelation makes a convincing argument with white letters in black balloons. Sound effects accompany internecine fighting, a non-football-related head injury, and the teleportation gate's activation. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy. 

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

While Revelation's cause may be noble, he manipulates Laura, works Wolverine like a puppet, and hires Vanisher to enforce his will. Then again, Revelation ordered his wife's death for acting against him. Life may be the paradise many Mutants yearned for. But Revelation’s need to control everything dooms relationships in Kinney: Sabretooth #2.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch. 

Detective Comics #1103 Preview

 

 

Batman was already under a deadline. Infected with a deadly virus, Batman had a day-and-a-half to investigate. Now, as he returns from Kasnia, Batman has a day left before he enters quarantine. He's got wounds, fractures, and broken bones. What he needs is a way to prevent the virus from stripping him of his inhibitions and impairing his judgment. 

But this isn't about him. At all costs, Batman must prevent "Louis King" from dispersing his virus on Gotham. As he told Mr Terrific, a city without fear would tear itself apart. Under the gun, and with the clock ticking on his and Gotham's future, who can Batman turn to for help? 

Here's all the info from DC Connect: 

Detective Comics #1103

Writer: Tom Taylor

Artist: Mikel Janín

Cover Artists: Mikel Janín, Greg Smallwood, Lee Garbett & Stephanie Hans

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Release Date: November 26, 2025

 

Superman arrives in Gotham City!

 

Gotham’s newest villain, the Lion, has lain in wait, much like his namesake, choosing now to strike the Dark Knight. Meanwhile, the infection coursing through Batman’s veins continues to work its way into his central nervous system, leaving him vulnerable on two fronts. 

 

Poisoned and alone, Batman has run out of places to look for help…but maybe all he needed was to look up. “The Courage That Kills” continues in this can’t-miss issue guest-starring Superman!

 

 

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Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 Preview

 

Gabriel Hardman has drawn storyboards for such epic movies as Inception, Edge Of Tomorrow, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. He brought us stories like Kinski, Invisible Republic, and The Belfry at Image Comics. As a writer and artist, Gabriel has tackled characters like Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern. 

Now, Gabriel Hardman is teaming Green Arrow and the world's greatest detective with Steve Ditko's intrepid journalist. Where will Gabriel's story take these storied characters? And what threat links Hub City with Star City and Gotham? 

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1

Writer & Artist: Gabriel Hardman

Cover Artists: Gabriel Hardman; Kevin Nowland; Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Series Length: 4 Issues

Price: $5.99 Cardstock/Foil: $7.99

Release Date: November 26, 2025

 

From the decaying husk of Hub City, Vic Sage, the Question goes deep undercover on the trail of a human-trafficking operation in the frozen Arctic. Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, pushed out of his own company’s C-suite, must get his crumbling life back together…but what is Queen Industries’ involvement with a mysterious project dubbed “Arcadia?” Spurred on by the Question, Green Arrow joins the hunt for answers…but one obstacle stands in the way of their investigation: the Batman.

 

Writer/artist Gabriel Hardman comes to DC Black Label with a hard-boiled modern twist on the DC social thrillers of the 1980s, updating this opinionated trio of lone-wolf vigilantes for the era of open class warfare and ecological collapse.

  

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Absolute Wonder Woman #14 Preview

 

 

Where do we come from? And where do we belong? 

As Diana studies the ancient heritage of her people, a strange creature appears. While Diana races to prevent injuries and deaths at each place the dark spirit, she wonders what brought it to these locations. She also wonders why it is suddenly attacking now. 

Diana doesn't know much about this mysterious spirit of destruction. But she can't help but feel a link between herself and the entity. Can Diana defeat it when it next appears? And after all their battles, is peace still possible between them?

Here's all the info from DC Connect: 

 

Absolute Wonder Woman #14

Writer: Kelly Thompson

Artist: Matías Bergara

Cover Artists: Hayden Sherman, Derrick Chew, Terry Dodson & Dustin Nguyen

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Release Date: November 26, 2025

 

Wonder Woman battles…the Earth itself?

 

To save the world from an all-new supernatural threat that Diana is uniquely unqualified to solve, she will have to reach back to the oldest and deepest of gods for their assistance. But they may not agree with her position. In the midst of this struggle, a new player makes their presence known, but are they friend or foe? Concluding a two-part guest arc from visionary artist Matías Bergara!

 

 

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Catacomb of Torment #5 Cover Preview

 

COVER A BY MARK BUCKINGHAM

 

As "Necronomicon" opens, Albert Muggaven bursts into Richard Bartell's home. His friend can tell Albert is excited, and soon learns why when Albert shows him his latest acquisition. But when Albert discovers a rare item in Richard's home that shouldn't be there, the treasure seeker pushes him out and stops taking his calls. Why is his fellow memorabilia hunter acting like he doesn't know Albert? And what other mysteries do "A Ray of Sunshine" and "Tooth And Claw" hold?

Here's all the info from Oni Press: 

CATACOMB OF TORMENT #5

WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL, EVAN DORKIN & PAUL TOBIN ART BY PJ HOLDEN, LUKAS KETNER & DAN McDAID COVER A BY MARK BUCKINGHAM COVER B BY NAOMI FRANQ EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY NAOMI FRANQ ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN Feeling the rusty shears of eager anticipation as they coarsely cut away your tendons of dread? You’ve come to the right place . . . because EC Comics is serving another tortuous session of frightful delights with the CATACOMB OF TORMENT! Prepare to be mortified—literally—as manacled writers Christopher Cantwell (Out of Alcatraz), Evan Dorkin (Beasts of Burden), and Paul Tobin (The Witcher) are forced to turn the crank and twist the tension-wracked fingertips of artists PJ Holden (2000 AD), Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), and Dan McDaid (Epitaphs from the Abyss) into blood-spattered spectacle! Sound like fun? Our beloved host, the Tormentor, sure thinks so! ON SALE NOVEMBER 26th, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC     Here are more cover options:     COVER B BY NAOMI FRANQ   EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY JAY STEPHENS   B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY NAOMI FRANQ

ARCHIVE EDITION (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN

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Dune Graphic Novels Box Set Preview

 

 

I came late to the Dune party. I didn't read Dune until 1983, and didn't see the 1984 until 1987. But in the next few years, I read all six of Frank Herbert's novels, the latter two as they came out. I reread all six, along with Tolkien's Hobbit and Lord of the Rings every year for a few years in the late '80s and early '90s. It would be much later that I read Brian Herbert's biography Dreamer Of Dune, and learned more what prompted his father to write those novels. 

If you're a diehard Dune fan, I'd also recommend The Road to Dune, which includes Brian and Kevin J Anderson's telling of Frank Herbert's original conception for the novel from the author's original notes. The book also contains scenes that Frank Herbert didn't include in the first three novels.

If you love graphic novels, check out this beautiful retelling of the classic novel. Here's all the info from Abrams ComicArts:

 

Just in Time for The Holiday Season:

Abrams ComicArts Collects The Acclaimed Dune Graphic Novels In A Stunning New Box Set

Three Spectacular Hardcover Graphic Novel Adaptations of Dune, 

The Groundbreaking Science-Fiction Classic by Frank Herbert

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism, and politics, Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel Dune is a literary masterpiece beloved by readers around the world. The seminal science fiction story, set in the far future, chronicles the adventures of Paul Atreides, as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. The story – both on the page and in the acclaimed film adaptations – 

explores the complex, multi-layered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion as the forces of the empire confront each other for control of Arrakis.

And now, just in time for the holiday season, Abrams ComicArts is releasing Dune: The Graphic Novel: The Complete 3-Book Boxed Set, featuring all three nationally bestselling Dune graphic novel adaptations written by Brian Herbert (Frank's son) and acclaimed novelist Kevin J. Anderson, featuring lush color art by Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín. The jaw dropping art by Allén and Martín transports readers to the Dune universe, blending classic science fiction storytelling with a bold contemporary comics aesthetic.

These national bestselling graphic novel adaptations have been embraced by Dune fans old and new. Here’s what people are saying about the Dune Graphic Novel Adaptations:

“Boasting eye-popping art from Raúl Allén and Patricia Martin… Dune: The Graphic Novel is a scene-by-scene adaptation of the beloved novel from two writers who are already very familiar with the worlds of Arrakis and beyond.”―The Hollywood Reporter

“The palette practically makes Arrakis‘ blazing heat and desolation jump off the page… Gorgeous.”―Nerdist

"An adaptation worthy of continuing the franchise's legacy for a new generation.”―CBR

“Breathtaking.”―SPACE.com

“Compelling.”―Boing Boing

“A resoundingly successful adaptation.”

―Foreword STARRED Review

“Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín take a dense story and apply all that nuance and subtext to their visual language in adapting Dune. Panels establish scope and geography, and showcase the character who has the power in a scene, all the while guiding you as if you were on a theme park ride through the wild sci-fi action of warring families and giant sand worms. These two have pulled off a rare feat and made a political tale visually compelling."
―Eric Heisserer, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Arrival

Abrams will release the 552-page, three-volume Dune: The Graphic Novel: The Complete 3-Book Boxed Set on November 18, 2025. 

 

 

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About the Box Set

Dune: The Graphic Novel: The Complete 3-Book Boxed Set

By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Art by Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín

Abrams ComicArts | November 2025

U.S. $78 | 

Hardcover | 552 Pages

7.87 x 5.91 inches Inches | Full-color illustrations throughout

Hardcover ISBN: 9781419787171 

 

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Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4 Review

 

Writer: W Maxwell Prince

Artist: Martín Morazzo

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer: Good Old Neon

Cover Artists: Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran; Juan Ferreyra; Mike Choi

Editors: Jillian Grant, Paul Kaminski, Chris Conroy & Marie Javins

Design: Kenny Lopez

Publication Production: Tiffany Huang

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99

Release Date: November 12, 2025

 

Clark Kent wanted to reconnect with his Kryptonian heritage. He has listened to audio archives describing his home world, but has yet to see images showcasing the planet's beauty. When his robots discovered strange remnants of Krypton, Clark welcomed the opportunity to learn more about his origins.

 

Batman argued against studying the new forms of Kryptonite. Still, he stuck by his friend, knowing Clark’s path would bring nothing but pain. Batman watched as Clark lost his perception of time, his human-sized stature, and his maturity. Along the way, Clark also lost the Fortress of Solitude, the trust of Metropolis, and his relationship with Lois Lane. So, when Batman helps him revert physically to his starting point, Superman concedes that Batman was right. Is that the end of Clark’s Kryptonite trials? Or is Clark’s life about to get even more Myxed up? Let’s leap into Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4 and see!

 

Story

While studying Purple, Cobalt, and Speckled Kryptonite, Batman also investigated Rainbow K. Unlike the other three remnants of Clark’s home world, Batman realized Rainbow K wasn't Kryptonite, but a distress call. And as Jimmy Olsen can attest, Superman always answers a cry for help.

 

After clutching a crystal of Rainbow K, Clark finds himself at the Daily Planet. As Clark speaks with Perry White, Batman and Lois Lane place his body on an examination table. Batman explains that Clark's mind has entered another realm. But it takes Clark a little longer to realize he has entered the 5^th Dimension.

 

In Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4, the rules of life that Jonathan and Martha Kent taught their adoptive son no longer apply. Nor can Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van's teachings aid him. Not even Mister Mxyzptlk can help Clark. The imp can alert Superman to an imminent crisis, but he can’t suggest a solution.

 

W Maxwell Prince intertwines Clark’s dilemma in the 5^th Dimension with Batman and Lois Lane’s attempt to help their friend. Amid this double-rescue plot, Lex Luthor reveals that his previous attacks involving new Kryptonite colors were just the opening salvos in a grand plan. As Clark struggles to come to grips with life in an imperiled realm, he confronts an opponent who has also endured childhood trauma. Like Batman and Superman, his opponent wants to know that he is building his life on a solid foundation. And in his absolute formula for life, imagination is the enemy.

 

Art

Martín Morazzo opens with people soaring above the streets of Metropolis via balloons, flying saucers, pegasi, and surfboards. A juggling walrus alerts Clark to his unreality. Clark realizes he's in trouble when Perry White casually points out that he's exposing his Kryptonian threads. Clark often hunches in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4, as if weighed down by life's demands. Still, his expression never conveys the misery on Lois Lane's face, as she stares down at her former boyfriend's rainbow eyes. Kookookachoo, Ms Lane.

 

As Chris O’Halloran lavishes a loaded palette on Martín Morazzo's art, purple shouts its presence. From a walrus' hat to the fish in his apartment to a diagram, purple links Clark's peril with that of Mxyzptlk. Lois' purple suit and the couch on which Clark channel-surfs also evoke the time-displacing quality of Purple K. The importance of purple in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4, and the fact that Rainbow K was an SOS, invite associations between Cobalt and Speckled K with Superman and Batman.

 

Good Old Neon places black and colored letters in white and colored balloons and boxes. The letters grow bold for intonation, enlarge for raised voices, and shrink for lowered voices. The font may be uppercase or lowercase, while printed text fills yellowed parchment. Amid the Myxture of art styles, sound effects accompany a slamming door, and Superman doing something he shouldn't be doing unless he's addicted to pasta. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

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Final Thoughts

One orphan feels alone while surrounded by people who love him. Another reveals that he is never alone, even when miles away from other people. While exploring the power of friendship and imagination, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4 urges Clark Kent to reexamine how his past informs his present before Lex Luthor can destroy his future.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To revisit how this series began, see my review of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1.

To revisit Kaiju Clark's story, see my review of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2.

For Superboy's adventure with Shazam, see my review of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3.