City of Bones by Cassandra Clare is one of the most cliched books I have ever read. The characters are annoying. There’s a scene that could be wiped out, and the romance was gross. Clary, the main protagonist, is a useless ch...

  In Tom King’s third Batman story arc “I Am Bane,” King sets the stakes higher than ever. With his previous “I Am…” arcs, he’s been building up to this moment -- the finale, the fight, the drama. And he ...

Tom King has been writing “Batman,” the comic, for two years now, and he gets better with every arc. “Batman: The War of Jokes and Riddles,” issue 25 through 32, is an example of that ascension of quality. As King’s fou...