Last yr might have appeared to fly by, however it was fairly packed when it got here to DC motion pictures, comics, TV and (for the primary time in a couple of years) video games! We all have our personal private favorites, reflecting our distinctive tastes and pursuits, and all of them are price highlighting. So, like we’ve completed prior to now, we’re saying goodbye to 2022 by letting members of the DC.com writing workforce share their high three DC favorites for the yr.
Today’s trinity of terrificness involves us care of longtime contributor Rosie Knight!
In the seemingly endless yr of 2022, there have been loads of sensible choices for comedian e book lovers. DC had a banner yr with a number of huge occasions and buzzworthy miniseries, the return of the Dark Knight to the large display screen, and among the greatest DCTV we have seen in ages. All of that is why once I was requested to select a “Top Three” of the yr for DC.com, I could not merely confine it to the pages of my favourite humorous books. So, I made a decision to make it far more durable for myself than it wanted to be and selected my favourite DC comedian, DC movie and DCTV present of the yr. Without additional ado, listed here are—in my very humble opinion—three of the very best issues that we have been blessed with as followers of DC’s sprawling, fantastical and inclusive universe this yr.
Nubia: Queen of the Amazons
Stephanie Williams has blazed a path by means of DC since she started writing Nubia and in 2022 she took the hero to new heights as Nubia took the throne of Themyscira in Nubia: Queen of the Amazons.
Working alongside her Nubia and the Amazons collaborator and superhero stalwart Alitha Martinez, Williams crafted an epic fantasy miniseries that reimagined Themyscira for a brand new age and set Nubia on a journey of self-discovery as she ventured into Man’s World to make a case for peace. Nubia has lengthy been an missed hero in DC’s pantheon and it has been fantastic to see her being given her time to shine over the past couple of years underneath the watchful eye of Williams and Martinez. This collection, together with this yr’s Nubia: Coronation Special, is likely one of the most fascinating and impressive new entries into DC canon that can possible form the character and universe for years to come back. So mainly, there’s by no means been a greater time to meet up with Nubia.
The Batman
It’s laborious to overestimate simply how a lot affect the Batman motion pictures have had on me since childhood. My earliest reminiscence is watching Batman ’89 at Christmas once I might barely discuss. Batman Returns formed me into the comic-loving teen goth I used to be for a few years, and later Batman and Robin would turn into probably the most watched VHS tapes in my house. So, every time a brand new Batman movie comes out, it is an enormous second for me. Watching The Batman was the primary time in a long time that I felt that pleasure come alive as soon as once more. Casting Pattinson was a stroke of genius and Reeves’ imaginative and prescient of an angsty Year Two Batman felt each acquainted and contemporary. There’s an innate understanding of the absurdity and horror that is essential to make the Dark Knight work whereas nonetheless making a textured Gotham that you just really wish to spend time in.
The neo-noir hued horror of The Batman felt like the very best of Batman’s comedian e book adventures, however by no means shied away from the camp previous of the character. Direct references to Batman ’66, the large affect taken from Batman: The Animated Series, and the surreal area that Pattinson, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano and Zoe Kravitz stay in make this a darkish story that is by no means afraid to play within the gentle. That’s earlier than we even get to the gothic fantastic thing about Alfred and Bruce’s house, and the stellar efficiency by Serkis as Batman’s live-in father determine and puzzle solver. It’s a very particular movie that sums up the very best of what can occur when DC provides inventive freedom to administrators. The undeniable fact that The Batman and Aquaman (one other of my favourite DC motion pictures) got here from the identical studio is proof of the eclectic energy of DC, its universe and its characters.
Harley Quinn Season Three
Since it debuted in 2019, Harley Quinn has cemented itself as actually distinctive within the DC animated canon. Not solely is the collection an R-rated romp that leans into the grownup aspect of our favourite universe, however its meta-humor, quip-filled writing and fearlessness to be completely ridiculous additionally make it one of many perfect.
Season three took all the pieces to the subsequent stage because it lastly delivered on Harlivy, the ship to finish all DC ships. Fans have been delighted because the lovers made it official and handled all of the ups and downs of a dedicated relationship. But whereas lastly coming by means of on that highly-anticipated romance might have made Harley Quinn play it secure, as a substitute it did the alternative, taking wild swings and introducing among the funniest and most affecting subplots but. James Gunn performed himself, embarking on making a Thomas Wayne biopic. We acquired inside Batman’s head actually, and an surprising risk to Gotham made its look because the season got here to finish, proving that identical to its titular anti-heroine, Harley Quinn is not afraid of shaking up the established order.
Don’t miss our earlier lists from writers Alex Jaffe, Kelly Knox and Donovan Morgan Grant, and remember to drop by DC.com tomorrow for an additional “Top Three of 2022” listing!
Rosie Knight is an award-winning journalist and writer who loves Swamp Thing, the DC Cosmic, and writing about these and extra right here at DC.Com. You can take heed to her waxing lyrical about comics, motion pictures, and extra every week as she co-hosts Crooked Media’s pop-culture podcast X-Ray Vision.
NOTE: The views and opinions expressed on this characteristic are solely these of Rosie Knight and don’t essentially mirror these of DC Entertainment or Warner Bros.
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