# Any websites that provide good, detailed summaries of current comic books? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-that-provide-good-detailed-summaries-of-current-comic-books/472201 "2008-11-11T16:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-that-provide-good-detailed-summaries-of-current-comic-books/472201/1 "2008-11-11T16:24:02Z")
Major bonus points if the website is popup and malware free. I’m really interested in keeping up with storylines like Final Crisis, Batman R.I.P., and (ugh) Brand New Day, but I don’t have the time or the inclination to actually buy the comic books (or wait for the trades). Any site out there that spoils each issue as it comes out? ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-that-provide-good-detailed-summaries-of-current-comic-books/472201/2 "2008-11-11T17:18:14Z")
I just had to cancel all my comic subscriptions due to budget constraints, so I would love this info too. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-that-provide-good-detailed-summaries-of-current-comic-books/472201/3 "2008-11-11T17:48:24Z")
Wikipedia has summaries of all these storylines: [Batman R.I.P. - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_R.I.P). > **[Spider-Man: Brand New Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Brand_New_Day)** > > "Brand New Day" is a comic book storyline in The Amazing Spider-Man, published by Marvel Comics beginning in 2008. It chronicles the start of Spider-Man's adventures in the aftermath of the status quo-altering "One More Day" storyline, and continues afterwards into "Spider-Man: Big Time". Although the banner only runs across the front covers of #546-564 and the Spider-Man: Swing Shift (Director's Cut) one-shot (itself a reprint, with new material, of the Free Comic Book Day 2007: Spider-Man on Du... > **[Final Crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_crisis)** > > "Final Crisis" is a crossover storyline that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics in 2008, primarily the seven-issue miniseries of the same name written by Grant Morrison. Originally DC announced the project as being illustrated solely by J. G. Jones; artists Carlos Pacheco, Marco Rudy and Doug Mahnke later provided art for the series. > The storyline directly follows DC Universe #0 after the conclusion of the 51-issue Countdown to Final Crisis weekly limited series. Promotion about the ... ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-that-provide-good-detailed-summaries-of-current-comic-books/472201/4 "2008-11-11T18:35:37Z")
It’s not at all detailed, though. It was the inadequacy of Wikipedia that led me to start the thread to begin with. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-websites-that-provide-good-detailed-summaries-of-current-comic-books/472201/5 "2008-11-11T19:53:00Z")
I think your best bet is to cruise comic blogs. The only one I frequent that does weekly reviews is this one: [http://www.the-isb.com/](http://www.the-isb.com/) And he’s been following Batman and Spidey, at least. You may also find spoilers in the Newsarama forums, or you can always ask in the weekly comic threads we have on here. 🙂 I’m reading pretty much everything DC puts out, and I’m happy to do spoilers.