Spirit World #6 Review

Spirit World #6 Review – Xanthe Zhou, Constantine and Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) have a showdown with Wan Yujing in the Spirit World in Spirit World #6, the conclusion to the Spirit World miniseries. It’s wall-to-wall action as the trio not only have to battle the monstrous Wan Yujing, they also have to take down The Gilded General, who wants to kill them before Wan Yujing can, thus locking in his power in the Spirit World. Also, Xanthe discovers a new power! The Jade Court makes a fateful decision! And Constantine says he’s too old for this $*#%! Continue reading Spirit World #6 Review

Spirit World #5 Preview

Spirit World #5 Preview: The Collective is hungry to collect more spirits and bodies to absorb, making it an even scarier and more powerful being, but it is not enough…so it begins to chase after the most delicious of memories. Bowen and Po Po get taken by the Collective, and it’s up to Xanthe and BatgirI to pull them out of its conjoined body parts before they get melded on as well—permanently! As Po Po fights to hold on to her memories as much as possible, we discover her secret origin and why she has such a soft spot for orphans… Continue reading Spirit World #5 Preview

Spirit World #4 Review

Spirit World #4 Review – Xanthe, now without her trusty sword, and John Constantine have made it to Spirit World and reunited with Cassandra Cain in Spirit World #4. They went there to rescue Cassandra Cain and bring her home, but what if she doesn’t want to be rescued? It’s an issue filled with monsters and demonic possessions, and wait until you see The Soul Devourer! Continue reading Spirit World #4 Review

Spirit World #4 Preview

Spirit World #4 Preview – Cass Cain, Batgirl, has died before, and it seems the spirits of the Spirit World met her when she passed through before being revived by the Lazarus Pit…but then how come she doesn’t remember being there? Then, as Constantine’s memories start to fade after being in the Spirit World for too long, he begins to turn on Xanthe, who needs to find a way back to the land of living or Constantine will be a permanent resident of the land of the dead…either way, time’s running out! Check out the Spirit World #4 Preview HERE! Continue reading Spirit World #4 Preview

Spirit World #3 Preview

Spirit World #3 Preview – Xanthe and Constantine find a one-way ticket to the Spirit World and must interrogate spirits to find Batgirl…but how do you do that without alerting the spirits that there’s a human walking among them? Then, Cass and Popo go to a friend of Bowen’s in hopes of finding a way back into the living—a fox spirit who has a secret of his own…Check out the Spirit World #3 Preview HERE! Continue reading Spirit World #3 Preview

Spirit World #2 Review

Spirit World #2 Review – Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) has been transported to Spirit World, where dead spirits of various forms exist and dine on the unfortunate living souls who go there. Meanwhile, Xanthe Zhou and John Constantine are trying to find a portal that will take them to Spirit World to rescue Cassandra, but along the way, they run into the most terrifying menace of all: Xanthe’s mother! It’s another issue drenched in fascinating Asian mythology and spell craft, with Xanthe and John Constantine having the potential to become the most enjoyable duo since Booster Gold and Blue Beetle. Continue reading Spirit World #2 Review

Spirit World #2 Preview

Spirit World #2 Preview – With Cassandra Cain still stuck in the Spirit World, Xanthe and Constantine are hoping the one portal they’ve found (which is quickly closing) is their one-way ticket to the land of the dead to help rescue Batgirl! Cass has made two spirit friends along the way who have given her a special cloak that helps mask her living-flesh stench to keep the other spirits from eating her…but can they be trusted? And hey, what’s in this tea that they just gave her…?! Check out the Spirit World #2 Preview HERE! Continue reading Spirit World #2 Preview

Spirit World #1 Review

Spirit World #1 Review – Xanthe Zhou, warrior and spirit envoy, returns in Spirit World #1 after their appearance in the Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate book. Xanthe is a master martial artist, wields the hugest sword you’ll ever see, and can create weapons or other objects by crafting them with origami. Xanthe can also travel between the Spirit World and our world. With Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) trapped in the Spirit World and Xanthe trapped in our world, Xanthe teams with John Constantine to find a new gate back to the Spirit World so they can rescue Batgirl from a fate worse than death. Continue reading Spirit World #1 Review

Spirit World #1 Preview

Spirit World #1 Preview – From the pages of Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate, a new Chinese hero emerges who’s able to travel to and from the Spirit World, the realm of the dead, and that of the living. Their name is Xanthe, and their superpower is being able to burn items folded from joss paper and immediately turn them into real objects, based on the East Asian practice of burning joss paper at graveyards in order to send resources to ancestors in the Spirit World…except Xanthe can retrieve those items in the world of the living! Their weapon of choice is a large broadsword (because who doesn’t love a big sword when you can choose to use a big sword?!). Xanthe is a master of the dark arts who’s here to give Constantine a run for his money…literally. Check out the Spirit World #1 Preview HERE! Continue reading Spirit World #1 Preview