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Legends of the Dark Knight #12 features 2 interesting stories that take quite a few risks (something I'd like to see more of from these out-of-continuity tales) and I highly recommend you check them out, but they are both flawed by their endings. One has an ending I just didn't like and the other, well,…
Batwoman writers J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman announced today that they're leaving the DC Comics series after issue #26 in December. The reason for their exit? The two writers claim there was too much editorial interference and last minute changes, which prevented them from telling the best stories possible. J.H. Williams posted a…
The best villain's month issue I've read yet. Writer Peter J. Tomasi doesn't devote the entire comic to flashbacks to an origin story we've seen countless times, he actually deals with the aftermath of Forever Evil, which is what more of these villain books should be doing! And what do we get as a result?…
Many readers are going to hate this one. Joker #1 is a Villains Month comic that doesn't acknowledge the events of Forever Evil whatsoever. That is, unless Jackanapes will play a larger role in that saga. Who's Jackanapes? He's the primate nemesis of Batman 666 Damian Wayne, a potential caped crusader of the future that…
If Arrested Development's Ann Veal grew up to be Stephen King's Carrie and then got a bad case of celebrity-worship you'd have the New 52 Ventriloquist. If that sounds interesting to you then by all means, have at it! This issue is all about the origin of the rebooted New 52 villain, but personally I…
Poison Ivy #1 doesn't move the Forever Evil story forward beyond showing us that Ivy is wrecking the town with sprouting plants (but we all figured that would happen) but it does give us an updated New 52 origin for the character as well as a recap as to what she's been up to since…
Buckle-up, Nightwing fans! This is your time and I have a feeling things are about to get hostile around here. Forever Evil #1 has finally arrived and in a single issue it has rocked the DC universe in a pretty big way, especially for us Batman fans. All of the villains are free, the Justice…
Yes, you read the title correctly. This is a DC/He-Man crossover event that's flying under the radar this month while all eyes are on Forever evil. But let me be upfront about this because it's the most important advice I can give before you go out and buy this issue: if you're not confident in…
Gotham's children are going missing and Scarecrow is the one to blame. In Gregg Hurwitz and David Finch's Batman: The Dark Knight: Cycle of Violence Batman must confront his own worst fears in order to bring down a more gruesome interpretation of Jonathan Crane who drips blood from stitched-together lips and wields a new fear…
Let's keep Bat-History alive and talk about Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams, Vol. 3. This collection of Neal Adams' Batman work was originally published in 2004 as a hardcover but only now is it available in the more affordable softcover format. However, just like with Volumes 1 and 2, this assortment of classic tales does…
Arkham Unhinged is a series that's meant to fill in the gaps between the video games Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. It's written by Derek Fridolfs (Justice League Unlimited, Li'l Gotham) and features a new artist with every issue including such talented individuals as Darick Robertson, Jorge Jimenez, and Peter Nguyen. Content Volume 2 of…
Villains Month is finally here and that means all the traditional titles have been wiped out and replaced with one-shot villain stories. So here's what's going to happen. I'm going to give you a list of all the Villains month comics coming out this week and then I'll show you which ones I'm going to…
It's the end of the month and that means it's time to take another break from Batman to talk about all of our other favorite comic books and hopefully get more folks excited about reading! I'll share the names of all the best comic books I had the chance to read and then I'll invite…
Last issue ended in grand fashion as Wonder Woman swooped in on a Pegasus to dispatch the evil Trickster (a phantom figure associated with Darkseid, who you can see on the cover of the book so I don't count that as a spoiler) and she apparently killed Lois Lane (who was at the time possessed…
Before we get started, does the cover look like Henry Cavill and Billy Zane to anyone else or is it just me? And NO Billy Zane would not make a good Lex Luthor. Can we stop that? I'm sick of seeing his name in every fan casting discussion. It's as bad as every time we…
Plainly put: if you liked the sewer beat-down scene from The Dark Knight Rises, then you're going to enjoy Talon #11, but more importantly it's a really solid ending to yet another entertaining arc with some very important developments for this series. Now, I promise I'll get a review up soon of Talon, Vol. 1.…
I really enjoyed last month's issue and this one started out strong too until Batman started using a weird force-field gun and then I had to shout "What are you doing?!" We've seen Batman use big, hulking Iron Man-like armor in the past but it's always been easy to say "Yeah, but he can't wear…
Not only do I approve of the Batman Incorporated Special but I wouldn't mind seeing this turn into an annual or semiannual thing. Much like Batman: Black & White or Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman Incorporated Special is an anthology that features the works of multiple different writers and artists only instead of…
How well you enjoy Justice League #23 hinges on whether or not you've had things spoiled for your already and how jaded you are by big events. This is a comic that's going to divide readers into two camps. There will be those who view it as an awesome comic because it has such a large…
You have 3 weeks to vote and I’m dividing the poll into four parts. It’s only the 4th year of Batman’s existence but he’s already showing up in a whole lot of books and we need more polls to fit all the options. Part one decided the best World’s Finest cover of 1942, then we had a…
This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com