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8 on Night of the Owls reading order (complete)Are you not sure where to start with the Night of the Owls event? Here’s the reading order I suggest: It's not perfect but it's the best I can do. Be sure to check the comments at the bottom of the page because someone else might have their own suggested reading list that's even better!…
I have very mixed feelings about this issue. It isn't bad. In fact, it's very, very entertaining and I thought Jason Fabok's clean lines and dynamic action were wonderful and Steigerwald did a masterful job of making each panel feel cold. I couldn't put the thing down! But there are some very drastic changes to…
This has to be one of my favorite comics simply because I strongly believe comics are way overpriced and this is one that actually supplies plenty of content. It's three stories in one and even if one story is bad, usually the others pick up the slack. It's great and it's usually pretty fun. So…
Anticipation for this book is pretty high because there isn't anything else like it. I mean honestly, when was the last time you saw a Batman story take place in the 1930s with artwork of pure graphite and the whole thing had a Golden Age Hollywood feel? So Much More It's a book with a…
Batman gets his first annual issue of the New 52, three new Beyond tales are collected together for the price of a single comic, and a new original graphic novel places Batman in the 1930s. Here’s a list of all the Batman comics coming out this week, May 30th, graded on a scale of my…
Wednesday, May 23rd was a big day in Batman for me. Not only was it the date of the Tumbler Tour in my city, St. Louis, but I also got to speak with famed graphic designer and Batman historian Chip Kidd. Even if you don't know his name, you've surely seen his work! Mr. Kidd…
This is a pretty mediocre issue with a very misleading cover that in the end made it feel worse than it is. Tim Drake plays no role here whatsoever. He's in it for one. Single. Panel. Judd Winick doesn't even give him a line to say and although Finch did a phenomenal job drawing Drake…
This is a very engaging read. It's funny, it's imaginative, action-packed, and it has the best pacing I've seen in some time. I'm not a die-hard Grant Morrison fan and I seem to like his stuff as often as I hate it, but I think he knocked it out of the park with this issue.…
This week, Grant Morrison returns to Gotham with Batman Inc. Volume 2, Tim Drake hijacks one of Batman's titles to fight The Court of Owls, and a few classic graphic novels get re-released . Here’s a list of all the Batman comics coming out this week, May 23rd, graded on a scale of my own…
Are you not sure where to start with the Night of the Owls event? Here's the best list that I can make so far: But if you want to lay out all of your Night of the Owls issues and jump from one book to the next, absorbing the Court's reign of terror in chronological…
I was going to start this review off with a short recap of the previous issue, but I found myself at a loss. I could not remember what had happened last month! I remembered the fight with Darkseid...and then Jim Lee took a break and there was a weird sludge monster of some sort that…
This issue spends the bulk of its time elaborating on William Cobb's past. It's fascinating stuff that not only builds on the history of this character, but Nightwing's past and the history of Gotham itself. Now, just because I say that this deals with a lot of back-story doesn't mean that Higgins and company skimped…
Non linear stories can be amazing if they are handled properly but that's not the case here. I think that this story could have worked and it could have even worked in a non-linear way, but Williams and Blackman failed at telling it in an effective way. You can't devote only 1-2 pages of story…
How big is Gotham, exactly? On the Night of the Owls, Nightwing is at City Hall where it is snowing at around 8PM. Catwoman, on the other hand, is at Penguin's home where at 2AM it is "an unseasonably warm evening" and folks are out in short sleeves. The mistake was pretty obvious to me…
Finally! Someone else got the memo that these Talons are supposed to be bad ass. First things first, get this book. I think it might be my favorite of the cross-over so far. Second, when you read it, listen to this:
What we have here is a fun and exceptionally well-drawn series that stays pretty consistent. I don't usually review it because it's not very "Batman" (except for a moment in issue #3 which is one of the best Bat-moments in any book yet in the New 52), but I have read the entire series so…
Batman takes a backseat this month as Catwoman, Nightwing, Red Hood & the Outlaws, and The Birds of Prey take their turn fighting the Court of Owls. Also this month, The Justice League face a brand new threat drawn by returning artist Jim Lee while Batwoman's series gets an entirely new penciler following the departure…
I've been getting quite a few questions on Twitter and in the comments here at Batman-News about what the reading order is for The Night of the Owls crossover event. From what I've seen so far, the only issue that rocked the boat was "Detective Comics" #9, which should be read after "Batman" #9. But…
My first thought upon opening "Batman" #9 was "What am I looking at? ...oh...well if that's what it is then the next page is going to be..." *flip* "AWESOME!" I then flipped back and began reading the comic normally, of course, but it was a very cool intro and I had to cheat.
With the bat-family fighting the undead it's game-on for everyone to be as brutal as possible. The no-kill rule has gone out the window and there's no better time to see every hero be a total badass than right now...so why hold anything back?
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