BATMAN & SUPERMAN in Killer Video Game

Batman/Superman #5 courtesy DC Comics
Batman/Superman #5 courtesy DC Comics

KILL THE BATMAN!

 

A new video game with that simple goal becomes a real terrifying test for the Dark Knight and Man of Steel as a new arc begins in Batman/Superman #5.

 

Brett Booth (Teen Titans) joins writer Greg Pak for the team-up book starring Bruce and Clark. This issue starts “as the ultimate video game, in which the players don’t realize that the characters they’re controlling are fighting in real life.”

 

A new Toymaster is the architect making Batman the ultimate prey. Bruce can outwit and outlast an army of heroes turned against him…

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Top 5 Comic Book Picks October 30, 2013

Damian, Son of Batman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Damian, Son of Batman #1 courtesy DC Comics

Damian: Son of Batman #1  What if Damian Wayne lived to become the Dark Knight of Gotham City? Andy Kubert takes us back to the future world he created with Grant Morrison in Batman #666 for a four-part epic in which Damian lives again.

 

Infinity #5 The triumphant Avengers return from space to find Earth invaded by Thanos and Inhumanity spread across the planet. Can the heroes defeat the Mad God and his Black Order and how will they handle the new epidemic of strange new beings? Plus, how will all the aliens races of Marvel Universe react to living in an Avengers Universe now?

 

Nightwing Annual #2 The most anticipated of all this week’s DC Comics Annuals. Robin and Batgirl grew up fast as costumed crimefighters but Richard is on new quest, Barbara is no longer in the Bat family – what’s left for one of the greatest couples in comics? Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks October 30, 2013

BATMAN AND TWO-FACE #25 Preview

Batman & Two-Face #25 courtesy DC Comics
Batman & Two-Face #25 courtesy DC Comics

The unstoppable Batman and Robin titles evolve again. When Damian died, the title co-starred members of the Bat-family. Now Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason are telling the horrific origin of a classic rogue in a new arc.

 

Here’s a first look at Batman and Two-Face #25. Continue reading BATMAN AND TWO-FACE #25 Preview

DAMIAN: SON OF BATMAN Back to the Future

Damian: Son of Batman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Damian: Son of Batman #1 courtesy DC Comics

Damian Wayne LIVES again…in a possible future.

 

Artist Andy Kubert returns to the world he co-created with Grant Morrison in Batman #666 in which an adult Damian is the Dark Knight of an apocalyptic Gotham City.

 

Bruce’s son was killed as a casualty of war between the Dark Knight and Damian’s mother, Talia Al Ghul. It was part of Morrison’s endgame since taking over Batman.

 

Kubert writes the new 4-part series Damian: Son of Batman kicking off Wednesday.  Here are images from issue one courtesy DC Comics  and Kubert discusses the one critical difference between father and son. Continue reading DAMIAN: SON OF BATMAN Back to the Future

Top 5 Comics for October 23, 2013

Pretty Deadly #1 courtesy Image Comics
Pretty Deadly #1 courtesy Image Comics

Beware the Batman #1 A brand-new all-ages comic based on the hit animated series. Alfred Pennyworth is no ordinary butler but has he prepared Master Bruce? The Dark Knight flies out of the cave to take on the Gotham City underworld.

 

Pretty Deadly #1 The daughter of Death rides a trail of retribution in a book that seems to mix Sandman, Preacher and the Wild West by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios. Here’s how the writer explained the concept to me at GeekGirlCon ’13.

 

Sex Criminals #2  If you could stop time Continue reading Top 5 Comics for October 23, 2013

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for October 16, 2013

Avengers #21 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #21 courtesy Marvel

Avengers #21 After the blockbuster events of Infinity #4 (tell me you didn’t cheer when Thor “hammered” the arrogant enemy!) how will Earth’s Mightiest Heroes defeat The Builders? What price will Captain America pay for victory?

(I have to include in this pick…)

New Avengers #11 More Infinity #4 fallout! Has Black Bolt fallen? Why are the rest of the Illuminati on a rival Earth while Thanos and the Builders reach our world?

 

Batman and Robin #24 One of the best Batman books evolves again. Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for October 16, 2013

BATMAN/SUPERMAN #5 Preview

Batman/Superman #5 courtesy DC Comics
Batman/Superman #5 courtesy DC Comics

New artist. New arc. DC Comics shared this preview of Batman/Superman #5.

 

Brett Booth (Teen Titans) joins writer Greg Pak for the team-up book starring the Dark Knight and Man of Steel. This launch issue starts “as the ultimate video game, in which the players don’t realize that the characters they’re controlling are fighting in real life.” Continue reading BATMAN/SUPERMAN #5 Preview