The Rise of the Villains began on Gotham Season Two with Penguin as the underworld King but are Owls flocking to the Batman prequel series?
The Court of Owls is a shadowy organization co-created by Batman Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo which kicked off their fan-favorite New 52 run.
James Frain and Jessica Lucas plays the Galavans, a brother/sister villain team which could have deep ties into Gotham City’s history. The introduction of the siblings made fans suspect the Owls might hold court on the series.
Robins vs. Robin, Batman vs. Robin and the dramatic return of the Court of Owls!
DC Comics shared first looks and details of the massive ROBIN WAR crossover in the extended Batman family of books coming in December:
ROBIN WAR #1
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
THE ROBINS FACE THE COURT OF OWLS!
In part 1 of this new epic, it’s Robins vs. cops! Robins vs. Robins! Robins vs. Batman! And Robins vs. the Court of Owls?!
Damian Wayne returns to Gotham City, and he is not happy. There are kids all over the city calling themselves Robin, Bruce Wayne is no longer Batman and the GCPD, led by the new, armored-up Batman, is cracking down on anybody wearing the “R.” And things only get worse when Red Hood, Red Robin and Grayson all come back to Gotham City… Continue reading ROBIN WAR Breaks Out This December
Just when you thought the architects of Batman Eternal couldn’t shock you any more…they deliver another huge twist in the next to last chapter of the year-long weekly series.
A Spider-Verse superstar swings into her own series, Batman turns to the bad guys to beat the Joker and a hit sci-fi show spawns a new comic book. All that and more in this week’s top 5 comic books picks of the week:
All-New X-Men #38
The cosmic crossover co-starring Guardians of the Galaxy continues. Heroes have given in the the Black Vortex’s temptation. Heroes have been captured by Mr. Knife. Can they be saved? Who will Star-Lord recruit to stop Mr. Knife and the son of Thanos Continue reading Comics Picks for February 25, 2015
Gotham reveals the early origins of the Dark Knight’s allies and enemies. The new television series focuses on rookie detective Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) with Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) fighting crime in the city that gave birth to Batman.
Robin Lord Taylor portrays Oswald Cobblepot as he’s on the path to becoming the Penguin. Cory Michael Smith is Edward Nygma before he becomes the Riddler. Camren Bicondova plays Selina Kyle as a teen thief before she’s Catwoman. The future Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze are scheduled to appear this premiere season. The Falcone and Moroni mobster familes are sure to appear.
Which other future Batman rogues should appear in the prequel series?
It’s back to good vs. evil after a month of pure evil courtesy DC Comics Villains Month in which bad guys ruled the comic book shops with stand-alone issues starring the rogues, foes and psychos you love to hate!
Forever Evil #1 kicked it off with the Crime Syndicate of America declaring the Justice League was dead, rallying the villains into an army and using Nightwing as a painful example of what happens if you oppose them.
Bad guys from Anton Arcane to General Zod starred in wave after wave of issues that tied into the status quo of Forever Evil.