BATMAN VS. JUSTICE LEAGUE?

Batman and Robin #33 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin #33 courtesy DC Comics

Batman vs. Justice League?!

Why is the Dark Knight fighting his friends and uneasy allies in Batman and Robin #33 this week?

Will a father’s guilt, pain and obsession cost him his closest friends?

The search for Damian and Talia’s bodies led to a brutal confrontation between Bruce Wayne and Ra’s Al Ghul in Batman and Ra’s Al Ghul #32 when…

SPOILER ALERT: If you have not read ROBIN RISES: OMEGA #1 yet stop reading now.

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ROBIN RISES AGAIN?

Robin Rises: Omega #1 courtesy DC Comics
Robin Rises: Omega #1 courtesy DC Comics

The epic tale of the 21st century Batman and Robin takes an Apokaliptic twist this week in Robin Rises: Omega #1.

 

That’s no misspelling above. The forces of Darkseid’s homeworld get into the deadly family fight between Batman and Ra’s Al Ghul.

 

Is Damian Wayne really about to be resurrected? Continue reading ROBIN RISES AGAIN?

ROBIN RISES

Robin Rises: Omega #1 courtesy DC Comics
Robin Rises: Omega #1 courtesy DC Comics

Robin returns? Who is wearing the mask?

 

When Damian was killed in Batman, Incorporated – Bruce’s story of loss, grief, anger continued in Batman and Robin by Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. The team book became a team-up book as guest stars joined Bruce in his search for Damian’s body and a way to possibly revive him.

 

The hunt for Robin is over. Bruce’s war with Ra’s Al Ghul is far from over.

 

The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex revealed Batman and Robin will return with a one-shot: Robin Rises: Omega #1. Continue reading ROBIN RISES

Friday Flashback: The Secret Society of Super Villains

Secret Society of Super Villains Volume One courtesy DC Comics
Secret Society of Super Villains Volume One courtesy DC Comics

This inspiration for Flashback Friday is by this week’s DC Comics Villains Month kickoff and Forever Evil #1!

 

Now we know the Crime Syndicate is the real power behind The New 52 Secret Society of Super Villains. These dark alternate versions of Justice League icons have come from another world to conquer Earth.

 

As I perused the Villains Month issues I was taken back to childhood when I remembering gasping when I saw this shocking cover. Imagine a little kid seeing his Justice League heroes literally “trashed” by these ruthless foes! I begged Mom to buy it and I tore through a spectacular showcase for DC’s bad guys. Continue reading Friday Flashback: The Secret Society of Super Villains

Villains Month Darkseid

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

Villains Month is here!

 

It’s the second anniversary of The New 52 and  DC Comics is celebrating the bad guys by letting them take over the hero books.  They even get the 3-D cover treatment.

 

Here’s a look at the Justice League title taken over by DC’s baddest of the bad and the villain behind the first big Justice League story of The New 52:

 

JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.1: DARKSEID
by Greg Pak and Paulo Siqueria with a 3-D motion cover by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado.

 

“For Darkseid, Lord of Apokolips, you conform or die. Now born into his realm is an anomaly who looks to challenge that. A trickster, who will go to Continue reading Villains Month Darkseid

VILLAINS MONTH Begins

Batman #23.1 The Joker courtesy DC Comics
Batman #23.1 The Joker courtesy DC Comics

The inmates aren’t just running the asylum…they’re ruling the DC Universe!

 

In the aftermath of Trinity War – the Justice League is dead and the rogues are taking advantage!

 

DC Comics celebrates the second anniversary of The New 52 with Villains Month.

 

Classic and new foes steal the spotlight and take over each of the “hero” books with stand-alone origin stories:

 

The first week of Villains Month kicks off with: Continue reading VILLAINS MONTH Begins

Mystery Villain of Batman/Superman Revealed!

Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics
Batman/Superman #1 courtesy DC Comics

Did you check out Batman/Superman #1 this week? Greg Pak is revealing the first meeting of Clark and Bruce in The New 52. Clark’s investigation of murders in Metropolis leads him to Gotham City and a run-in with Bruce Wayne and then the Dark Knight!

 

Catwoman made a surprise appearance in the conflict but it was another villain pulling her strings!

 

Before I continue here’s a

SPOILER WARNING! Continue reading Mystery Villain of Batman/Superman Revealed!

Justice League Villains Month Preview!

The inmates are running more than the asylum this September at DC Comics! The bad guys are taking over the heroes books in Villains Month – the rogues even get the 3-D cover treatment!

Here’s a look at the Justice League titles taken over by DC’s baddest of the bad:

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.1: DARKSEID
Written by GREG PAK Art by PAULO SIQUERIA 3-D motion cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO

“For Darkseid, Lord of Apokolips, you conform or die. Now born into his realm is an anomaly who looks to challenge that. A trickster, who will go to Continue reading Justice League Villains Month Preview!