BATMAN #39 JOKER WINS?

Batman #39 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #39 courtesy DC Comics

It’s been a long agonizing month waiting for Batman #39 after last issue’s shocking cliffhanger.

Bruce Wayne is always portrayed as always one step ahead of his enemies but Batman (and the rest of us) are perplexed by Scott Snyder’s “final” Joker epic.

Endgame is a thrilling mind game taking us to the unexpected.

Batman even turned to powerful enemies for answers to the a terrifying theory about the Joker. The madman may not be a man at all. Continue reading BATMAN #39 JOKER WINS?

DAVID AYER Hints At SUICIDE SQUAD Story

Harley Quinn and Deadshot in Suicide Squad #7 courtesy DC Comics
Harley Quinn and Deadshot in Suicide Squad #7 courtesy DC Comics

DC’s most infamous villains go on a movie mission in Suicide Squad next year.

We know who’s on the squad but what’s the plot?

Comic book film directors tease and inform fans via social media. Bryan Singer updated X-Men fans via twitter and now David Ayer is hinting at his story for Suicide Squad via the social media site.

“The case of Harley Quinn. Her madness defines her. Is she made because of WHO she loves or because she loves him so much? #skwad”

“The eternal question to canon or not to canon? :)”

“Canon. #skwad – The DC Universe is too rich to go very far astray.” Continue reading DAVID AYER Hints At SUICIDE SQUAD Story

BATMAN SHOCKER, JOKER’S ORIGIN, VILLAIN’S RETURN

Batman #38 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #38 courtesy DC Comics

Scott Snyder delivered a double dose of shock in the latest chapter of Endgame.

A revelation could that could everything we thought we know about Batman’s greatest enemy.

A hero so desperate he turns to a ruthless enemy for help.

As the Dark Knight desperately tries to stop the Joker’s infection of Gotham City he uncovers a horrific possibility

It all went down in this week’s Batman #38.

Before we share our analysis and see what Snyder is saying about Endgame here’s a… Continue reading BATMAN SHOCKER, JOKER’S ORIGIN, VILLAIN’S RETURN

BATMAN ETERNAL & ENDGAME Finale Previews

Batman Eternal #51 courtesy DC Comics
Batman Eternal #51 courtesy DC Comics

DC Comics shared a look at the game-changing Batman books of March including two huge finales.

BATMAN ETERNAL#48-52

The year-long epic comes roaring to a stunning end with Gotham City is in flames, villains running wild and the mastermind with a knife in the Dark Knight’s ribs. Who is the enemy and how can Bruce make things right and how will change the Bat-family?

BATMAN #40

The finale of “Endgame” is here. The Ultimate showdown between the Dark Knight and the Joker by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Continue reading BATMAN ETERNAL & ENDGAME Finale Previews

SCOTT SNYDER Teases BATMAN Story After ENDGAME

Batman Eternal #42 courtesy DC Comics
Batman Eternal #42 courtesy DC Comics

Endgame is not the end of Scott Snyder on Batman.

The new arc with the Dark Knight vs. a revamped Joker goes into 2015.

The acclaimed writer hinted at what’s next on the DC Comics Subreddit AMA.

There is another story in the works.

“[I] definitely want to use a couple of big rogues (but post-‘Endgame’ I’ll be making up some new ones, too),” he said.

Snyder already teased a second year of a Batman Eternal weekly series. Continue reading SCOTT SNYDER Teases BATMAN Story After ENDGAME

BATMAN #39 PREVIEW: JOKER TRIUMPHANT?

Batman #39 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #39 courtesy DC Comics

The secret is out.

The Joker is back.

But Endgame still has its secrets.

DC Comics shared this look at Batman #39, “Endgame” part 5.

This is the penultimate issue of the Clown Prince of Crime’s horrifying comeback (after the potentially origin twisting chapter last month)

The Dark Knight’s greatest enemy seized control of the Justice League in part one then delivered a stunning revelation to Bruce in part two. Continue reading BATMAN #39 PREVIEW: JOKER TRIUMPHANT?

SCOTT SNYDER’S JOKER REVELATION in BATMAN #36

Batman #36 courtesy courtesy DC Comics
Batman #36 courtesy courtesy DC Comics, a BuzzFeed exclusive first

Batman: Endgame, Part Two packed a sucker punch and revealed the long game played by the Dark Knight’s greatest enemy.

The Joker is back.

That’s not a spoiler.

The Justice League were out for Bruce’s blood in part one. In the final panel we learned Superman and the League were under the Joker’s influence.

The incredible battle between Batman and a Jokerized Superman was a brutal fanboy and girl dream but then writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo delivered a truly creepy stunner.

Before I continue here’s a…

Spoiler Warning!

If you have not read Batman #36 stop reading now. Continue reading SCOTT SNYDER’S JOKER REVELATION in BATMAN #36

Top Comics for November 12, 2014

All-New Captain America #1 courtesy Marvel
All-New Captain America #1 courtesy Marvel

All-New Captain America #1

A bold new chapter for the Star-Spangled Avenger as Sam Wilson takes flight as the new Captain America. The new Nomad joins Wilson and he’ll need all the help he can get against a united rogues gallery and Hydra. Rick Remender is joined by All-New X-Men artist Stuart Immonen.

 

Captain America & the Mighty Avengers #1

It’s a double dose for my first pick to celebrate Wilson’s promotion to Captain America! Spinning out of AXIS, Wilson gives his team a new mission but can they hold it together in the Inverted new world? Will Luke Cage and Jessica seek revenge against the wrong Spider-Man? Al Ewing and Luke Ross relaunch the heroes of the people in the crazy new AXIS reality. Continue reading Top Comics for November 12, 2014