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RED HOODS, EASTER EGGS & JOKERS On GOTHAM

Batman #23 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #23 courtesy DC Comics

The Red Hood Gang hit Gotham but the Joker is still haunting the series in an episode packed with Easter Eggs and homages to DC Comics.

This week’s episode adds to the speculation the man who will become the Joker has already made an appearance on the “before Batman” prequel series.

The Red Hood Gang is a group of criminals who take orders from a central figure in a red hood.

After last week’s “could this be the Joker” moment after Jim Gordon solved the Haly’s Circus murder, producers deliver another zinger theory for us to ponder and revisit one Joker hint from an earlier episode.

Before I continue here’s a… Continue reading RED HOODS, EASTER EGGS & JOKERS On GOTHAM

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for October 9, 2013

Infinity #4 courtesy Marvel
Infinity #4 courtesy Marvel

Batman #24 The Dark Knight hunts the Red Hood Gang in this double-sized issue by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Who is the mysterious leader of the gang terrorizing Gotham City and do they impact Bruce’s Zero Year.

 

Infinity #4 How is Jonathan Hickman going to follow up the explosive last issue? Attilan invasion – the aftermath! How will the Inhumans and the Earth react to Black Bolt’s shocking gambit to stop Thanos? And in deep space worlds falls and Thor turns into a universal God of War! Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for October 9, 2013

BATMAN #23 Review

Batman #23 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #23 courtesy DC Comics

Batman #23 is the best chapter yet in Zero Year as we experience the moment Bruce becomes the Bat.

 

You think you the story of Batman but Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are making the origin exciting, gripping and new.

 

We jump right into a violent confrontation between Bruce and the Red Hood Gang. Snyder and Capullo messed with Bruce with cruel, creepy, manipulative methods through the Court of Owls and Joker in their previous arcs. The Red Hood Gang leader sadistically beats Bruce physically and emotionally as he shares the twisted connection between them and the night his parents were murdered. Continue reading BATMAN #23 Review