Top Comics December 24, 2014

Avengers and X-Men AXIS #9 courtesy Marvel
Avengers and X-Men AXIS #9 courtesy Marvel

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #9

The big conclusion! X-Men allied with Apocalypse prepping to wipe out humanity. The Avengers are twisted by the inversion. A frail Steve Rogers and a squad of Marvel’s most infamous villains are Earth’s last hope. Marvel promises an X-Man will meet “a horrifying fate” and an Avenger “makes an appalling choice.” Rick Remender’s epic hit a game-changing finale and sets the stage for a shocking new Uncanny Avengers team. Continue reading Top Comics December 24, 2014

BATMAN VS. DARKSEID

Batman and Robin #37 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin #37 courtesy DC Comics

BATMAN VS. DARKSEID!

The penultimate chapter of Robin Rises.

Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason have taken Bruce Wayne on a daring, dangerous quest ever since Damian died.

The Dark Knight has battled friends and foes in his obsession with finding Damian’s body and resurrecting him.

After a battle with Ra’s Al Ghul – Darkseid’s forces stole Damian’s body. Bruce defied the Justice League Continue reading BATMAN VS. DARKSEID

DAMIAN RISES In BATMAN AND ROBIN Preview

Batman and Robin #35 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin #35 courtesy DC Comics

Will Damian Wayne rise again?

Batman and Robin writer Peter J. Tomasi tweeted this cover to issue 38 by artist Patrick Gleason.

(The cover is a SPOILER so we have it later down in the post in case you don’t want to see.)

Robin Rises is the story of the Dark Knight trying to recover and resurrect his son’s body.

Tomasi’s earlier tweets promise a “big reveal” in issue 37.

Damian’s body was taken by Glorious Godfrey. Bruce (in his Hellbat uniform) and allies (Dick Grayson, Batgirl, Red Hood) pursued into Apokolips and it looks like the Dark Knight will use dark magic and science of Darkseid’s realm to bring his child back to life. Continue reading DAMIAN RISES In BATMAN AND ROBIN Preview

Top Comics Picks for October 15, 2014

AXIS #2 courtesy Marvel
AXIS #2 courtesy Marvel

Avengers and X-Men: Axis #2

The Red Skull is now the Red Onslaught! Can the fragile alliance of Avengers and X-Men hold after secrets and betrayals by Iron Man and Magneto. Can anyone resist the mental powers of Professor X? Rick Remender brings the pain in an epic that will twist Marvel’s greatest heroes.

 

Batman and Robin #35

Bruce Wayne takes on the forces of Darkseid to bring back his dead son! Is the ultimate Batsuit enough to survive the armies of Apokolips. Will the Bat-family join Bruce or must be go alone in the next chapter of Robin Rises by Pete Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. Continue reading Top Comics Picks for October 15, 2014

BATMAN AND ROBIN #35 NYCC Preview

Batman and Robin #35 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin #35 courtesy DC Comics

Batman is going to hell…almost!

 

Bruce Wayne invades Apokolips in Batman and Robin #35.

 

DC Comics shared a preview at New York Comic Con of the next chapter of Robin Rises before it hits next week.

 

Bruce Wayne is armed with a Batsuit built to take on the Justice League as he goes to war with the armies of Darkseid. Continue reading BATMAN AND ROBIN #35 NYCC Preview

New ROBIN Roundup

Batman #18 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #18 courtesy DC Comics

Batman and Robin.

 

No matter what the Joker declared in Death of the Family, the Dark Knight needs his extended family and a partner in his war on crime.

 

A new Robin is inevitable but who will be Batman’s new sidekick?

 

Just when you thought you knew where the Robin Rises story was taking us, a new contender enters the arena this week in Batman and Robin: Futures End.

 

Let’s rundown the possible contenders: Continue reading New ROBIN Roundup

BATMAN VS. DARKSEID As ROBIN RISES

Batman and Robin #37 courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin #37 courtesy DC Comics

Batman has defied the Justice League, Lex Luthor and even the most powerful villain in the DC Universe for his lost son.

 

Ever since The New 52 writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Patrick Gleason have crafted an emotional, action packed epic of father and son, love and lost, redemption and possibly…resurrection.

 

The fight for Damian comes to a finale and starts a new beginning for the Dark Knight this December. Continue reading BATMAN VS. DARKSEID As ROBIN RISES

ARMY OF BATMEN? FUTURES END Preview

BMFE_Cv1_2D_ds_540a442b342611_44061374Welcome to the future of Gotham City and the DC Universe.
Batman Futures End shows us the dramatic new measures Bruce Wayne is using in his war on crime?
Is Bruce going to far with dangerous, strange science?

 
All this month every issue will be set 5 years in the future.

 

In last week’s Detective Comics Futures End, Bruce was forced with work with Riddler.
What surprises do Scott Snyder and Ray Fawkes for this future Batman adventure and could it tie into the Batman Eternal weekly and Endgame, the next arc by Snyder? Continue reading ARMY OF BATMEN? FUTURES END Preview