BATMAN, THE FLASH, THE BUTTON Villain’s Return & Burning Questions

Who is powerful enough to manipulate the reality of the DC Universe?

Story threads weaving through DC Rebirth books for the past year just wrapped around the Dark Knight and readers like a tight noose in part one of The Button.

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Batman #21 is the first chapter of this crossover with The Flash picking up a big bombshell from DC Universe Rebirth #1.  Bruce and Barry attempt to discover the mystery that started with the return of the other Flash.

In the epic Geoff Johns one-shot, Wally West gave Batman a letter from his father in an alternate reality and a blood-stained smiley face button was found in the Batcave. This was the first evidence that the Watchmen universe could be colliding with the DC reality. Continue reading BATMAN, THE FLASH, THE BUTTON Villain’s Return & Burning Questions

Biggest DC REBIRTH Mysteries We Want Solved in 2017

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2017 – the Year of DC Rebirth answers?

DC Universe Rebirth #1 was not a reboot as promised. Geoff Johns didn’t start over but launched a return of shared-universe continuity with a focus on core characters. Heroes returned. Villains returned. Teams reunited. The stage was set for the new DC Universe with new mysteries, conspiracies and returning heroes.

The high-impact moments continued in the pages of DC Rebirth titles with spooky hints of continuity in unusual places – Saturn Girl in Arkham Asylum?

As we head into 2017 here are the biggest burning questions we’re excited to get answered this year:

Continue reading Biggest DC REBIRTH Mysteries We Want Solved in 2017

BATMAN’S SUICIDE SQUAD Surprises

Batman #9 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #9 courtesy DC Comics

Batman’s search to build his own Suicide Squad in DC’s Batman #9 leads to a double shocker from featuring two very different DC iconic women.

The Dark Knight isn’t going it alone for his latest adventure but who will join him on an insane mission to invade Bane’s homeland?

I Am Suicide is the second Batman arc by Tom King. Mikel Janin joins King for the follow-up to I Am Gotham.

Only Psycho-Pirate can cure Gotham Girl of her madness. Bane is holding the mind-controlling villain in his prison on his island. The Dark Knight is working with Amanda Waller to go on a mission that can only be described as “suicide.”

This week’s issue sees the return of a major Batman rogue, some we haven’t seen a while and cameo connected to a greater mystery within the DC Universe. Continue reading BATMAN’S SUICIDE SQUAD Surprises

LEGION MONTH For Your Consideration

Legion of Super-Heroes: Enemy Rising courtesy DC Comics
Legion of Super-Heroes: Enemy Rising courtesy DC Comics

September is theme month for DC Comics.

 

2014 is Futures End as you jump five years into the DC Comics Universe with every book.

 

It’s a tradition on the anniversary of The New 52: 2012 was Zero Month featuring origin stories. 2013 was Villains Month starring infamous rogues and the kickoff of the Forever Evil event series.

 

For Your Consideration in 2015: Continue reading LEGION MONTH For Your Consideration