The Dark Knight is starring in two Annuals from DC Comics this week:
BATMAN ANNUAL #2 by Scott Snyder and Aaron Lopresti with this cover by Jock.
Snyder is exploring how Bruce Wayne became the Batman in Zero Year. In Bruce’s first year as a crime fighter he’s clashing with the Red Hood Gang and an enemy within his own family and Wayne Enterprises!
This week is packed with incredible super hero books from DC and Marvel so I’d like to make this week’s Top 5 picks a salute to other books that might be under your radar!
Fatale #15 A new arc begins in this crime noir horror monster of a book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Josephine has been haunted by her powers and supernatural forces throughout the decades. The new arc is set in the modern day but old enemies are back to stalk Fatale!
The Wake is terrifying hybrid of science fiction and horror sure to give fans of The X-Files chills. Acclaimed creators Scott Snyder (Batman, Superman Unchained) and Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus) gave us a great heroine, intriguing premise and one shocking cliffhanger in the premiere.
DC Comics shared a preview of this week’s second chapter:
After arriving at a “Ghost Rig” under the Arctic Circle, marine biologist Lee Archer is confronted with a discovery challenging humanity’s Continue reading THE WAKE #2 Preview
Let’s just call this Scott Snyder week! In a new twist on the top 5 comic book picks of the week let’s begin in the first position with 3 highly anticipated books by one of the best writers in comics today:
American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell #1 courtesy DC Comics
American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell #1Vampire killer Travis Kidd is back hunting the “Heartbreak Killers!” Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque reunite for this horrific tale of vampire lovers caught on a road trip from with Kidd and a pack of vamps after them.
Batman #21 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #21Zero Year begins! The New 52 origin of the Dark Knight! Snyder and Greg Capullo reveal Bruce’s first year in his war on crime.
Superman Unchained #1 courtesy DC Comics
Superman Unchained #1 13 satellites come crashing to Earth in one day. Lex Luthor is locked up. If the Man of Steel didn’t stop the final satellite’s deadly descent – who did? Superstar creators Snyder and Jim Lee launch a brand new series with a decades old mystery that will haunt and hurt Superman!
So for this week indulge me and let those three count as one!
Doomsday.1 #2 Astronauts watched the Earth scorched by massive solar flares. What do they find after the Apocalypse? How will they survive in a new world ruled the worst of humanity?
Harbinger Wars #4 Las Vegas is burning in the war between Bloodshot, the Renegades and Harbinger Foundation! Project Rising Spirit unleashes a new army to control the chaos: the H.A.R.D. Corps make their Valiant comeback!
True Lives of Fabulous Killjoys #1 Who says rock stars can’t write comic books? Did you not devour Umbrella Academy? Gerard Way and Becky Cloonan team up for this sci-fi fantasy!
Wolverine & the X-Men #31 courtesy Marvel
Wolverine and the X-Men #31 A school rivalry like you’re never seen before! The Hellfire Saga begins! One young mutant is risking their life going undercover at the evil academy. The Hellfire brats have recruited Logan’s students and teachers from Hell! Wonder what subject Mystique, Sauron and Sabretooth are teaching?!
Batman Zero Year begins this week! Scott Snyder reveals the early career of Bruce Wayne becoming the Batman in The New 52.
“He becomes Batman pretty early in this,” Snyder tells COMIC BOOK RESOURCES , “You’ll see him as Batman not too far in. So in terms of that origin, that’s part of it. But part of this is the first big adventure he had as Batman. It’s not just how Bruce becomes Batman. That’s certainly a big part of ‘Zero Year’ at the beginning, but it’s also about how the city changes for him. It’s about how he becomes its hero. What does that mean? And what kind of threat is it going to throw at him to challenge him and make sure he’s worthy of that?”
How Bruce became the Batman! Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo reveal the Dark Knight’s New 52 Origin.
DC Comics shared these new covers and first look inside Batman #21 as Zero Year begins:
“Six years ago, Gotham City was ruled by the Red Hood gang and their mysterious leader. A sophisticated collection of anonymous Gothamites, the Red Hoods existed as sleeper agents and stood ready to answer their master’s call at a moment’s notice. Meanwhile, a young and untested Bruce Wayne, legally dead and long since forgotten, arrives in the city ready to take on its new criminal overlord. Can Bruce tackle the Red Hoods without the cowl of the Dark Knight? And what sort of plans does Bruce’s uncle, his enigmatic advisor, have for the heir to Wayne Industries? From the acclaimed and New York Times bestselling creative team of Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, Batman #21 kicks off the explosive and highly anticipated Zero Year.”
The Dark Knight is going back to basics with a nearly year-long storyline – Zero Year kicking off this week. The upcoming Batman arc by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo focuses on the beginning of Bruce Wayne’s crime fighting career in The New 52.
“It’s not ‘let’s redo the origin,'” Snyder told the AP.
Spare the tights and turn up the creep factor! The Wake #1 surfaced at comic book shops this week. No superheroes here. This is the kind of graphic storytelling you share with non-comic book fans to demonstrate why you love the medium. This is highly recommended for fans of horror stories.
Scott Snyder (Batman, American Vampire, Superman Unchained) and Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus) create a tense science fiction thriller worthy of The X-Files twisted with Torchwood for Vertigo.
