Thursday, August 26, 2010

HOLY BAT-TITLES, BATMAN ! !

This NOVEMBER is an interesting month for BATMAN FANS. DC is set to publish 2 NEW Batman books (yeesh!) which is total overkill. But a positive spin would be you now have more options to find that one Bat Title that's in-line with your tastes... or buy them all. Here's a rundown:

-BATMAN-
BATMAN #704 sees the return of write/artist TONY DANIEL. I really enjoyed his previous handling of the book and look forward to his return! Plus, this title will continue having DICK GRAYSON as Batman which is fucking sweeeet!!!! Release date: Nov 17

Recommended Tony Daniel Batman: "Batman: Battle for the Cowl" and "Batman: Life After Death"
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-DETECTIVE COMICS-
DETECTIVE COMICS #871 marks the arrival of new creative team of SCOTT "American Vampire" SNYDER (w) and JOCK (a). I've never read "American Vampire" but I do know Jock does some purty pictures. Snyder says this book will focus on Batman's DETECTIVE skills, which is an aspect often lost... especially in this book. Also, this will be the 2nd (of 3) Bat-Books with DICK GRAYSON as Batman (the others being Bruce Wayne). Release date: Nov 24
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-BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM-
BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #17. This title is written by PAUL DINI (of "Batman: The Animated Series") this title has a ...similar... feel to his animated works (but slightly darker). But for me, the real draw is the kickass art by DUSTIN NGUYEN! It's clean, crisp and awesome. Nguyen is quickly becoming one of my favorite Bat-Artists. Release date: Nov 17

Recommended Nguyen Batman: "Batman: Private Casebook" and "Superman/Batman Vol 6: Torment"
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-BATMAN, INC-
BATMAN, INC #1 is GRANT MORRISON's latest Bat-Project. It appears to be a quasi-TeamUp book with Batman, where he's training other heroes to be.... well, I guess members of his "Bat Team" where they will apparently wear his "colors" (whatever that means). Morrison says, "It's all about the franchising." Anyway, for Morrison fans this will be your book. Oh, he's also bringing back the yellow bat chest symbol. Release date: Nov 3

Recommended G.Morrison Batman: "Arkham Asylum", "JLA Deluxe Edition Hardcover Vol 1-4" and "Batman & Robin Hardcover Vol 1"

Recommended G.Morrison: "Animal Man", "Doom Patrol", "Aztek", "All-Star Superman", "Final Crisis" and more.....
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-BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT-
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #1 is DAVID FINCH'S Bat-Book where he will handle both writing and art chores. I have no idea what his writing skills are like, but his current art is like the child of Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri and Frank Frazetta's Spirit. The book will no doubt be "dark & gritty". Release date: Nov 24
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-BATMAN & ROBIN-
BATMAN & ROBIN #17 marks the debut of new creative team of PETER TOMASI (w) and PATRICK GLEASON (a). This was G.Morrison's book but I guess he got bored after 16 issues? It was also the adventures of DICK GRAYSON as BATMAN with little-shit DAMIEN ROBIN. But now that Bruce Wayne has returned, I'm not sure who will be under the cowl in this book. Tomasi and Gleason were awesome on GREEN LANTERN CORPS (sorry to see them leave that title), so I'm interested to see what they'll do with this book. (note: cover is not Gleason art). This is the 3rd (of 3) Bat-Book with DICK GRAYSON as Batman. Release date: Nov 10
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-BATWOMAN-
BATWOMAN #0 is an appetizer for the upcoming monthly series. Batwoman was previously hanging out in Detective Comics by GREG RUCKA (w) and J.H. WILLIAMS III (a). This new series, however, does not have Rucka on writing, but instead has Williams. The art alone is worth the price of admission! Release date: Nov 24

Recommended Batwoman: "Detective Comics: Elegy Hardcover"
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-BATGIRL-
BATGIRL #15 brings in new penciller DUSTIN NGUYEN (Batman: Streets of Gotham). Batgirl is Stephanie Brown (aka The Spoiler) and I've never read an issue of this title. I simply have no interest in the character, nor do I dig the new costume. BUT, I am a fan of Nguyen and the I hear this title sells well. So I'll check it out. I also wonder if Nguyen will do BOTH books or leave B:SOG? Release date: Nov 10

And if that's not enough to fill your Bat-Appetite, there's also these Bat-Related Titles: RED ROBIN, BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL, GOTHAM CITY SIRENS, BIRDS OF PREY, AZRAEL and always few Bat-MiniSeries!

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