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"I'm telling you, unequivocally, there's no chance, none, that he made it in here." It was years ago -- a secret that Bruce Wayne kept closely guarded. No one knew. Not even Alfred. After beating the Joker, Batman saved the day and returned home. While trying to rest, something lingered, so Bruce decided to go... Continue Reading →
Scott Snyder's run on the New 52 Batman series has gone above and beyond in defining Batman for this current generation. The Court of Owls storyline connected Bruce Wayne to his main squeeze -- Gotham City -- as his alter-ego took on an urban legend connected to the city's history. When the stories turned out... Continue Reading →
In case you thought, like I did, that this story arc would be a big battle royale between the Justice League and Batman -- well, you and I were wrong. So awesomely wrong. Let's not forget that the title on the issue's cover is Batman, and when it comes to the star of the show,... Continue Reading →
If Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns proved Batman was capable of standing his own against Superman, then Mark Waid's Tower of Babel arc in JLA showed how much further he could take it. Scott Snyder's Endgame, the current Batman story arc beginning this issue, takes it one giant step further with the Dark Knight... Continue Reading →
The Toymaster Hiro Okamura has a new game, and it involves taking down superheroes. But the game, an MMORPG built around beating Batman, has a critical flaw -- it's real. Designed on technology engineered from prominent scientists' work, the video game has the ability to create avatars that form real-life threats to the heroes players... Continue Reading →
The Batman Superman pairs have to decide how to save their respective worlds in Batman Superman #4, a complicated and heavy issue with major ramifications for the New 52 storylines going forward. Last issue, Kaiyo the Chaos Bringer introduced Darkseid, an incoming threat capable of destroying both Earth 1 and 2. The reveal by Kaiyo... Continue Reading →
Batman's gallery of rogues is filled with crazies set apart by their particular vices. Though they might not have any particular superpowers to speak of, they're all defined by their willingness to find that line in between genius and insanity and cross way over it into madness. The Joker and the Riddler have both had... Continue Reading →
The Clown Prince of Crime adopts a gorilla, raises it to be his protege, and wreaks havoc on Gotham City as a crime-causing duo. Yes, that's the entirety of Batman 23.1, also known as Joker #1 for this month's big DC Villains Month event. Shipping in standard and very limited 3D lenticular covers, Villains Month... Continue Reading →
Batman Superman #3 continues the series' weird trip through an alternate world where older versions of Superman and Batman have become fast friends in an optimistic future. With Wonder Woman joining the fray to figure out what's going on, the captured trickster Kaiyo reveals an image of an impending catastrophe named Darkseid. Kaiyo sticks around... Continue Reading →
Fans of Batman need not worry about the New 52 relaunch -- Batman's legend remains intact with most of the rest of the DC universe changing around him. The only other character left mostly untouched is Green Lantern, and DC's decision to keep the Bat and Lantern "families" going has been met with sighs of... Continue Reading →
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