It’s lonely out there. While every Bat-fan from coast to coast is sitting in front of their gaming console, playing and chatting about the coolest action game of all time; Batman: Arkham Asylum, I’m getting my Batman fix old school….reading comics. I may not know the difference between an Xbox and a PS3, but I can recognize good storytelling and great art. B&R #3 continues its run as the best Bat-book in print, if not the best comic book period. I haven’t been able to find anyone who…

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  So another week has past, and if you are not going to be playing Batman: Arkham Asylum today, here is what is going to be on comic stands.
Batman and Robin #3   $2.99   Alright, hands down this has been the best of the Batman: Reborn titles. If you are not picking it up you should be admitted to your local asylum. Hands down-Buy It     Batman: The…

Tags: batman and robin, batman: the widening gyre, detective comics, gotham city sirens, jh williams, kevin smith, paul dini

A few months ago, he following image caused a stir among Bat-Fans.   Ironically nobody, myself included, considered the possibility that this was a dream sequence. Here is the full scene as it appeared in "Titans" issue 16.         As you can see this comic was written by Chris Yost. For those who are wondering, he is just as bad with time-skipping here as he is in "Red Robin". I still hope Starfire gets a…

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The issue opens with Tim as Red Robin going through a museum in Berlin with Red Robin looking for some artifact while having a chat with Ra’s al Ghul, who Tim is now in an unlikely partnership with to find out what really happened to Bruce Wayne. We then cut to Wayne Tower in Moscow with the daughter of Lucius Fox being told to look for Tim Wayne for reasons that are never truly explained. We cut back to the present and Tim and his new allies, the league…

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Honestly, I haven't been this excited about Batgirl since my first glimpse of Yvonne Craig! Over the past month or so, DC has teased us with several preview covers of the mysterious new Batgirl. Her enhanced feminine appearance as compared to Cassie sparked intense speculation over who was actually behind the cowl. Did Barbara regain the use of her legs? Did Cassie finally grow up physically? Is it Steph, is it Mistfit? The different look of the multiple teasers led us to even think that there may be multiple Batgirls.   Well…

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Gotham City Sirens #2 picks up right where #1 leaves off with Catwoman tied up by Poison Ivy asking who Batman is. We then cut to three years ago and Talia telling Selina that being one of only two woman who Bruce has ever truly loved, she gives Catwoman the power to lie to herself about Bruce’s true identity as Batman.   What follows is a page of Selina going into a trance, remembering some of the horrible things that have happened over the past few years, dealing Hush, Jason…

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So what can we expect this week? Is it going to be another week of Passes? Well let's get into it and see what we have got. Oh and I have something new in store for you at the end of the post.   Batgirl #1   $2.99   Well, this is the first issue of the new series. Many have been saying online that it is the last new series to come out of the Batman: Reborn arc, but they are forgetting…

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First of all let me get this out of the way. The inclusion of Deadman, aka Boston Brand, in Blackest Night Batman dilutes this story. Yes, I know he has history in the Batman comics and all these Blackest Night comics have a team up of one type or another, but please, you don’t think there is enough darkness, pain, grief and remorse between Dick Grayson, Damian, and Tim Drake to carry this story by themselves?   Ok, thanks for indulging me. I think I’ve got that out of my system….

Tags: batman, blackest night, blockbuster, damian wayne, deadman, dick grayson, king snake, magpie, peter tomasi, red robin, tim drake, trigger twins, ventriloquist

If you haven't been reading the Latest News on TheBatmanUniverse.net (Why haven't you?!!), then you would have missed that Dan Didio has had a change of heart about Batman Beyond appearing in a future DCU title. Well, I think I may have just read the first issue! Judd Winick and Mark Bagley have combined their artistic wisdom and turned Dick Grayson into Terry McGinnis.   For those of you who don’t remember the cartoon, Batman Beyond was about a youthful-spirited new Batman mentoring under an aged and gloomy Bruce Wayne. One…

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Red Robin issue #2 takes place twenty four hours after the end of the first issue, with Tim, looking like a small 16 year old boy on a plane, with Tim reminiscing over the events of this issue, confused, I am.   The issue really is all about Tim realizing that the life he led in Gotham is over, and now he has to start out all over again with a new partner, this partner being Ra’s Al Ghul. The issue takes Tim reliving the fight he had with Ra’s league…

Tags: alfred pennyworth, chris yost, prudence, ra's al ghul, red robin, spoiler, stephanie brown, tim drake