8/14: Batman: Arkham Unhinged #38 ($0.99) A flashback story featuring an early Bruce Wayne meetup with Talia and Ra’s al Ghul.   8/15: Batman and Robin Adventures #18 ($0.99) Harley tries to cheer the Joker up by capturing The Batman.   Batman Beyond (2012-) #10 ($0.99) The Joker King is revealed, and Terry finds out a huge secret in the Bat-Cave.   Batwoman (2011-) #12 ($2.99) Batwoman and Abbott find themselves facing twisted versions of themselves as they hunt for Bloody Mary.   Birds of Prey (2011-) #12 ($2.99) Poison Ivy’s motives are revealed, and she needs the Birds’…

Tags: action comics, alfred pennyworth, annual, barbara gordon, batman, batman and robin adventures, batman beyond, batman: arkham unhinged, batman: year three, batwoman, birds of prey, black mask, blackfire, blight, bloddy mary, bludhaven, bruce wayne, catwoman, dc comics, detective comics, dick grayson, dollhouse, elseworlds, flash, gcpd, infinite crisis, intergang, jason todd, joker, kyle abbot, legends of the dark knight, london, marv wolfman, metropolis, new orleans, new teen titans, nightwing, nightwing/huntress, nightwing: alfred's return, nightwing: our world's at war, nightwing: secret files and origins, nightwing: the target, paragon, poison ivy, ra's al ghul, raven, red hood and the outlaws, robin, secret origins, selina kyle, slam bradley, smallville season 11, starfire, superman, talia al ghul, teen titans spotlight, terry mcginnis, tim drake, wally west, wizard magazine

  Heh heh heh!  HA! HA! HA! HA! BWHAHAHAHAHAHA! It's the Clown Prince of Crime 99 cent April Fools Day sale featuring:   Batman (1940-2011) #1 Joker makes his debut among the stores in Batman's first titular title.
Batman (1940-2011) #159 It's the Silver Age and this Sheldon Moldoff story from 1963 features Joker and Clayface at odds with one another.
Batman (1940-2011) #251 The iconic 1973 Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams Joker's Five Way Revenge story that brought the Joker into a more modern setting.
Superman: Emperor…

Tags: action comics, adventures of superman, batman, batman and robin, batman: a death in the family, batman: legends of the dark knight, batman: mad love, batman: no man's land, batman: the animated series, batman: the dark knight returns, batman: the man who laughs, batman: under the red hood, bruce timm, chuck dixon, clayface, denny o'neil, denys cowan, detective comics, ed brubaker, elliott s maggin, emperor joker, frank miller, gotham central, grant morrison, greg rucka, harley quinn, jason todd, jm dematteis, joker, joker: last laugh, marshall rogers, michael green, neal adams, paul dini, sheldon moldoff, silver age, steve englehart, superman, superman: emperor joker, superman: man of steel, tim drake, zatanna

  This is the first in a series to catch up on what else can be found in the DC Digital Store, besides the weekly dosage of TBU related titles, through the end of 2011.   Because of the sheer amount of stuff that is available now, I’ve decided to break this up into various character families and eventually I’ll get to the other DC owned imprints you can find either in the DC store, or over at the Comixology.com store.   And we shall begin with the Big…

Tags: action comics, adam kubert, adventures of superman, alan moore, bizarro, brainiac, brian azzarello, captain atom, clark kent, daily planet, dc comics, dc one million, dwayne mcduffie, emperor joker, fabian nicieza, general zod, geoff johns, gerry conway, infinite crisis, j michael straczynski, jim lee, jimmy olsen, jon bogdanove, kara zor-el, kurt busiek, lex luthor, louise simonson, martin pasko, marv wolfman, paul cornell, richard donner, supergirl, superman, vandal savage

  Action Comics #1:     Posted by Nathan

Tags: action comics, superman

  Welcome to this new column series, Batman in the New 52, where each week, I will be taking a look at what Batman is up to in DC's new continuity.  If you take a look at the spread of titles being published from August 31, 2011, it is clear that DC thinks very highly of their "Batman family" of characters. Of the fifty-two titles in September, eleven of them fall under that banner, and…

Tags: action comics, batman, batman in the new dcu, batwing, batwoman, bruce wayne, catwoman, damian wayne, dc universe, dick grayson, flashpoint, james gordon, jim lee, justice league, nightwing, robin, silver age, superman, talia al ghul, teen titans, tim burton, wonder woman

  On Saturday the 30th there was a Superman 101 Sale, some of the newly legally digitized books included some Bat-related touches.   Superman: Emperor Joker #1, Superman #161, Adventures of Superman #583, Man of Steel #105, Action Comics #770 ($1.99 each) The Emperor Joker story from September 2000.  Joker steals Mister Mxyzptlk’s reality altering power, and Superman is the one to take him down.   Man of Steel #3 ($1.99) Part of John Byrne’s reboot…

Tags: action comics, adventures of superman, alan grant, alan moore, arkham asylum, batman, batman beyond, batman: arkham city, batman: gotham knights, batman: shadow of the bat, batman: the animated series, batman: year two, dave gibbons, dc retroactive, detective comics, dick grayson, emperor joker, empress, gotham city sirens, gotham girls, harley quinn, impulse, inque, jason todd, jerry bingham, jla, john byrne, joker, judd winick, man of steel, mike barr, mister mxyzptlk, paul dini, peter calloway, reaper, robin, stephanie brown, superboy, superman, superman/batman, superman: emperor joker, terry mcginnis, tony daniel, young justice

  On Monday, DC announced the new titles and their creative teams for the Bat books in the post-Flashpoint Universe. This is going to be my thoughts on the characters DC has changed, the new titles, the new costumes and the creative teams; if you don’t already know the changes, make sure you check out the previous post on the site.     Check out all my thoughts after the jump (more…)

Tags: action comics, alan moore, barbara gordon, batgirl, batman, batman and robin, batman incorporated, batman: batman and son, batman: gates of gotham, batman: leviathan, batman: the dark knight, batman: the killing joke, batman: the return, batwing, batwoman, birds of prey, bruce wayne, catwoman, chris nolan, damian wayne, david finch, dc comics, dc universe, detective comics, dick grayson, duane swierczynski, flashpoint, francesco francavilla, gail simone, gotham city, grant morrison, greg capullo, guillem march, jason todd, jay fabok, jesus saiz, jock, joker, kyle higgins, nightwing, patrick gleason, peter tomasi, punisher, red hood and the outlaws, scott snyder, selina kyle, talia al ghul, tony daniel

We’ve been hearing rumors for weeks, ever since ‘Flashpoint’ #5 was the only issue solicited for release on August 31st, people (mainly BleedingCool.com) have been saying how DC are going to be renumbering their titles. Well I, as I am sure most of you, thought that this was a ridiculous theory; why would DC sabotage their record holding numbers on ‘Action’ and ‘Detective Comics’ even ‘Batman’, ‘Superman’ and ‘Wonder Woman’ have high issue numbers, I believed that if DC was to renumber any books, at least these titles would be safe. But apparently not…   Now I am sure that you…

Tags: action comics, aquaman, batman, batman beyond, batman: gates of gotham, batman: the dark knight, batwoman, cyborg, dan didio, david finch, dc comics, dc universe, detective comics, flashpoint, geoff johns, grant morrison, green lantern, jh williams, jim lee, justice league of america, kyle higgins, scott snyder, superman, wonder woman, xombi

  A whole lot of Bat-universe goodness this week.   Batman and Robin #12 ($1.99)
The final part of Batman vs. Robin, featuring the return of The Clown Prince of Crime himself. Oh it’s a real scream heh heh HA!   Batman Beyond Volume 4 #5 ($2.99)
Trouble is brewing at Wayne-Powers, and Terry goes to find a just released from prison Paxton Powers to see what Powers knows about it.   Birds of Prey Volume 1 #117 ($1.99)
Misfit and Manhunter are taken prisoner and Oracle relocates the team in…

Tags: 52, 52 aftermath: the four horseman, action comics, adventures of superman, bart allen, batman, batman and robin, batman beyond, birds of prey, cameron chase, cartoon network, chase, dan curtis johnson, day of vengeance, department of extranormal operations, detective comics, dick grayson, ed brubaker, gotham central, gotham city, gotham city sirens, greg rucka, greg scott, impulse, infinite crisis, jh williams, jla, joe kelly, joker, justice league of america, kid flash, len wein, manhunter, metropolis, misfit, nightwing, omac project, oracle, paul dini, paxton powers, peter david, rann/thanagar war, robin, shadow thief, starbreaker, superboy, superman, superman/batman, terry mcginnis, tim drake, todd nauck, villians united, wonder woman, world war iii, young justice

Next up on the DC Universe Animated Direct To Video docket is Superman-Batman: Apocalypse which some are calling a sequel to Public Enemies, but in reality it is a sequel only in that it is the next story line that follows in the S/B Jeph Loeb series. Following a quick one shot featuring Robin, Tim Drake, and Conner Kent the story, titled Supergirl in the trade that came out in 2005 played out in issues 8-13 (running through the spring and summer of 2004).   To set things up, a little history…

Tags: action comics, apokolips, batman, big barda, clark kent, crisis on infinite earths, dan didio, darkseid, dc animated universe, dc universe, doomsday, final crisis, grant morrison, jeph loeb, john byrne, kal-el, kara zor-el, krypton, marv wolfman, metropolis, michael turner, mister miracle, supergirl, superman, superman/batman: apocalypse, superman/batman: public enemies, superman/batman: supergirl, themyscira, wonder woman