DC Comics for the second month in a row announced the large changes to the New 52 ahead of time, but the official solicitations have been released for May 2012.   Although a lot of the changes for the Bat-book creators were announced some of them are leaving more questions. Last month, it was announced that Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs would be stepping in on Batwing for two issues. The announcement last week that Marcus To would be taking over as the normal artist leaves the questions of what happened to the planned two issue run for Nguyen and…

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  It’s a Holiday Season Spectacular featuring The Dark Knight! 201 comics for 99 cents. New legally digitized books for the sale are:   Azrael #40 Part 4 of the 1998 Cataclysm Bat-Event. Featuring Azrael trying to bring Bane back to Gotham City as the earthquake strikes.   Batman (1940-2011) #408-413, #475-476, #498-500, #509-510, #530-532, #540-541 #408-413 introduces the Post-Crisis Jason Todd. #475-476 are part of a 1992 crossover with Detective featuring The Ventriloquist and Scarface. #498-500 comprise the titular title’s parts of the second half of Knightfall. #509-510 are titular title’s parts of Knightsend. And finally Batman gets…

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  First up, on 9/6 a bunch of Johnny DC (Imprint that includes animation tie-ins such as Young Justice, Cartoon Network, Looney Tunes, and others) titles went up as part of a New DC Kids sale.   The Batman Adventures #1-12 (#1 Free, #2-12 $0.99 each) The first twelve issues of the 1992-1995 Batman: The Animated Series tie-in.   The Batman Strikes! #1-3 ($0.99 each) The first three issues of the 2004-2008 The Batman tie-in series.

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The final chapter of “The Eye of the Beholder” begins with a very quick look at how Batman came to be bound and left to drown alongside fellow prisoners Luki Lo, and Lucius and Tamara Fox. Batman has little trouble escaping and freeing the others and he goes on to handle the bad guys waiting for him at the surface with just as much ease. Meanwhile, Sensei and his men are in the abandoned archives library of Gotham to retrieve the Mask of the Beholder, which is…

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  Story: Batman: Dark Victory
Books Covered: Batman: Dark Victory #1-13  

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  BBFB: Batman: Dark Victory
  0:00:00 Intro
0:01:17 Comic News
0:34:25 Book News
0:39:06 Batman: Streets of Gotham #2
0:45:35 The Outsiders #20
0:51:18 Gotham City Sirens #2
0:55:28 Superman/Batman #62
1:00:38 Review Wrap-Up
1:05:26 Discussion
1:12:01 BBFB
1:25:03 Upcoming Releases
1:25:28 Next Time…
1:25:52 Closing
1:30:02 Outtakes  

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