In an interview with DC Comics Editor-In-Chief Bob Harras and Editorial Director Bobbie Chase, Comic Book Resources has revealed that Batwing will be getting a new creative team after Fabian Nicieza's short run. The new creative team for the book is Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray. Also revealed is that Batwing will be getting some new armor as well, where he will now be wearing a full protective helmet.   You can check out the full story, along with announcements of annuals for Catwoman, Batman: The Dark Knight and Red Hood…

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  The other DC Comics panel has happened and again their are a few bits related to The Batman Universe. Attending the panel was moderated by Senior Vice President of Sales Bob Wayne, as well as DC Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras, Geoff Johns, Editorial Director Bobbie Chase, Scott Snyder, Chris Burnham, Jimmy Palmiotti, Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, Tony Daniel, Gail Simone and Kyle Higgins.   -Simone stated that Batgirl will put past behind her and moves on with her life.
-Nightfall will be the name of…

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  The next panel we are covering is the DC All-Access panel. In attendance for the panel is DCE Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras, Editorial Director Bobbie Chase, J. Michael Straczynski, Shane Davis, David Finch, Geoff Johns, Kevin Maguire, Scott Snyder and moderated by John Cunningham. There were a number of news' bits related to The Batman Universe.   -Geoff Johns teased that the Justice League team will be very different by issue #12
-Johns stated that the characters in Batman: Earth One are very different including Commissioner James Gordon.
-Batman:…

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  Wondercon is underway and the first panel for The Batman Universe is the DC All Access panel. Here are the highlights of the panel courtesy of The Source, Comic Book Resources and Newsarama.   -Eddie Berganza compared Alfred in Batman: Earth One to Liam Neeson in Taken
-Scott Snyder mentioned that Batman #9 is the beginning of Batman punishing the Court of Owls
-Future issues of Teen Titans will have Red Robin explore his role as leader
-Bob Harras stated that Greg Hurwitz is so…

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  With announcement of the second wave of the New 52 earlier today, DC Comics' Editor-in-Chief, Bob Harras answered a number of questions relating to the new series that will be hitting stores this May. Both Newsarama and Comic Book Resources talked with him and asked him questions that not only relate to the new books, but The Batman Universe.   CBR: "Batman Incorporated" is a title fans have been waiting for. How will Grant Morrison's story fit in with the…

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It was revealed on Monday that Batman will be having a back-up that will be featuring The Court of Owls. It was also revealed that there will also be a crossover taking place in the Bat-books featuring events playing out in Scott Snyder's Batman story. Newsarama interviewed Snyder about the crossover and what it means for fans.   Newsarama: In November, Bob Harras revealed the upcoming Batman event that touches all these other Batman titles. How much of Gotham will be affected?
Scott Snyder: It's all about the battle…

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When it was announced that Scott Snyder would be moving over to Batman from Detective Comics in September as part of the relaunch, most fans were content with knowing that Snyder would still be telling stories in the Batman Universe. When Greg Capullo was announced as the artist, even more excitement was now linked with the relaunch of Batman. A number of images have made their way online straight from Capullo on his work that will be featured starting in September. Today, Comic Book Resources posted an interview with the creator on a number of things relating to…

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DC Comics head editors; Bob Harras, Editor-in-chief, and Eddie Berganza, Senior Executive Editor; both weighed in at all of the speculation around DC's announcement of the relaunch. Both Comic Book Resources and Newsarama conducted interviews and we will break them down for you.   On important events from the characters history occurring as well as renumbering "legacy" series such as Batman and Detective Comics:
  CBR: The other question I had on this front was about the #1s. These happen often in comics these days,…

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