The Source has revealed that a few of the Bat-books will be getting guest creators coming this October and November. While some were already revealed during the solicitations that were released in July, the solicitations for November are less than a week away.   First up is an announcement that was hinted at in the solicitations for October. Nightwing #13-14 will be written by Tom DeFalco, with art by Andres Guinaldo and Mark Irwin. The story sets Nightwing against Lady Shiva,…

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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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  Comic Book Resources and Newsarama both reported on the events that took place this past weekend at Fan Expo 2011 in Toronto. There was a ton of focus on all of the new series launching in September, but there were some Batman news bits mentioned as well. Here are the summarized versions according to CBR and Newsarama.   -Even though Justice League is considered Year One for the relaunch, Batman has still been operating as a hero, just not in the public eye. -Detective Comics will feature…

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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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Ah, December. Normally a month flooded with trades and one-shots and minis and… Wait, that sounds exactly like this month. Coming fresh off the heels of a November jammed with papers, December offers a two-part mini-series titled Batman: Orphans. Written by executive editor Eddie Berganza, this mini-series will be concluded with the release of part two on December 22.   The story opens with Robin dead in a pool of blood, rain pouring from the skies in the way that only seems to happen in Gotham. Immediately,…

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