1/28: Ame-Comi Girls #21 ($0.99) Teen Hellions story concludes with Red Raven confronting her father Trigon on Azarath.   1/29: Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013-) #3 ($0.99) Superman has found the trap the Joker has laid out, but is all what it seems?   1/30: All-Star Western (2011-) #16 ($3.99) The Black Diamond Probability crossover continues as Hex battles for Hyde for the Black Diamond while meeting more members of the Arkham family than he would have liked to.   Batman and Robin (2011-) Annual #1 ($4.99) Damian sends his father on a bit of a scavenger hunt while he decides…

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Ethan Van Sciver teams up with Gregg Hurwitz for the next big Dark Knight arc featuring The Mad Hatter as the villain.   Too often I see people wondering ‘What is the point of this book?’ or ‘Why do we need so many Batman books? What is this one doing that the others aren’t?’   Well I for one will never complain about having too many Batman books as long as they’re well written, and given that some of my earliest childhood memories are of watching Batman movies, it will come as…

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Batman: The Dark Knight #16 will be the start of a brand new story arc featuring the Mad Hatter by writer Gregg Hurwitz , as well the debut of artist Ethan Van Sciver on the title. Newsarama recently had a chance to talk to both Gregg Hurwitz & Ethan Van Sciver on what we can expect from the Mad Hatter in this new story arc.   Newsarama: Gregg, you mentioned that you think Ethan was particularly right for your take on The Mad Hatter. Can you tell us what…

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  In this episode Tim and Dane are joined by guest host Terence to talk about the Joker, their favorite Joker stories and The Killing Joke. They also talk about the Batman solicitations for January, the worst casting choices for Batman in a new movie, Ethan Van Sciver taking over for David Finch on Batman: The Dark Knight, Batgirl: Spoiled, Armie Hammer, The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 trailer and cover all of the comics from the past two weeks where Dane gives a scathing…

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It was announced just over two months ago that David Finch would be leaving Batman: The Dark Knight for the upcoming Justice League of America series. That left the question of who would be replacing him. Comic Book Resources has revealed that taking his place will be Ethan Van Sciver. Sciver will join current Dark Knight writer, Gregg Hurwitz, on a new story featuring the Mad Hatter.   CBR: This book was launched very much as a title that matched the style 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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The LA Times has revealed the variant cover for Batman #1. The art was done by Ethan Van Sciver. They also revealed that both Batman and Detective Comics have pre-orders surpassing over one hundred thousand copies.     Posted by Dustin Fritschel

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  Batman and Robin #18 ($1.99)
The Absence story continues as Batman and Robin go deeper into a woman in Bruce’s past.   Batman/Catwoman: Trail of The Gun #1-2 ($2.99 each)
A two part mini-series from August-September 2004 that was written by Ann Nocenti and Ethan Van Sciver, with art by Van Sciver. Both Bruce and Selina are trying to track down a gun that never misses, for obviously different reasons.   Birds of Prey #123 ($1.99)
Oracle asks the Calculator’s help in taking down the Silicon Syndicate and…

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Green Lantern featuring Batman   Well, the comic starts off with a man being chased through Gotham City by some a saber-tooth tiger and a skull with wings that can breathe fire. The man is later killed by a man holding a Tattoo gun. After killing him, the unknown man writes a message on the dead man’s chest and the media claims this murder was done by a Green Lantern villain known as The Tattooed Man.   So Batman calls in Hal Jordan to help, as we all know Batman doesn’t like…

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