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…

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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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Fan films have been appearing more frequently here on TBU and surprisingly, they have all been pretty strong. Well, there's another one, just released within the last month titled, "GCPD". The film was written and directed by Luis Saldana Jr. and tells the story of two detectives who show up to a crime scene only to learn things aren't exactly "routine". The film doesn't really play like most fan films mainly because Batman never shows up. However, it does seem like something that drew inspiration possibly from "Gotham Central"? Regardless, visually its one of the more impressive fan…

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  Released 7/15:   Flashpoint: Deadman & The Flying Graysons #2 ($1.99) Continuing Dick and Boston’s story in the Flashpoint World.   Released 7/20:   Batgirl #8 ($1.99) Issue that ties in with the Red Robin # 10 that is also being digitized this week.   Batman #251 ($0.99) This is the legendary The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge story from 1973. Written by Denny O’Neil and drawn by Neal Adams.   Batman #255 ($0.99) Batman #255 was a 100 Page Spectacular from March of 1974, back then…

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  Released 7/8:   Flashpoint #2 ($2.99 Regular Format, $3.99 Deluxe Format)
Thomas Wayne decides to help Barry Allen regain his Flash powers   Released 7/13:   Batgirl: Year One #1-9 ($1.99 each)
The entire 2003 Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty mini-series that told the Post Crisis origin of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl. FYI, there is an ongoing petition to get this mini back on the production table as a DC Animated Direct to video film, you can check it out here. As well as listen to the leader of…

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  First off, on Saturday DC put out several of their Flashpoint tie-ins that were released, including:   Flashpoint: Batman-Knight of Vengeance #1 ($1.99)   And then the ones released on Wednesday:   Batman #702 ($1.99) Part two of Grant Morrison’s bridge between R.I.P and Final Crisis, that leads nicely into The Return of Bruce Wayne.   Batman and Robin #21 ($1.99) Getting closer to catching up with the title’s relaunch in September with this issue that is the second part of…

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  Batman: Arkham City #3 ($2.99)
The third issue in the five-part bridge is out and this one features a mysterious figure trying to curry favor with Joker and Penguin.   Batman #701 ($1.99)
Just shy of a year ago, Grant Morrison presented a storyline that bridged the gap between the end of his R.I.P. story, and his Final Crisis stories. It began here.   Batman and Robin #20 ($1.99)
Tomasi and Gleason start their run on the book with the Dark Knight, White Knight story arc.   Birds of Prey…

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  Amazon’s Attack #1-6 ($1.99 each)
A six part crossover from the spring and summer of 2007, featuring the Themyscirans launching an attack on America. Batman, naturally, is featured.   Batman and Robin #19 ($1.99)
Paul Cornell’s Absence continues with our heroes in a deadly trap.   Batman: Arkham City Exclusive Digital Chapter #3 ($0.99)
The Riddler devises a way to break out of custody, and set up his shop so he can get his taste of the new criminal compound.   Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #26-30 ($1.99 each)

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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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  Batman and Robin #17 ($1.99)
Paul Cornell kicks off the post Morrison era on this title with the first part of The Absence where Dick & Damian try to uncover a mystery surrounding an old flame of Bruce Wayne.   Batman: Arkham City #2 ($2.99)
Continuing the 5 part bridging of the two video games, a new Arkham rises and Bruce investigates to see whom is behind it.   Birds of Prey Volume 1 #122 ($1.99)
The Silicon Syndicate sets a trap for the Birds, leading Barbara Gordon to come…

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