Batman (1940-2011) ($1.99 each) #1-25 The first 25 issues of Batman's titular book in all their Golden Age glory from March of 1940 through September of 1944 (title was a quarterly back in those days).   #159, #210, #251, #252, #255, #256, #291, #324, #392 Various Silver and Bronze Age issues released digitally as part of a Joker 101 sale, including the iconic “Joker's Five Way Revenge” from 1973 that helped reinvent the Clown Prince of Crime for the time, Catwoman 101 sale and as supporting issues based around a Retro release of…

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  1/14: Ame-Comi Girls #19 ($0.99) The Teen Hellions are introduced, as well as Red Raven.   1/15: Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013-) #1 ($0.99) Series’ first issue, setting up the world of the video game of the same name, and this first chapter deals with Batman learning some good news from Superman, but it could be leading into something very tragic.   1/16: Batgirl (2011-) #16 ($2.99) The end of the Batgirl issues of the Death of The Family crossover, and deals with the final confrontation between Barbara and The Joker, with all her family involved.   Batman (2011-) #16…

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  7/9: Ame-Comi III: Duela Dent #1 ($0.99) The first issue dealing with the origins of the daughter of The Joker.   7/10: Batman: Arkham Unhinged #33 ($0.99) Vicki Vale tries to figure out the origins of Azrael as he tries to keep security personnel safe from a mob of Arkham inmates.   7/11: Batgirl (2011-) #11 ($2.99) Batgirl’s newest foe, Knightfall, makes her presence known.   Batman (2011-) #11 ($3.99) The Court of Owls story and the Fall of The House of Wayne backup conclude in this issue.   Batman and Robin (2011-)…

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  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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  Part two of this series looks at the rest of the Super Family and other Limited Series, minis, and maxi-series starting Superman.   Same Day and Date: Superboy (2011-) #1-4 ($1.99 each a month after initial release) Supergirl (2011-) #1-4 ($1.99 each a month after initial release)   Back Issues: Adventure Comics #4, 7-10 ($2.99 each) #5, Special Featuring The Guardian ($1.99 each) From 2009-2011, DC relaunched the legendary title, Adventure Comics, as a Superman Family tie-in and it would feature Superboy and The Legion of Super-Heroes, whom were the main features…

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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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Over the weekend, the next stop on the DC Comics-The New 52 Art Tour made its way to San Francisco. The art of J.H. Williams III was shown from Batwoman and W. Haden Blackman was in attendance as well. Comic Book Resources caught up with both of them to talk about some of the interesting story elements in the Batwoman series.   CBR: Many fans were a bit worried that it took so long for "Batwoman" to come out after it had been announced by DC. It seemed that people…

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  Batman Volume 1 #712 ($1.99) The final issue of Tony Daniel's run on the title.   Batman and Robin Volume 2 #1 ($2.99) The start of Damian Wayne being Bruce’s Robin and Bruce makes a revaluation of how to take on The Mission.   Batman and the Outsiders #1-5 (#1 $0.99, #2-5 $1.99 each) The first five issues of the latest Outsider run that started in 2007, and written by Chuck Dixon.   Batman: Gotham Knights #35-37 ($1.99 each) Brian Azzarello’s…

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Batwoman has been the series that has been going to happen for a really long time. As the series got closer to launch it was always held back for various reasons. Next month, the series finally begins with J.H. Williams at the helm. Amy Reeder and Hayden Blackman also join the popular artist. Newsarama had a chance to talk with Williams about the series and what we can expect. Here are the highlights.   Newsarama: Did your plans for the comic change? Or was your first issue somewhat…

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  This weekend DC Digital is dropping the prices to $0.99 on various runs and series that have won Eisner Awards. These include the following:   Detective Comics #859-860 The Batwoman story Go.   Detective Comics #861-863 The Batwoman story Cutter, also the end of Greg Rucka's Detective run.   Detective Comics #864-865 Beneath The Mask.  A story by David Hine about Jermemiah Arkham's becoming the second Black Mask.   Detective Comics #866 A Dennis O'Neil one-shot that ties in with the history of Batman during the same month Batman Volume 1 #700 was released.   Detective Comics #867-870 David…

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