A cover taken from the third volume of the Starman omnibus collection, here we have Bats with Jack Knight, the current Starman at that time, and the first Green Lantern Alan Scott. Jack has always struck me as someone between both extremes that Bats and Alan represent. Jack is willing to be the dark, brooding type but also effortlessly heroic and bright. Ironic that both Alan and Bruce have always protected Gotham. The Starman series is penned by the incomparable James Robinson, and this cover’s artwork is done by the…

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The Source showed off the character design for Robin in Earth-2 today. Along with the design, there were some hints as to who is Robin and why she is so important to Batman from both writer of Earth 2, James Robinson and World's Finest editor, Wil Moss.   James Robinson: Helena Wayne has been taught how to be the perfect Robin. Assured as a detective, fighter, scientist, pilot and all around crime-fighter she’s been groomed by Batman to be the perfect caped manhunter (or should we say manHuntress) when she grows up.   Wil Moss: Before coming to the main DCU Earth…

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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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  Batman #705 ($1.99) The second part of the Eye of the Beholder story from late 2010-early 2011.   Batman and Robin #24 ($1.99) The second part of the Jason Todd The Streets Run Red storyline from June.   Batman: Gotham Knights #1-7 (#1-Free, #2-7-$1.99 each) The first seven issues of the Gotham Knights book that ran from 2000-2006.  Along with Devin Grayson penned stories, these seven issues include Batman: Black & White stories as well.

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Editor's Note: We have a wide range of emotions coming from everyone here at TheBatmanUniverse.net. Take a look at some thoughts and tune in tomorrow for Dustin's thoughts on this entire situation. We posed the same questions to a number of the staff to see what they thought about DC's announcement.
  How does this news of DC rebooting the entire line make you feel?
  Words cannot describe the white hot rage that is boiling within me as I write this, my laptop is melting beneath my fingers as I stab at the keys with venom, relishing every…

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  DC Digital Comics Released 5/14:   Batman and Robin #14 ($1.99)
Dick & Damian go toe-to-toe with the same villains who almost brought about the end of Bruce Wayne in Batman R.I.P. as the Batman Must Die story arc reaches its climax.   Batman: Arkham City #1 ($2.99)
Paul Dini writes and Carlos D'Anda draws this issue in the book that bridges the gap between 2009’s Arkham Asylum and the upcoming Arkham City video games.   Birds of Prey Volume 1 #119 ($1.99)
A new story arc from the summer…

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Before we begin this review of JLA #53 which concludes the “Omega” storyline let’s take a quick look at how JLA #52 ended.   With Batman on his knees.   You read that right. Batman on bended knee, hands out and head bowed in supplication.   “I kneel before the Omega Man.”   Now in today’s abbreviated parlance that is a real “WTF” moment. So when I picked up my copy of JLA #53 this past week I was eager to see how low the Caped…

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  It’s a Bat-Week here at DC Digital as on January 1st they either released or dropped the prices of 101 Batman issues, numbers 600 through 700 to 99 cents!   Now, a good chunk of this run from cover date April 2002 through cover date August of 2010 is on DC Digital already with Hush, (608-619), Under The Hood (635-641, 645-648), and Grant Morrison’s run 655-682. So let’s focus on the issues put into legal digital form for the first time.   Batman: The Ten Cent Adventure (Free), Batman #600-605…

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  Things looked a bit hairy on the DC app last week as all of the 24th comics disappeared, save for a free 2 page Doctor Light origin piece, when all the Blackest Night On Black Friday books went up. Well, they are back now so…   DC Digital 11/24/10
  Batman: The Long Halloween #6 ($1.99)
Story is progressing nicely at the half way point, featuring Poison Ivy and Catwoman battling it out.   Birds Of Prey Volume 1 #80-81 ($1.99 each)
Issue 80 wraps…

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The issue starts with Supergirl and Jesse Quick racing around the Monitor, doing chores and talking about losing loved ones and fate, when they are visited by a woman claiming to be the Green Lantern of her world and in need of help. Jade is then seen talking to Faust about the Starheart when she is alerted. And then we see Dick sparring with Donna Troy who assures Dick that her bottom line is that now, even though…

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