After doing digital first titles that tied in with video games, and TV shows, DC is now rolling out books featuring their characters in untethered to other medium titles.   First up, is Legends of the Dark Knight. Taking up the mantle of the 223 issue series published between 1989 and 2007, that was, for the most part, out of continuity stories and at the beginning focusing on the early days of Bruce’s career, but soon widened the scope…

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It was only about two months ago that DC revealed that there was a new digital series in the works featuring out of continuity stories featuring Batman. Today, they revealed the line-up for the first six chapter and announced the series title. Legends of the Dark Knight will release its first chapter tomorrow, June 7 exclusively in digital form. Here is the first six chapters which will release one a week.   June 7 – “The Butler Did It” written by Damon…

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It was only about a month ago that it was announced that DC would be adding more digital first series to the current crop of Beyond titles and Smallville. One of the series is a non-canon Batman series that teams lots of creators together, in some cases, for the first time. Comic Book Resources talked with one of the creators of Lost who happens to be teaming with Jeff Lemire, Damon Lindelof. While there is not a lot of info to give on a ten page story, Lindelof does his best to share.   CBR: Realizing it's only 10 pages,…

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USA Today has posted news about two new digital comic series coming out in May and June. Both series will release in digital form first in the same vein as Batman: Arkham Unhinged has for past six months. Each series will release on a specific day of the week and with the releases, DC will offer a new digital issue every day of the week starting in June.   The first series is based off of the popular statue line from DC Collectibles, Ame-Comi Girls. The series will feature Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti writing. The artists linked to the…

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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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You've probably already heard how good this book is, and it really is!   This is Animal Man #1, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Travel Foreman. The issue starts with a page long piece of prose from a fictional magazine, not usually a fan of prose in my comics this made me skeptical right from the start but it was actually a very entertaining, very clever way of giving just enough character history for new readers to understand the groundwork of the comic…

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  Ever since its inception, I have heard nothing but wonderful things about the Jonah Hex series. The book is a strong example that one-and-done storytelling is still probably the best format in comics. However, I have never been able to develop a strong interest in the character to consistently pick-up the ongoing. Nonetheless, I occasionally dabble in the series, simply because the single-story format allows me to. But I think after reading issue sixty-nine, I'm going to stick with the book for awhile. And…

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A Superboy review? In The Batman Universe? Have we stumbled back into the Silver Age? Nope, this month Poison Ivy has a cameo in Superboy’s new, ongoing series; and where she goes I will follow. So buckle up Gothamites, because we are Smallville bound!   For those of you who weren’t tuned in last month, Conner Kent had just finished up his battle with the Parasite when the local flora started acting out of control and Poison Ivy appeared on the scene. She denies having anything to do with…

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