The Penultimate issue of ‘Death of the Family’ opens with prison guards dressed as Batman and Joker dancing in Arkham cells. These are the guards with no family members for Joker to threaten, so they are forced to stay in the asylum as part of what Joker calls his ‘Royal Dance Macabre.’ If you’ll recall, The Black Glove’s redecoration of Arkham in R.I.P. was also referred to as a ‘Dance Macabre.’ It’s the first challenge Batman faces in this maze of horror that Joker has created, and the next in line…

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The next issue of Detective Comics is out tomorrow and it takes place during the Night of the Owls. Comic Book Resources talked with Tony Daniel about not only joining the Night of the Owls event, but also what is in store in Detective Comics going forward. Here are the highlights.   CBR: You just finished your Penguin arc and your next issue will take "Detective Comics" into the Night Of The Owls. Originally, "Detective" was not going to be part of the event — when did you…

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Although the solicitations for May were released last week and we have heard numerous times from Scott Snyder and Tony Daniel that the Night of Owls crossover would only be taking place in some of the Bat-books and not all of them, it seems that one more title has been added to the crossover.   Tony Daniel's Detective Comics will now be a part of the crossover according to The Source. The solicitation for May's Detective Comics #9 stated that Batman would be facing Mr. Toxic. That has…

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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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Character Profiles Part One
The State of the Dick Grayson Batman
  In this year of the Batmen, we are being treated to many different types of Batman characters portrayed by different personalities assuming different secret identities.   My attempt here is to study the dynamic behind all these portrayals and what its like to have so many Batmen being represented. In additional to our traditional characters let’s not forget that coming soon we also have a “First Wave” Batman, a Batman “Odyssey”, the Terry McGinnis Batman and the “Earth One” Batman.   But first…

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When this issue came out I have to admit I wasn’t exactly ripping the bag open and whipping through the pages. In fact I wasn’t even thinking about reading it until I had read through the rest of my pull list twice! The reason being I was just not too interested in the story. The first part (Detective Comics #864) was alright we got to see Jeremiah Arkham as the twisted maniac that he is, but I just wasn’t pulled into the story. So when it…

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Welcome once again, my bat brothers and sisters to Creator Spotlight. Zach here as usual, and this time I will be admiring the prolific and underrated career of the writer Alan Grant. So join me as we take a trip down memory lane and look back at the Scotsman’s career. Enjoy:     Alan Grant is a long time comic book writer, who surprisingly is often mentioned when talking about some of the “great” Batman writers of the last 25 years. Other than…

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  Spotlight Character: Jeremiah Arkham
Feature: History of Arkham Asylum
  00:00 Intro
00:50 Movie News
03:38 TV News
04:55 Merchandise News
07:04 Video Game News
09:08 Spotlight Character
13:33 Feature
37:40 Closing
40:11 Outtakes  

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