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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  So here is my report on a very eventful first day at Kapow. Firstly, it seems the event had plenty of coverage with the Business Design Centre packed full of punters from the start. Inside the building we had the IGN arena as your first point of call with video games set up, sofas to chill out on and watch some of the newest movies, plus a stage with IGN events on all day. Further through the building we had the regular floor with loads of…

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It's a sad, sad time in England. What with rising living costs, budget cuts and, perhaps worse of all, the end of 'Knight and Squire'. I think we should all have a minutes silence for this tragic loss… ok, that being said I think it's time I gave my review.   The issue opens up at a crime scene, superhero/pop star Jade Peabody has been shot dead. It's revealed that the Joker did it because she may have been able to foresee his…

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The penultimate issue of the 'Knight and Squire' min-series 'For Six' is among us and oh boy is it a good on! We open the issue with a good old fashioned double entendre and we know we're in for another silly but undoubtedly fun ride in the Knight and Squire universe, however, after this light-hearted opening we find out that Jarvis Poker (The British Joker) is terminally ill. In a traditional British, stiff-upper-lip fashion, Jarvis attempts to make light of the…

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  BBFB: Batman: Rite of Passage
  0:00:00 Intro
0:01:32 Comic News
0:30:21 Detective Comics #873
0:39:21 Azrael #17
0:44:52 Batgirl #18
0:50:32 Batman and Robin #20
0:59:32 Batman Beyond #2
1:06:12 Batman Confidential #53
1:10:22 Birds of Prey #9
1:17:19 Knight and Squire #5
1:22:06 Red Robin #20
1:30:15 Gotham City Sirens #19
1:36:07 Batman: Odyssey #6
1:46:05 BBFB
1:55:30 Next Time..
1:56:00 Closing
1:58:41 Outtakes  

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  BBFB: Batman: The Penguin Affair
  0:00:00 Intro
0:01:23 Comic News
0:12:22 Batman #706
0:19:02 Batgirl #17
0:25:38 Batman and Robin #19
0:32:33 Superman/Batman #80
0:37:58 Batman: Streets of Gotham #19
0:46:14 Birds of Prey #8
0:52:27 Knight and Squire #4
0:58:21 Red Robin #19
1:08:18 BBFB
1:16:12 Next Time..
1:16:57 Closing
1:18:51 Outtakes  

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Knight and Squire #3 is another solid comic from the creative team of Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton. However, something about this issue just didn’t grab me. It sure wasn’t the art, which is nice, and pretty, but also different from what I’ve come to expect from a comic, but not too different.   Maybe it’s the story, that just didn’t grab me, I mean sure it had some good ideas, but it didn’t really have any oomph. Now many of you out…

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  BBFB: Huntress #1, #18-19
  0:00:00 Intro
0:01:13 Comic News
0:34:56 Batgirl #16
0:42:45 Detective Comics Annual 12
0:56:04 Red Robin #18
1:05:12 Knight and Squire #3
1:11:32 Batman 80-page Giant 2010
1:20:17 Batman: Orphans #1
1:29:53 BBFB
1:38:06 Next Time…
1:38:32 Closing
1:40:39 Outtakes  

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Remember how last month I thought Knight and Squire #1 was awesome? Well, #2 is….nowhere near as good. I mean sure the opening sequence with Beryl in a newsagents buying a magazine was good, and sure the Knight Cave looked cool, but after that, the book just falls apart.   The story of the issue is Knight and Squire versus a black magic wielding Morris dancer, and how do you make that dull? Easy, you don’t actually have them facing the black magic…

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  BBFB: Batman/Green Arrow: Poison Tomorrow
  0:00:00 Intro
0:01:18 Comic News
0:32:48 Red Hood: Lost Days #6
0:45:29 Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #6
0:55:40 Batgirl #15
1:03:37 Batman and Robin #16
1:22:29 Batman Confidential #50
1:30:02 Red Robin #17
1:39:09 Knight and Squire #2
1:45:00 Birds of Prey #6
1:53:06 Batman/Catwoman: Follow the Money
2:00:27 BBFB
2:09:58 Next Time…
2:10:40 Closing
2:13:09 Outtakes  

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