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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  A whole lot of Bat-universe goodness this week.   Batman and Robin #12 ($1.99)
The final part of Batman vs. Robin, featuring the return of The Clown Prince of Crime himself. Oh it’s a real scream heh heh HA!   Batman Beyond Volume 4 #5 ($2.99)
Trouble is brewing at Wayne-Powers, and Terry goes to find a just released from prison Paxton Powers to see what Powers knows about it.   Birds of Prey Volume 1 #117 ($1.99)
Misfit and Manhunter are taken prisoner and Oracle relocates the team in…

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"The Gristle and the Ghostly", the concluding part in "The Death of Oracle" story-arc, opens with a fantastic, immediately recognizable, close-up of Helena Bertinelli – Huntress: needless to say she's angry, challenging Calculator to explain his actions after he orders Oracle's aircraft to be shot from the sky.   For once Calculator is a little lost for words, stammering somewhat as he tries to justify his actions. As his men look on Helena senses her captors vulnerability and looks to exploit the situation…

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  March 2, 2011:   Batman Beyond Volume 2 #18-19 ($1.99 each)
Blight, the villain responsible for Terry’s Dad’s murder, returns in #18 and Ma Mayhem’s crew returns in # 19.   Batman Beyond Volume 4 #3 ($2.99)
Batman and the JLU now join forces against the Matter Master in this one.   Batman: Streets of Gotham #12 ($1.99)
Dick deals with the fallout of Zsasz’s crime wave and Manhunter’s new enemy makes things personal in the co-feature.   Birds of Prey Volume 1 #108 ($1.99)
Barbara finds Misfit’s parents and the crossover…

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  Batman Beyond Volume 2 #14-15 ($1.99 each)
The cartoon tie in continues, Etrigan pops up in #14, and a new super-powered woman enters Terry’s world in #14.   Batman: Legends of The Dark Knight #25 ($1.99)
Howard Chaykin’s and Gil Kane’s Flyer story continues.   Batman: Streets of Gotham #10 ($1.99)
Batman & Robin face off against Zsasz and Two-Face’s trial ends in the Manhunter co-feature.   Justice #6 ($2.99)
We’ve reached the half way point in this mini, and things look pretty bad for the League.   Legends of the…

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  Holiday Season, yada, yada I’m sure all of you know the drill…   DC Digital 12/15/10
Batman: The Long Halloween #9 ($1.99)
It’s the Father’s Day issue and things are heating up with the mob war. Scarecrow and Mad Hatter are also featured.   Batman: The Widening Gyre #3 ($1.99)
Sliver St. Cloud has returned to Bruce’s life and Bruce learns the identity of Baphomet. Well, not quite but as the guy running around Gotham.   Birds of Prey Volume 1 #86-87 ($1.99 each)
The Birds…

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This seventh part of the 8-part 'Bruce Wayne: The Road Home' series of one-shots launches with a head-and-shoulders splash page of Barbara Gordon – Oracle of course – bathed by the soft green light of her computer terminal. 'Oh crap' she says out loud, and at the same time to herself, as she's monitoring the activities of The Seven Men of Death.   Ra's al Ghul's personal hit squad are, we're told, in town searching for Vicki Vale … but why?   In…

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I think we can all agree with a singular statement: Batman: Streets of Gotham is, at best a sub-par, if not brief and forgettable chronicle of Batman’s trials and tribulations. Nothing within the past 4 or 5 issues has really stuck out in the sense that you want to whip it out and read it again. Sure, if we’re really pulling at strings, the whole Carpenter/Director thing was alright, and the introduction of Colin and his conversations with Damian were ok. I guess…

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Once again, the DC Comics solicits have lead us astray. No you say? Unfortunately, yes. While we all could have expected the latest issue of Streets of Gotham to be the second part of Mike Benson’s two part arc, the solicits said otherwise. The previews stated that Paul Dini would be returning to the title, however, he didn’t. None the less, Benson pens the conclusion to the “Hardcore Nights” storyline.   Some fans may be disappointed with issue number nine, but not me. Benson doesn’t present the reader with…

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After a one issue stint on Streets of Gotham number seven, Paul Dini again takes a break from the title and hands the writing duties over to guest writer Mike Benson. Benson gives us part one of the two part story arc titled, “Hardcore Nights”. Dustin Nguyen remains to be as good as they get, and Mike Benson writes a shockingly excellent story.   Paul Dini’s absence from the title has proven to me that other writers should be taking a crack at this title. Streets of Gotham #8…

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