Yunno, Grant Morrison wasn't the first person to think that putting Dick Grayson in the cape and cowl was a good idea.  Back in 1994 after the Gotham-shattering "Knights" trilogy, Bruce Wayne stepped aside and asked his former sidekick to take over for a storyline called "Prodigal."  This episode, I take a look at the first two parts of Prodigal, in Batman #512 and Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32 where Dick and Tim take on Killer Croc and Scarface, and Two-Face escapes from prison.

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  Batman (1940-2011) ($1.99 each) #1-25 The first 25 issues of Batman's titular book in all their Golden Age glory from March of 1940 through September of 1944 (title was a quarterly back in those days).   #159, #210, #251, #252, #255, #256, #291, #324, #392 Various Silver and Bronze Age issues released digitally as part of a Joker 101 sale, including the iconic “Joker's Five Way Revenge” from 1973 that helped reinvent the Clown Prince of Crime for the time, Catwoman 101 sale and as supporting issues based around a Retro release of…

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  In 1994, in the hopes of “fixing” continuity problems that needed to be fixed following Crisis On Infinite Earths, DC produced the Zero Hour event. Here are the Bat-related issues, and for a podcast take on several of the Batman related tie-ins, check out Bat-Books For Beginner’s Episode #73 for Nick’s take on the issues.   Zero Hour #4-0 The 5 issue event itself, written by Dan Jurgens with art by Jerry Ordway.   Showcase ’94 #9-10 Issue 9 featured an origin story of The Ventriloquist and Scarface,…

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  It’s a Holiday Season Spectacular featuring The Dark Knight! 201 comics for 99 cents. New legally digitized books for the sale are:   Azrael #40 Part 4 of the 1998 Cataclysm Bat-Event. Featuring Azrael trying to bring Bane back to Gotham City as the earthquake strikes.   Batman (1940-2011) #408-413, #475-476, #498-500, #509-510, #530-532, #540-541 #408-413 introduces the Post-Crisis Jason Todd. #475-476 are part of a 1992 crossover with Detective featuring The Ventriloquist and Scarface. #498-500 comprise the titular title’s parts of the second half of Knightfall. #509-510 are titular title’s parts of Knightsend. And finally Batman gets…

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  Batman #462-465 ($0.99 each) Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle team up for the Spirit Of The Beast story in issues #462-#464 from the summer of 1991.  Then in issue #465, it’s the first proper adventure of Batman and the Tim Drake Robin.   Batman: Arkham City Exclusive Digital Chapter #4 ($0.99) Harley Quinn goes up against Scarface for the affections of The Joker.   DC Digital Comics Sneak Peeks 8/17/2011 (Free) This week’s free previews feature DC Retroactive: Batman-The ‘90s, and…

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  This seems to be the first image we have of the British cast for Batman Live with their costumes, taken from 'The Evening Standard' newspaper in England- I say British cast because I believe the cast will change for every country, maybe even more regularly in large countries like America. There's also a little more about what to expect in the show but nothing really new.   Overall I think the costumes look pretty good but the bat-suit does remind me a little of "George…

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