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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  5/15: Batman: Arkham Unhinged #31 ($0.99) Batman crashes the Joker’s trial in the finale of this story.   5/16: Batgirl (2000-2006) #58-61 ($1.99 each) The Batgirl issues of the 2004 crossover with Robin, Fresh Blood and Cass’ first adventures in Bludhaven are collected.   Batman Beyond (2012-) #6 ($0.99) Batman watches over Mad Stan as he tries to negotiate with Russians for his dog Boom-Boom.   Batman Confidential #33-34 ($1.99 each) Continues 2009’s The Bat and The Beast story.
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #164-168 ($1.99 each) 2003’s slate of Legends issues start with the four…

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  5/5: As part of a weekend 99 cent special weekend, many comics featuring Justice Society of America characters were spotlighted, through the many different eras that the team has been around. The following new releases feature Batman and related characters;   Adventure Comics (1935-1983) #461-462 ($1.99 each) Features the 1979 story that killed off the Earth-2 Batman.   Adventure Comics (1935-1983) #463-466 ($1.99 each) Features stories with the Helena Wayne Huntress as a member of the JSA.   All Star Comics #58-67 ($1.99 each) These early Bronze Age edition of the JSA from 1976-1977 feature…

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  5/1: Batman: Arkham Unhinged #29 ($0.99) A new story begins, featuring a trial presided over by Two-Face.   DC Nation Secret Files: Robin (Free) A free one page look at the Robin featured in the Young Justice cartoon on Cartoon Network.   5/2: Batgirl (2000-2006) #50-53 ($1.99 each) Batgirl spars with Batman, gets tangled with Poison Ivy and teams up with the Stephanie Brown Robin against the Penguin in these issues.   Batman Confidential #29-30 ($1.99 each) Do You Understand These Rights gets followed up with this story, Bad Cop.   Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #154-158…

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  Batman: Impostors is the graphic novel, written by David Hine and Scott McDaniel, that the recent game called Gotham City Impostors seems to be based off of. The game seems to be based upon the idea that groups of copycats, aping both Batman and the Joker and engaging in violence towards each other for no apparent reason. The book does try to expand upon this notion by introducing the character Winslow Heath who after being caught up in an attack…

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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 is the second issue in the long-awaited, long-advertised story arc from Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. The first issue was less than promising, though an in improvement from the issues given to us before by Scott McDaniel and Paul Cornell.   The second issue opens with three angels, two children and one woman standing in the cold. The woman holds a device with a timer before they jump from the building, a voice over informing us this is the Langstrom family about…

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In this final issue of Paul Cornell's story arc, we find all the dangling plot threads weaved together. At the conclusion of last issue, Una was attacking Vicki Vale while carrying a bag labeled Girlfriend Body Parts.   Batman and Robin burst in, demanding to know what Una has done to Vicki. Una assures them nothing happened because the tools are cardboard and the body parts were wet dog food. She begins to become exasperated with Bruce's refusal to see what this is…

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  It’s a Bat-Week here at DC Digital as on January 1st they either released or dropped the prices of 101 Batman issues, numbers 600 through 700 to 99 cents!   Now, a good chunk of this run from cover date April 2002 through cover date August of 2010 is on DC Digital already with Hush, (608-619), Under The Hood (635-641, 645-648), and Grant Morrison’s run 655-682. So let’s focus on the issues put into legal digital form for the first time.   Batman: The Ten Cent Adventure (Free), Batman #600-605…

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As leery as I was about this issue, not having enjoyed the last one at all, I was pleasantly surprised by this issue. Maybe because there was less jumping around in the time, maybe because we finally got some back story on Una.   As the cover informed us, we're no longer dealing with Una, we're dealing with The Absence. In fact, we open with a splash page of Una taunting Batman and Robin as they sit in the rafters, informing her they…

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