The DC solicitations for the month of May 2013 were just released, and below you'll find the solicitations for all the main Bat-Books, as well as other DC books that feature characters from The Batman Universe.   Main Bat-Books   BATMAN, INCORPORATED #11
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art and cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH
1:100 B&W Variant cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
On sale MAY 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $3.99 US
Retailers: This issue will ship with…

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  After answering a few questions and comments, I review Detective Comics #483 and Batman #311.  I continue the reviews with the origin issues Batgirl #0, Birds of Prey #0, and Worlds' Finest #0, while speaking a little on Team 7 #0 and Smallville Season 11 #5. Babs in the Tube, Shipper Spotlight, and my literature recommendation round out the episode.  

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DC has revealed the solicitations for December. Below are the solicitations for the Bat-Books as well as the DC books that mention characters from The Batman Universe.   MAIN BAT-BOOKS
  TALON #3     Written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH
1:25 Variant cover by ANDY CLARKE
1:00 B&W Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale JANUARY 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Talon’s secret history in Manhattan…

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  There are times where you have to put your trust in "The Powers That Be" of any continuing interest of yours.   Be it a new front office regime of your favorite professional sports franchise, a new show runner and writing staff for your favorite television program or a new producer taking the reign of a movie franchise. Things have gotten bad, but give them time to turn things around and who knows, a championship run, a stretch of great shows, or the property soaring…

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  8/14: Batman: Arkham Unhinged #38 ($0.99) A flashback story featuring an early Bruce Wayne meetup with Talia and Ra’s al Ghul.   8/15: Batman and Robin Adventures #18 ($0.99) Harley tries to cheer the Joker up by capturing The Batman.   Batman Beyond (2012-) #10 ($0.99) The Joker King is revealed, and Terry finds out a huge secret in the Bat-Cave.   Batwoman (2011-) #12 ($2.99) Batwoman and Abbott find themselves facing twisted versions of themselves as they hunt for Bloody Mary.   Birds of Prey (2011-) #12 ($2.99) Poison Ivy’s motives are revealed, and she needs the Birds’…

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It was first revealed that Batman would be teaming with Superman for the first time in Smallville back in June. Not the TV series, but the digital comic series, Smallville Season 11. There has been some controversy along the way regarding DC deciding to change the identity of Nightwing in the series that was revealed at Comic Con International. IGN spoke with series writer Bryan Q. Miller about his plans for the Dark Knight in Smallville.   IGN: Let’s get the elephant out of…

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DC has revealed the solicitations for November. Below are the solicitations for the Bat-Books as well as the DC books that mention characters from The Batman Universe.   MAIN BAT-BOOKS
  TALON #2     Written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH
1:25 Variant cover by KEN LASHLEY
1:100 B&W Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale NOVEMBER 28 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• What is THE TOMB OF…

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  It is a brand new week and the Bat-Fans have a brand new episode! In this episode, co-hosts Tim, P.J., and Dane talk about The Dark Knight Rises, it's box office take, and how Batman may have saved Gotham but murdered a ton of fish and other assorted marine life, they also talk about Stephanie Brown not being in the Smallville comic, Tim Drake and how DC will be changing his story, Grant Morrison leaving Batman Inc. and Superhero comics…

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  The first panel of the day focuses on the new wave of titles hitting shelves in September. Talon is among those titles. Scott Snyder, Mike Marts and James Tynion IV represented the Bat-Books. Here are the highlights.   -The Talon series will dive into more of Gotham City's history.
-Dan Didio confirmed that Stephanie Brown will not be in Smallville Season 11. "If we're going to introduce a character into the 'Smallville' world, I want them to be the most iconic versions like Barbara Gordon or Dick…

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  The latest DC panel brought a lot of the same news from the previous panels. Representing the Bat-Books was Scott Snyder, Gail Simone, Scott Lobdell and David Finch. Here are the highlights.   -Snyder compared Talon to the Da Vinci Code -A question was asked about the recent rumor about Stephanie Brown being replaced by Barbara Gordon in Smallville Season 11 to which no one had an answer to give and some admitted they had not heard the rumor.
-Another fan…

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