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"Batman And..." #22 and #23 Solicitations

2013-05-13T03:52:31Z

Posted by: zapbiffpow

Dad, quasi-Mom, and the eldest of the Bat-children take center stage with the release of the last two solicitations for the "Batman and Robin: Stages of Grief" arc, one each for July and August.

( Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and REMATCH! )

Also, has Tomasi talked about what's next for Batman and Robin after this? Are they ending the series or rotating Batman's partner line-up, like those old Animorphs stories with a different narrator every book?

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Suicide Squad #20 - this is a new day

2013-05-09T02:02:16Z

Posted by: perletwo

Wow, nobody's posted Suicide Squad yet? Okay then. It's part 1 of 2 "Discipline & Punish." 4 pages.

( A-okay - 'Weltschmerz' is a word. )

Tag notes: There's no tag for Voltaic; there is a tag for the other character in these pages, but I'm leaving it off for now so's not to spoil the reveal. There's also no tag for writer Ales Kot.

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Batman: Earth One - Crime:1, Dark Knight:0

2013-05-07T06:15:43Z

Posted by: zapbiffpow

With Geoff Johns making head writer on Arkham Origins, I decided to check out what kind of Batman we'll be seeing come October.

If you haven't read it yet, here's what might possibly be Batman: Earth One's take on the "none of you are safe" scene from Year One. Eight pages out of 144, less than 1/3, non-recent!
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So, Johns on the new Bat-game: yay or nay? Any others who could have fit the bill better?

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Awesome Comic Book Civilians - Batman: Streets of Gotham #5-6

2013-04-30T02:53:26Z

Posted by: zapbiffpow

Inspired by icon_uk's and auggie18's Accentuate the Positive posts, here's a contribution of my own!

I've always believed that although Gotham contains the worst examples of comic book humanity, it also creates the best, most shining examples of it to aid her innocents.

Case in point: Dick!Batman, Huntress, and a certain Father Mark from the East End of Gotham:
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Teen Titans #19 - "Trigon-ometry"

2013-04-24T22:15:45Z

Posted by: perletwo

No, really, that's what it's called. Approximately 3 pages (2 whole, 2 halves) from the new issue.

( They are the Teen Titans. This isn't their best day. )

BTW, is anyone else getting the "Image has been moved or deleted" placeholder on part of the s_d header?

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Birds of Prey #19 - Trade Secret

2013-04-17T20:22:25Z

Posted by: perletwo

Two panels from the current issue of Birds of Prey, in which writer Christy Marx solves one minor mystery...

( Those are some feathers, pretty bird... )

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Legion of Super-Heroes #19 - World's End

2013-04-17T19:33:13Z

Posted by: perletwo

Four pages from Legion #19, out today. Except for a brief check-in with the crash-landed team, almost the entire issue is Mon-El going toe-to-toe with the Emerald Empress on Weber's World.

( Pretty green death! )
Mods, there's no tag yet for the second artist on this ish, Jeff Johnson, can we get one or are we totally maxed out now? He did about half the ish (as you see from the credits on the first posted page) and I hate to just ignore him.

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The Final Cover for Batman Incorporated

2013-04-08T15:16:14Z

Posted by: zapbiffpow

Everything that's happened leads to this. Check out the full solicitation for Batman Incorporated's final issue, plus a hidden reference to DC's newest Bat-title from a previous issue of Batman, Inc.

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Three revamped female characters from DC

2013-04-01T18:51:07Z

Posted by: icon_uk

I am indebted to the invaluable resource, www.titanstower.com for a couple of news items I'd missed (and I have to praise them even more for keeping going when about 90% of the history of the comics the site was created to cover was wiped out by the DCnU. Check it out, it's a great site.)

First up, perhaps the last character I expected to get revamped, since she died in the original Crisis on Infinite Earths, and if I'm honest wasn't really missed TOO much..

( Tula, the original Aquagirl )
Then we have the new identity for Bette Kane, the original ~~Bat-Girl~~l... Umm... ~~Flamebird~~... Ummm I mean...

( Really? THAT'S the name they're going with? )

And finally

( For the honour of... Horde Prime? )

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Teen Titans #18 - "To Belle And Back"

2013-03-27T23:53:08Z

Posted by: perletwo

Four pages from Teen Titans #18 here, in which as with last issue we still have lots of plot threads, but they're moving closer to converging.

( We're the only ones who can save each other. )

BTW, it's a little hard to count pages on this thing since they're still double-page spread happy and the pages aren't labeled, but it's Eddy Barrows and Eber Ferreira on art pages 1-16 and Rodney Buchemi on pages 17-20. By my count that's the last two pages of the Two Teams Fight scenes and the two Times Square pages.

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Legion of Super-Heroes #18 - Home's End

2013-03-20T21:02:30Z

Posted by: perletwo

Back again with four pages from the hot off the press Legion of Super-Heroes #18, part 2 of the return of the Fatal Five. You'll recall that last issue in part 1, things fell apart rather spectacularly. We spent all our time with two teams of Legionnaires last issue; this time we check in with the rest, and things aren't looking any better on the home front.

( There's nothing we can do! )

So that's four out of five accounted for: Tharok, Persuader, Validus and the one in the next ish teaser. Will it be faithful old Mano, or someone new in the fifth slot?

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Favorite female character - New Teen Titans' era Raven

2013-03-17T01:49:37Z

Posted by: perletwo

Yeah yeah, I know, I'm on a Raven bender lately with her reintroduction in the DCnU. But it was either this or Steph Brown, and that's a hard one to do without letting "toxic" bitterness creep in; besides, Steph's got plenty of boosters here, I figure.

Besides, I was trawling the used bookstore's comic stash today and came across a copy of Baxter paper series New Teen Titans #43, which amounts to a Raven solo story and a good illustration of the things I loved about her. So I've got 8 pages out of a 27-page issue. A note on the art: the credits give the pencils to Eduardo Barreto, but the cover claims - and the DC Database confirms - it's Curt Swan. I'm not a huge Swan fan, and this is serviceable art, but I'd love to see what, say, Gene Colan could've done with this same material; something to keep in the imagination while looking these over, no?

( Are paranormal powers any more difficult to accept than man's sometime cruelty to other men? )

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"Super Health" Tips from 1939

2013-03-03T23:02:19Z

Posted by: mistygeek

A page to help you do what's right.
( Staying Healthy acording to Superman )

A page of encouragement in that from 1940s DC...( Wonder Woman doesn't understand... )

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Teen Titans #17 - "Grey Matters"

2013-02-27T22:44:51Z

Posted by: perletwo

- or, "Prologue to A Tale of Light and Dark," which is the Titans' next big arc, apparently. 3 whole pages and 2 partial pages for a total of 4, and man did I have a hard time cutting it down to just that. This is a bridge issue, tying up the Death of the Family crossover story and putting pieces into play for this Light and Dark thing, so there's a lot going on here.

( Can we go back to the awkward silence? )

Can't swear to it, but I think I may be looking forward to the War of Light and Dark thing.

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Teen Titans #38 - "Through These Doors Pass the Bravest Titans of Them All"

2013-02-27T04:59:20Z

Posted by: perletwo

Was cleaning up a closet last weekend and came upon my cache of original Teen Titans floppies. Here's a little treat from 1972, "Through These Doors Pass the Bravest Titans of Them All," or as I like to think of it, "That time Donna shaved her head and crossdressed for justice!" I've got six pages of an 18-page story, and therefore am cutting the Mal sequence down to a mere preview image.

That's Mal having a flashback to a childhood beat-down, to explain his heretofore unheard-of fear of wide open spaces, which he must overcome in order to repair a lunar landing guidance module.

( Say what, now? )

So there you go - not bad for an ish where nobody even makes it into costume!

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Batwoman #17

2013-02-21T21:52:15Z

Posted by: sailorlibra

I was sort of surprised that this scene hadn't been posted to SD yet. (Or if it was, I missed it even though I looked twice.)

( Spoilers )

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Legion of Super-Heroes #17 - Things Fall Apart

2013-02-20T19:42:23Z

Posted by: perletwo

Hi ho Legion fans, 4 pages from LOSH #17 here. Remember the last page of last ish, how a complex quark relay station quietly goes about its business...until suddenly it doesn't? Well, as David said in Prometheus, big things have small beginnings, and so to this ish's title, "The Beginning of the End"!

( Total system failure... )
NEXT ISSUE tagline: It Gets Worse. Whooboy.

Incidentally, anybody heard any word on where/when the Legion Lost crew is likely to fetch up next?

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Upset About the Flashes Having Similar Costumes? You're Not the Only One!

2013-02-17T03:16:42Z

Posted by: imitorar

So, in this last week's Fanart Thursday thread, the issue of "iconic" and what it means in the New 52 came up, and some people were complaining that Barry's new costume was just an altered version of Wally's. And I couldn't help but find this funny.

See, the issue of Barry and Wally having similar-looking costumes (to the point where it can be difficult to distinguish them from each other when their cowls are up) has been raised before...

( Warning, lots of spoilers for Mark Waid's Flash run )

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Dc Comics 2013 Valentine Cards.

2013-02-16T19:57:24Z

Posted by: superfangirl1

( A little late )

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Beware the Batman preview

2013-02-07T02:39:29Z

Posted by: skjam

Hey folks!

One of the new shows coming up from DC's animation division is Beware the Batman. It's...different.

There was a ten-page preview comic in the Winter issue of DC Nation Super Spectacular, and I'm showing three pages.

( Let's break up weapons smuggling. That's pretty generic. )

Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!

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Teen Titans #16 - Three words: Scaly. Feathered. Panties.

2013-01-30T21:41:13Z

Posted by: perletwo

That got some of y'all's' attention, I'd imagine. One page with the long-awaited return of a beloved character!

( And I thought the actual 90s were unkind to this 'un... )

OK guys, let's discuss in loving, intricate detail the thousand and one ways this is WRONG. On your mark - get set - GO!

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Green Lantern: New Guardians, Red Hood and the Outlaws, and Green Lantern #16

2013-01-25T13:10:03Z

Posted by: zapbiffpow

Another New Guardian dies, Arsenal makes a prediction, and a face from the past (the dead past) greets Sinestro! Make your bets before clicking on the cut in this week's round-up:

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Legion of Super-Heroes #16 - sorry Heather, there's a new sheriff in town

2013-01-24T03:08:02Z

Posted by: perletwo

3 pages from LOSH #16, a filler issue in which we hang out, elect a new Legion leader, and move the last pieces into place for the return of the Fatal Five.

But I won't keep you in suspense about the ~~popularity contest~~ leadership election!

( and the red scrunchie goes to... )
Next issue: Things Fall Apart.

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Legion Lost #16 - this is the way the series ends

2013-01-17T03:27:51Z

Posted by: perletwo

with a bang *and* a whimper.

You'll recall that we left our merry band on the ropes during the rumble in the tumble(weeds) with Superboy, the Ravagers, Harvest and his lackeys, and Capt. Adym and Agent Lure of Echo all tussling with Daggor and the worldkiller he's building. Adym and Harvest, over the objections of all the other factions, planned to use Adym's time bubble to go back an hour before Daggor's forcefield went up and blow everything to Hell - killing billions, but saving quintillions, by their rather loose math.

We rejoin our battle already in progress, as Harvest sends Adym off in the bubble.

( I do hope you won't allow the recent unpleasantness to taint your impressions of the 21st century! )
And we close out with the tagline, NEVER THE END!

So since they're still stuck in the 21st century, now can we start integrating them with the rest of the DCnU? I still miss Oz and the Orchid Clinic doc, who's still got hypertaxis virus mutation sufferers/fatalities all over the place. Wherever this team turns up next, I'd like to see some of that kind of supporting cast relationship-building happen, since they never took the time in their own title's 2-year run to do it properly.

...I know I sound like I don't like this title, but honestly I do. I nitpick because I love. I just got the trade of the first six issues and reading it like a book, I can see so many missed opportunities and so much potential here. It may not have suited my vision of a 21st-century Legion book, but I'm awfully sorry to see it go.

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DC's next gimmick cover theme may be a gimmick, but that doesn't mean it can't be pretty!

2013-01-11T23:23:16Z

Posted by: icon_uk

Bleeding Cool has some pictures up which appear to be some April covers for DC.

( But not the WHOLE cover... so to speak )

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