Batman: Arkham City Trailer (with Catwoman and Two-Face) and SolicitS

[espanolbot]

BATMAN: GATES OF GOTHAM #2


Written by SCOTT SNYDER and KYLE HIGGINS
Art and cover by TREVOR MCCARTHY
1:25 Variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Murder, mayhem and the building of an empire! Issue #2 throttles up the action as Batman tries to find the source of the attacks before the killer can strike again. But with the reveal of the fourth family of Gotham City and an old case from the early days of the city, is Batman playing right into the villain’s hands?
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale JUNE 22 • 2 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

Very pretty cover, really looking forward to this series. :)

RED ROBIN #24


Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Art and cover by MARCUS TO and RAY MCCARTHY
To survive the Assassination Tournament, Red Robin must survive an attack from Scarab’s Covenant of Ka, make it to Russia in time to rescue a critically injured oligarch, track the mercenary Promise and come to an unexpected confrontation with the mysterious sister of
Ra’s al Ghul!
On sale JUNE 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

A sister? Huh, the woman from the initial Red Robin storyline is revealled then presumably.

And the trailer,

Looks sweet, though I hope that they allow the game to continue as a sandbox type deal once the storyline has finished, as this looks like a good environment to play in just on a crime by crime basis.

Comments

[mrstatham]

Also, not overjoyed that Dini is bringing up the old 'you make the villains as bad as they are' argument in the form of Hugo Strange, but hopefully, that'll make for a satisfying 'shut the hell up' moment from Batman.

Still, given the last game, and the Titan formula's capacity for making monsters, it would be interesting if Strange were tied in to it, somehow. After all, there's some considerable difference between what Dr Young originally intended Titan to be, and then what it actually turned out to be.

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

"hopefully, that'll make for a satisfying 'shut the hell up' moment from Batman."

I think we can expect i sense since there was a B:TAS episode, "Trial" I think it was called, which was all about debunking that "Batman creates criminals" meme.

But it makes sense for Strange to throw it out there since in "Prey" he was all about trying to cast doubt into Bruce's mind.

As for the Titan formula, it was presented as a Venom derivitive in the first game, and I think in 'modern-Batman' continuity Matt Wagner tried to tie Venom's origins to Strange's Monster Men formula.

[espanolbot]

I know that in one of the JSA Classified or Confidential series it was revealled that Venom was the result of an attempt to reverse-engineer Hourman's wonder drug Miraclo. Which I thought made a suprising amount of sense, in story.

Both increase muscle-mass and strength beyond normal levels in a similar way (though Miraclo just increases the muscle-mass, not the entire body like how Venom is sometimes portrayed) are both massively addictive.

[mrstatham]

Ah, that's right. I remember that Dr Young was using the Venom from Bane's body to create part of the Titan formula, but given she was more of a psychologist - albeit one with extreme methods - I always thought there had to be more people involved in making Titan what it is, even at the basic level. Sure, Joker refines it and uses it on his men, late in the game, but at the end of the first sequence, Joker sets one of the monsters on Bats, which eventually keels over from the stress. So I always wondered if there was someone more than Dr Young behind Titan.

I think, if Dini insists on using Titan in this game, that it'll inevitably be tied to Strange.