February Solicits and Covers

[aeka]

HUNTRESS #5
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by MARCUS TO and JOHN DELL
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale FEBRUARY 8 • 32 pg, FC, 5 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T
The Huntress has cut her way through the mafia to find the bigger fish – an asylum-seeking dictator! The stakes in this deadly game just went up – but does she have enough weapons in her arsenal to assault an ancient monastery that’s guarded by the Italian military?

Oh shit. Huntress got in really deep with the sharks by issue five. I suppose that answers the question of who puts the bounty on her head.



BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #6
Written by PAUL JENKINS and DAVID FINCH
Art and cover by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND
1:25 Variant cover by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND
On sale FEBRUARY 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. The variant cover will feature the standard edition cover in a wraparound format.
Batman’s darkest fears resurface in this stunning conclusion to the opening epic as the Dark Knight confronts the mastermind behind the toxin being injected into Gotham City’s criminals. But the conspiracy behind the toxin runs deeper than he could possibly have imagined. Time is running out – and the entire structure of Gotham City’s society is at risk, unless Batman can find a path to overcome the man who once broke his back: Bane!

Knightfall take two?



BIRDS OF PREY #6
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Art and cover by JAVIER PINA
On sale FEBRUARY 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
You’ve never felt better. You’re eating right, sleeping soundly, kicking butt at work. But there’s one tiny problem. You’re being hunted through the streets of Gotham City by five women who seem dead-set on sticking you with syringes and even chopping your head off with a sword. But listen, buddy – you don’t understand. These women? The so-called Birds of Prey? They’re the only things standing between you and instant death, triggered by some creepy guy who’s been secretly controlling your mind for a year now…

Babs returns for #6. ♥



BATWOMAN #6
Written by J.H. WILLIAMS III and W. HADEN BLACKMAN
Art by AMY REEDER and RICHARD FRIEND
Cover by AMY REEDER
1:25 Variant cover by AMY REEDER
On sale FEBRUARY 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. The variant cover will feature the standard edition cover in a wraparound format.
Artist Amy Reeder and inker Richard Friend join the Batwoman team with this new arc, as the epic “To Drown the World” begins!
Six lives, inextricably linked in the past and present, each on a collision course with the others: Batwoman, fighting for duty and vengeance against a threat of arcane power. Detective Maggie Sawyer, investigating a case that could end her career. DEO Agent Cameron Chase, commanding a vigilante she despises. Colonel Jacob Kane, clutching at a life that’s slipping away. Maro, a new villain corrupting Gotham City. And Kate Kane, wrestling with decisions that will test her loyalties.



BATGIRL #6
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by ARDIAN SYAF and VICENTE CIFUENTES
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale FEBRUARY 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
During the day, Barbara Gordon has to deal with the emotional fallout of the return of a key figure from her most painful memories, while at night, high above Gotham City’s streets, Batgirl and Batman face the deadly Gretel, a damaged woman with the lethal ability to control men’s minds!
It’s Batgirl’s first face-to-face with Batman since her rehabilitation – and he has a few choice words to say about her return to crime fighting!



CATWOMAN #6
Written by JUDD WINICK
Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale FEBRUARY 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US RATED T+
Catwoman is busted! She’s under arrest and in the custody of the Gotham City P.D. But it doesn’t look like she’s going to get her phone call, because the police aren’t looking for justice – they’re looking for what Catwoman stole from them. And she’s about to get an earful about her most complicated relationship: Batman.



NIGHTWING #6
Written by KYLE HIGGINS
Art by EDDY BARROWS and PAULO SIQUERIA
Cover by EDDY BARROWS
On sale FEBRUARY 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US RATED T
After the huge reveal of last issue, Dick Grayson takes Haly’s Circus back to Gotham City in preparation for a large memorial show. But as Dick gets closer to the truth about his past, just how much is he really deciding for himself? And what does the Book of Names really mean? It all builds to a head here...just in time for a twist that will leave your jaw on the floor!

Comments

[funbox]

My god am I loving those fierce looking covers!! Gotta love kickass women

[shadowpsykie]

i just realized what bothers me alot about catwoman... its the art... the coloring and the pencils together just looks... wrong...

[aeka]

What I noticed is that both Huntress and Catwoman have the exact same facial expression on these covers. I wonder if it's because Guillem March drew them? :P

Also is it just me or do Bat and Cat look like they're hanging off of a cocoon in the Catwoman cover? o.O

[shadowpsykie]

HEY! they are GaGa Fans! leave the little monsters alone :DD

[aeka]

Are we talking Bat and Cat? Or Hunts and Cat? Cause if it's the former, I can totally see GaGa emerging out of a cocoon at a concert. :P

[shadowpsykie]

Bat and Cat :D

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1wudeJwwA1qawj9ao1_500.png

everyone knows the Bats Love the Mama Monster :D

[aeka]

LOL @ Alfred joining in on the fun. Great find! :)

[shadowpsykie]

it is seriously one of my favorite images EVER

[aeka]

I imagine it would be. ;)

Sadly I lost track of everything GaGa ever since I got back to my love of metal rock music. Otherwise, I wouldn't have missed this one. X_X

[darkknightjrk]

The funny thing is, this is a VAST improvement in comparison with what he did in Gotham City Sirens, IMO.

There does seem to be some weird coloring choices after the fact. Both #1 and #2 covers were drawn to have backgrounds that look realistic for their settings, but were changed by release to be more of a pink/blueish tint.

[jcbaggee]

See? THAT is an awesome Catwoman cover.

[nezchan]

Rotate the image 180 degrees and look at the anatomy. It's bad for Batman and WAY WORSE for Selina.

[darkknightjrk]

Yeah--I've been mostly enjoying the art of this book so far, but maybe that pose was a little too complicated for his own good.

[saralakali]

At first I thought that was her boob hanging "upwards" towards her head and thought, "Cool! That is the way boobs work." Then I realized it was her shoulder. :(

[kenn_el]

As I wrote on my blog http://kennowen.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-about-bette.html the Batwoman solicit has a glaring omission.
Love the Batgirl cover, though the Nightwing is my least favorite of this run so far.

[aeka]

Love your post on Bette, though I am sincerely hoping she doesn't turn out dead this early in the series. XP

[kenn_el]

Thanks! I hope I'm wrong as well.

[darkknightjrk]

Or maybe whatever's going on doesn't directly involve her. The way the series is moving, I kinda doubt she'll end up dead. If anything, Bette will probably save Kate's ass and she's going to have to have a big helping of humble pie over it.

[littlepunkryo]

I haven't been reading Batgirl but that is a really pretty cover!

Jeez Dick can't catch a break.

[nezchan]

Agreed, Hughes really knows his stuff.

[stubbleupdate]

There's a touch of Caselli in Huntress's expression

[silicondream]

It's gonna be hilarious when Bane dies from blood poisoning or an air embolism or something. I mean, the man is basically going into battle with half a dozen giant IV tubes jacked into his bloodstream. Batman should just fling crap at him, run away and wait for the sepsis to set in.

[glprime]

I always laughed at artists going overboard with the tubes. It's like, the idea of a stimulant/mutagen going straight into his brain cavity is one thing I can kinda buy in comics (though it makes more sense if it went into both his arms and legs, along with a chest port), but having something the size of a garden hose stuck in your head is NOT a good idea (unless you're some kind of posthuman cyborg).

[eyz]

Nightwing in BLUE!! NOT RED!! BLUE!! WWOOohhoooOOO!!! *high fives all by himself*

[darkknightjrk]

Nah, that's just the lighting/highlights. Note that the mask or the neck was never colored red. This is the artist using the blue to show that there's light reflecting on the costume.

[midnightvoyager]

That's... REALLY OBVIOUSLY BLUE, though. There is no red in it, except in what appears to be a reflection from the sky. You could hardly get bluer if you tried.

If that is supposed to be lighting, I would say it was a vastly greater fail than forgetting it's red now.

[eyz]

Stop ruining it for me :(

[katya]

I am really not feeling that Nightwing cover, both on coloring and general design. I wish that one had a variant I could try for. I just don't even want to have to look at it sitting on my desk.

[nezchan]

The anatomy in that Catwoman cover is atrocious. Bruce is pretty bad, but poor Selina, what's happened to your body?

Also, on the Batgirl solicit"

"[Batman] has a few choice words to say about her return to crime fighting!"

Of course he does.

[ar_feiniel]

Liking the Batgirl cover a lot.

[mullon]

Oh no, that dude in the hat is going to shoot the area a foot above Dick Grayson's head. Someone stop him.

[glprime]

Hey, tinnitus is a serious issue. (That's what Archer taught me. Also, when they're dead, they're just called hookers)

[nezchan]

Dick's yelling "You don't fire a gun like that, what are you doing!"

[deepspaceartist]

Did... did Batwoman get psychic powers? She seems to be doing the standard 'time for psychic powers' pose, as perfected by Charles Xavier and Jean Grey.

[glprime]

Pstandard Psychic Pstance? Yep. That or a really bad migraine from a long night of crime-fighting.

[darkknightjrk]

Or she's putting on her mask.

[rdfox]

Or taking it off.

[glprime]

All I can see with the first cover is "Huntreeeeeeesss... PAWNCH!"

[q99]

Huntress looks powerful there! She looks like she's some big-hitter about to activate some superpower or something. Just in her manner!

[midnightvoyager]

Ivy's costume still looks dumb, but at least they're trying some tendril stuff to save it, I guess...? I dunno, still one of the worst redesigns for me.

[celestialchild]

Blue!Dick !!!!!!

Also, Huntress cover is fabulous yet again.

[blackruzsa]

The BoP solicit is interesting, especially the way it's being told :)