16 years ago, Frank Miller came up with a limited series comic book for DC Comics, a four-parter which when compiled together was known as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. It was truly an amazing piece of work and the influence can be seen in the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. The comic [...]

Following the decimation of the team in issue #27, the X-Force team takes a leap of faith (with some really nifty work by Psylocke) 30 years into the future in Uncanny X-Force #28 in chapter 4 of Final Execution. You may say that I’ve got an X-Force bias, but in my defence, I would say [...]

I just finished reading Geoff Johns’ Batman: Earth One and I must say, it is fantastic. The storyline is an unexpected take on Batman’s origins, it feels fresh as almost every notable character gets a fresh take and I’m really appreciative of what Mr Johns has done here. As an origin story, Batman: Earth One [...]

“Holy-crazy-hoot-of-a-brother-you’ve-got-there-Batman!“. I must say DC’s the New 52 has done Batman a great service. The Night of the Owls has just concluded and in Batman #10, a pissed off Batman goes off hunting the Court of the Owls, and comes face to face with….his BROTHER! Yup, the companion story in the same book fleshes out [...]

This week in comics we find the Birds of Prey, Nightwing and Catwoman take on the Talons in their respective Night of the Owls tie-in issues. The most important of these 3 books would be Nightwing #9, as the issue shines a spotlight on Dick Grayson and his past like never before as he battles [...]

Today’s comic book reading brought me on a journey from Batman, to Ayn Rand, to BioShock and back to Batman again. It’s like a whole six-degrees-of-separation kind of thing. I was reading Batman: Cacophony (the limited series in which by the end Batman and the Joker are trying to have some sort of meaningful conversion), [...]

Looks like we’re back in full stride after the holiday season when it comes to comic book releases. One of this week’s standout has to be Batman and Robin #5. What this issue serves to show that even though Batman is generally fearless, he does fear being a sucky dad but being Batman simply prevents [...]

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that the Batman: Arkham City Lockdown game for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the App Store.  Based on DC Comics’ core Batman license, the game brings the Batman: Arkham City™ franchise, one of the most highly acclaimed and best-selling videogame releases of [...]

The bulk of DC Comics’ first issues of the new 52 arrive this week, and among the key highlights are Detective Comics #1, Action Comics #1, Batgirl #1 and Animal Man #1. To me, it is as if the books I’m reading are sharing an overarching theme of being gory, as if the objective here [...]

*Warning, Spoilers Ahead* So, the whole cause of the DC Universe reset was due to the Flash trying to go back in time to save his mother from certain death at the hands of the Reverse Flash, only to cause time to shatter resulting in the events detailed in Flashpoint (and its accompanying books). Upon [...]