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Ahead of the return of Blackest Night next week comes the return of actual comics discussion on this blog ( )with the previews for Green Lantern Corps #39 and Blackest Night: Batman #1 from IGN.
As usual, it looks like the GLC title is firing on all cylanders.  Peter Tomasi, in a similar way [...]

This week saw the launch of DC’s new weekly experiment: Wednesday Comics.
For those that don’t know, its markedly different to their previously weeklies, which took the form of normal comics.  This time, they’ve launched something in broadsheet form, printed on newspaper (and nicely folded up to regular comic size for the benefit of the shelves).
Its [...]

After the fun, widescreen-style action in the first issue, the second issue of Grant Morrison’s new Batman and Robin series shifts the focus back to characterisation.
We see the fallout from some of the events in the first issue.  I quite enjoyed the rooftop scene between Gordon and the new Batman and Robin, with Gordon admitting [...]

After RIP, Final Crisis and Battle for the Cowl, we’ve finally got the first issue with the new Batman and Robin as Grant Morrison teams up once again with Frank Quitely.
This is a great first issue.  As I’ve said before, I’m very enthusiastic for the idea of Dick as Batman with Damian as Robin, and [...]

And so, Battle for the Cowl comes to a close, finally revealing what everyone guessed months ago, that Dick Grayson is the new Batman.
Of course, since most people had Dick pegged as the new Bat from the beginning, really this series was more about the journey and seeing him get to that point. And [...]

IGN have released solicits for the August round of Blackest Night titles, including the first issues of the various tie-in miniseries.
It all looks excellent.  Green Lantern #45 will be dealing with the war of light, with Sinestro getting around to dealing with the Zamarons (who have been converting members of his Sinestro Corps to Star [...]

IGN have released a first look at the cover to Blackest Night #2 and what a great cover it is
While they note this is just a pre-release look at the image and it’ll probably have an extra layer of polish and inking done before the final version is revealed, I think the cover’s [...]

The second issue of Battle for the Cowl moves things along at a fair old pace. I must admit, one thing I’m taking away from this three issue mini-series (which I’m enjoying immensely), is that it could’ve easily been a bit longer.
Once again, Tony Daniel is firing on all cylanders here. Ignoring my [...]

I just watched this great gameplay trailer for the new Batman Arkham Asylum game.   I really like the look of this gameplay, with it playing up Batman’s stealth and tactics, more than just jumping in and relying on button-mashing kung-fu to take down a group of villains.

There’s been some new Blackest Night #0 tidbits courtesy of Andrew NDB at the Green Lantern Corps Message Board, as he’s posted up the checklist for the first few months of Blackest Night.
There seems to be a heavy Secret Invasion influence in the way they’re carrying out this event. In that the tie-ins are [...]