Posts Tagged ‘Brightest Day’

As you know, for a lot of us on the east coast, new releases were pushed to Thursday.  My picks are Batgirl#17, Batman And Robin#19, Birds Of Prey#8, Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors#6, Justice League: Generation Lost#17, Red Robin#19, Superman#707, and don’t forget what should have been last week’s Secret Six#29 (the conclusion to their cameo in the last Action Comics).  For some reason DC usually has one title mistakenly put on the list a week ahead of time.  Such a tease!  Happy Reading.

• AIR VOL. 4: A HISTORY OF THE FUTURE
• THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #3
• BATGIRL #17
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #19
• BATMAN: THE JOKER’S ASYLUM VOL. 2
• BIRDS OF PREY #8
• BOOSTER GOLD #40
• THE CHILL
• DOC SAVAGE #10
• DOOM PATROL: BROTHERHOOD
• GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #6
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #17
• KNIGHT AND SQUIRE #4 (OF 6)
• NORTHLANDERS #36
• R.E.B.E.L.S. #24
• RED ROBIN #19
• SPARTA: U.S.A.
• SUPERMAN #707
• SUPERMAN: THE LAST STAND OF NEW KRYPTON VOL. 2
• T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #3
• TITANS #31
• THE UNWRITTEN #21
• VICTORIAN UNDEAD II: SHERLOCK HOLMES VS. DRACULA #3 (OF 5)
• WONDER GIRL

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And you’d be dumb if you didn’t check out…no offense…but yeah…

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Gods #1 (Guy Davis cover)

—ExSleepyInk

Hello there, fellow geeks!  If you take offense to that, then your New Year’s resolution should be to take yourself less seriously!  This week seems pretty light.  I did notice that they are starting their special logo covers.  What new titles do you plan on picking up for the new year?  DC‘s resolution (or promise, since resolutions never last) should be to cut back on Bat-books.  I plan on putting some titles down.  I already reluctantly quit Zatanna and Legion Of Superheroes just to keep up with the Caped Crusader.  I was toying with picking up JLA and Titans again.  Bah!  This week is Azrael, Batman Beyond, Brightest Day, Secret Six and possibly Steel for me.

• ADVENTURE COMICS #522
• AZRAEL #16
• BATMAN BEYOND #1
• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #52
• BRIGHTEST DAY #17
• DC COMICS PRESENTS: LOBO
• DOOM PATROL #18
• FRACTION
• FREEDOM FIGHTERS #5
• JONAH HEX #63
• JSA ALL-STARS #14
• LOONEY TUNES #194
• SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #5
• SECRET SIX #29
• STARMAN /CONGORILLA
• STEEL
• SUPERBOY #3
• SUPERMAN: NIGHTWING AND FLAMEBIRD
• WEIRD WORLDS #1 (OF 6)

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• HOUSE OF MYSTERY #33
• IZOMBIE #9
• MADAME XANADU VOL. 3: BROKEN HOUSE OF CARDS
• SWEET TOOTH #17

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KANE AND LYNCH #5

–ExSleepyInk

What’s up, boys and girls?  Did you get all your Christmas shopping done?  Me either! Anyone get into the DC Universe Online Beta?  I did!  Look for me in there (I’m Hawk Knight for now).  I like the mechanics.  The menus are a little disorienting at first.  The graphics, though, and the customization are awesome (You can choose from a great deal of body types, outfits, powers, personality, and even your mentor).  However, it took like six hours to load and by the time I got to play I was already really tired, so when I arrived in the huge JLA satellite I became very lost and consfused trying to find my way back to the Gotham City teleport.  That’s when I turned the console off.  Guess I’ll figure it out tomorrow.  I’m just happy to be able to fully experience it after years of waiting and anticipation(and drooling over it at the conventions).

As for tomorrow’s comics, I’m going to pick up Batman, Batman And Robin, Brightest Day and Green Lantern, to name a few.  Cheers!

• BATGIRL: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD
• BATMAN #705
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #18
• BATMAN: ORPHANS #2 (OF 2)
• BIRDS OF PREY #7
• BRIGHTEST DAY #16
• DC COMICS PRESENTS: BATMAN #3
• GREEN LANTERN #60
• GREEN LANTERN/PLASTIC MAN: WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION
• THE MIGHTY CRUSADERS #6 (OF 6)
• R.E.B.E.L.S.: THE SON AND THE STARS
• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: OUR ARMY AT WAR VOL. 1
• THE SPIRIT #9
• SUPERGIRL #59
• SUPERMAN #706
• SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN DELUXE EDITION
• TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL. 3
• TIME MASTERS: VANISHING POINT #5
• TITANS #30

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—ExSleepyInk

Hey guys.  Sorry I haven’t been up to much on the site lately.  I’ve been working on some writing (and just plain working) for the last few weeks.  The least I can do on my downtime is bestow the handy dandy weekly DC list on you, so you can figure out what you want ahead of time.  As for last week’s comics, I wasn’t so impressed by Batman and Robin#17.   Going back further (over the last few months) I’d have to say the book I’ve been most disappointed with is Batman Odyssey.  Having grown up pretty much idolizing Neal Adams, I was really looking forward to this one for a while–especially when he showed me the sketches he was working on for it two Big Apple Cons ago.  Maybe it’s the writing that is throwing me off.  I grew so used to Denny O’Neil (his long time collaborator at DC Comics) being the words behind the drawings.  I guess that was what I was expecting.  Instead, this time around, the dialogue  feels very choppy/spotty and does not show the fluid motion that moved his partner’s storytelling along.  I hate to stop collecting a run half way through, but I almost feel this one might be much better suited to read straight through in trade form.  Don’t quote me on that though.  What are your thoughts on this?

What I did enjoy last week was Detective#871, Batwoman #0, Green Arrow#6, and Justice League: Generation Lost#14(another cool future story).  I’m fixing on getting the Batman 80-Page Giant 2010, Brightest Day#15,  and Secret Six#28 this time around.  Don’t forget that comic day was bumped over to Thursday due to the holiday!

• ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #13
• ADVENTURE COMICS #521
• BATMAN 80-PAGE GIANT 2010
• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #51
• BATMAN: DEAD TO RIGHTS
• BATMAN: ORPHANS #1 (OF 2)
• BOOSTER GOLD: THE TOMORROW MEMORY
• BRIGHTEST DAY #15
• BRIGHTEST DAY VOL. 1
• DC COMICS PRESENTS: BATMAN BEYOND #1
• DOOM PATROL #17
• FREEDOM FIGHTERS #4
• JONAH HEX #62
• JSA ALL-STARS #13
• THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: AXIS OF EVIL
• SECRET SIX #28
• SUPER FRIENDS: HEAD OF THE CLASS

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• AMERICAN VAMPIRE #9
• FABLES VOL. 14: WITCHES
• IZOMBIE #8
• SWEET TOOTH #16
• VERTIGO RESURRECTED: WINTER’S EDGE

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DarkHorse (This is great stuff)

Baltimore: The Plague Ships #5

What’s up, friends?  I don’t know about you, but I can tell you what I’m picking up tomorrow.  Being that the last three issues of Batman And Robin have been nothing short of epic, I will start there.   This (Batman And Robin #16) is the finale we have all been waiting for…Batman VS The Black Glove.  The events from R.I.P. and The Return of Bruce Wayne tie into this issue.  Frazer Irving, sadly, finishes his run here. He gets some help this time around from the talented Cameron Stewart (who has already had his hand in this title).  I must say, I am hoping to see a showdown between Professor Pyg and The Joker.  As harsh of a critic I might have been on Grant Morrison’s Bat-run, I will sorely miss him here.  B&R was his saving grace.  Awesome work, you nut job (and I mean that in the best of ways)! 

     Howard Chaykin’s Batman/Catwoman: Follow The Money One-Shot will be purchased on general principle, out of respect for the man alone.  Now we come to Brightest Day #13.  As much as I would love to take a break from these endless DC spanning events, I have enjoyed this title (for the most part).  This time, the cover of the latest issue should be enough to draw anyone in.  Drawn by David Finch, it is a beautiful picture of a White Lantern Dark Knight.  That’s right!  It is what appears to be Bruce Wayne Batman bathed in white from head to toe!  How awesome would it be if he was the life-giving chosen one?

The only other ones I plan on snatching up this week are Red Hood: Lost Days #6 (the conclusion of Judd Winick’s origin story of Jason Todd/Red Hood)  and Secret Six #27.  I’m glad for a light week, finally!  I Hope this was helpful.  Happy reading, folks!

• ABSOLUTE ALL-STAR SUPERMAN
• ADVENTURE COMICS #520
• BATMAN & ROBIN: BATMAN VS. ROBIN DELUXE EDITION
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #16
• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #50
• BATMAN/CATWOMAN: FOLLOW THE MONEY
• BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL
• BRIGHTEST DAY #13
• CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #53
• DC COMICS PRESENTS: THE FLASH/GREEN LANTERN: FASTER FRIENDS
• DOOM PATROL #16
• FREEDOM FIGHTERS #3
• GREEN LANTERN: AGENT ORANGE
• HUMAN TARGET
• JONAH HEX #61
• JSA ALL-STARS #12
• LOONEY TUNES #192
• RED HOOD: LOST DAYS #6 (OF 6)
• SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #3
• SECRET SIX #27
• SGT. ROCK: THE LOST BATTALION
• SUPERBOY #1

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DV8: GODS AND MONSTERS #8 (OF

…and my Dark Horse pick is…

Baltimore: The Plague Ships #4

Have your wallets been choking on money since the comic con has died down?  We can’t have that.  Look out for your pocket lining’s health and well-being.  Let them breathe.  Buy some comics! 

• AZRAEL #13
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #15
• BATMAN BEYOND #5 (OF 6)
• BRIGHTEST DAY #12
• BRUCE WAYNE – THE ROAD HOME: CATWOMAN
• BRUCE WAYNE – THE ROAD HOME: COMMISSIONER GORDON
• DC COMICS PRESENTS: BATMAN #1
• DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #6 (OF 10)
• DCU HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2010
• FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS #53
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #50
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
• THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #6
• LUTHOR
• POWER GIRL #17
• RAGMAN: SUIT OF SOULS #1
• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN VOL. 1: NEW PRINTING
• THE SPIRIT #7
• SUPERGIRL #57
• SUPERMAN ARCHIVES VOL. 8
• SUPERMAN/BATMAN #77
• TINY TITANS #33

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DV8: GODS AND MONSTERS #7 (OF

Sadly, nothing from Dark Horse and the Mignolavers this week, but stay tuned because I will be letting you in on tons of great things to come in the world of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.!

—ExSleepyInk

This is the last wednesday before the summer draws to a close (although I looks as if the weather thinks it already did).  Make the most of it! sit outside in the sun and read a comic.  just don’t let the heat curl your pages!  Might I recommend Azrael#12, Batman Beyond#4, Birds Of Prey#5 and of course Brightest Day#10?  Looks like I just did.

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• AZRAEL #12
• BATMAN BEYOND #4 (OF 6)
• BIRDS OF PREY #5
• BRIGHTEST DAY #10
• CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #51
• DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #5 (OF 10)
• GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #2
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL
• OUR FIGHTING FORCES
• SUPERGIRL: DEATH AND THE FAMILY
• SUPERMAN: MON-EL VOL. 2: MAN OF VALOR
• TINY TITANS #32
• ZATANNA #5

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Happy Reading!—ExSleepyInk

As always, your weekly DC comic list.  Looks like we’ll start off September light on the wallet.

• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #48
• BATMAN: CACOPHONY
• BRIGHTEST DAY #9
• FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1
• JONAH HEX #59
• JSA ALL-STARS #10
• OUR ARMY AT WAR
• R.E.B.E.L.S. #20
• RED HOOD: LOST DAYS #4 (OF 6)
• SECRET SIX #25
• SUPERMAN/BATMAN: NIGHT AND DAY
• SUPERMAN: THE LAST FAMILY OF KRYPTON #2 (OF 3)
• TINY TITANS: THE FIRST RULE OF PET CLUB…

My definite picks for this week?  Red Hood#4 and Brightest Day#9.  And on the Dark horse tip; be sure to get your fix in the lapses between Hellboy and B.P.R.D., by continuing to follow Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s creation Baltimore: The Plague Ships.  It  features the fantastic art of Ben Stenbeck.  Also, make sure to pick up the third and final issue of Hellboy: The Storm.  This long awaited follow up to the arc Mignola and Fegredo started with Darkness Calls and The Wild Hunt will conclude with another 3 issue series entitled The Fury.

Baltimore: The Plague Ships #2

Hellboy: The Storm #3

—ExSleepyInk

Thank you, Kevin, for bringing this to my attention!  This is what looks to be White Lantern Batman.  Judging from the belt buckle and gauntlets alone I’d say it’s Bruce rather than Dick, but what does it mean?

Feel free to discuss!—ExSleepyInk

Figured I’d get the list up a little earlier for you guys.  Be sure to click on the title for the synopsis and picture on DC’s website.   I was starting to lose interest in Azrael, but last week’s issue (featuring the new creative team of David Hine and Guillem March) hinted towards a new promising run, and it might be worth picking up this week.  Be sure to pick up Streets of Gotham which is shedding more light into the past and on the Wayne’s relationship with the Elliot’s (Hush’s parents).  It includes a Two-Face second feature; which for some reason is longer than the main House of Hush story.  I found that kind of weird.  Don’t forget to follow the DCU’s search for the White Lantern in the next Brightest Day.

And for those of you that haven’t had the sense to know what is good for you (I’ve been laying it on pretty heavy), please pick up this bargain comic.  It’s a reprint of the first Hellboy.  You have to get started somewhere!

1 for $1: Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

—ExSleepyInk