“The events of this issue take place before FLASHPOINT and the New 52.” Grrrr. Batman, Inc. was in my view the Best Grant Morrison Batman Story since “Batman & Son.”  It was odd and often nonlinear, but not so much so as to be frustrating or hopelessly confusing.  It was full of Bat-trivia, but not so [...]

Celebrating the best of the year….Hit the break.

DC copped 40% issues sold, Marvel got 38%.  Of course, DC is down a lot.  22% to be exact.  But that’s totally to be expected, with the media push and 52 #1s in one month.  I’d expect a little more downturn in the coming months.  They’re still up from their pre-New 52 market share, but [...]

IT’S THE ULTIMATE “WHO WOULD WIN A FIGHT” QUESTION!

IGN published a top 100 comic book heroes that made me crazy, both in its predictability (Hey! Superman and Bats are #s 1 and 2!), overinclusiveness (every single Robin except Damian Wayne (who is the most interesting one by far), as well as Superboy and Supergirl?  Really?) and its attempts to be esoteric without providing [...]

At the break, you can read my thoughts about the best of the new 52 and what I think of Starfire’s boobs.  But the headline has to be the new Avengers trailer, and related news… First off, the trailer is awesome.  Why is it awesome?  Cap uses a gun!  Avengers Tower!  Updated costumes (except, strangely, [...]

The above-the-cut news has to be that THE D.C. CRISES ON INFINITE EARTH FINALS NEVER HAPPENED!  Kinda. DC Comics publisher Dan Didio Facebooked on Tweeter or Tweeted on Facebook or something that “there have been no Crisis events in the New DCU.”  Some fanboys are all pissed off because, like, those were such big events, [...]

So, the new 52 is out.  Was it worth it?  Well, for one thing, they got me interested enough to check out more than half of what they published in a month.  Usually, I have maybe 3 DC books on my regular pull list and a few more that I check out in trade.  So [...]

From the mouths of babes. My kid said to me yesterday, after we read the fantastic Batman #1, “They should have just killed them all and then did the new 52!” I agree. That would have been awesome: Old U, everybody dies. Then reboot. That would have been cool as shit, plus they would have [...]

The JSA doesn’t exist in “our” world—they’re going to get their own Earth-2 series. Vertigo exists in our world…Except when it doesn’t.  Swamp Thing and Constantine are here—but it’s not clear whether the “Sweet Tooth” world will be explained and “fit in” to the new DCU.  I always assumed Swampy and Consty were already in [...]