"Batman Group" November 2012 Solicits

TALON #2
Written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH
1:25 Variant cover by KEN LASHLEY
1:100 B&W Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale NOVEMBER 28 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• What is THE TOMB OF THE UNWORTHY?
• How might the surviving members of The Court of Owls use it to destroy Calvin Rose once and for all?
• Introducing an assassin even more dangerous than Talon!

 

BATMAN, INCORPORATED #5
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art and cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
Variant cover by FRAZER IRVING
1:100 B&W Variant cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
RESOLICIT • On sale NOVEMBER 28 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $3.99 US
• War in the skies of Gotham City!
• Bat-robots versus Talia’s Man-Bat armies!
• Leviathan and The Heretic increase the hostilities to a whole new level!
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

BATMAN #14
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Backup story written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION
Backup story art by JOCK
Cover by GREG CAPULLO
Variant cover by TREVOR McCARTHY
1:100 B&W Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO
On sale NOVEMBER 14 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
• “DEATH OF THE FAMILY” continues!
• The Joker is back and somehow more sinister than ever! What caused this change? And can even Batman stop a Joker so driven and dangerous?
• And where is Alfred?
• Plus: In the backup feature, The Penguin is running out of options as he’s confronted by The Joker!
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

 

DETECTIVE COMICS #14
Written by JOHN LAYMAN
Art and cover by JASON FABOK
Backup story art by JOCK
1:25 B&W Variant cover by JASON FABOK
On sale NOVEMBER 7 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
• When Bruce Wayne’s life is saved by The Penguin, what surprises are in store for The Dark Knight?
• And in the backup story, an intimate look at Gotham City’s most dangerous foes provides a hint of the maelstrom to come.
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #14
Written by GREGG HURWITZ
Art and cover by DAVID FINCH
1:25 B&W Variant cover by DAVID FINCH
On sale NOVEMBER 28 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Kidnapped and tortured by the Scarecrow, The Dark Knight is finally free and looking for serious payback!
• Is this the end of Scarecrow’s reign of terror? Not by a long shot….

BATMAN AND ROBIN #14
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by PATRICK GLEASON and MICK GRAY
On sale NOVEMBER 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Damian sets out to take down the Z Club!
• Batfans won’t want to miss this lead-in to the “DEATH OF THE FAMILY” event!

BATGIRL #14
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art and cover by ED BENES
On sale NOVEMBER 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• A “DEATH OF THE FAMILY” tie-in as Barbara tries to save her family from a fate much worse than death!
• Has Batgirl come this far just to fall victim once again to The Joker?

BATWOMAN #14
Written by J.H. WILLIAMS and W. HADEN BLACKMAN
Art and cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
1:25 B&W variant cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
On sale NOVEMBER 21 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• The Batwoman/Wonder Woman team-up epic continues!
• Batwoman may be out of her league as she chases down Medusa!

CATWOMAN #14
Written by ANN NOCENTI
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL and JORDI TARROGONA
Cover by TREVOR McCARTHY
On sale NOVEMBER 21 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• A “DEATH OF THE FAMILY” tie-in!
• Catwoman is caught in The Joker’s trap as he toys with her mind.
• But The Joker should beware because Catwoman always comes to play!

BATWING #14
Written by JUDD WINICK
Art by MARCUS TO and RYAN WINN
Cover by MARCUS TO
On sale NOVEMBER 7 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Batwing will need all the help he can get to take down a death cult led by Father Lost!

BIRDS OF PREY #14
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Art by ROMANO MOLENAAR and VICENTE CIFUENTES
Cover by ROMANO MOLENAAR
On sale NOVEMBER 21 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• The Birds of Prey are hot on the trail of a mysterious cult with ties to Katana!
• But their hunt is about to be intercepted by the powerful force of CONDOR!
• And what is the connection between the Birds and the Teen Titans?

NIGHTWING #14
Written by TOM DeFALCO
Art by ANDRES GUINALDO and MARK IRWIN
Cover by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
On sale NOVEMBER 21 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• The epic martial arts throwdown of the year: Nightwing vs. Lady Shiva!
• Nightwing may be outmatched this time, but he’s not going down without a fight!
• This issue leads directly into the “DEATH OF THE FAMILY’ event!

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #14
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art by PASCAL ALIXE
Cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT
On sale NOVEMBER 21 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• Just as the team gets back to Earth, they are interrupted by SUPERMAN.
• There’s a Black Market alien technology being fenced and the Man of Steel has traced a connection to the Red Hood!
• An old friend of Jason is coming for him leading up to next month’s “DEATH OF THE FAMILY” tie-in issue!

A Look Ahead: Which Comics I Hope to Buy in September

Here's a look at the comics I'm hoping to get in September!

Batman #0
Written by: Scott Snyder (main & back-up), James Tynion IV (back-up)
Art by: Greg Capullo (main) & Andy Clarke (back-up)
• Bruce Wayne has returned from his worldwide quest to take the law into his own hands!
• This issue reveals the early steps of building everything that surrounds Batman – the costume, the cave, the car, the gadgets!

Batman: The Dark Knight #0
Written by: Gregg Hurwitz
Art by: David Finch
• Batman takes on the most important case of his career as a detective – who murdered his parents?
• Meet Joe Chill and explore the epic conspiracy to wipe out the Wayne family!

Earth-2 #0
Written by: James Robinson
Art by: Tomas Giorello
• It’s the tragic origin of Earth 2’s greatest villain!
• Don’t miss Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in action on Earth 2!

The Flash #0
Written & Art by: Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato
• At last, it’s the origin of The Flash!
• The loss of his mother put Barry Allen on the road to becoming a hero, but only when he gains his powers will he understand her most important lesson.

Green Arrow #0
Written by: Judd Winick
Art by: Freddie E Williams II
• Oliver Queen is young, rich and reckless…what could possibly go wrong?
• Discover the events leading up to the birth of Green Arrow, and Ollie’s history with Roy Harper!

Green Lantern #0
Written by: Geoff Johns
Art by: Doug Mahnke
PROLOGUE TO THE THIRD ARMY!
• The introduction and origin of a surprising new Green Lantern!
• Where are Hal Jordan and Sinestro?

Green Lantern Corps #0
Written by: Peter J. Tomasi
Art by: Fernando Pasarin
PROLOGUE TO THE THIRD ARMY!
• The New 52 origin of Guy Gardner!
• Guy’s past has a way of catching up with him, and this issue is no exception!

Green Lantern: New Guardians #0
Written by: Tony Bedard
Art by: Aaron Kuder
PROLOGUE TO THE THIRD ARMY!
• A new team forms as Atrocitus, Larfleeze, Star Sapphire Carol Ferris, Saint Walker, Arkillo and Kyle Rayner prepare for war against the Guardians of the Universe!

Justice League #0
Written by: Geoff Johns
Art by: Gary Frank
• Billy Batson takes center stage in this issue as he unleashes the awesome power of Shazam in a special origin story!
• Also featuring the not-to-be-missed origin of Pandora and the next seeds of TRINITY WAR

Red Lanterns #0
Written by: Peter Milligan
Art by: Ardian Syaf
PROLOGUE TO THE THIRD ARMY!
• Don’t miss this secret chapter of the Red Lantern Corps, as the legacy of Atrocitus’s violent past unfolds!
• Witness a prophecy that threatens to change everything!

Superman #0
Written by: Scott Lobdell
Art by: Kenneth Rocafort
• Welcome the new creative team of Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort as they take us back to the days when Jor-El learned the truth about Krypton’s imminent destruction!
• Plus: More on the introduction of the Eradicators

Team Seven #0
Written by: Justin Jordan
Art by: Jesus Merino
• Threads of the entire DC Universe collide in this new series set in the early days of The New 52 from writer Justin Jordan (The Strange Talents of Luther Strode).
• As Superman emerges, so too does the world’s counter measures against him and his kind!
• Dinah Lance, Amanda Waller, Steve Trevor, John Lynch, Alex Fairchild, Cole Cash, Slade Wilson are Team 7 – and their story will change everything you know about The New 52!

Teen Titans #0
Written by: Scott Lobdell
Art by: Tyler Kirkham

• Focusing on the origin of Tim Drake; how a would be Olympic star and computer genius went on to become Batman’s third Robin.

• Plus: The beginnings of Skitter and Bunker.

Worlds' Finest #0
Written by: Paul Levitz
Art by: Kevin Maguire
• It’s the origin of Supergirl and Robin on Earth 2! • How did their first mission on that world affect their situation as Power Girl and Huntress today?

6/27/2012 Previews

Cover to Batman: The Dark Knight #10 by David Finch

Cover to The Flash #10 by Francis Manapul

Cover to Green Lantern: New Guardians #10 by Tyler Kirkham

Cover to Justice League #10 by Jim Lee

Cover to Teen Titans #10 by Brett Boothf

New Guardians #8 and Batman: The Dark Knight #9 Reviews!

So I picked out two issues that were my two favorite issues out of the ones that I bought yesterday. Those two turned out to be Green Lantern: New Guardians #8 and Batman: The Dark Knight #9. First up...New Guardians.

Green Lantern: New Guardians #8 cover by Tyler Kirkham

Green Lantern: New Guardians #8

Written by: Tony Bedard

Art by: Tyler Kirkham & BATT

Summary

• The Korugarians are sentencing the Weaponer of Qward to death for his membership in the Sinestro Corps
• Arkillo saves him from death
• Arkillo questions the Weaponer about where everything is (Central Battery and what happened to the Corpsmen and such)
• Cuts back to an hour earlier with the New Guardians escaping from Invictus's base
• The New Guardians find out that the Sinestro Corps has been taken out
• Arkillo runs off
• Munk gets called away (for the stuff going on in "Secrets of the Indigo Tribe" over in Green Lantern)
• Bleez takes charge
• Back to Korugar...
• Arkillo and Weaponer fight off an army of Korugarians
• They escape into the sewers
• He explains how Sinestro and Hal took down the Sinestro Corps by themselves
• He reveals that he made his own Yellow Ring not connected to Sinestro's Corps.
• Arkillo accepts it and he attacks the approaching Korugarians

Thoughts

This was a really good issue. I can't believe I stopped buying this series...what is wrong with me?? Hahaha. I plan to buy this series again. Definitely for sure. Especially leading up to the Third Army event. Can't wait!!! Like I said yesterday...9.5/10

Arkillo is actually really cool. Just saying.

Batman: The Dark Knight #9 cover by David Finch

Batman: The Dark Knight #9

Written by: Judd Winick

Art by: David Finch & Richard Friend

Summary

• We see the Talon that was sent to kill Lincoln March
• He gets shot in the head by Lincoln (after he stabbed Lincoln in the chest)
• Cuts back to "Years ago" when the Talon was at Haly's Circus
• The Ringmaster killed him
• He walked out of it in a zombie-like state
• Then he became the Talon for the court but after a while, he became old and futile
• Turns out, this was the Talon who was supposed to be replaced by Dick
• He fails to assassinate a target
• The Court decides to replace him
• Back to the present when he fights Lincoln. Before Lincoln shot him, he tasered him as well
• Then Batman shows up and Lincoln pulls the trigger (this is all seen from Batman's POV in Batman #9, which I do believe I reviewed here)
• He wakes up and begins attacking Batman
• Bats knocks him out a window tot he ground
• We then see the Bat-family searching for the Talon, but he has escaped into the sewer

Thoughts

Just like New Guardians, I really enjoyed this issue. Granted it was Judd Winick's writing instead of David Finch's in this issue, so it was bound to be better. I am honestly reconsidering what series I will be buying from here on out after these two issues... So just like New Guardians, this issue gets a 9.5/10. Only reason it didn't get a 10/10 is that the cover and solicit lied and said Tim Drake would be starring in this issue. 

This is the only time you see Tim in this entire issue...