Top 10: Batman Stories

The seed for this article was planted during a conversation I was having during which I made an off-hand comment about the best Batman stories. It began life as the “Top Ten Batman Stories of All Time”, but after Dark Knight Returns and “Year One” I had trouble ranking my other picks in any kind of order. It stuck in my head until I had to write it. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized my best of isn’t going to be someone else’s best (and some of my choices are a bit wonky and even wonkier is what DIDN’T make the list). So, I settled for the Batman stories (single issues or multi-issue storylines) that I personally find the most memorable.

Recommended Picks for September 30, 2009

Hot Pick! Umbrella Academy Volume 2: Dallas TP Dark Horse Comics (W) Gerard Way (A) Gabriel Bá & Dave Stewart The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own, and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it’s a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team [...]

Spider-Woman #1

Spider-Woman #1 Marvel Comics (w) Brian Michael Bendis (a) Alex Maleev FC 32 pgs w/ ads $3.99 US / Higher in Canada After a few false starts and a lot of talk, Bendis finally has his Spider-Woman comic book. I’ve been waiting for this title since Bendis and the Luna Brothers retold Spider-Woman’s origin in [...]

Comics Shipping This Week: September 30, 2009

Shipping This Week: 9/30/2009 Every Monday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS AUG091692 GAME TRADE MAGAZINE [...]

Beasts of Burden #1

Beasts of Burden #1 Dark Horse Comics (w) Evan Dorkin (a) Jill Thompson FC 32 pgs w/ ads $2.99 US / Higher in Canada These characters have appeared before in Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, Witchcraft, Dead and Monsters (for which that story received an Eisner award for best short story). The overall story focuses [...]

Solomon Kane Movie Trailer

Robert E. Howard’s other creation, the 16th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is making it to the big screen. Maybe. Independently produced with a $40 million budget but no major studio releasing it in the US, it may just end up going direct to video. Here’s the first trailer.

Top 10: Daredevil Stories

This time around, the Man Without Fear: Daredevil. DD has always been one of my favourite characters, and his stories have always been among my favourite reads. Having said that, I never got into the Ann Nocenti / John Romita Jr. run or that whacky Daredevil in armour period, where he tried to pretend that Matt Murdock was dead and he was someone else. I just didn’t care for Nocenti’s take on the character and dropped it quickly. I DID pick up quite a bit of the “armour” run but STILL found it unreadable. Those two eras spanned roughly #250 to #380– almost thirteen solid years where one of my favourite books was ransacked.

Recommended Picks for September 23, 2009

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This Week’s comics: September 23, 2009

Shipping This Week: 9/23/2009 Every Monday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time. DARK HORSE COMICS MAY090080 BRIDE OF [...]

The Dead Boy Detectives

The two dead boy detectives that headline this graphic novel are Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, two British school boys from different eras who are now ghosts and crime solvers to boot. They first appeared in The Sandman: The Seasons of Mist, in which they died but escaped Death’s grasp. Since then, they’ve been solving crimes, first in London and now in Chicago.

Edwin and Charles are contacted through traditional means by young Annika Abernathy, a student at the upper class International Academy in Chicago. She doesn’t know these two are in fact deceased. She believes she is contacting two young boys known for their sleuthing skills and their dedication to helping children when no one else will. Annika’s best friend has vanished, but none of the teachers at the school seem to care. They, in fact, outright refuse to acknowledge anything about the missing girl. In order for Edwin and Charles to investigate this case properly they will need access to the school. The catch is that the school is an all-girls school, meaning the boys have to disguise themselves as female students.