"Detective Comics"

Do The Prices Of Monthly Comic Books Really Matter?

With the help from some of our previous poll results we take a look at just how much comic book prices actually matter…

Detective Comics #9 Review

With Detective Comics #9 Tony Daniel and the rest of the team joins the Night of the Owls cross-over with an assault on Arkham Asylum. The Talons come for Jeremiah Arkham, but find they’ve bitten off more than they can chew when they’re met with an inmate break-out.

The New 52 From A Newbie’s [Kinda] Perspective: Part 3

Here is the third and final part of my reviews of the New 52. Let the high praise and/or carnage come to an end.

The Latest Court of Owls Victim, DC’s Holding The Line At $2.99

Starting with issue #8 of Batman and Detective Comics each title will move from $2.99 to $3.99; the prices come with more pages (from 32 to 40) which will host new back-ups to each book. The back-ups in Batman are also the start of DC’s first post-relaunch crossover event, “Night of the Owls,” written by current Batman writer Scott Snyder and penciled by his partner from American Vampire, Rafael Albuquerque.

No one likes more expensive comics, but a Bat-event with the likes of Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, and Rafael Albuquerque? Touche DC. Touche.

Favorite DC Comic Books of 2011

What a year for DC. A universe-defining event in Flashpoint, wrapping up final issues, and the relaunching of an entire line of books gave fans one heck of a rollercoaster, and although were now well into DC’s “New 52″ the lasting impression from the titles that came before are still fresh in our minds (and in some cases will never leave). DC’s complete body of work in 2011 is unlike any year we’ve ever seen; still, everyone has a favorite…

Our favorite DC books category includes any comic book series from 2011; before or after the relaunch.

Favorite Comic Writers of 2011

2011, to say the least, was big for comics. After cooling down from mega events (kind of) DC and Marvel returned to the form with Flashpoint and Fear Itself, all of which was overshadowed by DC’s relaunch, The New 52. Several big creators from the 90′s returned to the big time, the 22-page format began to dwindle away, and if that wasn’t enough this was THE YEAR of day-and-date digital comics, more than 50% of comics sold every Wednesday are now available digitally the same day their released in stores.

So in honor of the last year we are returning to our “favorites” – throughout the coming weeks each writer for the site gets one selection for different categories such as favorite writers and artists to their favorite character, book, cover, death, and more, each spanning the 2011 year.

Our favorite writers category includes any comic book writer from 2011; whether they wrote a monthly comic series, an original graphic novel, one single issue, or were the host to a span of different content, if they wrote comics, they could be someone’s favorite.

10 Comic Book Gifts That Should Be In Your Letter To Santa

Tis the season to get stuff; whether your buying for someone else or crossing items off your own list Christmas is a great time to fill out that empty space on your comic shelf, to finally buy (or hopefully get) that one trade/hardcover/omnibus you’ve been thinking about for six months. To help you shop for a comic fan or figure out to spend that gift card you got we’ve come up with 10 comic book gifts that would look good on any letter to Santa, we’ve even done some of the shopping for yah.

Detective Comics #2 Review

Tony Daniel continues his run on the Dark Knight with the second issue of Detective Comics.

New 52: Week 1 Wrap-Up [Roundtable]

Authors of the site get together and discuss the first week of the DC Comics relaunch; what surprised us, what disappointed us, what left us wanting more and any other general thoughts on the week as a whole…the pile of opinions was mixed to say the least.

New 52: First Batch Review [Opinion]

Wayland chimes in on the first weeks of new #1′s.

Detective Comics #1 Review

Bruce Wayne is back in Gotham and intent on recapturing the Joker no matter the cost.  But as the battle escalates between the two, the arrival of the mysterious Dollmaker threatens to unleash a new Joker the world has never seen.

Where To Start Reading: The DC Comics Relaunch

On August 31st DC Comics will relaunch their entire fictional universe (the “DC Universe”) with 52 new #1 comic issues, all of which will be ongoing books that are released once a month. No matter if your a die-hard fan or new to comics 52 new books of an entirely relaunched universe can be a lot to process.

Our “Where to Start” for the DC Comics relaunch is a streamlined list to help you with all of DC’s new books; 10 titles that we think are the most essential and cover the many pockets of the whole DC Universe. The list is written in order of their release date, so you can plan accordingly, we’ll explain why we think each book is important along with a related suggestion for another #1 that you might enjoy.