DETECTIVE COMICS #950 and ALL-STAR BATMAN #7 This Week!
If you haven’t bought a DC superhero comic recently now is absolutely the best time to get onboard. In case you’ve been living under a giant Kryptonian meteor for the past year, DC has recently re-launched pretty much every book they’ve got branding their new initiative “Rebirth”. And if you are a Batman fan, you are in luck because there is a whole slew of books featuring our favorite caped crusader all worth your time and hard earned bucks.
This week, we see 2 Batman books that are definitely worth a look. First comes a milestone #950 issue of the ongoing DETECTIVE COMICS. These days old bats is training a motley crew of characters (including Clayface!) to help clean up the streets of Gotham. Sure jumping in on issue #950 may sound daunting, but I assure you this prologue issue is a great opportunity to dive in.
‘League of Shadows’ prologue! Celebrate 950 issues of the original Batman series with this extra-sized extravaganza! Cassandra Cain has stayed out of the spotlight on Batman’s team as she slowly comes to terms with the civilized world she was kept away from all her life, but the time for her to step up is fast approaching! Will she ever learn how to fit in among the masses, or will she always be more weapon than woman? Plus: a primer on the history of the League of Assassins, and an adventure with the team’s newest recruit: Azrael, the Avenging Angel!
If that’s not enough, this week we get the next issue of fan-favorite Scott Snyder’s ALL-STAR BATMAN with issue #7. After an intense arc featuring Two-Face, the spotlight now shines on Poison Ivy. It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten a solid Ivy arc, and so far, this one is pretty great.
'Poison Promises’! Step aside, gentlemen-Poison Ivy is about to steal the spotlight in Batman’s continuing rogues gallery road trip. Scott Snyder teams up with mega-talent Tula Lotay to reimagine the Dark Knight’s most seductive villain.
And besides DETECTIVE COMICS and ALL-STAR BATMAN, don’t forget to get caught up on the ongoing BATMAN and JUSTICE LEAGUE titles as well which are both starting to get collected in trade paperback form.
Words by Jason Furie
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