Tag: DC Comics

  • Justice League A New Frontier DVD

    [amazon_link id=”B000PFSYO4″ target=”_blank” ]Justice League A New Frontier[/amazon_link] is a very entertaining animated film based on the graphic novel by the same name from Darwyn Cooke. The League is up against The Centre an evil of biblical proportions. Learn the origins of Martian Man Hunter and Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern. Set around he same…

  • Harvey Dent Take Back Gotham

     A few weeks ago on my way to work I noticed a bit of graffiti on a bridge I go under every day. I tried for a few weeks now to get a piture of it one that was clear enough to bother posting. I think this one will do. The top image is a cropped…

  • Heath Ledger Dead at 28

    Heath Ledger died today in a Manhattan apartment said to be owned by Mary-Kate Olsen [this is most likely not true]. According to CNN.com he was pronounced dead at 3:30. We still don’t know the actual cause of death as of yet, but police say it may be a drug overdose as over the counter…

  • Whatever Happened to Our Lesbian Batwoman?

    After hearing about Batwoman being a Lesbian in the 52 comics way back in 2006 I could not wait for the first issue to hit the stands. Even though she did not appear until issue 11. The idea that finally a main character was going to be portrayed as a strong lesbian had me reeling.…

  • One Villain at a Time Please

    The new Batman film is starting to pique my interest. Finally, there is a true dark Dark Knight film. Yes, the first two Batman films were darker and edgier than the rest of the films, which I like to forget about ever existing. The trailer shows a promising story and a scary Joker. Who knew…

  • Batwoman on My Desk

    I got an opener figure today at Suncoast Video. And a discount to boot [the package was all smashed]. Wahoo! She was immediately ripped open, stuck on her stand and placed on a spot of honor on my desk at work. Figre description: Direct from the pages of DC’s Weekly Blockbuster comes Batwoman. Standing at…

  • DC Comics 52

    52 is over. We got a great story over the course of the year and some really good characters stepping up to fill the shoes of the big guns. I for one hope to see many of theses characters again and really, really hope DC will see fit to give Batwoman [in the 52 she’s…

  • Free Comic Book Day Not So Free

    Isn’t Free Comic Book Day about free comics? And getting the comics to the kids? Get them hooked so they buy more comics? Then why, oh why, were the two shops I visited on Saturday May 5th only giving away one free comic then charging for any others you picked up? Granted the one shop…

  • Vertigo Makes Complete First Issue Classics Available for Free

    Now you can read the full first issues of the many Vertigo series that revolutionized comics! Head over to DC/Vertigo to download PDF files of the first issues and start reading. I can guarantee you’ll get hooked on at least one story and have to buy the trade paperback or find all the back issues…