New Comic Wednesday: To know me is to love me

Merry Christmas Eve everyone! I know it is hard to go get your comics on Christmas Eve, so hopefully the comic shop you get your comics at let you do a hold. If not, I'm sure you can get away for a few minutes... not that I am telling you to.

Also, I am thinking of trying to make this blog into a site that I can start showing off my work. I just need to try to see if I can get a digital software going so I can color on the computer (I suck at coloring) and  probably a scanner. Any suggestions, please let me know. 

First, I need to look at the Secret Origins more closely because I almost did not pick this up. Besides knowing who Helena is, we kinda needed to know how Grayson got into the Spyral spy gig! And this is what we needed to know! I mean, you just don't go and ask, "Hey, can I be a spyral spy?" 

It was quite interesting, of course I only read the Dick Grayson part. The other two Secret Origin files are Animal Man and Katana. 

To know Grayson is to love him! 

So, for all of you people who like to read Grayson to see his beautiful self! Well, we already know Grayson and love him, now we need to know Helena. But now that I have read it, I wonder if the whole thing was real. It's just like reading the Killing Joke. Stop mind blocking me! I just want to know the truth! Though, at least I know that they didn't shoot Grayson! 

Unless, between the times Rock went off from the group in the bar and came back... there was a switch from the real Rock to Grayson disguised as Rock (not to be confused with Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson).  So, the information we learned from this bald-headed, scar-wielding man could be true. I don't want to spoil it... but it isn't really different from original Helena Bertinelli. Though, I don't really care if they make a different Helena Bertinelli... I like the Helena Wayne Huntress. They just weren't that creative. I'm sure it is better to keep it simple so they don't lose track of the stories. I thought they had someone to make sure everything is straight with the facts. 

Now that the boy wonder is back, Robin Alpha comes out with it's smooth feeling pages. I love it. Why don't they print all their comics in this material. And I am sorry, but the best picture is the fourth page (or fifth if you don't count the title page) with Alfred getting armed. Slick back your hair and get your guns out. No one can be classy as Alfred. Admit it... 

Even though the first few pages of the comic is just an expansion of the couple last pages of Batman and Robin 37. But I love the double page spread of Batman right when he puts the shard in Damien so he can live again. Just the grief with possibly getting back his parents instead of Damien. You chose well, Batman. 

Though, I thought they were gonna elaborate on Batman fainting, but no. He just faints out of exhaustion, but there are no lasting effects. What is that? Whatever, I thought there was gonna be some dramatic thing where Damien realizes how much Bruce went through to bring him back. Though, will Batman be over shadowed by Robin now? He don't need no man to help him fight crime. 

Though, I do love the art better than the last few issues of Batman and Robin. I am a fan of comic art. On the other hand, sometimes annuals aren't done as well as the actual issues... it is annoying. I swear. 

Until next time, we will see what happens to the dynamic duo!

Now next week, I saw what is on the list to pick up... I am debating on just taking a break until NEXT YEAR! That is crazyyyyy. 

Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year!  

New Comic Wednesday: Batman and Shazam... everywhere

I am sure, if you follow any comic book or Star Wars page you probably have seen the many variant covers Marvel has been putting out since they are releasing Star Wars again. You know that they are going to take full advantage of Star Wars, one of the biggest merchandisers. Disney is making me poor... My favorite is this Spiderman cover spin-off. Leia can save herself... to a point.

Probably my favorite variant announcements are the DC Movie Poster variants. Anyone attracted to men knows they love the Magic Mike Justice League variant. It's the greatest, you have to admit it! My second favorite is the Wonder Woman 300 poster. I wish they chose a different character to have the Jailhouse Rock cover. Elvis is my favorite, but as some of you know Harley isn't my favorite. 

While the previous week results in not having any comics to read, the week after just comes with too many comics. It's a curse, isn't? Anyway, are we coming closer to what is the cause of the end of the multiversity. It always seems like we go to another issue, and just come out with more questions. At least the guide comes out soon!

What have we learned in this issue, besides Sivana has contacted his multiverse selves and came out with one good self? Never trust a man... no that's not it. Don't give out your last name on the first date...? Let's stick with important things. We have learned that Shazam is pretty cool, I like Tiger Shazam, but that is only because I love tigers. Still, I hope the guide helps. I'm still lost. I don't know much about the multiverse. I'm reading Infinite Crisis: Fight for the multiverse, and they are more straightforward with their evil. 

The moment we have been waiting for! Or at least I have been waiting for it... the Batfamily is out of danger... for now... and into the batcave. Might want Alfred to prepare some revitalizing food because I'm sure Darkseid and his son wants to go wreak havoc. I kind of wish this comic was a little more popular because DC releasing both Batman and Batman and Robin 37 out on the same week kills me. And I don't know if I can be revived with a chaos shard... but it would be cool wouldn't? I probably would get super powers! 

I can also say that my prediction for how Robin comes back was WRONG. Not that it is a big deal being wrong. Find out how he really comes back in Batman and Robin 37... that's not a spoiler because we knew it was coming. Don't you love happy endings... sort of...? I wonder how Damien would react to Dick Grayson beint dead... sort of. This is assuming this story-line is different from the regular Batman story line. Batman has 99 problems but Talia ain't one. 

Lastly, the masterpiece of comics. Batman. Truly, with every major event Batman get's crazy good. With the whole city going after Batman like the Justice League, Batman is still trying to save the city and the friends that are trying to hurt him. And laugh while doing so. It's crazy how laughs can carry viruses. Hopefully no one picks up this comic and gets any crazy ideas. Don't be a Sivana. That is the real lesson today on this comic Wednesday. I don't want to say too much because I do not even know how to explain it in words how crazy Batman is. The joker really whipped up his own masterpiece while Snyder whips up a comic masterpiece. I swear, people need to realize the grandness of comic books. Not just the collecting side of it, the actual stories that come out with these infinite possibilities.

Like in every event-related issue the art is always fantastic, and creepy (as it should be in this comic). Can Batman find a cure to save his city? Is Joker just some crazy mad scientist? 

As always I root for the good guy! Team Batman!

New Comic Wednesday: Team Robin is robin' my heart!

I don't know if I talked about this yet, but there was news running around my Facebook feed that Gotham might show the FLYING GRAYSONS! Though I wonder how old they would be... They would technically have to be a little older than Bruce? But after reading another article that explained there will be no Harley Quinn this season (because she will probably be the same age as Poison Ivy and actothing like the harley fans love) they explained that there will be a pre-natal Dick Grayson! Yay!

 

It seems every batman title is going up against a major villain! Everyone already knows that Darksied had to show eventually. Its his hellish world afterall. No one cares about Kalibak. Anyway, if anyone reads the previews book they pretty much revealed that Robin will live again, but with powers! This will be significant because he will be the first Robin with superpowers in Earth Prime! Crazy, I know. 

Anyway,  I like how they make Barbara look super useless in this comic. Like she isn't really there for a reason. That is just how it looks in this comic so far. No love for barbara I guess. They found Damien, but now they have to fight a big threat. Four people with no superpowers and one with a special suit. Oh, and a dog. Not counting cyborg because he currently became useless. 

My guess is in the next issue Robin somehow comes back to life and kicks some Darksied butt by himself. Just a thought. 

Also, out is Loki Agent of... Axis not Asgard #8! I don't have time to talk about it right now, but I will later~! 

Also, the next part of Multiversity is out! Pax Americana! Should be crazy like the rest I am sure. 

New Comic Wednesday: Who would win in a fight? Superman or Batman...

The real question is Superman or Goku... but if you knew both sides well you would know the answer,  sorry... 

Anyway! 

The Eternal Jester Prince is back. Officially. 

Behind the face of someone we thought was harmless lied the face of someone incredibly dangerous. We can barely understand or predict! That's what is so great about the joker. A criminal mastermind that is totally random. At least I don't think like the joker, so I wouldn't know. 

But what was this second story in the back of batman? Robot Joker Apocalypse! It will be continued, so hopefully we understand more. 

But... joker might be the eternal jester prince, but batman is the eternal darkness king! The dark knight! People are gonna ask me, do you think batman is dead? Obviously not, batman has future issues planned out. But even if the previews book didnt exist... batman won't die until Dick Grayson is back to take over. 

Evem if he is dead. Guess what is out now? Remastered Batman ... Adam... West version! And my first love BURT WARD! 

Now to try to balance my life out with a Marvel comic. I should have bought Superior Iron Man... I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO THE NEW THOR IS! From what I can understand... she has to be a normal human. Cause she talks like an asgardian, but she thinks like a regular human... almost like a teenager. Ugh. This makes me mad. I'm almost ready to just skim through. We know who captain america is, but who is she?! 

New Comic Wednesday: WE ARE FAMILY

I haven't had a chance to watch Arrow and Flash yet, but of course I am loving the drama within Gotham and the Penguin's conspiracy theory of a war. Besides Gotham,  I've been following a YouTube series of my favorite hero... drum roll please... Nightwing! It's purely fan-made and its wonderful so far. The episodes are really short,  but they come out weekly as well. The web-series has familiar comic book names like my other favorite, Jason Todd. They also have Barbara Gordon, Bruce Wayne, and Deathstroke! They borrow little things from comics, as well as having their own little creative twist.
The YouTube series is easily located if you type in "Nightwing the Series" or their YouTube name Ismahawk!

It seems the stories that you hope that will come out , monthly come out weekly instead, and the stories you want seem to take their sweet time to come to stores. I am really excited for Batman and Robin: Robin Rises. I like Damien as a Robin. A lot of people don't like him, but I think it is just a different challenge for Batman.
Now, I like how the story is bringing the Bat-Family together (except Dick Grayson :(). Barbara Gordon, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake know what's at stake here and how important Damien is. So I like how they will do almost anything to help Batman complete his family (minus dick...).
At some point, I want to know what the time line is like for all the Batman stories.  I assume the main Batman story line is after this Batman and Robin story line. I am just curious how it plays out. Batman has so much going on in his life.  Its crazy. Unless you want problems in your life,  don't be batman. The t-shirt lies!

Then there was Dr. Doom. Sorry,  i mean Loki. It was just hard to tell since I felt like it was a Dr. Doom comic most of the time.  Basically, Dr. Doom came to contain Loki, but now he kind of owes him for saving his life and Latveria. How cool is Valeria Richards by the way! She's so cute.

Also out is Trinity of Sin! Instead of getting all the misfortunate people in three different books, they are coming to one! Which is convenient.  They might as well be in the same comic.

New Comic Wesneaday: Nananana... BaaAAAH!

Cant be the Justice League without our favorite justice fighter, Batman. But apparently so, since the rest of them is trying b to kill Bruce Wayne in the name of Ju-Joker? Is it some faceless Joker running the operation? Or was the Death of the Family joker really hush instead? That idea is still in my mind after someone put it in my head.  Its a possibility. 
Im really excited for this new arc in the Batman title. Expecially since Zero Year was so good. Now is it another major Batman villain going to appear, throwing the whole Justice League in his way? Just as long as it doesn't end up being Joker's Daughter. That would be a major tease.
I dont have a lot of time to read today,  projects and all, but what is also out is Earth 2 Worlds End. I guess this is the story of Earth 2 before the Futures End Story.  It has to be good. Right? That's a rule right?  Better tell Marvel that. Just kidding.  Not their fault I just end up picking up books I dont like.

New Comic Wednesday: You May Have A Hulk, But We Have an ARMY of Batmen!

"I'm batman, so I have to wear a shirt that has a batman symbol on it when I'm not wearing a suit." And geez, five years later I thought Alfred would be dead by now. Sorry, I had to get that out of the way. But, with the Alfred thing, we know Bruce has A.L.F.R.E.D. Maybe in the next five years. 

Also, from here on out I will just warn my audience that I will have spoilers in my reviews wether it be major or minor. Before I tried to do minor spoilers, but I couldn't really say much if I did. 

That being said, WILL WE FINALLY GET TO SEE AN ARMY OF BAT...MEN?! No, not just the batfamily and their war against evil through pure JUSTICE. An army of Bruce Freaking Wayne. Though, I think he should have thought further ahead and cloned some Alfred's too. Silly Bruce. With all these different Future's End books, I wonder how and when each will tie into the actual weekly story.

We already saw Green Arrow alongside Roy Harper alive and creating his little Arrow Army and Superman in the middle of nowhere planting crops. Though, there is no good reason for him to be there. I don't know how important it is for the Riddler to be captured by Calendarman. I just want everything to tie together already. Though, I really wish I picked up the Aquaman Futures End book. I heard that's really juicy. Aquaman has been really good lately, so I don't know why I haven't been picking it up. 

I really like Futures End so far, I love the story and how there is always something interesting to read in every issue. I don't really care for the 3D cover month so much, I just feel like it's DC's redemption from Villain's month. Also, I feel like the 3D covers give too much away. By just seeing the images online the readers already have a general idea of what happens in the issue. Some of the covers are also hard to see. Like I have no idea what's going on in the background of some, like the Grayson cover. Then, I saw it online and could see it clearly. 

I still have my other books from Futures End to read though! This week we have World's Finest, Superboy, Batgirl, Constantine (Dr. Fate?!), Green Lantern Corps and many others. If you want all those 3D covers, you already know that it's gonna hurt your wallet. If not, there are the regular covers for a dollar less. 

Stay tuned, (if I get the chance to read the rest of my comics) who are these girls dressed as Batgirl? 

Also, still following the story where The Thing meets crazy Apocalypse! Oh, Hope, you're man kinds only hope. Sorry, Justin. I had to. Anyway, we find ourself in a society run by the only people that aren't taken over by the Spread and eating each other. Even if it seems safe, make sure you watch what you eat and what boobies you touch. 

If I was a guy or a lesbian I'd cringe at the fact that BOOBIES CAN KILL! Justin Jordan has made every mans nightmare come true! 

Who is this creepy guy following No and Hope?! Is he just a creepy preacher? Does his looks match his personality? Hide your kids, hide your wife... Just kidding. Just your kids. 

Just kidding all around. 

But really. 

Anyway, our favorite person who doesn't talk much is in a pickle to be a meal to the "sane" people of the world. No one is completely normal in this book so far. 

Injustice is still my favorite current comic. I'm sure the sales have slowed down on it since the game has been out for a long time, but the comic is still so good! You can keep up with it digitally before it hits stores physically. There's almost no excuse! Anyway, short though about the comic: in the beginning you feel sorry for Superman, but then you just begin to hate. His. Guts. 

Seriously, the amount of people he's killed, it's crazy. Though, I love how tough the characters are in this. They don't see Superman as a friend anymore. Injustice Harley is my favorite Harley, and I am one of the few girls that do not like Harley Quinn. Black Canary is a bad ass like usual. But that is what makes me hate the last page of this issue... WHYYYYYYYYYY?! 

If you love reading for the story instead of collecting, get injustice! Start with the graphic or get them all digitally! It's just too good! The comic makes me FEEL things! 

Happy Anniversary Batman...or is it birthday?

Today the comic book world is celebrating the most favorited and recognizable figure in the comic book universe. Today is also the first day of SDCC, which is the main reason they wanted to celebrate Batman day. Batman first appeared in Detective Comics 27 in March 30th, 1939! Yes, before the "Detective Comics" series became completely dedicated to being another  batman title, he was just the mysterious Bat-Man! Along with his apperance is also the apperance of Commisioner Gordon, Bruce Wayne's friend. 

Today, in participating comic book stores and libraries, you can get a reprint of the first apperance of Batman! Now, don't get too excited. Because even if the comic says "64 pages of action!" It's almost about 4 pages of actual batman solving a crime faster than ever... Probably (unless he had to solve the case of "who stole the cookie from the cookie jar." It was Dick...). Also in the comic is a readaption of the first apperance of batman written for the purpose of what if he appeared in Modern times. I love both adaptions. The first is pure innocent comic book fun and the next is the batman we all know today. Along with the answers of why he is batman, why he must do this. The last story in the comic is called "27" and it's basically batmans between universes, why they must keep rebooting the universes. It's super cool! If you read my review about Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse, it makes my explanation about the constant reboots of comics make sense. 

The last two pages is a preview of the first apperance of Batman, but slightly altered. 

Along with a comic you can even get your chance to get a mask and cape! There are four different mask to choose from, and I, as a fan of the 66 batman, is getting that mask! It's gonna be so cool! 

As Batman said in his 30th issue, but with a few changes, ready for another 75 years?!

Happy Batman day everyone! 

Nightwing Obsession

I'm a late collector in Comic Books, but I have always loved Dick Grayson. It all started with watching TV land one day because the channels were between Cartoon Network and Disney Channel. If one show was over, I'd switch to the other channel. Well, one day I switched from CN to Disney and I noticed Batman! Holy channels batman! 

I watched the old Adam West Batman shows from the 60's and fell in love with the boy wonder played by Burt Ward. I know Burt Ward isn't the strapping young man he was on the show, but I'd love to meet him one day! He's probably the main reason I started loving everything I love today. 

Speaking of which, I was gonna have something called "Movie Monday" today but I have no movies to talk about right now, but there was a DVD announcement!! It's the Adam West Batman TV series! I am so excited! It comes out in November! Holy Robbers batman, you know how to take my money. 

When time comes I will talk about Guardians of the Galaxy which is the next Marvel movie coming out. Also, Sin City is coming out soon and they have my favorite Actor in the movie! Joseph Gordon Freaking Levitt. That's how you know it will be good because he chooses his scripts. I haven't watched a movie of his and hated it (ignore the fact that I was pissed about that bullshit "Robin").