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Get a sneak peek at BLACKEST NIGHT: BATMAN #2
If any hero should worry amidst the events surrounding BLACKEST NIGHT, it should be Batman. Boasting one of the strongest, creepiest and deadliest Rogues Gallery in the DCU, just the idea of some of the fallen villains returning as Black Lanterns sends a chill up my spine. Will the new Batman's career be cut short? Will Red Robin have to face off against his own father?
Have an AZRAEL cover with your lunch
The cover to December's AZRAEL #3, by Jock.
Also out today: DETECTIVE COMICS #856
Greg Rucka and artist J.H. Williams continue to put the pressure on Gotham's newest hero with the third part of 'Elegy," as Batwoman unites with an unlikely ally to momentarily defeat the fairytale villain known as Alice. But when Kate is forced to attend another high society event, she soon learns that her worlds are crashing together. Want more? Check out a few pages below.
Here comes the conclusion to 'Codename: Patriot'
Writer James Robinson and artist Renato Guedes bring out the big guns for the finale of "Codename: Patriot" -- namely, a slam-bang throwdown in the sewers of Metropolis. What are the stakes? Who are the players? Everyone, really. Except for a certain Man of Steel. It's his responsibility to stop the shooter from making relations between Earth and New Krypton even worse.
Get a peek at the next CAPTAIN ATOM co-feature
Enjoying the new take on CAPTAIN ATOM? How can you not be? Writers James Robinson and Greg Rucka are producing an action-packed, mysterious co-feature that's beautifully rendered by CAFU. Here are a few pages from the next installment, part of ACTION COMICS #881, hitting 9/16. Enjoy.
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What's the one thing that'll bring Deathstroke and Ravager together?
Black Lanterns, of course. Here's the cover to TEEN TITANS #78, by Joe Bennett, Jack Jadson and Rod Reis.
Out today: WONDER WOMAN #35
It's the conclusion to the two-part "Birds of Paradise" arc, as a gaggle of super-powered cage fighters find themselves in the worst possible place to be -- Wonder Woman and Black Canary's bad side. Also, find out the final resolution between Diana and Nemesis. What more could you want? Oh, alright. Here are a few pages.
Get a first look at Kevin Smith's BATMAN: THE WIDENING GYRE #1
Writer and filmmaker Kevin Smith re-teams with his CACOPHONY collaborator Walt Flanagan for BATMAN: THE WIDENING GYRE for an all-new adventure starring the Caped Crusader. The stakes are high as Batman encounters a new vigilante, amidst what Smith describes as a "backdrop of romance, intrigue and geek-bait guest stars galore."
