THE FLASHPOINT FEBRUARY Digital Comics SALE

Everything he knew changed in a flash.

Police scientist Barry Allen awakens to a world far different from the one he remembers. A world that never heard of Superman, a place where friends are enemies and enemies become unlikely allies, a society torn apart by a war between two all too familiar faces, a world where he is no longer the Fastest Man Alive. The former Flash must race against time to discover and restore what once went wrong—fixing the time stream and returning the world to the one he once knew. But as war threatens to consume everything and heroes fall to its insatiable hunger, will Barry Allen be fast enough or will the clock run out?

Welcome to the World of Flashpoint.

Penned by superstar writer Geoff Johns, the mastermind behind the DC Comics mega-events INFINITE CRISIS and BLACKEST NIGHT, and featuring art by fan-favorite artist Andy Kubert, FLASHPOINT raced its way across the comic world in a universe-spanning event that changed the very course of the DCU forever and led directly into DC COMICS – THE NEW 52. Now with the Flashpoint "February" Sale, you can get all five-issues of the FLASHPOINT main title, every issue of the tie-in limited series, the special FLASHPOINT one-shots and the tie-in events of BOOSTER GOLD and THE FLASH—all for only .99 cents each!

Get them while you can because next thing you know, it'll be over in a flash.

The 3-Day Sale begins today!

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DC ENTERTAINMENT INTRODUCES ALL NEW COMICS IN ‘LEGO® HERO FACTORY’ KIDS’ APP

(The new LEGO Hero Factory app features free digital comics for kids.)

DC Entertainment and LEGO® Systems, Inc announced today that all-new, free digital comics are now available in the LEGO Hero Factory app created by DC Entertainment and sponsored by LEGO Systems. The free downloadable app, available on the App store for iOS users, includes kid-friendly, digital comics based on the popular LEGO Hero Factory, a place where action heroes are designed, equipped and built depending on specific missions that beam in from across the galaxy and across time.

In addition to the LEGO Hero Factory comics, DC Entertainment has included many other digital comics for kids of all ages including The Batman Adventures, Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade, Young Justice, Tiny Titans, Teen Titans and Superman Adventures, among others.

“LEGO Hero Factory is all about building heroes so it’s the perfect match for an app that also features DC Comics Super Heroes,” stated Hank Kanalz, senior vice president of digital for DC Entertainment.  “We’ve had a great, longstanding relationship with LEGO Systems and we’re really excited to bring these comics to kids through the LEGO Hero Factory app.”

LEGO Systems is the exclusive sponsor of the LEGO Hero Factory app, which was created by DC Entertainment, the leader in developing and delivering digital comics.  The app is free to download, and many comic issues featured in the app are also free for individual download.  For more information or to download LEGO HERO FACTORY click here.

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Green Lantern and Detective Comics to Offer Digital Combo Packs Starting in April

Are you one of those readers who likes to mix it up with both digital and print formats?  If so we have great news - starting with the April 2012 issues, GREEN LANTERN and DETECTIVE COMICS will join the ranks of DC Comics' popular digital combo pack titles, including JUSTICE LEAGUE, BATMAN and ACTION COMICS. Now you can keep your print issues pristine and reread favorite issues over and over again on your phone, tablet or online - it's the best of both worlds.

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Batman 201 Digital Comics Sale

If Santa brought you a new iPad or Android tablet for Christmas or Chanukah – you’re not going to want to miss the BATMAN 201 Digital Comics Sale.  For just $.99 per issue you can download some of the most popular BATMAN comics ever released from acclaimed creators including Grant Morrison, Scott Snyder, Frank Miller, Jim Lee and more.

The BATMAN 201 Digital Sale includes the complete KNIGHTFALL saga featuring Bane, BATMAN: CATACLYSM, BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND, BATMAN: YEAR ONE, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, BATMAN: HUSH and many more classic tales of The Dark Knight.

Check out the full list of must-have titles below, and hurry up and download your favorites today because the sale ends on Dec. 30.

The Mystery Begins

  • Detective Comics #27-33
  • Batman #1-7
  • Batman: Year One #408-413
  • Batman #408-413
  • Batman: The Long Halloween #1-13
  • Batman: Dark Victory #0-13

Batman Takes Control

  • Death in the Family: Batman #426-429
  • The Return of Scarface (Batman #475-476, Detective Comics #642)
  • Batman #530-532, #540-541
  • Batman/Catwoman: The Trial of the Gun #1-2
  • Broken City (Batman #620-625)
  • Batman: The Dark Knight #1-5
  • Batman and Robin #1-6
  • Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1-6

Batman Knightfall

  • Batman #491-500, #509-510
  • Detective Comics #659-666, #676-677
  • Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18, #29-30
  • Legends of the Dark Knight #62-63
  • Showcase ’93 #7-8

Cataclysm

  • Detective Comics #719-720
  • Batman: Shadow of the Bat #73
  • Nightwing #19
  • Batman #553
  • Azrael #40

No Man’s Land

  • Batman: No Man’s Land #1
  • Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-84
  • Batman #563-564
  • Detective Comics #730-731
  • Legends of the Dark Knight #116

Hush

  • Batman #608-619

The Black Mirror

  • Detective Comics #871-881
  • Arkham City #1-5

The Never Ending Battle

  • Gotham Central #1-5
  • Gotham Knights #33-36
  • Batwoman: Elegy (Detective Comics #854-857)
  • Legends of the Dark Knight #1-20
  • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4
  • Batman Beyond (2010) #1-6
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Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Gamers

 

Are you shopping for gamers this holiday season? If so we’ve got a lot of great comics based on some of today’s most popular video games.  Here’s just a few comic gift ideas that are perfect for gamers:

BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED -- Go deeper into the world of ARKHAM CITY with BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED. A weekly, original digital series based on the video games BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM and BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, each 10-page chapter ties directly in to the continuity of the game and follows your favorite characters through the bedlam.  And don’t forget that the first ARKHAM digital comic series –BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY – is now available as a collected hard cover.

UNCHARTED -- The critically acclaimed and best-selling PlayStation 3 video game jumps onto the comic page, featuring an all-new action-packed story written by Joshua Williamson (SUPERMAN/BATMAN) with fantastic covers by the legendary Tony Harris. It's just in time for the newly released Uncharted #3: Drake's Deception.

DIABLO -- From the world and legends of Sanctuary, the setting for the award-winning Diablo video game, comes the tale of a hero's birth. Jacob has fled from his homeland in the north, hunted by his kinsmen for the crime of murder. Led by the visions of an ancient prophet, pursued by his childhood friend, Jacob finds his destiny in a desert cave at the foot of a mountain carved in two by the sword of an archangel. If you can't wait for next year's new Diablo game, the comic series will hold you over.

GEARS OF WAR -- There are already 20 issues of this popular comic based on the best-selling video game franchise, with the next issue due out at the end of the month. The series is written by best-selling author Karen Traviss, who also wrote the original GEARS OF WAR game and several novels about the game.  You can catch up with the series through GEARS OF WAR collected edition books on sale now.  The opening six-issue arc (Book One) bridges the end of the first Gears of War game and the start of the second one, following the brutal adventures of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad in the battle against the Locust.

END OF NATIONS -- This comic is based on the highly anticipated MMORTS game from Trion Worlds. Following a global economic collapse, the repressive Order of Nations has taken control. Resistance fighter Shane Barrett struggles against impossible odds to save his family and maybe the world. Gear up for the game with this great new comic.

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DC COMICS LAUNCHES BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED

(The cover for BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #1)

Beginning in February 2012, DC Comics will be launching BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED, a monthly print periodical which will collect chapters from various digital-first series. Releasing weekly, JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND and BATMAN BEYOND will come out as individual chapters prior to (and in conjunction with) the collected, 48-page monthly BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED print edition.

JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND is from the creative team of Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs, adding Batman (Terry McGinnis) to the team of superheroes to combat a Neo Goath-related enemy. And in BATMAN BEYOND, from Adam Beecham and Norm Breyfogle, McGinnis and Bruce Wayne face an onslaught of Jokerz – and the return of an old foe.

DC Entertainment has previously released digital-first series including BEYOND THE FRINGE, as well as the limited run of BATMAN: ARKHAM UNLEASHED and BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, which was recently collected in a hardcover release last month. BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED marks the first time that DC Entertainment is launching an ongoing series digitally ahead of its planned monthly print release.

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New Features Added to DC Comics App

(The new DC Comics app.)

Many new DC Comics readers began reading digital comics with the launch of DC Comics – The New 52, and for all you new and existing digital readers we’ve got some exciting updates coming your way in the DC Comics app. Starting today, new app features include:

  • New design and interface
  • Faster app launch
  • Separate “Purchases” area that displays all owned comics
  • Better organization in store and “My Comics” with series groupings
  • Quicker browsing speeds
  • Pause and prioritize downloads
  • Background downloading
  • Improved “Instant Search”If you like the comic you just finished there’s a new option to buy or continue reading the next issue

“The response to same-day digital with DC Comics – The New 52 exceeded all of our expectations and we plan to keep up the digital momentum with new content and features like today’s update,” stated Hank Kanalz, senior vice president of digital for DC Entertainment.

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DC ENTERTAINMENT DIGITAL GRAPHIC NOVELS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED KINDLE FIRE

(DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Jim Lee showcases graphic novel SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE on the Kindle Fire.)

(SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE on the Kindle Fire.)

DC ENTERTAINMENT DIGITAL GRAPHIC NOVELS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE NEWLY-ANNOUNCED KINDLE FIRE, INCLUDING BEST-SELLING GRAPHIC NOVELS ‘WATCHMEN,’ ‘BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY’ AND ‘SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE’, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER DIGITALLY

Industry-Leading Graphic Novel and Comic Publisher to offer 100 Digital Books Exclusively to Kindle Customers

BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 29, 2011- DC Entertainment, the first publisher to offer more than fifty comic book titles on the same day in digital and print, is now taking the world of digital books by storm.  The comic book giant has worked with Amazon to bring 100 of its original graphic novels exclusively to Amazon’s newly announced Kindle Fire, including best-selling graphic novels  WATCHMEN, BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY and SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, which are available for the first time digitally.

“We’re thrilled to work with the leader in digital books to bring many of the world’s most beloved and best-selling graphic novels to Kindle readers,” stated Jim Lee, co-publisher of DC Entertainment. “We’ve learned from the success of DC Comics – The New 52 that making our graphic novels available whenever and wherever our readers want is critical to the future growth and health of our publishing businesses--both in print and digital format.”

“We’re excited that DC Entertainment has made 100 of their graphic novels available for customers to read exclusively on our just-announced Kindle Fire,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, Kindle Content. “Some of these graphic novels, including ‘Watchmen,’ the bestselling -- and considered by many to be the greatest -- graphic novel of all time, have never been available before in digital format, and we think customers will love them.”

DC Entertainment graphic novels will be available to Kindle Fire customers. WATCHMEN and SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE are available for pre-order now in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) and readers can soon purchase other DC Entertainment graphic novels.

The following 100 DC Entertainment titles will be available in the Kindle Store, with more titles to be added in the near future.

All Star Superman

All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder, Vol. 1

American Vampire Vol. 1

Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn

Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin

Batman and Robin, Vol. 3: Batman Must Die!

Batman and Son

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham City

Batman: Hush

Batman: R.I.P.

Batman: The Black Glove

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Batman: The Long Halloween

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne

Batman: Year One

Blackest Night

Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1

Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2

Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns

Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps

Brightest Day, Vol. 1

Brightest Day, Vol. 2

Brightest Day, Vol. 3

Daytripper

Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm

Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love

Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers

Fables Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons

Fables Vol. 6: Homeland

Fables Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (and Days)

Fables Vol. 8: Wolves

Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince

Fables Vol. 11: War and Pieces

Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages

Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover

Fables Vol. 14: Witches

Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red

Green Lantern Vol. 3: Wanted Hal Jordan

Green Lantern: Agent Orange

Green Lantern: Blackest Night

Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns

Green Lantern: Rebirth

Green Lantern: Secret Origin

Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War

How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less

Identity Crisis

Kingdom Come

MAD About Oscars

MAD About Superheroes

MAD About Superheroes

MAD About the 50's

MAD About the 60's

Marzi

Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories

Planetary Vol. 2: The Fourth Man

Planetary Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century

Planetary Vol. 4: Spacetime Archaeology

Superman for All Seasons

Superman: Earth One

The Dark Knight Strikes Again

The Flash: Rebirth

The Joker

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 1)*

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 2 )*

The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes

The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House

The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country

The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists

The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You

The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections

The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives

The Sandman Vol. 8: World's End

The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake

The Sandman: Dream Hunters

The Sandman: Dream Hunters (P. Craig Russell)

The Sandman: Endless Nights

The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

The Unwritten Vol. 2: Inside Man

V for Vendetta

Watchmen

We3

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 4: Safeword

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6: Girl on Girl

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 7: Paper Dolls

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland

*Available only in North America

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Jim Lee talks Justice League leading up to this weekend's digital 101 sale

A new era has begun for both DC Comics and the JUSTICE LEAGUE. And to celebrate this momentous new era with Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, DC Digital Comics is holding a special 2-Day Justice League 101 Sale. This weekend only get 101 various issues of JUSTICE LEAGUE digital comics for only $.99 each. You can buy classic adventures such as the team’s original appearance in BRAVE AND THE BOLD, modern masterpieces like Grant Morrison’s acclaimed JLA run, and even Elseworlds tales like Darwyn Cooke’s 1950s style epic DC: THE NEW FRONTIER.

We interviewed DC Entertainment co-publisher and current JUSTICE LEAGUE artist Jim Lee about his experiences with the Justice League as a young fan, how early issues of the series influenced his take and why he’s looking forward to completing his collection with digital comics.

THE SOURCE: You mentioned that you were a big fan of the Justice League from the original series. How’d you get into that era and what about it appealed to you?

Jim Lee: It was when I was a little kid. My parents would buy me the comics when we traveled around. Those had 100 pages for around 60 cents. [Laughs] The lead story was current, but they always had a backup that was drawn from the Golden Age or the Silver Age. That’s really how I learned about the backstories and alternate versions of these characters. That’s really how I learned about the DC Universe. And because they would crossover so much between Earth 1 and Earth 2 and Earth X, it was also my first exploration of the Multiverse. Plus, they always had puzzles! I was probably in 4th or 5th grade, and I would cut out images from the comics, I would do the crossword or word searches—which is how I learned about some of the editorial people there, like Julie Schwartz, because they were often the answers to some of the puzzles. Those comics are now in horrible, horrible condition, but I thoroughly enjoyed them.

TS: How has that era influenced you and what you’re going to be doing now with JUSTICE LEAGUE?

JL: I think what I liked about a lot of those stories is that often times they would pair up the characters, which was always interesting to me as a fan. “How is this character going to interact with this other character?” It was not often you saw the entire League move around as a group. More often than not—at least from my memory—they would split up in pairs or halves and tackle different problems separately. So, I always liked to see the pairings of the heroes and who they faced off with on the villains side. I don’t know if Geoff is doing this consciously or subconsciously, but we have that within our take of the Justice League. It really starts with the pairing of Green Lantern and Batman and explores that relationship a lot in the first issue. It’s a lot of fun to do because it definitely harkens back to the days when I was a kid reading those stories. It has that vibe to it—obviously in a very modern way—but it’s reminiscent of some of the classic storytelling.

TS: Many of the older issues that will part of the JUSTICE LEAGUE 101 sale definitely reflect that style. One that sticks out in my mind is the Search for the Seven Soldiers, which was all about the team splitting up and battling various villains.

JL: Right! Exactly! What’s really cool about the Justice League, particularly around the 100s is that they often would face off against a bunch of different super-villains. My parents weren’t crazy about me buying comics, so they would buy me one comic a month. But when you read the Justice League you feel like you’re getting seven stories. You’re getting all these different villains you never heard of before—because they were drawn from the individual continuities of the character’s books. I felt like I was getting multiple comics within one comic.

TS: You’ve gone from reading JUSTICE LEAGUE as a kid to now launching a new JUSTICE LEAGUE series. What’s it like for you personally working on this book?

JL: You mean how cool this is? [Laughs] I knew this was something I would eventually do at DC and working on BATMAN and SUPERMAN and having some of the Justice League show up in those two runs that I did, I think it set the stage. Geoff Johns and I have been friends for years and talked about doing a project together and I think the timing was just right. He’s worked on a lot of the characters individually. We wanted to do something big and fun and JUSTICE LEAGUE fits that bill to a T. So I think, in some sense, as you launch The New 52 and are looking to establish a tonality, JUSTICE LEAGUE ended being the perfect vehicle.

TS: You talked about the older Justice League issues you read when you were younger, but are there any modern stories that you’ve really enjoyed that stick out in your mind?

JL: Obviously Grant Morrison’s run was pretty phenomenal, with artist Howard Porter. That stuff was really solid. But I remember when I was breaking into comics it was around the time when Justice League with Kevin Maguire and Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis was coming out. That was so refreshingly different. The combination of the writing—which was very meta and broke the fourth wall and was irreverent but had serious beats in it—with Kevin’s art—which is so nuanced and so subtle—there was nothing else like it at the time. I remember buying it and just being so excited by how different that book was. You had covers where the characters were standing there and you were looking down at them, which is not typically what you do with superhero comics. Usually, it’s from the “worm’s eye” perspective because they’re larger than life. I think they really broke new creative ground and I just had so much fun reading that book.

TS: We actually have the first seven issues of JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL included in the sale, so new readers can now go back and read those stories they may have missed out on. What are your thoughts on the digital world and things like the Justice League 101 Sale?

JL: The thing about my comic collection is that I never had complete runs of anything. Even with Justice League, a lot of times I didn’t know how the stories ended. [Laughs] So, this is an opportunity to read these series and finish them. I have these really beat up copies and over the years I’ve gone and bought new copies at Comic Con for like $15 or $20, but I wouldn’t open those up and read them. The nice thing about digital is that it allows me to carry these books with me wherever I go and catch up on my back reading from 38 years ago. It’s exciting. Some of this stuff I’ll be seeing for the first time ever, so I’m pretty excited about that.

The Justice League 101 Sale runs from September 24 to September 25! Don't miss this chance to own some incredible JUSTICE LEAGUE comics for an amazing price!

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