NEW DC ENTERTAINMENT STOREFRONT LAUNCHES ON AMAZON.COM

Storefront Includes Best-Selling Graphic Novels Now Available for Digital Download on Kindle Fire

DC Entertainment announced today the launch of a new branded storefront on Amazon.com (www.amazon.com/DC). The new storefront offers a variety of DC Entertainment print books, as well as digital copies of more than 100 best-selling graphic novels including Watchmen, Batman: Year One, Superman: Earth One, and Sandman by acclaimed author Neil Gaiman. The digital graphic novels are all available for download on the new Kindle Fire, and readers will soon also be able to access digital copies through the broader Amazon digital ecosystem.

In anticipation of Kindle Fire’s 7” vibrant color touch screen, DC Entertainment’s digital team consulted with Amazon as they developed innovative Comic Reader technology that intuitively leads readers through each comic page. The Comic Reader creates a customized reading experience that other eReader devices don’t offer.

“We’re thrilled to not only offer our graphic novels on Amazon’s new, hugely popular Kindle Fire, but also about the launch of a dedicated storefront that will reach Amazon.com shoppers every day,” stated Jim Lee, co-publisher of DC Entertainment. “The innovative ‘Comic Reader’ was developed specifically for Kindle Fire readers - the books look gorgeous on the device. We look forward to even more digital graphic-novel distribution deals, but are delighted with this first collaboration and developing it further.”

The following DC Entertainment titles from its DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD imprints are now available for both digital download and physical purchase, 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: Dark Victory

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

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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 Vo. 9: Sons of Empire

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

Fables: 1001Nights of Snowfall

Final Crisis

Green Lantern Vol. 1: No Fear

Green Lantern Vol. 2: Revenge of the Green Lanterns

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

Green Lantern Corp: Blackest Night

How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less

Identity Crisis

Kingdom Come

MAD About Oscars

MAD About Superheroes Vol. 1

MAD About Superheroes Vol. 2

MAD About the 50's

MAD About the 60's

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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 (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

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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

‘Tis The Season! Holiday Gift Guides, Monday Afternoon (ET) Edition

This week is Thanksgiving, which amongst many other things, means that it’s time to start shopping for the holidays! With Black Friday deals beginning today, there’s no better time to cross off gifts on your holiday shopping lists. Need some ideas? THE LOS ANGELES TIMES’ HERO COMPLEX’s Holiday Gift Guide features various DC Entertainment products such as BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR and the hit video game Batman: Arkham City.

Meanwhile, MTV GEEK published a list of great comic books to gift to someone who’s not necessarily into the genre … yet! Their list of must-haves consists of titles like BATMAN: YEAR ONE, BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS, GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH and GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT.

To be continued …

A few links of note: BATMAN #700

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In case you missed it – and really, how could you, with a week-long spotlight right here? – BATMAN #700 hit this week. And the issue featured an epic, time-twisting tale from writer Grant Morrison and artists Tony Daniel, Frank Quitely, Andy Kubert, Scott Kolins and David Finch.

And people took notice. The issue got attention from CNN.com (with comments from Grant and our very own Dan DiDio), an “A-“ review at EW.com’s SHELF LIFE blog, a preview and hat tip from Scott Thill over at WIRED’s UNDERWIRE blog and kudos from the folks at IGN and NEWSARAMA.

And right here on The Source, we had special visits from Grant, David Finch, Andy Kubert, Dustin Nguyen, Shane Davis and Philip Tan, each one celebrating the Dark Knight. And if that wasn’t enough, yours truly chimed in with comments on Batman, BATMAN: YEAR ONE and the sad tale of a certain Harvey Dent.

Pretty busy week, I’d say. And we’ve got two more epic anniversary issues to go. Stay tuned right here for more.

The simple majesty of BATMAN: YEAR ONE

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With BATMAN #700 upon is, we’re continuing our spotlight on all things Batman. Today, we look at one of the hero’s key stories.

Everyone knows what happened to make Bruce Wayne become Batman. But the story had never been told with such flourish and panache.

BATMAN: YEAR ONE, for me, is hands down the best piece of super-hero storytelling I've ever read.

The story features writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzuchelli at the top of their games, in the wake of WATCHMEN and THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, reinventing and reinvigorating the classic concepts that made Batman an icon. Gotham. Commissioner Gordon. Catwoman. Bruce Wayne.

Telling the parallel story of a young Bruce Wayne learning the ropes as Batman and a young(ish) Jim Gordon entering the squalid pond that was the Gotham City Police Department, BATMAN: YEAR ONE brought an unheralded level of maturity and realism to a character that was already ahead of the curve. This Gotham wasn't a dark but livable metropolis -- it was a cesspool of crime and deception, with no light at the end of the tunnel. The GCPD wasn't a stable of white knights battling back the evil elements -- they were as corrupt as the "crime" they faced.

Enter Batman -- fresh from his world travels and looking for meaning and a way to best defend the city that had swallowed up his youth.

Miller's script is forceful and jarring, more Mean Streets and Godfather II than whatever preconceived notions people had about comic books at the time. Richard Lewis' grays outweighed the blacks and whites to create a murky, between-the-lines pallor that matched the ethical murkiness of the characters and set the stage Mazzuchelli's masterful artwork. His storytelling -- frighteningly precise and beautifully fluid -- makes you feel like you're awkwardly cowering in the back of the room, as Batman slams a goon's face into the ground. Cinematic stuff, for real.

A shattered window. A flying bat. A legacy born.

And, all the above aside, the highest compliment I can pay this book? Whenever a friend that doesn't read comics asks me for something to get started with, this is what I hand them.

Close out the week with another open thread: Favorite DC storyline?

Did you think we’d stop at just one?

We liked the idea of polling creators on their favorite covers so much – and based on their response, they liked it, too – we decided to expand the question a bit: What’s your favorite DC Comics storyline of all time?

So, Source readers, let your wheels start turning. What’s that one issue, storyline, etc. that stands above and beyond the others as your favorite DC Comics storyline? I know what mine is. Share yours in the comments below.

And click below to see what Co-Publisher Dan DiDio and some of the biggest names in the comic book industry. have to say. And if that’s not enough, swing by GRAPHIC CONTENT and THE BLEED for another round.

Have a great weekend.

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DAN DIDIO, DC Comics Co-Publisher

My favorite storyline -- from my time here -- has to be INFINITE CRISIS. Knowing the effort the team here put into the series and how tightly executed the story was from beginning to end, its everything I hoped it would be and just great comic book story telling.

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DAVID FINCH, BRIGHTEST DAY cover artist

My favorite DC comics storyline is LOBO: THE LAST CZARNIAN, by Kieth Giffen, Alan Grant and Simon Bisley. I think I've read this book aout 500 million times now, and it always has something new that cracks me up. It's ideal reading for teenagers and misfits with deep set anger management issues.

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STERLING GATES, SUPERGIRL writer, SUPERMAN: WAR OF THE SUPERMEN co-writer

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #’s 171 and 172

“The Murderer Among Us: Crisis Above Earth-One” and “I Accuse…”

I fell in love with “The World’s Greatest Superheroes” as a result of this classic 1970’s Gerry Conway/Dick Dillin JLofA two-parter.

“Mr. Terrific was strangled,” Superman says. “And since the Flashes proved that no one else is onboard but the JLA and the JSA, that leaves us with only one conclusion…one of US is a murderer.”

And that’s just the end to part one! What a great cliffhanger!

My father gave me #171 as we were getting in the car to leave for a family vacation one summer, and for the rest of the trip I was dying to know what happened in issue #172. I sat in the back of my dad’s car, pouring sweat in the Texas heat, trying to figure out whom amongst the heroes could possibly be the killer. It had to be one of the Justice Society, right? I mean, they wouldn’t make any of the Justice Leaguers killers, would they? Would they?!

Unfortunately, back issues weren’t easy to come by at that point (pre-eBay, mind you), so it was a couple years before I found out just who murdered poor Terry Sloane.

When I did find out?

Did not see it coming. At all.

(And no, I’m not gonna spoil it for you here.)

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JUDD WINICK, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST co-writer

My favorite story line is not a story line, it's 2 issues. DC COMICS PRESENT: SUPERMAN #13 and 14. It's INSANE in it's concept, BUT incredibly emotional. An adult Pete Ross' son is kidnapped by aliens. Pete FINALLY tells Clark that he KNOWS he's Superman ( Clark NEVER knew!), and Pete begs Supes to save his son. BUT Superman "fails" to save Pete's boy. Pete, distraught, takes revenge by--dig this--pulling Superboy out the past, swamping minds with Superboy, and then goes off AS Superboy and puts a beating on Superman. Who saves the day? Krypto.

It was wonderfully insane, BUT hits so many emotional beats that even as a 9 year old, I was deeply moved. I haven't read it 30 years, but it has always stayed with me.

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BRIAN AZZARELLO, FIRST WAVE writer

SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21- "The Anatomy Lesson". Alan Moore's second Swamp Thing issue literally blew up- or should I say "grew up" comics. Reading it is one of the "I remember where I was when I" moments in my life.

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JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JONAH HEX co-writer

My favorite batman storyline ever is BATMAN : YEAR ONE. it features both frank miller and dave mazzucchelli at their peak. this is the book i have read and re-read so many times i have two copies and both are worn out. its the best batman story ever told and as far as art goes, its the textbook in teaching new artists how to tell a story.

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DUSTIN NGUYEN, BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM artist

Besides the classic BATMAN: YEAR ONE and such, i did like the NO MAN'S LAND crossover event a lot. Gotham was always a bit more on the realistic side of cities within comics, and a natural disaster like an earthquake was just a fitting way to shake up events for the Batman Universe. Honestly though, i'd have blown out both of Joker's knee caps."

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FRANCO, TINY TITANS writer/artist

The storyline that sticks out in my head? So many that I love!!!!! As I'm thinking, the first one that pops into my head is the new JUSTICE LEAGUE series by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis! It didn't have any of the big guns in it except for Batman but it was soooo good! It was funny too ( I'm a humor guy as if you couldn't tell) but the best part and why it sticks out in my mind? Batman takes down Green Lantern with just one punch!

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JT KRUL, GREEN ARROW writer

Probably going to be on many people's list, but I have to go with THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. Just an incredible game-changing story. It redefined not only Batman but essentially comics in general in terms of what they could be - and it's impact is still apparent to this day. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR FRANK MILLER AND JIM LEE?

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The King is dead! Long live the King!

Let me shed some more light on what was just announced at WonderCon today: ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER -- the landmark hit series from the superstar team of writer Frank Miller and artist Jim Lee -- has ceased publication.

But that's not the news here. The epic partnership of Miller and Lee is far from done:

"The first Chapter of the story of how Batman and Robin came to be has been told in issues 1-10 of ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN," said ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN artist Jim Lee. "Frank and I sat down just recently to have a long talk about how best to finish this very 'deadline challenged' project and give the loyal fans the second part of this epic storyline they have been patiently waiting for. Moreover, we wanted fans to know that this story is part of the overall Batman mythos and DARK KNIGHT RETURNS universe which Frank [Miller] started back in 1986."

Out of this meeting came the decision to rebrand the series DARK KNIGHT: BOY WONDER. It will fit into the library of Frank Miller Batman titles: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, BATMAN: YEAR ONE and THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN. Beginning in February, 2011, you will see the remaining six issues ship on time, every month, culminating in the conclusion of the storyline started years ago.

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"I feel terrible about how late the book fell behind," added Lee. "100 percent of the blame falls upon my shoulders, so one of the reasons we chose the February, 2011, start date was to ensure that DARK KNIGHT: BOY WONDER would ship regularly and on-time. There are a number of reasons for it's incredible delay but rather than focus on what cannot be changed, I want to promise fans that they will see cool snippets and exclusive previews on this very blog in the coming months to whet their appetites for the the next chapter of the story of the Dark Knight and Robin, the Boy Wonder."

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