Review–New 52’s first hardcover edition, Batman: The Court of Owls
Review by C.J. Bunce In the climax of Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls, a battered Batman looks up and utters “…I am sick… to death… of owls!” Me, too, I thought, after seven chapters of the first...
View ArticleReview–Batman: Night of the Owls collects the first crossover event of the...
As someone who bailed a few issues into Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman: The Court of Owls story arc in the monthly Batman comic book which spanned the bulk of the first year of the New 52, I...
View ArticleSummer of Superman begins with new series and Man of Steel in theaters today
The celebration of the 75th anniversary of Superman is in full swing this week as the new Superman movie Man of Steel opens in theaters across the country today. DC Comics has coordinated with...
View ArticleNew hardcover celebrates the unique style of Mondo, comic book, and concept...
One of the standout artists of the past 20 years, British artist Jock’s work has appeared on comic book covers and movie posters, and his concept art has provided the vision behind the look of movies...
View ArticleMeet your favorite comic book writers and artists at Planet Comicon Kansas...
This weekend Planet Comicon Kansas City is featuring a pantheon of nationally recognized comic book writers and artists at its sixth year in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The show begins tomorrow...
View ArticleSuperman turns 80, Action Comics reaches Issue #1000 with 33 great covers
Eighty years ago Superman first hit neighborhood newsstands in Issue #1 of Action Comics–an issue that if you kept your copy could pay off your house, car, and retirement. The cover was dated...
View ArticleReview–New novel revisits the Batman story The Court of Owls
Review by C.J. Bunce The third book in the new series of hardcover novels based on Batman stories from DC Comics, following The Killing Joke (reviewed earlier here at borg) and the Harley Quinn story...
View ArticleAll 84 variant Detective Comics #1000 covers complete checklist &...
Detective Comics, the title DC Comics took its name from, first hit the shelves of newsstands just before March 1937, 26 months before Batman would first appear in the famous Issue #27 in May 1939....
View ArticleDetective Comics #1000–Sizing up the big Batman 80th anniversary issue
We’ve had a great response here at borg to our complete checklist of the variant covers for the 80th anniversary of Batman and benchmark 1000th issue of his long-standing comic book series, Detective...
View ArticleWonder Woman arrives at 750th issue with nearly 50 variant covers
The first major variant comic book cover event of 2020 launches tomorrow as the landmark 750th issue of Wonder Woman arrives at comic stores everywhere. As with last year’s Detective Comics Issue...
View ArticleIDW Originals–IDW Publishing announces new comic book imprint
This week IDW Publishing revealed a new slate of original projects coming this July. It’s not quite the New Universe or the New 52. It doesn’t even have a clever new name, simply the “Originals.”...
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