Huntress.

This is the first miniseries I'll be talking about. It's not technically a part of the new 52, but it is part of the new rebooted DC Universe, so I'm counting it. The miniseries didn't come out until one month after the new 52 launched, so there's only been 2 issues of Huntress out (until today, the day I'm writing this, but I haven't ( Read more... )

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Catwoman.

Oh boy, here we go.

At first, I was digging this story. Much of the first issue was about a classy, sexy, competent female catburglar doing her thing. Yeah, it had some fan-service right out the gate. But Catwoman always owned her sexuality and never let it diminish her, even when drawn by Jim Balent.

And then . . . the sceneI've been ( Read more... )

Birds of Prey.

I love the Birds of Prey. The old Birds of Prey, with Oracle and Black Canary, and occasionally Huntress, particularly in the later years. The one Power Girl hates. The one that never refer to themselves as the Birds of Prey. Chuck Dixon, Gail Simone, Birds of Prey.

This? Is definitely not that series. The only things they have in ( Read more... )

Batwoman.

The original Batwoman was introduced to the Batfamily to limit claims that Batman was a gay pedophile living in sin with Robin.

. . .

Yes, that was actually why.

Naturally, making her a love interest caused Robin to want to break them up. It didn't . . . exactly play like a jilted lover trying to break up an ex with his current ( Read more... )

Batwing.

So, Batman Inc. is Bruce Wayne franchising the Batname across the world. This means that many countries get their own Batman, although not all of them are called Batman ( Read more... )

Batman: The Dark Knight

Back in the old days, it was sometimes said that, between the two main Batbooks, Detective Comics was the cerebral murdery mystery series, and Batman was the action hero movie series.

Well, in the new 52, it's not that. Batman: The Dark Knight is the action hero movie series. It's loud, and dumb, fast paced, and action ( Read more... )

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Batman.

Oh god, I'm going to talk a lot, aren't I.

Well, maybe, but there's 3 Batman books, plus Detective Comics and some ancillary books, so I'll try to spread out my wank as much as I can.

Okay, Batman. It's odd, but the first new 52 comic about Superman, Action Comics, kind of painted Superman as a bit of a jerk, which too many Batman comics ( Read more... )

Batgirl.

Now we're getting into it. When the new 52 became less of a rumor and more a fact surrounded by many, many rumors, one of those rumors was that they were going to cancel the fun new Batgirl series in favor of giving the title to the previous holder, Barbara Gordon ( Read more... )