It occurs to me that given DC's September plans, it might be a good idea to get back to my neglected almost-completed history of Clark and Bruce's friendship and add some more scans to the collection!

When last I posted, I'd gotten all the way to 2005 and the "Absolute Power" arc of the Superman/Batman title.  "Absolute Power" is basically an ( Read more... )

Darwyn Cooke's The New Frontier is a retelling of the beginnings of the DCU set during the Cold War 1950s.  It's a great read, augmented by Cooke's beautiful art, but there isn't a great deal of focus on Superman or Batman in it.  However, it does have one little gem:  early on in the book, we find out that Superman tried to arrest Batman in the ( Read more... )

Batman #702:  Written by GRANT MORRISON • Art and cover by TONY DANIEL
Gotham City Sirens #15:  Written by PAUL DINI • Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH

Playing catch up with a couple of issues that came out while I was traveling!

Batman #702 was the second part of the fill-in between Batman RIP and Final Crisis...although technically I guess most of it ( Read more... )

Superman/Batman 76:  Written by JUDD WINICK • Art by MARCO RUDY

Whew, this issue packed a LOT of angst and punch and slashiness!  Winick goes over the top, to the point of having a Superman who's clearly acting out of character in his grief and loss.  The whole issue is basically Clark being miserable, missing Bruce, and feeling utterly alone--no ( Read more... )

Red Robin 15:  Written by FABIAN NICIEZA • Art and cover by MARCUS TO and RAY MCCARTHY
Generation Lost 6:  Written by JUDD WINICK & KEITH GIFFEN • Art by FERNANDO DAGNINO
Batman Confidential 47:  Written by KEVIN VANHOOK • Art and cover by TOM MANDRAKE

A few recent images here...S/B fans should make sure to get to the last set of images, which have ( Read more... )

Batman #701:  Written by Grant Morrison, art by Tony Daniels

I've seen people point out that Batman #701 doesn't have much to offer, story-wise.  It's the first part of a two-parter that shows events between the end of Batman R.I.P. and Batman's "death" in Final Crisis, and as such is mostly "filler," I agree.  But it's a fangirl's dream because ( Read more... )