Tag Archives: batman and robin

Pretty Pictures: Patrick Gleason

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Rich Johnston

 There’s a lot to love about Patrick Gleason. He’s been working at Marvel and Image, but mostly for DC. But it was the New 52 that really brought him into focus for me, for his work on Batman And Robin. …

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Batman And Robin #18 Brings You The Feels

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Crank up the Tumblr, this is going to hurt. There are spoilers, be warned. But not that Damian Wayne is dead, we all know that. Batman And Robin #18 is published today, the first issue after that issue of Batman …

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Batman And Robin, Nightwing, Red Hood And The Outlaws #18 And Batman Inc #8 Second Print Sell Out Before They Go On Sale

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Batman Inc #8 Second Print, Batman And Robin #18 are due to go on sale tomorrow. Nightwing #18 and Red Hood And The Outlaws #18 come out next week. They are all “Requiem” issues. And all four have sold out …

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All New Age Of Batman And Robin – ComiXology All Over The World

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Andrew Mertes writes; The Age of Ultron has begun, and all tremble in its wake… unless you happen to be in the business of selling comic books, in which case you are quite delighted that Ultron has decided to conquer …

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Batman, Batman And Robin, And Batgirl – “What’s In The Box?” (SPOILERS)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Rich Johnston

You remember the scene from Seven. “What’s in the box?” Yeah, that one. Though I preferred this one; Anyway, today’s Death Of The Family titles, Batman, Batman And Robin and Batgirl all tie up together at the end, ahead of …

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Last Week’s Comics In Thirty Four Panels

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

The internet’s most opinionated (and Greek) comics column.  By Dr Manolis V. GREEK, LIKE MORBIUS Morbius? Michael Morbius, pasty-rat-faced vampire in a unitard, THAT Michael Morbius? According to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #699.1 (really MORBIUS #0.1 a backdoor pilot to the upcoming Joe …

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Ten Thoughts About Ten Comics – Batman And Robin, Sherlock Holmes, Crossed, Before Watchmen, Caligula, Change, Dan The Unharmable, Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four And Avengers Arena

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Batman #13 did this more subtly, but Batman And Robin #15 goes straight for the Killing Joke. Sherlock Holmes: Liverpool Demon #1 lays out its stall. Supernatural crime, met by a man without an ounce of belief in that regard, …

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The Mask Is Slipping… The Death Of The Family (Spoilers)

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Today, we get four Death Of The Family comics, Batman #15, Batgirl #15, Suicide Squad #15 and Batman And Robin #15. The latter gets a die cut cover but all feature confrontation with The Joker. But the mask is starting …

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Fourteen Thoughts About Fourteen Comics – Batgirl, Amazing Spider-Man, Walking Dead, Thief Of Thieves, Saga, Ultimates, Wolverine And The Uncanny X-Men, Avengers, The Boys, Suicide Squad, Phantom Stranger, Punk Rock Jesus, Locke & Key And Saucer Country

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

And there we have it. Saucer Country out and says it, conflating conspiracy theories about political assassination and alien abduction, and giving one who has experienced the one, a close call with the other and finding the parallels. The new …

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When Letters Pages Go Anti-Gay

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The letters page above has been doing the rounds online, with Christos Gage answering reader concerns over the presence of gay characters in Avengers Academy. It’s a long and considered letter, as is the response. But the Bendis Board found …

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Sixteen Thoughts About Sixteen DC Comics – The Ray, Legion Lost, Suicide Squad, Grifter, Batgirl, Mister Terrific, Batman And Robin, Frankenstein, The Shade, Deathstroke, My Greatest Adventure, Resurrection Man, Green Lantern, Demon Knights, Batgirl and Batwoman

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

This week brings five of my current favourite New 52 books. Guess which ones they are? I talked about the new Batgirl earlier and how smart it is, so there’s only one more thing I want to say about this …

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Fourteen Thoughts About Fourteen DC Comics – Batwoman, Batman And Robin, Batgirl, Huntress, Penguin, Legion Lost, Green Lantern, Demon Knights, Superboy, Suicide Squad, Resurrection Man, Mister Terrific, Grifter and Frankenstein

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Twleve issue threes and two issue twos, the DC relaunch is starting to bed in. Which is probably why so many books try to do a little something different this week. Resurrection Man is into its third issue and already …

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Wednesday Comics Reviews: Batman and Robin, Batwoman, Deathstroke, Demon Knights, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Green Lantern, Grifter, Legion Lost, Mister Terrific, Red Lanterns, Resurrection Man, Suicide Squad and Superboy

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Another week, another thirteen titles, courtesy of Orbital Comics of London. Check out their own podcast on the new DC titles as well, see if we match up. Superboy #1 by Scott Lobdell and RB Silva is a real surprise. …

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Wait Till You See What Chip Kidd Did With The Original Art To All Star Superman 10 And Batman And Robin 2

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Rich Johnston

You know how Scott Dunbier has permiered the Artists’ Edition format, replicating as perfectly as possibly the original art boards to a comic, printing them and binding them, for Dave Stevens’ Rocketeer and Walt Simonson’s Mighty Thor? Well trust Chip …

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Batman And The Case Of The Mysterious Ghostly Power Pack

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Rich Johnston

This is a copy of the Batman And Robin collection from DC Comics, bought by my Watchmensch collaborator Simon Rohrmuller, back and front. But there’s something strange about it. You probably can’t see, but if you turn up the contrast …

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Full Results Of The 2010 Eagle Awards – UPDATED Fuller Than Full

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Brendon Connelly

Tonight was the first Eagles Awards under the aegis of the MCM Expo. Rich was there in person, and took to the stage a couple of times though – perhaps wisely – they never let him get the mic. It …

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