Top 5: Comic Book Character New Year’s Resolutions
5. Cable “This year, I will matter, even if it’s only as a plot device to launch a major event in hopes to sell a metric assload of comics.” 4. Stephanie Brown “Get back in the game.” 3. Wolverine...
View ArticleWatch Out, Boys
As a father, I earnestly hope she continues dressing exactly like this through college. There’s this shirt my daughter loves to wear. I don’t know where it came from; I presume someone bought it with...
View ArticleEarth Too Soon
Oh, who is this now? Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday we were beginning our blitzkrieg of coverage on DC’s New 52 initiative, and before we knew it here it was, turning six issues...
View ArticleiFlashback! April 9th, 2003
It’s time for an iFlashback! A weekly feature in which we take a look at some comics that were on sale nine years ago. Why nine years and not ten? Well because our Mondays in 2012 sync up with the...
View ArticleExclusive Preview: BIRDS OF PREY #8
It was the shout heard ’round the world, the killing shriek that earned Dinah Lance her burn notice. Did Black Canary truly shatter a man’s skull with her sonic scream three years ago? In next week’s...
View ArticleBarbara Gordon: Where Do I Start?
Batman’s had his fair share of teenage sidekicks, and while some might peg Nightwing as his star pupil I’d say Barbara Gordon has put all the others to shame. As Batgirl and Oracle she’s become...
View ArticleVIDEO: Batgirl Teaches Batman and Robin About Equal Pay
This actually happened. In order to help publicize the Federal Equal Pay Act of 1963, the U.S. Department of Labor called upon the terrific trio of Batgirl, Batman, and Robin to star in a public...
View ArticleDC Histories: Stephanie Brown (Spoiler / Robin IV / Batgirl IV)
Here at DC Histories, we try to make sense of the continuity that perplexes, befuddles, and intimidates. We discuss what worked and what didn’t. This week, we’re talking about the fourth Robin and the...
View ArticleGreat Moments in Comics History: Batman Family #1
“I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.”
View ArticleBryan Q. Miller Brings Back Stephanie Brown… in SMALLVILLE: SEASON 11
One of the big pieces of news coming out of the DC Comics September solicitations was that Batman would finally be making an appearance in the Smallville universe. But, as it turns out, that might not...
View ArticleDC Comics Announces Annuals for ACTION COMICS, BATGIRL, JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK...
DC Comics has announced its latest batch of 48-page Annual issues, encompassing four titles from across the New 52 line. They all go on sale October 31st. Yup, Halloween 2012 is a new comic book day!...
View ArticleHeads Up: DC Comics Previews – October 2012
Being a comic fan can be tough. With so many publishers printing more and more books, canceling titles and starting new ones, it can be daunting when you head to the comic book shop on a Wednesday to...
View ArticleDC Histories: Huntress (Helena Wayne / Helena Bertinelli)
Here at DC Histories, we try to make sense of the continuity that perplexes, befuddles, and intimidates. We discuss what worked and what didn’t. This week, we’re talking about the current daughter of...
View ArticleBatgirl Meets The Punisher In, “I’ve Got A Bad Feeling About This”
This was fun! I'll call you. Well, that settles it. My e-mailophobia virtually guarantees I could never work for DC Comics. I check my inbox so sporadically, it’d be weeks before I even knew I was...
View ArticleGail Simone off BATGIRL, Scott Snyder off SWAMP THING, Swierczynski off BIRDS...
As alluded in Jim’s column earlier today, Gail Simone was informed that she will no longer be writing DC Comics’ Batgirl. On Wednesday of last week, new Batgirl editor Brian Cunningham informed me by...
View ArticleYour New Batgirl Writer is…Gail Simone?
In the fallout of her dismissal from DC Comics’ Batgirl ongoing, the last person we expected to announce her replacement was Gail Simone herself. But it gets even more curious. We’ll let Simone explain...
View ArticleMaybe DC is Trying to Get Rid of You
Most of the time, I secretly suspect that none of us have any idea what’s actually going on. It seems like we would have our finger on the pulse of Comic Books, doesn’t it? We’re reading sites like...
View ArticleWeekly Sketch Up – 02.15.2013
Batgirl by Sabrina Miramon Daredevil and Elektra by Gary Deslauriers Jimmy Corrigan by Alex Ross Magneto by Gabriele Dell’Otto Supergirl by Chris Samnee Wolverine and Hellboy by Riika Auvinen
View ArticleIs “Batman” Dumb?
WARNING: the following paragraphs may spoil a couple of recent Batman stories, but if you didn’t already read them you probably don’t care all that much, so I’m not sure who this little charade is for....
View ArticleDC Histories: The Ventriloquist and Scarface
Here at DC Histories, we try to make sense of the continuity that perplexes, befuddles, and intimidates. We discuss what worked and what didn’t. This week, we’re talking about the Ventriloquist and his...
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