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The DC Compact Comics edition of Harley Quinn: Wild at Heart packs a lot in for a great price

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Experience Harley’s New 52 stories from the start! Compiling over 13 action-packed single issues, this brand-new DC Compact Comics edition of Harley Quinn spans Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner’s run with the character, taking her across the DC Universe with the iconic art talents of heavy hitters like Walter Simonson, John Timms, and Darwyn Cooke!

Collects Harley Quinn #0-13.

Story: Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner
Art: Chad Hardin, John Timms, Stephane Roux, Marco Falla, Amanda Conner, Becky Cloonan, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, Dan Panosian, Walter Simonson, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Bruce Timm, Charlie Adlard, Adam Hughes, Art Baltazar, Tradd Moore, Dave Johnson, Jeremy Roberts, Sam Kieth, Darwyn Cooke, Paul Pope, Javier Garron, Damion Scott, Robert Campanella
Color: Alex Sinclair, Paul Mounts, Brett Smith, Dave McCaig, Lovern Kindzierski, Tomeu Morey, John Kalisz, Lee Loughridge, Dave Stewart, Alex Sollazzo
Letterer: John J. Hill

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Batman #1 has sold over 500,000 copies

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DC has announced that the first issue of the latest volume of Batman  has sold over 500,000 copies. The announcement comes just ahead of Batman Day which takes place on September 20. the new series is written by Matt Fraction and features art by Jorge Jiménez. This new era under Fraction and Jiménez reimagines Gotham City with a superhero-forward tone, a sleek new Batmobile, and a vivid blue-and-gray costume that signals a shift in both style and storytelling.

Not only has DC’s Batman #1 gone back for a second printing (arriving in stores October 15) after selling out with comic book distributors, but it also became the fourth renumbering for DC’s Batman comic book series in the title’s 84-year history when announced earlier this year. The series launch ushered in a new look for Gotham City under Fraction and Jiménez, with colors by Tomeu Morey and lettering by Clayton Cowles, and is now available at your local comic book shop, while supplies last. Head to a comic shop near you this Saturday and grab a remaining first print run copy of Batman #1 on Batman Day, and add the ongoing series to your pull list. If your LCS is already sold out of the Batman #1 first printing, ask them to add a copy of the second printing to your pull list while you’re there!

Batman #1 Second Printing will feature a recolored Batman logo on Jorge Jiménez’s main cover for issue #1, a new open-to-order cardstock variant cover by Jiménez and Tomeu Morey, plus a stunning new variant cover by Dan Mora offered in both cardstock and foil editions.

Batman #1 Heads Back to Print with Multiple Covers

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The first printing of Batman #1 is officially sold out with comic book distributors, and DC is headed back to press for a second printing of this hit comic book, arriving in stores on October 15. Batman #1 Second Printing will feature a recolored Batman logo on Jorge Jiménez‘s main cover for issue #1, a new open-to-order cardstock variant cover by Jiménez and Tomeu Morey, plus a stunning new variant cover by Dan Mora offered in both cardstock and foil editions.

DC’s new Batman comic book run is helmed by Eisner Award-winning writer Matt Fraction and superstar artist Jorge Jiménez, with vibrant colors by Tomeu Morey and lettering by Clayton Cowles. This bold new era reimagines Batman, and Gotham City, with a superhero-forward tone, a sleek new Batmobile, and a vivid blue-and-gray costume that signals a shift in both style and storytelling.

Head to a comic shop near you and add DC’s Batman comic books to your pull list. Batman #2 will publish on October 1. Be there for Robin’s dark night!

Batman #1 is an entertaining start but not a must read, can’t miss, debut

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A new day dawns for the Dark Knight Detective as Eisner Award-winning writer Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins forces with superstar artist Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Summer of Superman Special) for an unforgettable new era of Batman! The best superhero in comics gets a brand-new first issue to kick off this new era that will test Batman and Bruce Wayne like never before!

Story: Matt Fraction
Art: Jorge Jimenez
Colors: Tomeu Morey
Letters: Clayton Cowles

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Batman #1 has high flying visuals, sleek designs, and a color palette that pops while not being afraid to probe its protagonist’s wounded psyche

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Batman #1

The only constant is change. Except if it’s in Marvel or DC superhero comics published monthly that are “canon”, and then we only get the “illusion of change” according to the late Stan Lee. In Batman #1, Matt Fraction, Jorge Jimenez, and Tomeu Morey play with the idea of changing a character that’s been dealing with the trauma around his parents’ murder for 86 years, but they don’t swing for the fences like Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta did in last year’s Absolute Batman transforming the Dark Knight’s inciting incident, his relationship to his rogues’ gallery, and even his social class. Instead, they go for the solid base hit and poke at the status quo they’ve been given by their predecessors (Vandal Savage police commissioner/Jim Gordon beat cop, Alfred still dead, no Wayne Manor/yet cool gadgets) while telling a first chapter of an entertaining Batman story and switching up how some characters are portrayed (Killer Croc in this case) just a little bit.

Time will tell if he writes the character for 4 years, but in this very early going, Matt Fraction’s Batman reminds me a lot of his Invincible Iron Man run where he deconstructed the title character, dealt with his legacy and his story, and also crafted fresh, memorable moments like giving Pepper Potts her own armor as Rescue. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, Batman #1 asks the question if someone can truly change using the title character and Killer Croc as case studies. Fraction and Jimenez answer with a solid “maybe” as Batman actually listens to a therapist for once in his dealings with Killer Croc in a touching moment reminiscent of a popular panel from fellow PNW-er Brian Michael Bendis and Nick Derington’s Batman Giant featuring Green Lantern and a prehistoric creature. There’s a build-up to a fight, but no punches are thrown, only a conversation had between a skin-shedding, potentially reborn-like-a-newborn-babe Killer Croc and the Batman Who Listens. I do love that Jimenez and Morey still flash one of Batman’s gadgets and use a composition that could work for a fight scene, which adds to the tension between violence and rehabilitation.

Speaking of Jorge Jimenez, his art makes everything dynamic and cool as hell with Tomeu Morey going for a deep neon palette. He used a similar aesthetic for his work with James Tynion on Batman, but there are some curveballs in the Batmobile and Killer Croc design. Plus Jimenez and Fraction leave room for nostalgia with homages to the Arkham Asylum video games (Or the late 1990s/early 2000s Batman comics era they were influenced by.) and The Dark Knight Returns. They create humor and subtext through TV screens and kickstart a low-boiling subplot reminiscent of the mutant gang, but quirkier. But flashy designs aside, Jorge Jimenez also draws moments that will stab at your psyche using a ghostly line for the voice/image of Alfred that is in Batman’s head as he drives the Gotham streets adding to his mental unstability. To quote a once and future foe of the Caped Crusader, Batman #1 isn’t afraid to get nuts, and the details in Jimenez’s depiction of Gotham create an overstimulating effect of a city with a corrupt police force and a protector who’s not as well-heeled as he used to be.

With the exception of (I don’t even think he’s an officer.) Gordon, Batman #1 is police-critical, which totally resonates in a world where ICE agents waylay people of color at highways, restaurants, places of worship, and apartment complex, and the president of the United States sends national guards to cities that didn’t vote for him under false pretense. The enemy in this issue is militarization and the private sector taking over an office that should serve the public. But Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez don’t explore this in a preachy way using high tech armor and gadget and superheroes and supervillains to help escape reality while also facing society’s problems. At this point, I’m too afraid to ask why Vandal Savage is the police commissioner, but it fits the overall tone of sci-fi despair in Gotham.

Batman #1 has high flying visuals, sleek designs, and a color palette that pops while not being afraid to probe its protagonist’s wounded psyche (The Alfred appearances!) and get away from a typical hero vs villain showdown. It’s not a status quo upending/everything changes #1, but Fraction and Jimenez definitely stack the deck against Batman with foes both physical and mental. The cool gadgets should help though.

Story: Matt Fraction Art: Jorge Jimenez
Colors: Tomeu Morey Letters: Clayton Cowles
Story: 7.7 Art: 8.6 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

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The Matriarch debuts in Wonder Woman this September!

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A new DC villain debuts on September 17 in Wonder Woman #25, the latest chapter in comic book writer Tom King and artist Daniel Sampere‘s generational epic!

After days of searching through a mouse-infested world, Wonder Woman finally locates the lost Etta Candy and fugitive Amazon Emilie. Little does she know, they are hiding a tiny harbinger of death who will change Diana’s fate forever!

Don’t miss the first appearance of the Matriarch on September 17 in this oversize anniversary issue that will set the stage for all Wonder Woman stories to come! Plus, check out Sampere’s character design for the Matriarch in the recently revealed open-to-order variant cover!

Wonder Woman #25 features a main cover by Daniele Sampere and Tomeu Morey and an open-to-order variant from the two.

ComicsPRO 2025: Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez kick off Batman this September

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DC has announced a new Batman #1 launching this September from Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez.

DC’s new Batman #1 becomes only the fourth renumbering for DC’s Batman comic book series in the title’s 85-year history. Under Fraction and Jiménez, with colors by Tomeu Morey and lettering by Clayton Cowles, Batman will have a new blue and gray costume, a new Batmobile, and the series will usher in a new look for Gotham City.

Fraction, Jimenez, Morey and Cowles will be telling a series of connected but self-contained stories when they begin their run in September. Every issue could be a new adventure, a new style, and a new challenge for the creative team to put in front of Batman. More details on September’s Batman #1 to be revealed soon.

Gail Simone returns to Superman with Eddy Barrows for a three-part Action Comics arc this Summer

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DC’s 2024 Superman Superstars initiative within their Superman line of comics will continue from July to September with the all-star pairing of Gail Simone and Eddy Barrows announced as the next creative team on Action Comics, telling a new Superman story taking place at the beginning of the Man of Steel’s action-packed career. Simone and Barrows’s story is titled “Superman and the Challenge from the Stars.”

The first of Simone and Barrows’s three issues kicks off when a massively powerful alien race makes Earth their arena. Superman, DC’s Man of Steel, must stand alone against impossible challenges that threaten locations all around the world and the lives of those he loves. Action Comics #1067 begins a not-to-be missed epic tale of Superman’s strength, wit, and resourcefulness in an early stage of his public career!

Action Comics #1067, #1068, and #1069 (July, August, and September) will be written by Gail Simone with art by Eddy Barrows, Danny Miki, Rex Lokus, and Dave Sharpe.

Action Comics #1067 will have a main cover by Eddy Barrows, Danny Miki, and Tomeu Morey, and will also carry variant covers by Wes Craig, Pablo Villalobos, and Ben Oliver (1:25), on sale Wednesday, July 10. The main Eddy Barrows cover will also be released as a foil variant cover.

Batman #138 is so close to nailing it

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Batman #138

Batman is on the ropes as the Gotham War heats up following a shocking betrayal! It’s father versus son, teacher versus student in the knockout fourth chapter of this brutal war. But who is really pulling the strings in this explosive event? Thousands of years have led to this moment! Batman #138 is a frustrating issue as it comes so close to nailing a concept but then distracts.

“Gotham War” as a whole has been an interesting storyline event. It has debated Batman’s vision and tactics, showing his strict rules and focus might not be all it’s cracked up to be. It mirrors a debate going on today that if we allow for minor offenses, maybe the major ones will decrease. That of course clashes with those who see any criminal infraction as unacceptable (of course overlooking their own). That unto itself would be an excellent story. Writer Chip Zdarsky makes it a bit more intriguing with Batman retreating into himself, justifying his extreme actions and questioning what little he has left that grounds him. But, all of that can’t be left alone and instead we get more layered on that takes a great concept and makes it only good.

Zdarsky teases Batman’s breakdown currently is due to the many mental protections like Zur-En-Arrh. He himself is struggling to hold it together. That muddies the debate in Batman’s actions giving an excuse as to his currently turning his back instead of him just facing up to his strict vision and actions along his battle for justice. Add in a villain behind the scenes who has been manipulating everything, Vandal Savage. Here, we get the full explanation of how he ties into the events and story which just pulls out the rug as it hints everything has been manipulated up to this part. So, instead of a real debate on philosophy as to how to fight crime and what’s acceptable, we get another high level villain playing games in Gotham that eventually the Bat-family will unite to fight against.

The art by Jorge Jimenez continues to impress with color by Tomeu Morey and lettering by Clayton Cowles. There’s an emotional rollercoaster to the comic as Batman must deal with Red Hood, the fights between friends, and then a final moment with Red Hood. It all hits just right especially Jason’s pleas at the end. The art delivers a literal punch as Dick realizes what Bruce has done and a line that was crossed, A sadness hits at the end when it’s clear Batman and Bruce are hurting, need help, and they might not be able to provide it. There’s an abandonment that’s punctuated through the art.

Batman #138 isn’t bad overall, it just could be so much more. There’s an emotional ride that really works but the comic, and story, can’t keep things focused on the simple aspects that really stand out, and instead takes things to another level adding in elements that don’t need to be there for a good story. Savage’s actions could be a whole other storyline. Instead, Batman #138, and “Gotham War” as a whole, feels like an interesting concept where more plotlines keep getting added and diluting what makes it stand out.

Story: Chip Zdarsky Art: Jorge Jimenez
Color: Tomeu Morey Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Story: 7.0 Art: 8.15 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read

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Wonder Woman #1 will be a divisive start but we loved it. A hell of a change to the status quo

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After a mysterious Amazonian is accused of mass murder, Congress passes the Amazon Safety Act, barring all Amazons from U.S. soil. To carry out their plans, the government starts a task force, the Amazon Extradition Entity (A.X.E.), to remove those who don’t comply, by any means necessary. Wonder Woman #1 kicks off a hell of a new direction for the classic character.

Story: Tom King
Art: Daniel Sampere
Color: Tomeu Morey
Letterer: Clayton Cowles

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