Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I saw on Mark Evanier’s site that classic Golden Age comic book artist Creig Flessel has passed away at the age of 96. Flessel created the Shining Knight and was a prominent cover artist on Detective Comics and other books (drawing the Sandman’s first cover appearance). My condolences to his family.
Mashable (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
In 1939, Bob Kane created “The Bat-Man” for issue #27 of Detective Comics, and as they say, the rest is history. This past weekend the highly anticipated film The Dark Knight was released in theaters, setting a record for biggest three-day take with $155.3M in tickets sold. To celebrate we’ve rounded up 25 sites where you can learn more about the Batman series and its characters. Below you can find...
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
I think I'll be doing Batman-related reviews all week, culminating, I hope, in a review of The Dark Knight, which I have yet to see. To start, here's a story I recently mentioned in Crisis Death Sticky : DETECTIVE COMICS #604, DC Comics, Early September 1989 For my money, Norm Breyfogle draws the coolest Batman. And you know what? Alan Grant writes 'im pretty well too! Cue Detective #604 starring the...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Detective Comics artist Dustin Nguyen pays tribute to 28 of Gotham City’s better-known residents — he includes the Batmobile in his count — with this watercolor illustration. I want it.
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
It's that certain opening weekend. Of course, I'm gonna wait a while, maybe catch a matinée in the middle of the week. It's not that I'm not excited about The Dark Knight, it's that I hate people. But let's go back to a time that wasn't about hate... DETECTIVE COMICS #225, DC Comics, November 1955 No, I don't own this landmark issue. I got it in 1992 as a reprint part of the cool Silver Age Classics...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Criminals are a "superstitious, cowardly lot," according to millionaire Bruce Wayne in Detective Comics #27, published in 1939. That's why he chose the bat as his costumed symbol.
BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Here's a panel from an early 1940's BATMAN mystery in DETECTIVE COMICS in which the storyline features thinly disguised versions of famous movie and radio comedians being menaced by an unknown stalker! From left to right the REAL folks would be Eddie (Banjo Eyes) Cantor, W. C. Fields, Jack Benny, Fred Allen and...hmmm...Buster Keaton? More substantial posts return in a few days so stay tuned!
comiXtreme (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
*Review by*: Adam Chapman adam.chapman@sympatico.ca *Quick Rating*: Good *Title*: Batman R.I.P.- Heart of Hush Part 1 of 5: First Families of Gotham Hush is back... *Writer*: Paul Dini *Penciler*: Dustin Nguyen *Inker*: Derek Fridolfs *Colors*: John Kalisz
Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Here’s #27! Click here for the master list! Enjoy! Detective Comics #27 This was a tough one. First, as a reader kindly pointed out, Spectacular Spider-Man #27 was the first time Frank Miller ever drew Daredevil. Secondly, as I already noted for #35, Hank Pym is the most famous character introduced in the twenty-seventh issue of a comic book, [...]
IGN (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
IGN reviews Detective Comics #846.
Comics Fairplay (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Detective Comics #846 Originally uploaded by Heidi Meeley Well Crap. It is late and I am just sitting down to blog. I had to go pick up Jim's present for our anniversary tomorrow and I wanted to surprise him! I will let you in on our gift exchange tomorrow. For now, here is my list of new books for this week. 100 Bullets #93 Action Comics #867 Booster Gold #1,000,000 Detective Comics #846 - pictured!...
Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Here’s #38! Click here for the master list! Enjoy! Detective Comics #38 While there may be a real challenger that I am overlooking, I am pretty sure that this is one of the clearer decisions on the list, as the first appearance of Robin in Detective Comics #38 is not only extremely important, comic history-wise, but the cover [...]
The Comic Treadmill (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Having exhausted my Archive Editions (but not yet my eligible TPBs) it is time to turn my attention to flipping through the Batmans and Detective Comics stories in the short boxes. At least until I break down and buy...
LEAGUE OF MELBOTIS (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
About a year ago I was digging through some back issues at Austin Books and I stumbled across Detective Comics #519. Detective Comics #519 is the first Batman comic I ever recall reading. I think my dad bought it for me and just dropped it on me at some point, right about the summer before third grade. I remember this for a somewhat specific reason, which I'll get to in a minute. It was also the only...
Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
from Detective Comics #196 (June 1953) by Bill Finger, Dick Sprang & Charles Paris - reprinted in Batman #223 (Jul/Aug 1970)
