Welcome to another installment of the Bat Casebook, where I take the bat-comics that came out during the week and review them for your viewing pleasure. Stop laughing. Anyway–this week we’re reviewing Batman & Robin #12, Red Robin #12, and Batman Confidential #44.
Episode 205: Special report: War of the Supermen. We talk Secret Six #20, Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #3, War of the Supermen #0, the iPad, and much more on this packed offering.
Show Notes:
0:00 Show opening, http://www.heroinitiative.org, http://www.DCBService.com, http://www.Instocktrades.com, our ongoing contest (Ragingcontest@gmail.com), senseiofwhatnot@gmail.com, http://www.geturgeekonradio.com, show voicemail line 1-440-388-4434 or drnorge on Skype,and more.
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http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/04/14/its-official-batwoman-ongoing-series/
When the news that Greg Rucka was leaving DC was announced, I was very sad. Greg is an extemely talented writer and I will miss his take on the DCU characters. I was also very worried for Batwoman. This character has been very well developed and it would be a shame to have her moment lost. I am thrilled that J.H. Williams will be taking over the book with a cowriter.
Batwoman is a fresh and exciting character with her own spin on the Batman world. I couldn’t be happier that plans of an ongoing are still in place.
Episode 202: Blackest Night Wrap Up: Myron Rumsey of the Blog of OA joins us as we talk about the epic ending to this series. What are we most excited about in the future? What did our listeners think? How did this event stack up and why?
Show Notes:
0:00 Show opening, http://www.heroinitiative.org, http://www.DCBService.com, http://www.Instocktrades.com, our ongoing contest (Ragingcontest@gmail.com), senseiofwhatnot@gmail.com, http://www.geturgeekonradio.com, show voicemail line 1-440-388-4434 or drnorge on Skype,and more.
4:05 Blackest Night # 8, some Flash Secret Files (very brief) and Brightest Day Speculation
1:29:20 Listener emails and voicemails about Blackest Night
2:06:05 Show Closing
We’ll be back in a few days our next episode. Check Ragingbullets.com and the forum for regular updates.
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Paul Cornell on Action. Wow, I did not see that coming. I’ve mentioned on the show for quite some time that besides my love for comics, I am a huge Dr. Who fan. Paul is the creator of Bernice Summerfield who was first a companion to Dr. Who in the Virgin New Adventures novels. These books were just fantastic and gave fans Dr. Who that was compelling when there was no series to follow. Paul’s growth as a novelist throughout that series was so fun to follow. His work at Marvel has been pretty darn good, with Wisdom being a favorite of mine.
Now I get the chance to see him take on Superman. He was one of a series of creative writers who pushed the envelope of Dr. Who in novels and I look forward to see him play around with Clark’s world. I think the key to his Dr. Who books was that he really understood the core values of the character. As comic fans, we want a writer who knows that is an important step to keeping us on board. I really think this could wind up being a great run.
Raging Bullets will be at C2E2 all weekend. We are at table 1462 and look forward to seeing you.
Episode 201: We are joined by friend of the show and colorist Art Lyon as he discusses his work on the Shield #7. We also briefly discuss Batman Widening Gyre and comic films.
Also, we have some listener voicemails and emails to celebrate 200 shows and the greatest DC stories of all time.
We also announce the winners of our “call in as your favorite hero contest”
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I grew up loving Neal Adams and can’t recommend enough the Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams 3 volume set. It features Neal Adams complete Batman work, including covers and special artifacts recolored and remastered. It is just a gorgeous collection.
I am so stoked to see him working on a 12 issue Batman series. This has been rumored and in the worked for some time but to have an official announcement has me really excited. July can’t come soon enough. If you are new to comics and have never seen this creator’s visual work, you are in for a treat. This takes me back to my childhood. Just awesome news!!!
We’ve done some big recordings the past couple of nights and now it is on to editing and releasing content to you.
201 will be this weekend’s release: We talk to colorist Art Lyon about his work on the Shield #7, and have a brief discussion about Batman Widening Gyre.
202 will be released by Wednesday night at the latest: We are joined by Kent Hare to discuss JLA/Avengers Part 1
By Mandy Stegall
As promised, I’m not making anyone wait another month for a column. Two weeks is much more manageable, I think.
I hate to say it, but I’m kind of suffering from Batman burn-out right now. I was faced with a budget issue recently to make room for the new Flash series coming out next month in addition to the Zatanna ongoing that I would like to try, so I had to think long and hard about a couple books that I’m just not enjoying as much right now. Those books happened to be Streets of Gotham and Gotham City Sirens. It was a tough choice to make, but when it comes down to it, those are the two books that I’m enjoying the least right now.
And it’s not like I don’t have countless other ways to get a Batman fix. I love Batman and Robin, and Red Robin and Batgirl are probably two of my favorite titles right now. In fact, I absolutely loved the crossover with those two titles earlier in the month. It was so nice to see Tim and Stephanie readjusting to their roles in Gotham as well as how they relate to each other, both personally and professionally. I can see them being friends, at the very least, and maybe re-examining their romance down the road. For the time being though, I think Tim’s headed toward a relationship with Tam Fox.