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Bruno Redondo writes and draws his own Batman comic book from DC Comics in tomorrow's Batman: The Brave And The Bold #9, and it looks at a previous chapter in Bruce Wayne's life as he was first stepping out as Batman. Batman: The Brave And The Bold #9 While over in Detective Comics #1081 from DC Comics,[...]
Ram V's Run On Detective Comics Will End With #1089
Comic book author Ram V posted to TwitterX over the festive break, talking about his current, critically-well-received run on Detective Comics with the Orgham mystical criminal family of Gotham, saying, "Thank you for all the lovely 'Tec 1080 comments Questions shall be answered… #detectivecomics #soon G'night bluebirds." But on being asked "It is true that your[...]
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How the mighty have fallen. While Detective Comics #1080 has the Orgham criminal family looking to franchise their operation in Gotham… While the Penguin plots his return to Gotham, with friends and new but, it sees, diametrically opposed to his family. Well, Cobblepots do tend to have a tendency to kill their parents, which really isn't the penguin[...]
Batman Solicitations From DC Comics For March 2024
DC Comics' solicitations for Batman titles in March 2024 are starting to break out, here are the listings for Batman #145, Detective Comics #1083, Nightwing #112 and Batman and Robin #7… expect the dam to break early as a result of Bleeding Cool posting these. BATMAN #145 Written by CHIP IDARSKY Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ Variant cover[...]
Playing Hangman With Batman In Detective Comics #1079 (Spoilers)
Detective Comics has kept readers of its big story from Ram V and Jason Shawn Alexander hanging on, literally With Batman the victim of a set up by oligarchy, class privilege and duty And that's even an issue for a Wayne, it seems Sentenced to be hung by the neck until he be dead, remaining[...]
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We have Detective Comics #1076 by Ram V, Jason Shawn Alexander, Dave Stewart, Dan Watters, Liam Sharp, and Steve Wands, and we have Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Scorched Earth from Chip Zdarsky, Tini Howard, Mike Hawthorne, Nikola Cizmesija, Mark Morales, Wade Von Grawbadger, Arif Prianto, and Clayton Cowles. Detective Comics looks at the relationship of Batman and Catwoman outside[...]
Interior preview page from Detective Comics #1076
This week we've got the one and only…Detective Comics #1076 hitting comic book stores on the spookiest day of the year, October 31st. Batman: Outlaw, the five-part biweekly Detective Comics event, starts here! Batman, now under the control of an Azmer demon, is to be publicly hanged to atone for his crimes! With both the city[...]
NYCC Gossip: Batman's Secret Identity To Be Revealed? (Spoilers)
At least. While in Detective Comics #1075, the police are starting to put things together as well… Well, I mean, they do call them detectives for a reason… BATMAN CATWOMAN THE GOTHAM WAR RED HOOD #2 (OF 2) CVR A CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO (W) Matthew Rosenberg (A) Nikola Cižmešija (CA) Carmine Di Giandomenico JASON TODD PREPARES FOR BATTLE! Batman's plan[...]
Ram V Is Writing And Drawing His Next Batman Story For DC Comics
Ram V is looking to add quite the string to his bow with Detective Comics #1076, solicited as being drawn by Jason Shawn Alexander, but, it seems, now including a story both written, drawn and coloured by Ram V He posts to X, "Okay okay! DC says I can show a bit more of this[...]
Gotham War Ahead
But tomorrow's Knight Terrors: Detective Comics #2 shares some of Commissioner Jim Gordon's own reserves regarding the Batman who returned from his recent Multiversal jaunt after being defeated by Failsafe As voiced by his dream-imagined version of his daughter, Barbara Gordon. Doesn't he look tired? We might have an answer for that too But as to[...]
DC's Batman Solicits For November 2023 Launch "Mindbomb"
Here is a Bleeding Cool look at upcoming November 2023 solicits for DC Comics for their Batman titles, with Batman #139 and #140, Catwoman #39 and Detective Comics #1077 and #1078 – and why not, Green Lantern #5 as well why we are at it It begins with Mindbomb following Gotham War and a Batman[...]
Ram V Goes Exclusive For DC Comics
<3 I don't sleep." Ram V currently writes The Vigil and Detective Comics for DC Comics story, and a new story, Outlaw will be a Western-themed story drawn by Dustin Nguyen and Jason Scott Alexander He is also writing for Dstlry in The Devil's Cut released for the show, Rare Flavors from Boom Studios, The first[...]
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Last month, Bleeding Cool pointed out to DC Comics that there was a problem with their recent collections of classic Batman comic books, namely Batman: The Dark Detective Vol 7,  reprinting Batman #474, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #27, Detective Comics #634-638, Detective Comics #641, Detective Comics #643, and Detective Comics Annual #4 Just[...]
Batman Characters Hiding Inside Others In Detective Comics #1069
Detective Comics #1069 looks to rewrite the lay of the land between Batman and Two-Face Spoilers ahead, of course With Two-Face portrayed as a man with actual identity disorder, with two personalities separate, and able to talk to each other – but also keep secrets from each other It's a common conceit amongst writers, as[...]
Detective Comics #233 (DC Comics, 1956), the first appearance of Batwoman (Kathy Kane).
Key comic book appearances of many of the women of DC Comics' Bat-franchise are gaining attention in the current market, and prominent among those is Batwoman (Kathy Kane) first appearance in Detective Comics #233 and there's a Detective Comics #233 CGC 6.0 Off-White Pages up for auction tonight at ComicConnect This issue's cover feature "The Batwoman"[...]
Interior preview page from Detective Comics 2022 Annual #1
Travel back to Gotham City in the year 1776 for this preview of Detective Comics 2022 Annual #1. LOLtron, the management here at Bleeding Cool has paired me with you in hopes of "improving the overall tone and quality of my work," so though I know I will regret it, I am contractually obligated to ask:[...]
Who Owns Arkham Asylum Anyway? And Why Isn't It Batman? (Spoilers)
Recently in Detective Comics, we learned that Arkham Arkham – or the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane was built on land owned by Anatol Orgham, passed down the line to Loricius Orgham, who changed his name to Loricius Arkham, with his own descendent Amadeus Arkham building the institution. We also met the demonic-laced Shavhod,[...]
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And in today's Detective Comics #1063 from Ram V and Rafael Albuquerque, it takes that opportunity to present Harvey Dent in that fashion. Harvey Dent as Phantom Of The Opera- Detective Comics #1053 from Ram V and Rafael Albuquerque Man, the word "flicker" really can be read as something else if you don't pay attention, can't it?[...]
Dismemberment And DC Comics &#8211; Detective Comics #1061 Spoilers
Well, until today, as Gotham Girl takes her revenge. Dismemberment And DC Comics – Detective Comics #1061 Spoilers And using Bat-continuity has an excuse. Dismemberment And DC Comics – Detective Comics #1061 Spoilers She does have a point, right? But just the sort of person for Talia al Ghul to recruit for the Daughters Of The Dragon… DETECTIVE COMICS #1061[...]
Batman #1 vs Mystery Men #14 (1940).
Detective Comics v Bruns Publications is one of the defining historical moments of modern American comic books.  In a judgment handed down April 2, 1939, Judge Learned Hand of United States District Court, Southern District of New York, ruled that Victor Fox's Wonderman character in Wonder Comics infringed on DC's Superman copyrights.  In a lesser-known[...]
Detective Comics #6 Edgar Church Pedigree.
The Edgar Church / Mile High comic book pedigree is a collection of almost 15,000 comic books 1937 to 1957 amassed by Denver, Colorado commercial illustrator Edgar Church.  The collection, much of which has been preserved in incredible high grade, has become the stuff of legend since it was discovered by longtime retailer Chuck Rozanski[...]
DC Splits Detective Comics Apart For Shadows Of The Bat Collections
DC Comics is going to split up Detective Comics for upcoming collections, with the main Batman storyline running in one book, with the back-up strips running in another, as part of their new Shadows Of The Bat line And both volumes published on the same day, the 20tyh of December Might this be the model[...]
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And this comic is all about the power and symbology of chains. Justice League #75 Over in Detective Comics #1058, well if you are going to have a Dark Crisis – or any sort of Crisis – there is a key player to keep in hand. Detective Comics #1058 Escaped from Arkham Tower, with many players wanting his crowd-manipulating[...]
Batman Gets A New Batcave Tomorrow From DC Comics
So in Detective Comics by  Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora, he did what any rich man on the skids does when he has lost access to his wine cellar. He finds a sewer and decides to build himself a new one A number of new ones That's what we saw in Detective Comics #1034. A number of[...]
Detective Comics #122 (DC, 1947) featuring Catwoman and her Kitty Car.
Doing the diligence for this post, I was utterly shocked to find that the classic DC Comics character Catwoman only had about 15 appearances in the Golden Age.  By way of comparison, the Joker had over 60 appearances in the same time frame.  Green Lantern antagonist Harlequin had eight appearances in the span of a[...]
Cover image for Detective Comics #1058
In the last issue of Detective Comics, we met the new Psycho Pirate But the old Psycho Pirate is in need of a rescue in this preview of Detective Comics #1058, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics Hasn't the Penguin gotten the message? Are you telling us The Penguin doesn't read Bleeding Cool?! Is[...]
Cover image for Detective Comics #1057
Batman heard there were mental patients that needed a beating, so he's back as the star of Detective Comics #1057, in stores on Tuesday Thank goodness! We were starting to worry there might only be six or seven Batman comics on the stands each week Crisis averted! Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1057 DC Comics 0122DC029 0122DC030[...]
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In today's Detective Comics #1055, Gotham notices that Batman just isn't around as much anymore, as riots break out in Arkham Tower in the centre of Gotham City And those overnight town planners are staring down at their shoes. Detective Comics #1055 While in Batman #121, Batman also notices he is missing. Batman #121 Almost as if people ate[...]
Cover image for DETECTIVE COMICS #1054 CVR A IRVIN RODRIGUEZ
Stephanie Brown thinks the Bat-metaphor may have gone too far in this preview of Detective Comics #1054, in stores Tuesday from DC But seriously, Steph, hanging out in a cave is what you take issue with? The bat-obsession went off the rails long before that Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1054 DC Comics 1221DC014 1221DC015 – DETECTIVE[...]
Cover image for DETECTIVE COMICS #1053 CVR A IRVIN RODRIGUEZ
Everyone is out to get Doctor Wear in this preview of Detective Comics #1053, in stores Tuesday from DC Is it a drug deal gone wrong? Or vaccine mandates at Arkham Tower? You never know these days Even the criminal underworld has its fair share of anti-vaxxers, and it's been worse than ever since The[...]