If you have read a DC super hero title any time in the last few months, chances are you have seen a promo for Batman: Noel. They are everywhere. DC has been pimping the hell out of this book. So what is


It's an original graphic novel retelling A Christmas Carol (again) with pre-Infinte Crisis paranoid douchewad Batman as Scrooge. It follows the general form of the original with some Batman type...

Batman is certainly a popular character.

This Bat title focuses on Batman as detective.

Gotham has long had stories of a mysterious, sinister organization called The Court of Owls that runs the city from behind the scenes. It is commonly thought to be an urban legend but there would not be much of a plot if that was true. There is a mysterious murder. A mysterious assassin attacks Bruce...

I am going to skip a few and come back to them later. Next is


There are a lot of Bat titles in the relaunch including three solo Bat titles and Batman and Robin. He also appears in all the Bat related titles as well as being in Justice League and tagging along in Justice League International. Batman is a busy guy.

I have heard that each Bat title is supposed...

This one is the same length (5 issues) as Gates of Gotham and was coming out at the same time. It provides an interesting contrast. This one was published to serve as a lead-in for the upcoming Batman: Arkham City video game. Does a comic published to set up a rather implausible video game premise really work?


My answer would be...no. No, it really doesn't. You can practically watch the author...

This is the first mainstream super hero title I have talked about in this blog...sort of. Gates of Gotham is a small side story focusing on Gotham's history especially the period analagous to the period in New York History when the Brooklyn Bridge was being built. It is a Batman title though so it mostly fits.

The story switches back and forth between events in the historical period and current...