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Posted in: Batman, Comics, DC Comics | Tagged: absolute, Absolute Batman, barbara gordon, batgirl

Maybe your comic shop knows your Wednesday order by heart. Maybe your Batman wears a black rubber cowl and drives a Batmobile that still looks impossibly cool almost 40 years later. Or maybe you’re trying to find a Batman book for someone who isn’t quite ready for The Dark Knight Returns yet.

Sept 19 — There are treasures wherever we look: from vinyl records to vintage dolls. Every corner reveals another nostalgic surprise

In Absolute Batman #24, Bruce Wayne battles himself for the title of Gotham’s one true Bat, while everyone he loves confronts their darkest inner demons.

Each Friday, we’ll be letting a different DC.com writer share what they’ll be reading over the weekend and why you might want to check it out. Here’s this week’s suggestion for a perfect Weekend Escape!  

Though he’s not yet a century old, Batman’s career spans ten decades. Since his first appearance in May 1939’s Detective Comics #27 to the latest issue of Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez’s ongoing “All In” Batman series, new adventures of the Dark Knight have appeared in print continuously, usually on a weekly basis. To celebrate…

Posted in: Batman, Comics, DC Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man | Tagged: Absolute Batman, flash gordon, Scott Chantler, what if

August sales charts are here, presented courtesy of Prana: Direct Market Solutions, Manage Comics, and Comic Shop Assistant. Numbers are based on data from 80,000+ consumers and 600+ stores in various markets. They reflect units sold, but also a dollar share chart, and per-store average sales data is included in the overall sales chart. 

Posted in: Archie, Avengers, Batman, Boom, Comics, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Mad Cave Studios, Marvel Comics, Oni Press, Spider-Man, Superman, Titan, Vault, Venom, X-Men | Tagged: Absolute Batman, bestseller

In 2022’s The Batman, Robert Pattinson and director Matt Reeves definitely went the direction of treating Batman as the real person, and Bruce Wayne as the persona. That hasn’t always been the primary way to play the role — both Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer, seemed, at times like their sad Bruce Waynes might have…