Batman: Eternal, the new Batman weekly from Scott Snyder, Jason Fabok and more

The 75th anniversary of the comic that first introduced the Dark Knight to the world, Detective Comics #27, is coming soon, March 30th of next year to be exact, and DC are commemorating it in a big way.

Starting some time next year is "Batman: Eternal", a new weekly Batman series, mostly written by current "Batman" writer, Scott Snyder, with art from Jason Fabok. As well as Snyder, some other writers will be on board with the book, with contributions from writers James Tynion IV, John Layman, Tim Seeley and Ray Fawkes.

Snyder told USA Today about the series, including the fact that it's going to have some pretty important moments:

"You'll see some humongous newsworthy stuff in it, I promise,"

As well as a Year-Long weekly series, DC are also making the 27th issue of the current Detective Comics run memorable as well, with a 96-page special issue, with work from creators such as Paul Dini, Gregg Hurwitz, Neal Adams, Frank Miller and Francesco Francavilla.

I think it's pretty safe to say the Caped Crusader's 75th anniversary isn't going to be disappointing.

(Just a quick side note here, I'm not sure if anybody else has noticed, but Nightwing doesn't appear on Jason Fabok's Batman: Eternal artwork above... Beginning to wonder just how much the events of DC's current event, Forever Evil, are going to impact him...)

Review: Red Hood and the Outlaws annual #1

I think the best thing to happen to Red Hood and the Outlaws since the start of the New 52 in September 2011 has been James Tynion IV. I felt like Scott Lobdell's run got a little weak by the end but all the issues of Tynion's Red Hood so far have been excellent!

I honestly loved this issue, I felt like it really got to the heart of what an annual should be, it should be exciting because you're getting a big, extended issue of your favourite heroes. This was definitely the best of DC's annuals for the month.

Seeing Jason investigate who he was before he lost his memories is a good read and it's really a different type of story compared to Lobdell's run, and it's nice to have something fresh in the book. The whole plot of this issue is good overall and Tynion IV's idea for what happens between Roy Harper and Oliver Queen is brilliant and considering I've been waiting 20 months to read a story like this, I was satisfied and impressed.

I loved the interaction between Roy and Starfire and all of the scenes with them together are great. You see a character that's very important to Roy's past which made for an interesting read, and reference of the week goes to "maybe next time I'll take an arm".

Onto the art! The art in this issue is really different, in the best way possible. It has some great colours with it too. My only issue with the art is that once or twice Roy doesn't look like himself, and he looks a little too manly. Other than that, the art was amazing.

This was an all around great issue, amazing art and brilliant writing! James Tynion IV is a great choice for a new writer on the series.

Rating: 9/10