Tony Daniel posts pencils to his "Damian: Son of Batman" variant

DC Comics artist, Tony S. Daniel set up a new twitter account recently, this has been a great place to go for first looks at the interiors of his upcoming series, Superman/Wonder Woman ( written by Charles Soule ), but today the artist posted his pencils to a variant cover for the first issue of Andy Kubert's Ex-Robin centred October miniseries, "Damian: Son of Batman", check out the image below...

This looks pretty impressive, definitely want to pick this one up, I'd also suggest keeping an eye on Daniel's Twitter page for some preview pencil pages.

"Damian: Son Of Batman" #1, written and pencilled by Andy Kubert is set for release next month, also being released next month is Tony Daniel and Charles Soule's new series "Superman/Wonder Woman"

Source: Tony S. Daniel's Twitter page

SDCC 2013: Batgirl to appear in Batman: Arkham Origins?

The Batman: Arkham Origins panel has just ended at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 and a lot of interesting information was released during it. However, one tease really stood out: When asked about the existence of Robin in the game, the panel replied:

There's no Robin at this point in the timeline. This is year 2 of his career. As for Batgirl, you're gonna have to see the game. #ArkhamSDCC
— Batman Arkham (@BatmanArkham) July 18, 2013

Now, that's a pretty strong hint isn't it? I'd certainly love to see Batgirl in Arkham Origins, but I'm still hoping for at least a few little hints or references to Robin.

As well as this, another interesting piece of information from the panel is the reveal that DC Comics assassin, Copperhead will be appearing in the game. Copperhead has recently appeared in mainstream comics as a member of the Secret Society in Justice League of America, except the version in the game will be female.

DC Comcs tease Forever Evil for Nightwing- "When the Unthinkable happens"

This is the fourth teaser DC Comics have released for their upcoming event, "Forever Evil" just today, this time they're teasing the future of ex-Robin, Dick Grayson, A.K.A. Nightwing. Check out the teaser below:

Well, this one's the most interesting of today's teasers. It's been revealed that Dick Grayson will be the character effected most by the upcoming event, but it's also been said this doesn't mean his death. What could this mean? Maybe Nightwing himself becoming a killer?

Andy Kubert's 'Damian: Son of Batman' announced.

We all know about the recent demise of the latest Robin, Damian Wayne. I have to admit, I do miss the little guy, I was even talking to one of my friends about it earlier today, but it seems we don't need to miss him for that much longer. Sort of...


Today, a four-issue miniseries named 'Damian: Son of Batman' was announced, written and drawn by the talented Andy Kubert, and it's based on the future of the deceased Robin, Kubert said: “Basically, what I'm doing is exploring the path that Damian has taken to become Batman. I think readers will see him in a different light than before,”

 

 

This is obviously set away from the mainstream DC Universe and I guess not a full return for Robin but I'm excited for this nonetheless!


The first issue hits shelves on October 30th!


(Source: New York Post)

Bruce Wayne shall become a bat. Again.

This wednesday Batman, Incorporated #10 hits the shelves, Bruce's had it pretty rough in the past few issues, his son; Damian Wayne, Robin;  has died, he's become an outlaw in the city he's saved countless times, argued with his oldest friend, lost the trust of Commisioner Gordon and the crime-fighting organisation he's spent years building has gone underground and half of it's destroyed. So, yeah, he's probably gonna be a little bit ticked off.

Batman, obviously, wants to avenge his son and all his other falen allies, and he's going to be very, VERY desperate. Desperate enough to transform himself into a monster, perhaps, to get revenge on the evil mastermind who did all of this to him, the mother of his son, Talia al Ghul.

Well it seems that's the case judging by the gatefold cover of the issue, before you look at it, here's a bit of info you might want to know.

Leviathan, Talia's criminal organisation has been using the Man-bat serum, created by (you guessed it!) Man-Bat. It was used to tansform regular soldiers into deadly human/bat hybrids, obviously if this serum got into the hands of one of Leviathan's enemies it'd be pretty bad for them.

Oh...

Batman, Incorporated #10 cover. By Chris Burnham.

Comics Catch up: Nightwing #19

Welcome to comics catch-up! In this feature I'll be getting you up to speed on what you need to know for some of this week's comics!

Today we're talking Nightwing!

Issue 19 of Nightwing hits the stands tomorrow, April 17. Written by Kyle Higgins and Pencilled by Brett Booth ( with inks and colours by Norm Rapmund and Andrew Dalhouse ), this issue takes Nightwing to a new enviroment for him, the city of Chicago.

So, here we go!

Dick recently became involved with a project to re-invent Haly's circus, his former home, in one of Gotham's abandoned areas, Amusement mile. He was setting it up with the daughter of the man who murdered his parents, Sonia Branch, who he soon became romantically involved with.

Dick was doing a good job setting up the new Amusement mile when tragedy struck, Tragedy in the form of a maniacal homocidal clown. The Joker.

The Joker burned Dick's plans to the ground, murdered his friend Jimmy, and ex-girlfriend/ traitor, Raya Vestri. He pushed the Bat-family away from eachother.

Dick was hated by some members of the circus and blamed for the death of Raya and Jimmy, as you can guess, he was in a pretty bad mood.

After the events of the Joker attack ( Death of the family), Dick nearly brutalised a group of men scavenging the Haly's corcus grounds for "trophies" from recent events. Dick was stopped by the son of Batman, and former Robin, Damian Wayne.

Dick managed to hunt down the man collecting these "trophies", the Dealer. He'd taken the Flying Graysons outfit of Dick's father, John Grayson. Dick was in the middle of getting the suit back from the Dealer, when a fire broke out in the building. There were people who were bidding for items in the building and they were trapped, Dick managed to save the people, but his father's suit burned.

After all of the tragedies in Dick's life something worse than anything else happened, Damian Wayne, effectively a little brother to Dick, died. Dick was in a terrible state, he felt utterly destroyed.

The final shock in Dick's life was something unvelievable for him. Tony Zucco, the man who killed his parents, was alive. Dick couldn't stay in Gotham any longer. He had to find him.

Dick has now moved to Chicago, a city without masked heroes, and where vigilantism is banned. He has one Nightwing suit and hardly any money.

As you can tell, these are tough times for Dick Grayson.

Nightwing 19 hits stands April 17, by Kyle Higgins and Brett Booth. with inks and colours by Norm Rapmund and Andrew Dalhouse.