Catching up on Batman: Week Two

My second week of catching up with the various Bat-Titles of the new 52 was pretty intense.  The focus across most of the titles was the Night of the Owls, an evening where a secret groups who claim control of Gotham set free their regenerating assassins (called Talons) to attack and kill all those who claim leadership to the city.

Considering Batman has been bringing it's readers new villains since the late '30s The Court of Owls are a pretty ingenious and insidious idea.  

Beware the Court of Owls,
That Watches all the time,
Ruling Gotham from a shadow perch,
Behind Granite and Lime,
The Watch you at your hearth,
They Watch you in your bed,
Speak not a whispered word of them
Or they'll send The Talon for your Head.

The idea of a secret family controlling the city has a pretty big "Illuminati" feel to it, but the stories were a lot of fun, and it's kind of neat to see the whole Bat-Family in action.

Looking forward to week three!

My Batman Advent Calendar!

So here we are at the beginning of December, and I've realized that with the exception of Sandman Overture, and a couple Fables trades, I haven't done a deep dive into DC comics in over a year!

Luckily, my youngest daughter is an avid Batman collector, so for the rest of the month I'll be reading five great Bat-titles from the 2012 New 52 release.

Detective Comics
Batman and Robin
Batman: The Dark Knight
Batman
Batgirl

I'll still be blogging about all of my regular stuff, but each week I'll wrap up with a weeks worth of Bat-tastic info!

Happy Holidays!
Your Old Pal, Bookmonkey

Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises

Yesterday I took a break from my busy weekend schedule and saw the new film The Dark Knight Rises.


Quick review: Awesome - I'll be adding this to my DVD collection

Not-quite-so-quick review: The third film in the Batman franchise does something very nice - it ends the story.  Following The Dark Night (currently tied with Unbreakable and The Incredibles as one of my favourite three superhero movies) The Dark Knight Rises would actually be well served if you re-watch both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight before you see it.

The move has massive explosions, awesome gadgets and surprisingly (to me at least) an awful lot of character development from all of the leads.

Honestly the movie was great - go see it, that's about all I can say!