Gotham Central-Reviews #36

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Hello Gothamites,

For those of you who don't know, this is our reviews episode, and we review all of the Gotham books that came out the week of August 4, 2010.

This week's books are:

Batman: Confidential #47
Batman: Arkham Reborn (TPB)
Batman: Odyssey #2 (of 6)
Brightest Day #7
Red Hood: Lost Days #3 (of 6)
Red Robin #15
Secret Six #24

Gotham Central-Reviews #32

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Hello Gothamites, ;
In The Return of Commissioner Vactor on this Reviews episode, the guys talk about all the books that came out in Gotham books this week! Guys, Batman & Robin #13 WAS AWESOME!

Batman: Odyssey Preview-Thoughts

Good morning again, Gotham,

On Wednesday morning, DC's The Source Blog posted some more preview pages from this week's comics, but this time it was from Neal Adams' Batman: Odyssey #1 (of 6). So, if you want to check out those previews, just head over there.

Now.. again, this is like First Wave problem, when I first saw these previews a while ago with no dialog, I figured that there was no way this is Bruce Wayne in this Batsuit because Batman does not use guns. At all. It's against his nature because his parents' lives were taken with a gun. So, of course I thought this was going to be some sort of impostor at the very least, and that would set up the storyline for this mini-series.

Neal Adams is so well versed in the Gotham mythos, that I have no doubt that this series is going to be nothing less than excellent, but it is always bizarre to me seeing Batman holding a gun, it just isn't right. Unless this is the start of his career, which it clearly is, and Adams is actually pulling from the Golden Age, which most wouldn't do, I don't know what to think, especially with this coming from one of the most well respected names in Batman's history of creators.

So, again, I have no doubt that this mini-series will be fantastic, but I don't think any of us like to see Batman toting a gun, and I hope this isn't a trend, but with First Wave and now Odyssey, that's not looking promising.

Gotham Central-Pull List #32

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Hello Gothamites,
In The Return of Commissioner Vactor on this Pull List episode, the guys talk about all the books coming out in Gotham books this week!

This Week's Books Are:

Batman & Robin #13
Batman Confidential #46
Batman: Odyssey #1 (of 6)
Brightest Day #5
Red Hood: Lost Days #2 (of 6)
Red Robin #14
Secret Six #23
Blackest Night HC

Highlights from July Solicitations (Spoiler Free)

Hey Gothamites,

The Batman solicitations for July were announced on Friday, and some very interesting developments have occurred!

To the solicits!

(Batman #701)

JULY

• Batman #701- Grant Morrison/Tony Daniel*
• Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4- Grant Morrison/Cameron Stewart*
• Batman and Robin #14- Grant Morrison/Frazer Irving
• Batman: Odyssey #1- Neal Adams*
• Red Hood: Lost Days #2- Judd Winnick/Pablo Raimondo
• Detective Comics #867- David Hine/Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens (No Batwoman)
• Batman: The Widening Gyre #6- Kevin Smith/Walt Flanagan and Art Thibert (re-solicit)
• Batman Beyond #2- Adam Beechen/John Stanisci
• Red Robin #14- Fabian Nicieza/Marcus To and Ray McCarthy *
• Gotham City Sirens #14- Paul Dini/Guillem March
• Batman Confidential #46- Kevin Vanhook/Tom Mandrake
• Azrael #10- David Hine/Jeremy Haun
• Batman: Streets of Gotham #14- Paul Dini/Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs (main) Ivan Brandon/Ramon Bach (Two-Face co-feature*)
• Outsiders #31- Dan Didio/Philip Tan and Jonathan Glapion (resolicit)
• Batgirl #12- Bryan Q. Miller/Lee Garbett and Jonathan Glapion

*new creative team or series (usually a good place to start)

Source: The Source

Check Out The Cover To Batman: Odyssey #1

DC’s Source Blog unvieled the cover to the upcoming Batman: Odyssey that we reported on recently.

What do you think about the Neal Adams art?

Neal Adams On Batman: Odyssey

DC’s Source Blog is reporting today that legendary comic book creator Neal Adams will be returning to Batman in 2010.

BATMAN: ODYSSEY will be a 12-part mini-series coming in July. This series marks a return to the character that Adams helped redefine. When I normally think of classic Batman art, Adams’ name is the first that comes to mind.

Synopsis of Odyssey courtesy of DC’s Source Blog:

ODYSSEY finds Batman facing a series of seemingly unrelated challenges, villains and allies, old and new, that push him to his limits as never before. The battles get more intense and, in turn, more deadly, The Dark Knight Detective discovers that there might be an over-arching force behind his troubles. And if this is so, if there is a dark and mysterious matrix being super-imposed over Batman’s life… what sort of life-changing voyage must he go on to free himself from this powerful and insidious direction?

Adams will be heaivly involved with the series, writing and penciling the entire series, while also inking the first two issues.

For more Neal Adams goodness, check out CBR’s extended talk with Adams as well.