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So today is the first part of the "Battle for the Cowl," which will tell us who gets to be Batman from June till whenever DC decides it's Bruce Wayne's turn again. And it's readable, though not particularly groundbreaking or essential if you aren't a Batfanatic.
But as it happens, I am a Batfanatic. That means I sometimes put up with a lot of bland or even bad storytelling because I love the Batman corner of the DCU. I love Gotham, I love the supporting cast, I love the bad guys and the cops and gadgets. And I love that if you wait long enough, DC will assign its best writers to do something with Batman or a member of his family. (Oh, and Batman is pretty cool, too.)
This June, once we see who is the new BatTemp - I'll lay odds on it being ( Read more... ) - DC will be launching nine Bat-related books (at least for the next year). So far, we don't know just who Red Robin is, or why there's supposed to be a new Batgirl comic, let alone who will be writing them. But Greg Rucka returns to Gotham to write Detective. Which will start the new Batwoman (Kate Kane), the character he re-created in 52 and has been developing ever since. Paul Dini will be writing Batman: Streets of Gotham, which will start everyone who isn't getting his or her own book; and Sirens of Gotham, which will start Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy.
And Grant Morrison will reunite with Frank Quitely - his partner on All-Star Superman and X-Men and We3 - to do something called Batman and Robin.
I was excited when I heard Rucka would be doing Detective, and that he wouldn't be using Batman, since his best Gotham work was about other characters (as seen in Gotham Central). I was doubly thrilled that Dini, whose run on Detective was generally excellent, would be on two books. And I am ecstatic that Morrison and Quitely get to do their thing again (even if we have no clue if this series will be part of the present day story or flashbacks or outside continuity altogether).
I know that not everyone loves these writers (especially Morrison). But I do. And I can't wait.
If only we could find some way to stop them from putting Judd Winick on Batman itself. But I do need something to complain about, don't I?
But as it happens, I am a Batfanatic. That means I sometimes put up with a lot of bland or even bad storytelling because I love the Batman corner of the DCU. I love Gotham, I love the supporting cast, I love the bad guys and the cops and gadgets. And I love that if you wait long enough, DC will assign its best writers to do something with Batman or a member of his family. (Oh, and Batman is pretty cool, too.)
This June, once we see who is the new BatTemp - I'll lay odds on it being ( Read more... ) - DC will be launching nine Bat-related books (at least for the next year). So far, we don't know just who Red Robin is, or why there's supposed to be a new Batgirl comic, let alone who will be writing them. But Greg Rucka returns to Gotham to write Detective. Which will start the new Batwoman (Kate Kane), the character he re-created in 52 and has been developing ever since. Paul Dini will be writing Batman: Streets of Gotham, which will start everyone who isn't getting his or her own book; and Sirens of Gotham, which will start Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy.
And Grant Morrison will reunite with Frank Quitely - his partner on All-Star Superman and X-Men and We3 - to do something called Batman and Robin.
I was excited when I heard Rucka would be doing Detective, and that he wouldn't be using Batman, since his best Gotham work was about other characters (as seen in Gotham Central). I was doubly thrilled that Dini, whose run on Detective was generally excellent, would be on two books. And I am ecstatic that Morrison and Quitely get to do their thing again (even if we have no clue if this series will be part of the present day story or flashbacks or outside continuity altogether).
I know that not everyone loves these writers (especially Morrison). But I do. And I can't wait.
If only we could find some way to stop them from putting Judd Winick on Batman itself. But I do need something to complain about, don't I?
