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Grant Morrison has announced that the end is nigh... for his superhero work, at least. The writer will be leaving both Action Comics and Batman Incorporated within the next year, and outside of two already-in-progress shorter works for DC Comics, he has no other superhero work planned to replace those books...

In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado last Friday, in which 12 people were killed and dozens injured during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, DC Comics has delayed release of Batman, Incorporated #3. In a letter sent to comic book retailers on Monday, the publisher indicated the decision was made due to "content that may be perceived as insensitive in light o

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: % Spectacle * Cash ^ History ^ % LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 3: CENTURY #3 2009 Wow, it was really foresighted of Alan Moore to make a thinly disguised Christian Grey the final boss in the conclusion of his survey of the past century's worth of pulp-lit presences, considering ho

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Continuity implants ^ Stars and/or garters % What lies beneath ^ % UNTERZAKHN The wonderful Leela Corman's long-in-the-works graphic novel, which was appropriately enough serialized in the Forward, concerns two sisters growing up in the Jewish community on the Lower East Side in the earl

Obviously, we're big Batman fans around here, and Chris Burnham has in a relatively short amount of time become one of our favorite Batman artists. Sporting a Darrow-esque ligne claire look fused with traditional superhero styles, Burnham seemed to come out of nowhere with some guest appearances in Grant Morrison's Batman and Robin and Batman, Incorporated...

Blackhawks, Hawk and Dove, Men of War, Mister Terrific, O.M.A.C. and Static Shock are the first cancelations of the New 52, DC Comics' aggressive initiative to reinvigorate its publishing line with an aesthetic overhaul that saw the company launch or relaunch all superhero titles from issue #1...

On sale this week from DC Comics is Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes!, a special one-shot that serves as the much anticipated and much delayed conclusion to the first cycle of Grant Morrison's popular and acclaimed Batman Incorporated series...

At the end of Batman Incorporated #7, there was this great teaser image for the next issue where Oracle called Batman as he suited up in a crazy Tron-esque version of his costume, with the dialogue "Calling Batman! Big trouble in Internet 3... Read More ...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * I experience time differently than you do ^ Our story is structurally complex % And now we fly south * ^ BATMAN INC. #7 The stop-and-start pace is really starting to be a problem, and I'm going to be surprised if the last three issues actually manage to show up by two months from now...

Fear not, Batman Inc. fans! Despite speculation that the Grant Morrison-scripted comic about turning Batman into a worldwide franchise was about to go the way of the dodo in September, DC has announced that the current series will continue through #10, and will relaunch with a new #1 comic in 2012 after a hiatus...