Video game tie-ins, Zero Year tie-ins, and Forever Evil Tie-ins. It’s a week of tie-ins… and Li’l Gotham. Green Lantern Corps #25 comes out this week as well and it too is a Zero Year tie-in, but it’s not a top priority for me and I’ll get an article up about it whenever I have a free moment.
Here are the review comics coming out this week, November 13th, graded on a scale of my own anticipation.
Hell no! – I’d rather not – Ambivalent – Interested – TAKE MY MONEY
Scroll to the bottom of the page and post in the comments section what books you’re most looking forward to this week!
Upcoming Comics: November 13th
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #9
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by DOUG MAHNKE and CHRISTIAN ALAMY
Cover by DOUG MAHNKE
1:25 Variant cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
1:100 B&W Variant cover by DOUG MAHNKE
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
Anticipation Level: Interested
In last month’s issue we discovered that the good guys are all trapped in a mind-bending prison, but how do they get out? In this issue, Martian Manhunter and Stargirl continue their journey to escape from the clutches of the Crime Syndicate and free their comrades and I’m definitely on board to see what happens next.
FOREVER EVIL: ARKHAM WAR #2
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art by SCOT EATON and JAIME MENDOZA
Cover by JASON FABOK
1:25 B&W Variant cover by JASON FABOK
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 32 pg, FC, 2 of 6, $2.99 US RATED T
Anticipation Level: Interested
Issue #1 was basically a really nice recap of everything writer Peter Tomasi established during Villains Month so I’m hoping for big step forward in the plot with the latest installment as Scarecrow tips the balance of power between Arkham and Blackgate. It’s No Man’s Land without any of the good guys and I couldn’t be more curious to see where the creative team is going with this.
BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED #20
Written by KAREN TRAVISS
Art by CHRISTIAN DUCE and BENI LOBEL
Cover by CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST • FINAL ISSUE
Anticipation Level: Hell no!
Finally! We’re on the final issue of Arkham Unhinged and I couldn’t be happier. This series has been a joke and this whole Bookbinder arc has gone on for way too long. Let’s wrap this up and pretend like it never happened.
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US ANNUAL #1
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by XERMANICO
Cover by JUAN JOSE RYP
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
Anticipation Level: TAKE MY MONEY
“The Main Man Among Us” features none other than Lobo, who has been hired by Superman to hunt down the one other person responsible for the death of Metropolis, Lois, and Superman’s own unborn child. That’s right, it’s Lobo vs. Harley Quinn!
BATMAN: LI’L GOTHAM #8
Written by DEREK FRIDOLFS and DUSTIN NGUYEN
Art and cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E • DIGITAL FIRST
Anticipation Level: Interested
The August-themed issue has no holidays so the batfamily decides to take a holiday of their own and go on vacation. While the good guys are away, the villains take over Gotham in this summertime installment of this adorable and quite funny all-ages series.
BATMAN #25
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art by GREG CAPULLO and DANNY MIKI
Cover by GREG CAPULLO
1:25 Variant cover by KEN HUNT
1:100 B&W Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $5.99 US
Anticipation Level: TAKE MY MONEY
“Dark City” begins and we witness The Riddler take center stage. While not much is going on in the tie-ins this month, Batman #25 promises big things for Gotham and hopefully it’s the story arc that Batman’s smartest villain deserves.
BATGIRL #25
Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT
Art by FERNANDO PASARIN and JONATHAN GLAPION
Cover by ALEX GARNER
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Anticipation Level: Interested
Were you wondering what teenage Barbara Gordon was up to during the Gotham blackout 5 years ago? Well, here it is. Series writer Gail Simone takes a break as Scott Snyder pupil, Marguerite Bennett, delivers a story about Barbara defending her brother and the family home during Gotham’s darkest hour.
NIGHTWING #25
Written by KYLE HIGGINS
Art and cover by WILL CONRAD
On sale NOVEMBER 13 • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
Anticipation Level: Interested
In yet another Zero Year tie-in, we see Dick Grayson frantically try to find Haly’s Circus and his family in the Gotham darkness. This series is on a hot streak right now and given the nostalgia prevalent in the Nightwing Annual I have a feeling we’ll get something pretty special out of this look back into Dick’s past.
Graphic Novel Watch!
Injustice: Gods Among Us, Vol. 1 is released in hardcover. This has been a surprisingly excellent book that far exceeds the story of the game its based on.
