Oracle (Barbara Gordon)

  • The Batman Case Files: Scott Snyder’s Batman: The Black Mirror (Review)

    ByBobo

    If you revisit Batman’s adventures as the Modern Age was about to end, you realise the New 52 reboot wasn’t planned too far in advance. Even in late 2010, mere months before the end of the era, many storylines were being set in motion to take the characters in new, intriguing directions.

    It was a time when Bruce Wayne was doing some globe-trotting, recruiting more Batmen throughout the world to fight an impending menace as well as helping local vigilantes stop criminals. At home, in Gotham City, Dick Grayson was Batman, patrolling familiar rooftops alongside his Robin, Damian Wayne.

    It was then that writer Scott Snyder made his DC Comics debut on Detective Comics, working with artists Jock and Francesco Francavilla. Now simply known as “The Black Mirror”, his 11-issue run showed he had what it takes to go further, and this led him to become Batman’s lead writer during The New 52. So, let’s take a look at his early work in the Dark Knight universe.

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  • A Complete Batman Post-Crisis Reading Order a.k.a. The Modern Age (Work in Progress)

    ByBobo

    Welcome to the world of the Dark Knight. Undeniably one of DC Comics’ most popular characters, Batman has a long and editorially complex history. With a blog like DC Casebook, it’s hard not to go through the biggest case of all: the ultimate Batman Reading Order. And by Ultimate, I mean a Bat-Family Reading Order. While most of the similar works are focused on Batman alone, because sane people are making them, I have the crazy ambition to cover the whole extended family. Which makes this project even more complicated.

    It will take time. I’m talking about years. But I will eventually compile my own version of a complete reading guide for Batman. For now, it’s very much a Work in Progress! So, let’s begin with the Batman Post-Crisis era, also known as the Modern Age.

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