Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Holy Graphic Novels Batman

Batman/Catwoman by Tom King (Author), Clay Mann (Illustrator), Lee Weeks (Illustrator), Liam Sharp (Illustrator), Michael Lark (Illustrator)

Batman Wayne Family Adventures Vol 1 by C. R. C. Payne (Author), Starbite (Illustrator)

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Batman/Catwoman I’m not very knowledgeable about the current state of DC Comics, so I chose this collection because a) I had heard that this was outside of the main canon, and b) thanks to Batman Returns and Selina Kyle’s appearances in Batman: The Animated Series I have become a fan of the Bat/Cat relationship.   So a graphic novel that was about those characters?  Count me in! I guess alphabetical order wins out because this story is really about Selina Kyle, the Catwoman of the […]

The Dark Versus The Knight

Batman: Ego and Other Tails by Darwyn Cooke, et al.

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Read as part of CBR13Bingo: person on the cover. Batman is on the cover! Like many, I rewound and watched the new trailer for The Batman several times since it came out. I’m a big fan of the Caped Crusader; he’s basically the only superhero I roll with on a consistent basis. When looking up reviews for the trailer (go ahead and laugh but I was curious how others would interpret the Easter Eggs), I saw that one of director Matt Reeves’ big inspirations for the movie […]

The Bat, The Cat and The Woman

Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle

Batman: Nightwalker by Stuart Moore

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Louise Simonson

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I just read that if you act in a DC movie or Marvel movie, you are now part of that franchise and cannot crossover. In fact, you are not even allowed to go to a premier of the other franchise less it confuses fans. Thankfully, as a fan of both franchises (or at least a few characters in each) I can watch whatever or read any graphic novel I want. And I wanted to read some DC graphic novels for the teenage age range. I […]

Insert cat pun here.

Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Myracle, Lauren

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Under the Moon is from the new DC Ink imprint of YA graphic novels based on its popular characters. In this, we meet 14 year old Selina Kyle, living with her single mom and her mom’s abusive boyfriend. Selina is sort of getting by, but when her mom’s boyfriend’s violence goes too far, she leaves home and school to live on the streets. There, she meets a group of young bandits who take her in on a plot to steal a valuable book from Wayne […]

Meow.

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I was a boy when Batman Returns was released in theaters, and I remember Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman making a very big impression on my young psyche. She (Pfieffer/Catwoman) is one of my icons of growing up. The Catwoman character’s grey status in the DC-verse has always interested me. Sometimes she’s good, sometimes she’s not. Maybe she’s both. Maybe she’s playing some other game entirely. All I know is that Catwoman is attractive – every meaning of the word applies.  This particular story takes place concurrently […]

Powerful Batman story comes to a haunting conclusion

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Fresh off his trip to Metropolis in Volume 1, Batman has returned to Gotham determined to find answers. Someone is manipulating his old foes, and possibly his friends, like pieces on a chess board and Batman is determined to find out who. While Bruce, Selina, and renowned surgeon – and childhood friend – Tommy Elliot are attending an opera, Harley Quinn and her cohorts attack forcing Batman in to action. In the resulting chaos, Tommy is killed and Batman comes within a hair of choking […]



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