Green Lantern #43 kicks off Blackest Night  . Here is what else is arriving:

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Ethan Van Sciver posted this image a few minutes ago and it supposedly a new Black Lantern: Deadman.

Page 12 gives away some huge spoilers as to new Black Lanterns Enjoy:

Cover:

Page 1:

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Batman and Robin #2 arrives tomorrow, here is what else is coming out:

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Here are the images from the regular and variant cover to Batman and Robin issue 4. It appears that there will be a new Red Hood introduced.

Regular Cover by Frank Quitely

Phillip Tan Variant Cover

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Written by Grant Morrison: Art and Cover by Frank Quitely

We start this issue off with a huge action sequence as the new Dynamic Duo take out the Toad and his henchmen in their new flying Batmobile.

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Batman #687 is arriving this week. Here is what else comes out:

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Amazing Spider-Man #595

In the perfect example of why this column was started, Harry Osborn decides to join up with the Dark Avengers after Menace reveals she is pregnant.

Avengers Initiative #24

Norman Osborn puts Taskmaster in charge of the Initiative

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Here is the variant cover and a few pages from Batman & Robin #1 which comes out this week.

Page 1

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Batman & Robin #1 is the big book of the week. Here is what else is arriving:

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Here is an early look at some pages for the movie adaptation being released in July by IDW. Enjoy.

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Here are some preview pages from this week’s Gotham Gazette Batman Alive #1

Cover

Page1

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Battle for the Cowl has a full review so here are the rest of the books for the week:

Brave and the Bold #23

Rip Hunter arrives and tells Booster to leave Magog alone as he will save important lives, before turning evil.

Final Crisis Aftermath Dance #1

We find out that the Super Young Team is a being manipulated into fighting false threats to distract from a crisis that Japan is undergoing.

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Here is the Marvel Edition for books that came out on 5-20. DC edition to follow:

Agents of Atlas #5

The Agents find out that Namor is part of Norman Osborn’s secret cabal.

Amazing Spider-Man #594

Spider-Man decides that he is going to confront Norman Osborn.

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Written by Tony Daniel; Art by Tony Daniel and Sandu Florea ; Covers by Tony Daniel

The final issue of the series lives up to the earlier parts in that it is interesting in most aspects but does leave a decent amount of loose ends to be followed up in the various new Bat series that are spinning out of it. We start off with Nightwing

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There is a one day delay due to Memorial Day, above is the cover to Green Lantern #41 which arrives this week. Here is the rest of what is arriving:

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  Detective Comics took the top spot for April, here is the rest of the top 300.

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We will have a full review of the book later today or early tomorrow, but for those who can not wait any longer the new Batman is….

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If you can not wait for tomorrow’s release of the book here is an early look at the cover and the first 5 pages:

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Here are the covers and text for all of the Blackest Night books for August  The solicit text reveal some new Black Lanterns.

  Blackest Night #2

The event of the summer continues! The dead rise across the DC Universe, bringing terror and darkness with them. What are the Black Lanterns? What do they want? Will Earth’s greatest heroes survive long enough to find out – or will they join the Black Lantern Corps?

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Same format as the DC column that debuted, this time with Marvel’s books.

Black Panther #4

  A possessed Storm comes to T’Challa’s rescue.

Captain Britain and MI13 #13

Dracula and his brood have killed all of Parliament.

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Time for a new column around Calliope’s Realm where we reveal what is on the last page of all (or at least most) of the books for the week. This is the inaugural DC edition to be followed by a Marvel and Indy comic edition. We will attempt to keep this a weekly column in order to help everyone who has missed a book that week. So without further ado here we go:

Action Comics #877

  Two Kryptonians used their powers to rob a bank and kill a bunch of guards. Listed as to be continued.

Azrael Death’s Dark Knight #3 of 3

Picture of Azrael saying the Gotham City is finally ready for true justice, as he is about to kill a criminal. Also a note that a new Azrael monthly series is coming.

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Batman Battle For The Cowl #3 is the big book of the week. Here is what else is arriving:

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MAR090133D  BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #3 (OF 3) VAR ED $3.99

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Here is the Reverse Image and the Regular Blackest Night Teaser Released Today

COVER BY: SALVADOR LARROCA
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: SALVADOR LARROCA
INKS: SALVADOR LARROCA
COLORED BY: FRANK D’ARMATA
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA

We are halfway into the “Most Wanted” storyline and things are not going well for any of the 3 heroes in the book. Iron Maiden (Pepper Potts) was captured by Norman Osborn and he

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Martian Manhunter?

Also here is an inverted image that shows more detail:

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New pages from issue 1 of Batman and Robin by Frank Quitley have been released click after the break to see more and the cover to issue 3 of Batman and Robin.

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  Oracle #3 comes out revealing a new status quo for Oracle (Back to being Batgirl?) Here is what else is arriving:

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MAR092648D  AVENGERS INITIATIVE TP VOL 03 SECRET INVASION $16.99
MAR090136D  AZRAEL DEATHS DARK KNIGHT #3 (OF 3) $2.99

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Batman Battle For The Cowl The Underground #1

  Great story and artwork in this set the stage for the Gotham City Sirens series that will debut post BFTC. 4 out of 5 Batmen.

Put It On The Stack.

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As hinted at earlier this year, here is J.G. Jones redesign for Starro.