DC has unveiled their Free Comic Book Day book for 2010 and it is the next major event for the company War of the Supermen. No other details at this time, but look for more to be revealed as we get closer to the May 1st release of the book.

BATGIRL #1

Barbara Gordon (Oracle) is waiting at Stephanie Brown’s (The New Batgirl) breakfast table to talk to her.

BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #3

Mr. Zsasz leaves a tailor dead as he heads out in his new suit.

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ACTION COMICS #880

Nightwing and Flamebird are captured by General Lane’s team.

Superboy has a list that he is doing, that not only has things that Superman would do on it, but also things that Lex Luthor would.

Doom Patrol #1

Dr. Niles gets a message that a black hole wants to negotiate terms.

Final Crisis Run #4

A 26 Dimensional Hypergriffin arrives to attack the Human Flame.

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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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This week sees the return of a Major DCU character in the pages of FC Legion of 3 Worlds #4 . It is the return of

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Action Comics #875

  The first issue in the new direction for the title is a pretty solid one. The artwork looks very dynamic, and we find out the NIghtwing and Flamebird are on Earth to stop 6 Kryptonians that escaped the Phantom Zone. We also find out the secret ID of each Nightwing (Chris Kent) and Flamebird (Thara Ak-Var). 3 out of 5 Justice Leaguers.

Put It On The Stack.

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Written by Geoff Johns; Art by George Pérez and Scott Koblish; Covers by George Pérez                                                                                                                                   Normally I save the critique portion for the end of the review , but this book is too good to hold back the praise. For everyone that was complaining that Final Crisis the main series made no sense, direct your eyes this way.

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STORY BY
Grant Morrison
ART BY
Doug Mahnke, Tom Nguyen, Drew Geraci, [more...]
COLORS BY
Alex Sinclair, Tony Aviña, Pete Pantazis
LETTERS BY
Travis Lanham
COVER BY
JG Jones, Marco Rudy

We start the final issue at the White House, where in a scene reminiscent of Watchmen, A man is holding a sign that says "The End Is Nigh". The President is being briefed on the red skies and other strange occurrences that have been happening. He asks to be left alone and the President reveals himself to be Superman. He then flies to meet this Earth’s Wonder Woman: Nubia. They find a craft that is breaking through the red skies and they comment that it contains heroes inside of it. The craft opens to reveal the Supermen of the Multiverse. Captain Marvel tells them that he is here to recruit the Supermen of the Multiverse on a misson of life or death. We then move to the JLA Watchtower where we see Power Girl, Starman and Frankenstein with dialogue that says that this is all that remains that is not Darkseid. It also talks of how the Metal Men from Earth 44 came through a dimension shard and went crazy from the magnetic field.   We find out that the narrator for all of this is Lois Lane. She tells us that they are loading a rocket

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  We star the final issue at the White House, where in a scene reminiscent of Watchmen, A man is holding a sign that says "The End Is Nigh". The President is being briefed on the red skies and other strange occurrences that have been happening. He asks to be left alone and the President reveals himself to be

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Faces of Evil : Deathstroke #1

  Great Issue. A brief origin recap before we see a Ravager/ Deathstroke battle. Slade starts anew and has a new apprentice by the end of the issue. 4 out of 5 Titans.   Put It on the Stack.

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Marvel will be up later on today or early tomorrow.

Justice Society of America #22

  The final chapter of the Gog saga ends rather abruptly as Superman-KC tears off his head and mounts him to the source wall. Then he heads back to his time and we get to see his world age all the way up to 1000 years in the future. OK issue but a really quick ending for Gog. 3 out of 5 JSA-ers.

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Some good reads this week:

Action Comics #872 New Krypton Part 7

  Metallo and Reacton kill some Kryptonians, Luthor takes over Brainiac and unleashes his robots, and the Creature Commandos return. Great artwork, Great story. 4 out of 5 Batmen.

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Small week for DC so only a few quick fire reviews:

Justice Society of America #21

  The Gog saga continues as the JSA learns his true purpose and the real price of asking Gog for help. Solid issue, but a little slower moving than the past couple of parts. 3 out of 5 JSAers.

Terra #3

Terra goes to the center of the Earth to return home and find help for Geo-Force. Ok Issue, always enjoy Conner’s artwork. 2 out of 5 Batmen.

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Thought I would change it up this week. There will be a full review of one Marvel book and a full review of an indy book followed by their own quick fire reviews.

Birds of Prey #124

  Cool Issue with some guest stars and an Oracle Joker confrontation that leaves the Crown Prince of Crime with a new "smile". 3 out of 5 Bat-Villains.

Justice Society of America The Kingdom #1

  Another chapter in the saga of GOG and the 2 JSA teams. Moves a little slower than the past two parts, but the last page sets up a very interesting JSA issue next week. 3 out of 5 JSAers.

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Looks like there will be a round 3 as well, maybe even a round 4.

Fantastic Four # 561

  The Galactus Engine saves the future and Dr. Doom Kills the Invisible Woman, just not the one you think. 4 out of 5 FF-ers.

Iron Man Director of Shield #35 Secret Invasion

  War Machine and The Crimson Dynamo demolish a bunch of Skrull ships. Lots of explosions. 2 out of 5 New Avengers.

Robin # 180  Battle for The Cowl

  Red Robin is unmasked and Anarky reigns by the end of the issue. Solid Writing and Art. 4 out of 5 Batmen.

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We just uploaded a whole new bunch of toy lots featuring Dr. Who, Batman, Superman and even some Disney Import figures just in time for holiday shopping. Follow the link here.

There may be some more later if there is time this weekend:

Amazing Spider-Man #577

  Just a horribly ugly issue artwork wise. For a major book in the Marvel U to look like this is a shame.

Zero out of 5 Spider-Villains. Just like the Black Cat this issue is bad news.

Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special : Superman #1

  A simply stunning book artwork wise. Great origin on how Super-Man KC made it to Earth 1.  5 out of 5 Dark JLAers.

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Written by Geoff Johns ; Art by Pete Woods; Cover by Alex Ross

The New Krypton saga continues with some very interesting developments. Lex Luthor is recruited to General Lane’s program to try to decipher Brainiac’s files. The General is also behind the source of most of the action of this issue in the form of a newly unleashed Doomsday. Superman and Supergirl take the fight to Doomsday and they are then joined by about a dozen Kryptonians  as they fight Doomsday to the moon. Once there they kill the monster. Meanwhile two disenfranchised Kryptonians decide that General Zod was right and they attempt to release him from the Phantom Zone only to be quickly defeated by the new Nightwing and Flamebird. Johns is quite possibly the best superhero writer in the business right now and this book is fun and action packed. Woods artwork is very detailed, especially his backgrounds. Overall this book gets 4 out of 5 Justice Leaguers.