Fans of the latest member to wear the sacred bat of the Batman family have reason to celebrate today.  DC Comics has just announced that Batwoman #0 will land in comic book stores this November as a “teaser” intro to the new ongoing series for the heroine.  The series is set to begin in February 2011 with J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman taking the writing duties.  Batwoman #0 will be a one-shot, designed to, as Williams put it, “straddle between what came before and what is to come, but manages to be it’s own unique thing. It’s unusual construction allows two threads of content to run simultaneously, building to a greater whole, hopefully creating an interesting reading experience.” Read More »

Is there anything the Man of Steel CAN’T do?  In a story that can only fall under the “truth is stranger than fiction” category, a couple in the Southern United States, who have requested to remain anonymous, have managed to avoid foreclosure on their home by finding a copy of the ultra rare Action Comics #1, which contains the first appearance of Superman, in their basement.  The home, which the couple have lived in since the 1950’s, had several “old magazines and comic books”, was on the brink of foreclosure.  When the family called ComicConnect in New York to see how much they could get for the book, they were in for a surprise. Read More »