Comic Book Previews for October 7th, 2009

Before you punch your ticket to Baltimore, Maryland for this weekend’s Baltimore Comic-Con, be sure to stock up on plenty of reading material for your plane, train or automobile travel!You certainly won’t lack for pages and pages of action this week, and DC kicks things off with an explosion of Bat-titles!Kicking this off is the first issue of new limited series Batman: Unseen, which promises us a new supervillain to add to Batman’s formidable rogues’ gallery.Batman Annual #27 and Batman and Robin #5 also drop into stores this Wednesday, and fans should look for a new printing of the landmark graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke, the book that redefined former Batgirl Barbara Gordon’s role in the DCU.Doom Patrol #3 returns with a “sort-of new member”, along with James Robinson’s Justice League: Cry for Justice #4, which continues to examine the role of true justice while also being true to the virtues of heroism.Starro the Conqueror returns once again in the pages of R.E.B.E.L.S. Annual, which will deal with the origin of the real Starro!As we’re told one character’s origin, we see the finale for another set of heroes when Strange Adventures wraps up with part eight of eight comes out this week!Be sure to pick up the conclusion to this Jim Starlin penned series!