AMALGAM AGE OF COMICS: DC COMICS COLLECTION SC - This volume offers the six DC-published Amalgam title from 1996: Legends of The Dark Claw, Super-Soldier, Amazon, JLX, Assassins, and Doctor Strangefate. Wraparound cover by Dave Gibbons and Angus McKie. 160 pp.
AQUAMAN: TIME & TIDE SC - Time & Tide revisits the origin and early exploits of Aquaman, including his historic first encounter with Barry Allen; what happened the first time Arthur Curry used his amazing powers; the story of his first love; and his first meeting with Ocean Master. 96 pp.
BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE SC - B&W. Collects the Batman: Black & White mini-series. Included among the twenty stories within are the Eisner Award-winning Heroes, written by Archie Goodwin with art by Gary Gianni; the Eisner-nominated Perpetual Mourning, written and drawn by Ted McKeever; and A Black & White World, written by Neil Gaiman, with art by Simon Bisley. Other storytelling efforts come from comics artists including Joe Kubert, Brian Bolland, Walter Simonson, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bruce Timm, Klaus Janson, Howard Chaykin, Matt Wagner, and Teddy Kristiansen, with stories by some of the medium's best writers, among them Dennis O'Neil, Jan Strnad, Chuck Dixon, and Andrew Helfer. Also includes the covers of the original issues by Frank Miller, Jim Lee and Scott Williams, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Alex Toth, as well as Batman pinups by artists Alex Ross, Michael Allred, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Moebius and P. Craig Russell. 7 ½ x 11 5/8. 240 pp.
BATMAN IN THE SEVENTIES SC - (Dennis O'Neil, Elliott S. Maggin, Paul Levitz & various/Dick Girodano, Neal Adams, Alex Toth, Marshall Rogers & various) Features some unforgettable stories, including the debut of the Huntress (from 1977's DC Super-Stars #17); the moving There Is No Hope in Crime Alley (Detective Comics #457); the bride of Man-Bat story Marriage: Impossible (Detective Comics #407); the haunting Night of the Reaper (Batman #237); the Ra's al Ghul/Talia tale Daughter of the Demon (Batman #232); and A Vow from the Grave (Detective Comics #410), which inspired an episode of the Batman animated series. Other stories include the Alex Toth-illustrated Death Flies the Haunted Sky (Detective Comics #442); the Joker/Two-Face tale This One'll Kill You, Batman (Batman #260); Ticket to Tragedy (Detective Comics #481); and a Bicentennial-era team-up as Congresswoman Barbara Gordon and her aide, Dick Grayson, face The Invader from Hell (Batman Family #1). 192 pp.
BATMAN IN THE SIXTIES SC - (various) Collects some of the most exciting and offbeat Batman stories of the 1960s, running the gamut from the sublimely silly to the late-'60s realistic style, with an introduction by Adam West. 224 pp.
BATMAN: ANARCHY SC - (Various) Reprinting Detective Comics #608-609 (the first appearance of the teen villain, Anarchy), The Batman Chronicles #1, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #40-41, and Anarky #1-4. 208pp.
BATMAN: BOOK OF THE DEAD #1 of 2 - (Moench/Kitson/McCarthy) Elseworlds. Archaeologist Bruce Wayne discovers a conspiracy dating back to ancient Egypt. When a colleague reveals a millennia-old plot to erase all evidence of a mysterious Egyptian Bat-God, Bruce Wayne joins her investigation. The ultimate in secret plans may bring about the destruction of the world in the year 2012, unless the Bat-God can somehow be revived. 48pp. Limited quantities available.
BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT ADVENTURES SC - (Kelley Puckett/Mike Parobeck/Rick Burchett) Back in print with a new title, this inexpensive volume collects The Batman Adventures #7-12. Originally titled Batman: The Collected Adventures Volume 2, this collection features appearances by Harley Quinn, the Riddler, Batgirl, Poison Ivy, Clayface and more. 144pp.
BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE #1 - of 2 (Bob Layton/Dick Girodano) Batman in the time of Camelot. Limited quantities available.
BATMAN FEATURING TWO-FACE & THE RIDDLER SC - This trade paperback collects classic stories featuring Two-Face and the Riddler, including work by creator Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson, the three men who forged the Batman mythos in its early days! 192 pp.
BATMAN: FORTUNATE SON SC - (Gerard Jones/Gene Ha) When the Dark Knight suspects a modern-day rock-and-roll icon of masterminding a nationwide crime spree using teenaged fans as his henchmen, Batman runs into opposition from his own ward, Robin. As the heroes struggle to overcome their differences and uncover the truth about rocker Izaak Crowe's alleged crimes, secrets are revealed about pop culture, American life and the role music played in the development of the heroes. 96 pp.
BATMAN: FOUR OF A KIND SC - (various) Investigates the origins and psyches of a quartet of the Dark Knight's greatest and most twisted adversaries. In separate tales of adventure and suspense, Batman faces off against the Scarecrow, the lunacy of the Riddler, the horror of the Man-Bat, and the seduction of Poison Ivy. But as he takes on the demented villainy of each of these foes, the Caped Crusader must employ different mental capabilities and physical strengths to defeat four criminals who share an intense and palpable disdain for him. 201 pp.
BATMAN: HAUNTED GOTHAM #1 – of 4 (Doug Moench/Kelley Jones/John Beatty) Elseworlds. An all-too-human Bruce Wayne must face a Gotham full of supernatural creatures. Trained from birth to combat the dark forces, only Wayne can hope to prevail against an army of twisted creatures that includes werewolf assassins, ghosts, demons, zombies, and a patchwork Joker. Prestige Format. 48 pp. Limited quantities available.
BATMAN: HAUNTED GOTHAM #3 – of 4 (Moench/Jones/Beatty) Elseworlds. Gotham is overrun by serpents and zombie-like snake worshippers under the control of Ophidus. But who controls Ophidus? If Batman can't learn the answer in time, thousands will be lost. Prestige Format. 48 pp. Limited quantities available.
BATMAN: IT'S JOKER TIME #1 – of 3 (Bob Hall) When a talk-show host, his producer, and a fame-hungry psychologist think psychoanalyzing the Joker on live television from an undisclosed location will be the key to ratings success, no one, certainly not the Joker, is able to convince them they're wrong. The Dark Knight knows that the will Joker outsmart the self-absorbed trio. But how can Batman come to the rescue when he doesn't know where they are? Prestige Format. 48 pp. Limited quantities available.
