DC Comics released Birds of Prey #24 today with the cover featuring Black Canary, Batgirl, Big Barda and Sin. Vixen, Harley Quinn and John Constantine also appears. Here's the official summery: "The Shadow Army has had the upper hand from the jump, but the jump is long past, and the Birds are ready to get their people back and throw down like it’s personal. And yeah, it is."
This issue also features a three-page Worlds Collide chapter with Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Nightwing.
Batgirl #1 (January 2025) was released today and features Cassandra Cain in her first solo series in nearly twenty years. The issue starts with Cassandra Cain aka Batgirl talking to her mother, Lady Shiva. They are attacked by ninjas in bright blue outfits that call themselves the Unburied. The mother and daughter fight each other and the ninjas before making their escape. There is an explosion at Lady Shiva's temple and they go there to find the high priest barely alive. He tries to warn her before being killed by the Unburied. Lady Shiva takes a stand against them and Batgirl joins her. Batgirl #1 (January 2025) also features "AEW Presents Darby Allin" bonus story with a special appearance by Sting. Overall, not a bad first issue if you are a Cassandra Cain and Lady Shiva fan but I find the Darby Allin story more interesting.
I went back to the local Walmart's this morning in hopes to find more DC Funko Kinder Joy eggs. Unfortunately, there is still an empty spot on the shelf where I found the earlier ones. The front of the shell has a little Joker image on it. One side of the inserts in all the ones I have gotten show Joker, Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Harley Quinn and Batgirl (I wish it was a checklist). I really wish I could download the app.
I picked up this DC Funko Kinder Joy Batgirl Miniature Figure at the local Walmart's last Saturday. She has two half circle holes in the back of her crowl so you can put the string through them. I'm surprised that she doesn't fall over easy due to her small feet and big head. I like this and would like to get more from the set but the store didn't have any left this past Saturday.
Yes, the front picture is blurry. I tried several times but finally gave up. My digital camera just didn't want to cooperate with me.
So would that be a Batman bikini or a Batgirl bikini?
Damian Wayne aka Robin disrupts the truce between Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow and the vampire queen Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl. Green Arrow has to decide between fighting alongside Robin or keep the peace with Batgirl. DC vs. Vampires: World War V will be a 12-issue series starting on August 14, 2024.
I found this Hot Wheels Batman 5-Pack 2022 this past Tuesday morning at the local Walmart's. I don't know if this is a re-release or they found an old box in the back room. Anyway, I didn't have it so I had to get it for my collection even though it was $5.97. The first is a red Muscle Bound diecast car featuring Robin. The second is a '11 Dodge Charger R/T Gotham City Polica car. The third is a light blue '49 Merc diecast car featuring Batgirl. The fourth diecast car is the TV Series Batmobile. Finally, the fifth diecast is The Bat aircraft from the movie, The Dark Knight Rises.
Christmas may be over but Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #4 is now out from DC Comics. The cover features Batman, Robin, Santa Claus and Krampus. Black Canary, Batgirl, Nightwing, Green Arrow, Blue Beetle and Miss Martian help Batman and Santa Claus battle a possessed Superman and banished monsters. Meanwhile, Krampus has Robin locked in a cage in a place called the Gnome Hall. Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Jo Mullein and Hawkgirl arrive to help Batman and the gang. This is the last issue of the mini-series and the ending was great.
Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman are on the cover of Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #3 from DC Comics. This makes for a great Women Wednesday post for Christmas. The issue starts with Hawkgirl, Green Lantern Jo Mullein and Wonder Woman fighting Harpies in London. Then the scene switches to Blue Beetle meeting up with Superman, Batman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Robin and Miss Martian. Yes, this is starting to feel more like a Justice League book at this point. They are expecting Santa Claus to show up but Peppermint Jon, a Huldufolk aka an elf, shows up instead. He takes them to Norway via a portal where Santa is fighting a sea serpent named Gandr. Superman punches the beast but is excited to meet Santa. He helps him lead the beast to the secret valley while Peppermint Jon teleports the other superheroes to Greenland ahead of them. They find Krampus and attack before Santa and Superman arrive. Superman gets possessed and attacks the others before Krampus teleports away with Robin. More monsters show up thanks to Superman destroying a glacier. This sets up the next and final issue due out next week.
Don't forget that Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2 will be released this week from DC Comics. The cover features Batman, Santa Claus and Krampus. Miss Martin, Green Arrow and Black Canary appears to help Batman, Robin, Batgirl and NIghtwing fight the vampire-like Draug. Zatanna is still in a coma-like state and Santa's helpers are still looking for a special flower. A surprise guest star also shows up to help at the end.
DC Comics released Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1 today. The cover features Superman reading a classic Batman comic book from the Golden Age to a boy sitting on his lap. Santa Claus is pictured in the "word balloon" above Superman. Batman and Wonder Woman are in the background along with a bunch of wicked bat-like creatures.
The issue is titled "Ghosts of Christmas Past" and starts with Batman and Robin (Damian) investigating the deaths of carolers murdered by bat-like creatures. Robin's first thought is that Man-Bat is the culprit but then Zatanna shows up to reveal that the creatures are the Draug, which are Nordic vampires. They are attacked by the Draug and Santa Claus shows up on Prancer. Batgirl and Nightwing are then shown fighting the Draug before Santa Claus and his new friends joins them.
There's more to the story but I won't spoil it all here. Yeah, this Christmas tale is nice horror element and I can't wait to read Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2. Maybe next year, DC Comics will put out a Santa Claus, Vampire Hunter mini-series that will last from October to December.
I didn't pay much attention to the new Birds of Prey #1 that came out in September from DC Comics. Maybe it was because the new team consists of Black Canary, Batgirl (the Cassandra Cain version), Harley Quinn, Big Barda and Zealot (you remember her from WildC.A.T.S. right?). Dinah gathers the women together in order to find her sister, Sin. John Constantine shows up in Birds of Prey #2 to help out Dinah and King Shark shows up towards the end. What really drew me into the series is the cover of #3 because it has that very worn and used look to it plus the Birds look to be facing Wonder Woman. She does appear within the issue along with Green Arrow, who was last seen at the beginning of the first issue.
Birds of Prey #3 came out today and I realized that I had not posted about the Birds of Prey since 2014.
My sister actually picked up three DC Super Friends Notebooks at the local Dillons a few weeks ago because they were on sale. The one featuring Batman and his rogue gallery was sixteen cents while the other two were twelve cents each. Now that is what I call one hell of a price reduction.
Meet Xanthe Zhou aka the Envoy, a spirit stuck in Gotham City that stars in Spirit World #1. This new series is now out from DC Comics and stems out of Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate. John Constantine guest stars as he tries to help them get Cassandra Cain aka Batgirl back from the Spirit World. Note: Xanthe Zhou is described as a non-binary Chinese sorcerer and vampire slayer. To me, they look more female than male so I'm making her this week's spotlight for my Women Wednesday post. I highly recommend picking this up especially if you enjoy some Chinese mythology with your horror.
I was clearing out my picture file on my computer when I realized that I have never posted about the DC Super Friends Jumbo and Coloring Book that I picked up some time ago. I can't remember if I bought it at the local Dollar General or the local Dollar Tree. I also can't remember if I got it last year or the year before. Sucks getting old but the coloring book are full of cute kid versions of my favorite superheroes from DC Comics. The cover features Supergirl, Superman, Batman, Batman and Flash. Aquaman, Wonder Woman and a few other super friends are also featured inside. The back cover is a match game that you can cut out and play.
Quaker put out special editions of their instant oatmeal earlier this year. I picked up a box of the Gotham City S'mores Instant Oatmeal a few months ago at the local Walmart's. The temperatures were over a hundred degees so needless to say that I didn't eat any right away. It took me a while to finish off the six packets and today was that day. Granted, I usually fix two packages at a time because one package is not really enough to satisfy my hunger. I'm not a huge fan of crazy flavored oatmeal but these were okay. I'm not going to rush out and pick up another box even if Batman is on one side of the box.
Batgirl is on the other side of the same box:
At least they didn't call them the Batcave Instant Oatmeal since the chocolate made the oatmeal look more like dirt.
Technically, this is more a Women Wednesday post than one for Halloween since Batgirl and Huntress are on the cover of DC vs Vampires but I couldn't resist posting it (hey, it does have vampire fangs in the title's logo so there's that):
Ghost/Batgirl is a four-issue mini series from 200 from Dark Horse and DC Comics. The two women butt heads with Malcom Greymater and Two-Face. This Batgirl is the Cassandra Cain version in case you keeping score. Oracle also shows up to help out.
Justice League: Road To Dark Crisis #1 came out from DC Comics last Wednesday. The cover features shattered glass with shards showing Pariah, Darkseid, Flash, Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern, Jackson Hyde as Aquaman, Jonathan Kent aka Superman and Nightwing. The issue actually has multiple stories that deal with the aftermath of the death of the Justice League (all but one died anyway). The first story is about Nightwing and Jonathan Kent, who I still have a hard time accepting as Superman. The second story features Flash (Wally West) and Kid Flash (Wallace "Ace" West) that takes down Giganta and then tries to see who can stop the most crime. The next story features Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) following a space creature to Atlantis where he meets and teams up with Aqualad now known as Aquaman (Jackson Hyde). The story featuring Pariah has him being haunted by the memories of his dead wife, daughter and son before committing himself to building a machine to defeat the Great Darkness. Finally, Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) tries to stop Nocturna but ends up talking with her (Firefly shows up afterwards to offer the vampire a spot on the new Secret Society). The stories are not bad but not great either and they mostly feel like filler. I'm a little miffed that Kid Flash, Batgirl and Nocturna were not on the cover especially since Darkseid is not actually seen in any of the stories within the issue.
