Before I get into Detective Comics #1, let me do a bit of “house cleaning”. (This seems like as good of a place as any since there’s not a whole lot to say about this book.) These articles typically link to images from DC’s blog, The Source. The Source has been having some problems with Malware recently. It looks like a lot of the images are currently down. I’m going to wait and see if DC fixes these before going back and retroactively linking to different images for the covers. In the meanwhile, if you’re reading any of the previous articles and the cover image is unavailable, I apologize for the inconvenience.
What’s different: The big change here is the number. Detective Comics is the longest continually published comic book in the US. So, restarting it at #1 is a pretty big deal if you’re into that stuff. (And a lot of people are.)
Besides that, there’s the minor difference of Tony Daniel and Scott Snyder switching Bat-books. So, not much of a change there.
What’s the same: Numbering and title aside, this is still Tony Daniel writing and drawing Batman. Here’s the solicit:
A killer called The Gotham Ripper is on the loose on Batman’s home turf – leading The Dark Knight on a deadly game of cat and mouse.
If it weren’t for this big, shiny #1, this could have just been the next issue in Daniel’s run on Batman.
Chances for success: Well, Daniels’ Batman was a hit, wasn’t it? No changes should mean the book will continue to be a sales success.
Final Thoughts: Daniels’ Batman work hasn’t been for me. I’ll follow Snyder over to Batman and try out some of the other Bat-books.
Yep, that’s really all I have to say about this book. But the rest of the Batman-related articles should be meatier.
Green Lantern: The New Guardians #1
Justice League International #1
Whats the difference between Batman, Detective Comics and Batman: The Dark Knight? Besides the creative teams
In theory, the books each have a unique flavor. In practice, that is mostly determined by the creative team. So, no real difference.
That’s what I’d like to know. Why make another book altogether? I can understand having a Batman and Robin book separate, but why two batman books?
1. You get to tell more Batman stories, with Batman being able to do more stuff.
2. You get to make more money by having multiple series dedicated to a single character.
Either way, there have been multiple Batman books (and Superman and X-Men and…) for years. This isn’t changing anything by adding another Batman book, it’s just shuffling the creative teams while rebooting the numbering.
I guess the main question here is which book do you read?
I base my Batman reading largely on creative teams. I’ll be reading Snyder’s Batman. I have a goal to read all the #1s, but I may need to borrow some copies from friends to pull it off. If I do, I’ll probably give Tec a chance.
cool thanks.
I’m excited about the relaunch, I’m more of a Marvel but this will give me a chance to dive into DC
Heres what I’m doing, I got (or will get) the first 4 or so (maybe a few more if they end on to be continueds) of each, pick the ones I like the most (so far plain old Batman, as well as Batgirl are ahead) and drop the ones that don’t keep my interest as much.