Batman & Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham writers Alan Grant & John Wagner, artist Simon Bisley This is an original graphic novel from 1991   Why I Bought This: It was in the $1 bin of a local comic store and I’m always a sucker for an intercompany crossover. Even though my knowledge of Judge Dredd is limited to that bad Stallone 90s movie and a Free Comic Book Day issue two years ago at this price I figured it was worth a shot.   The Plot: Batman & Judge Dredd are forced to team-up when Judge Death comes to Gotham and teams up with Scarecrow. (spoilers below)

Waiting for the Trade by Bill Miller   Batgirl New 52 Vol. 1 – The Darkest Reflection by Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes collects Batgirl 1 - 6   Why I Bought This: I always liked Batgirl best of the core Batman characters dating back to the Adam West series. Since I mostly enjoyed the first three New 52 books I sampled, and with Barbara Gordon finally returned to that role, this my next pick-up from that line.     The Plot: Barbara Gordon has regained the use of her legs and decides to resume her career as Batgirl only to come across a new costumed serial killer known as Mirror.  

Waiting for the Trade by Bill Miller   Batman: Cacophony By Kevin Smith and Walt Flanagan Collects Batman: Cacophony 1-3 Why I Bought This: Actually I didn’t buy this. It was a Christmas present from my lady, bought when we are at Kevin Smith’s store. She chose it because it is not just Smith writing but also art from Walt Flanagan of the Comic Book Men TV show, making it a fitting souvenir of our visit to the Stash. The Plot: Batman battles the Joker while new super-villain Cacophony arrives in Gotham . (Spoilers after the break)

Waiting for the Trade   by Bill Miller Justice League vol. 1: Origin by Geoff Johns, Jim Lee and Scott Williams collects Justice League 1-6.   Why I Bought This: Even though I’m primarily a Marvel reader, like most of the comic-buying public I was pretty intrigued when DC launched its New 52. This being the flagship title is the obvious one to sample. Plus Jim Lee’s art in the preview pages looked fantastic. On Cyber Monday, Midtown Comics put all the volume 1 New 52 trades on sale at 40-percent off so I finally picked this up (along with Aquaman and JLI ). The Plot: The Justice League comes together for the first time to deal with the threat of Darkseid. Your heroes are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Flash and Cyborg.

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Hey Scotty, With all the hullabaloo about Brock Lesnar and Daniel Bryan since Wrestlemania, I have to ask. Do you think the WWE are going to use up one of Brock's matches against Daniel Bryan. I bet the two of them could have an epic David vs. Goliath matchup. My concern is that you'd have to feed Brock a few victims to really build up the importance of D-Bryan being able to hang for longer than a few minutes with him? Also, with John Laurenit-whoever you spell it pitching Punk to defend his title every week, do you think they're doing a Batman: Knightfall type angle, with Punk so exhausted from beating everyone else that Brock can just step in, break his back and walk off with the title? Finally, even though I said I'd retire from asking for a plug, like all good wrestlers, I LIED! :) Any chance you could plug my wonderful and not at all Batman biased Top 30 Comic Book Films of All Time http://bit.ly/sDvokz Thanks, your old friend, That Film Guy My god man, are ...

Waiting for the Trade By Bill Miller Batman & Dracula: Red Rain by Doug Moench, Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III & Les Dorscheid. A brief introduction: So I want to thank Scott for the opportunity to write this column on his blog. I figured I’d provide a brief bio, so readers will know what to expect moving forward.