Thanks for the heads up! I'll have to pick up Batman Court of Owls!
This is a really cool idea. I’d love to see Marvel and Dark Horse follow suit. I think there are quite a few I would be I retested in.
As a kid I actually had an X-men book that was exactly this. It was a story about Arcade trapping them in an amusement park.
It was black and white, but I read it way more than my other comics because I didn’t want to take them anywhere and wreck them.
It really is. I've bought a few to give out as inexpensive gifts to friends and family that might be interested.
If you haven't read them, several of these are quite good:
Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin, Jamal Campbell
American Vampire Book One by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, Rafael Albuquerque – October 1
Catwoman: Trail of the Catwoman by Darwyn Cooke, Ed Brubaker – October 1
Kingdom Come – by Mark Waid, Alex Ross – May 6, 2025
And A-SS, everyone loves A-SS.
Whole the ones you pick are top notch, you can't really go wrong with any of them and, at that price, you can afford to take a shot on them or give them away as presents.
I liked Watchmen but I enjoyed the film even more. Honestly from a perspective of storytelling, character development and overall solidity, I consider Watchmen one of the greatest movies ever made. It’s definitely among my favorite of all. I think even as celebrated as it is, it’s still underrated.
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