Young Justice

Let's get 2011 off to a great start with a post featuring the guys of Cartoon Network's newest action series Young Justice.  The screencaps in today's post are from the pilot, which aired in November.  The show starts airing regularly later this month.

I liked the pilot and its unique take on the characters.  It's sort of what I expected the Teen Titans cartoon to be like.

The image archive for today's post features over 200 bonus screencaps.

Image Archive (.zip) (~24 MB)

"Last" Time and New Beginning

Every time I think a comic is the last one we'll see of Dick Grayson as Nightwing, DC comes out with something else.  Batman #687 may very well be the "last" time we'll see Dick as Nightwing unless it's a flashback.  Ed Benes does the pencils for the pages below:

 

  

Then, in Batman #688, we get to see Dick as Batman.  I like him as Batman thus far (Batman & Robin is definitely worth checking out).  I wonder how long will he stay Batman.  Will it be something that's undone in a year or two (like the deaths of Superman and Captain America) or will it be semi-permanent (like the different Robins/Flashes)?  Mark Bagley does the pencils in the scans below:

 

 

Superboy and Robin (But Not The One You Think)

From Scans Daily comes this awesome piece of commissioned artwork by Gene Espy featuring Superboy and Robin.  When you look at this image, please note the title...

Battle For The Cowl

Even though they no longer have their own titles, Dick Grayson and Tim Drake are still quite hot as evidenced by the first issue of Battle For The Cowl.  Tony Daniel does a nice job with the art (and story too) and even manages to include some shirtless Dick.  Below, you'll find some scans.

 

 

SuperBat

What would happen if Superman's powers were transferred to Batman?  That's the intriguing premise behind the SuperBat storyline currently running in Superman/Batman.  The arc, which features pencils by Rags Morales, is set to conclude with issue #56.  This post features scans from issues #53-55.

 

  

  

 

Penultimate Part Two

Robin #182 is the next-to-last issue of this volume of the series.  I'm going to miss this series just as I will miss Nightwing.  I'm looking forward to seeing what they're going to do with Tim Drake, especially since he's no longer in Teen Titans.  The two scans I'm posting are a good example of how far the character has come.

Merry Christmas! - Comics

The second Christmas-themed post features selected scans from the 2008 DCU Holiday Special.

Any guesses on who the young man in these pics grows up to be?  I won't spoil it but I can tell you it's not Superman:

I'm happy to see old-school Aquaman in these pics:

Finally, a touching ending to a story involving Robin and Nightwing on Christmas Eve:

HFG will be taking a short holiday break.  New posts will start up again on December 27th. 

I hope everyone out there has a wonderful and merry Christmas!

Robin vs. Red Robin

As the countdown continues to the end of the current Robin series (which is getting canceled because of the whole "Batman R.I.P." thing), let me say that I like Freddie Williams II's pencils.  There are times when it doesn't entirely work for me but for the most part, I've enjoyed it in most of the issues of Robin I've read.

Here's some scans of Robin battling the mysterious Red Robin in the most recent issue:

 

  

 

Robin #176

Let me just say that I'm liking Joe Bennett's work on Robin quite a bit.  He did the artwork for this issue and the previous issue as well. I have no clue how many issues he's doing (because he's not even listed as doing the artwork for the ones he has done on DC's website) but I really hope he's on the title for a little while longer.  These issues also make me want to investigate to see what else he's done.