There isn’t anything better that I love than a good Batman story, and issue #9 of Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder has provided me with …

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or - “I love you the goddamn Batman, you and your goddamn Batmobile”

The last time I reviewed All-Star Batman, it had been literally a year since the previous issue hit the stands. At the time I hated, Hated, HATED the title thinking Frank Miller had made a mockery of Batman, taken the money, and run away laughing. After a couple of months of serious contemplating, I’ve totally reversed my feelings on the goddamn Batman. Instead of being the worst title out there, I’m actually looking forward to each and every issue - even more so than what Morrison is doing on the Batman title proper. What caused the change of heart? No, it wasn’t a truck load of money from DC (although that would be nice), but rather a different perspective on what Miller is doing.

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From Batman & Robin The Boy Wonder #7

Whatever you say, man. Whatever you say.

It’s a once in a lifetime chance to get your hands on an original page from Jeff Smith. Smith and others are donating art to the Comic Book Legal Defense fund to help pay for the growing court costs in the Gordon Lee Case.

In case you aren’t familiar with the case, Lee is a comic shop owner in Georgia who could go to jail for selling a comic that has a scene of Picasso walking around in the nude to a minor. Gordon claims he didn’t know the scene was in the book and has appologized, but that hasn’t stopped the sue happy family and the crazy state of Georgia from taking him to court.

The CBLDF has already spent $80,000 defending Gordon and expect to need another $20,000.

I don’t sell my original art, and I’ve never donated an interior story page to anything before, but this case against comics must not succeed. No one should go to jail for selling art.

Take the jump for the black and white image up for sale from Smith, as well as the open letter from Jim Lee who is calling for your help.

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Imagine my surprise when this arrived in my comic shipment this week.

How about a gut reaction mini review?

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Jim Lee has been kind enough to give us a sneak peek at the next three covers to DC’s All Star Batman and Robin series. The pencils look great, and it looks like we’ll see more Black Canary and Batgirl before it is all done. According to Jim’s site, issue #5 SHOULD come out May 16, with issue #6 hitting stores July 25, and issue #7 arriving sometime in September.

Well hot damn! This is/was a series I had high hopes for, but to tell you the truth, before I read issue #5, I better reread the first four as I have completely forgotten what is going on.

Take the jump for the bigguns!

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