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Good News Everyone!

Batwoman Tops the New York Times Bestseller List for Comics

by Susana Polo | 10:15 am, July 2nd, 2012


It’s late enough in the production cycle of the New 52 that most of the books are on their second story arc, and that means that we’re beginning to see the rollout of hardcover collected editions of many of those stories. And while Wonder Woman and Detective Comics Vol. 1 are sitting at eight and nine this week, it’s Batwoman, Vol 1. that has that coveted top spot on the New York Times’ bestseller list for hardcover graphic storytelling.

Which seems like reason enough to revisit the arc’s gorgeous covers.

That’s the covers of issues #0-#5, that complete the story titled “Hydrology,” in which Batwoman discovers and defeats a mysterious spirit that is kidnapping and drowning poor children in Gotham. The last one is probably my favorite, just for the story significance of every one of its layers.

(via DC Women Kicking Ass.)

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  • http://twitter.com/FroWillis Sarah

    I think Batwoman reads better as a trade. There’s just so much going on. Of course I by the individual issues because the covers are just too gorgeous. I wish they were offered as prints. 

  • http://geekpinata.com/ Crystal Lynn

    J.H. Williams III really is a fantastic artist. I adore the Batwoman art. 

  • Anonymous

     Oh, those would be ALL over my wall

  • Anonymous

    But you still can’t get a monthly subscription to it.  I thought they only allowed subscriptions for their best-selling titles – so why isn’t she on the list?

  • Anonymous

    You mean you can sell comics about female superheroes without T&A/softcore covers?
    Someone needs to convey this groundbreaking info to others at DC (and Marvel)

  • http://twitter.com/FroWillis Sarah

    I’m trying to figure out how to frame the covers 

  • http://twitter.com/DaVeO52 DaVeO52

    This books deserves all the press it earns. This and Snyder’s Batman are the only Bat Books I need.

  • http://geekpinata.com/ Crystal Lynn

    I remember asking the artist if he or DC sold the covers as posters anywhere. He said he’d love to sell them as posters but it’d be up to DC to make it happen. I tried bugging them on their social network accounts to make it happen. Maybe if more people did we could get ‘em?

  • Anonymous

    It’s artwork like Batwoman’s that makes me happy comic books are a thing. (I’m loving the story too but oh my god. The art. The way they handle panels. Ugh.)

  • Anonymous

    So it should follow that Kate should be the lead in a big event, right? 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509458879 Charlotte Grubbs

    Now can we put to rest the notion that women don’t buy comics? Or, alternatively, that men won’t buy non-fanservice comics about women?

  • http://twitter.com/BrookeTF Brooke Steele

    Glad to hear it, this comic series is bloody fantastic and pure candy for the eyes and the mind. I’ve taken to collecting all the books since I started reading them on my iPhone. Can’t get enough of the Red Knight.

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