Ple - post NML. Is it Evolution and Officer Down but then nothing else? Or does it go from Officer Down to the Murderer/Fugitive series?

I'd have to check my shelves, but I think the latter.

There is a run of issues after Officer Down that hasn't been collected before Murderer/Fugitive kicks in. The first set has to do with Zeiss causing problems for Batman, and also includes a bit of the Worlds At War crossover, then after that is the Joker's Last Laugh crossover, IIRC.

I think Sasha is probably supposed to be more late-20s, but I, like Sumi, was thinking Selina.

This was my thinking, too. I'll have to dig out some issues and figure out what can be determined. According to The Unoffical DC Guide, her first appearence is in Detective Comics #751 - I may have to dig up a few back issues.

Runaways question: in the new ones - what number are they at?

I know that they went up to 18 and then started over, right?

Sumi - they're on #4, #5 should be out this week.

OMAC #3 is this week, along with Batgirl, and Outsiders. I might have to pick up Wonder Woman if they still have a copy when I get there, since I've been reading the recent ones via the wonder of the interbunny, and it's gotten really good.

It is good.

Also out: Batman 641, Flash 223, Green Lantern #2 and Angel #1.

Anyone know what else is out this week? The release page that's in links is still saying the 22nd.

Here's Diamond Comics' shipping list for today.

Thanks!

I thought of picking up the Puppet!Angel cover. . . maybe I will if there are any left next time I'm at the comic shop. . .

Okay, anyone else who's read the TT/Outsiders crossover, which concluded in today's Outsiders (#25) am I seeing things, or -- did the artist forget that Tim's arm was broken? Because the 4 issues (TT #24, Outsiders #24, TT #25, and Outsiders #25) don't have any lag-time between them, so -- whither Timmy's cast?

I picked up Outsiders #25 (obviously), WW #217, Batman #640, OMAC #3, and Batgirl #65.

With the exception of Batgirl, I can see how all the different titles are trying really hard to get their timelines closer together. Like, in Outsiders, Dick leaving at the end of it (though he's not on crutches, but whatever, right now I'm only trying to make sense of time continuity, not injury continuity) paves the way for his Goodfellas schtick in Nightwing (even though that started a few titles ago -- so I'm assuming that TT and Outsiders are a few issues behind Nightwing, although -- I guess -- TT and Outsiders must be *ahead* of Robin, because Tim doesn't have a broken arm in his own title -- arrrrrrrrgh! head hurty!!!).

Batgirl isn't ignoring time continuity; I just think that right now it has the least potential for continuity fuckups, since she pretty much sticks to her own title, with occasional guest appearances in other Bat-titles.

And speaking of Batgirl, I am really loving it right now -- not so much for the current storyline, but just because I *love* Gabrych's worldbuilding in Bludhaven. I know, you're going to say, there was no "worldbuilding" required, since the 'Haven had already been established in Nightwing. But the Bludhaven we see through Cass's eyes is different from the one we saw in Nightwing. Not radically different; Bludhaven is still a cesspool -- I just mean little details like the coffee shop (and the owner, who I swear has a crush on Cass, and I say hell yeah to the hot Batgirl/coffee girl action), and the neighborhood she lives in. It's just enough detail to make Bludhaven *matter* to the reader, without slowing down the A-plot.

Winick wrote Batman and Outsiders, and while I like his grasp of character continuity (more or less), he's a little melodramatic of a writer, isn't he? Dude, CHILL.

And rounding out today's purchases was Rucka on OMAC and Wonder Woman. I thought that WW was a little predictable in some places (I could see Wonder Woman's choice of "reward" coming about 3 issues ago, along with the bonus!eyesight -- cancel the trip to Lourdes, I guess), but not in others (I didn't expect Cassie's father to be Zeus; I really thought it was Ares -- and poor Ferdinand!). On the whole, though, I liked it.

OMAC is kicking ass and getting even creepier. I can't quite suss out what happened at the end (I mean, I know *what* happened, on the page; I just don't know *how* it could have happened, how it could have been set up and then carried out). Oh, and, can I just say -- SupEs & bATs 4EVah!!1! OTP!!! All that was missing was Superman giving mouth-to-mouth to Batman. The art in OMAC was a little weird though -- it almost seemed like it switched artists halfway through, particularly on Superman.