Batman Manga from the 60's released

Bat Punch suckaa!!!

Last Saturday, DC released the first part of the Batman Manga (by Jiro Kuwata) as part of it's digital first series. New chapters will be added each weekend and will cost $0.99 (I think). Look for it on comiXology and Android Play Store.

Viz Media titles are available at comiXology

Viz Media, one of the few manga publishers left in the US has released close to 500 volumes of popular manga series (such as Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya and Death Note) for the popular digital format distributor comiXology. Awesome news and I hope the digital format opens the doors in the west to lesser known titles. You can purchase via the website or the app.

Oh, and comiXology (or Amazon), please fix the payment method for Android and iOS or release some kind of gift card for those of us who don't like to use credit cards.

Getter Robo 40th Anniversary

40 years ago, the late Ken Ishigawa and Go Nagai (of Mazinger Z fame) created one of the most influential Super Robots series, Getter Robo.  It follows the adventures of Ryoma, Hayato and Musashi, the pilots of three plane-like vehicles that can combine into three different robots; as they fight evil dinosaurs, demons, shape-shifting aliens and sometimes themselves. It is one of the first (if not the first) transforming robot and appears in almost every Super Robot Wars game.

20 years of "The Manga Nut with a Power Ring"

I know its kind of old new, but better late than never. It's been 2 decades since DC Comics introduced the graphic designer turned super-hero Kyle Rayner. After the third volume of Green Lantern sales were struggling, DC needed to shake up things to raise interest. They published a very polarizing story (Emerald Twilight) which saw the exit of longtime favorite character Hal Jordan and the rise of a younger, more inexperienced hero.

Even though he was created in the 90's, Kyle's character arc is impressive. He grows from inexperienced rookie to a formidable Corp member. His ring constructs are the most interesting (at least in my opinion) which include chibi characters, Patlabor Mechs and futuristic-looking weaponry. Also his training is not as military as the other lanterns, he learned by his own experiences and from other characters like Alan Scott (the original Green Lantern) and Batman himself.

Kyle can be found in the pages of Green Lantern New Guardians, as the only White Lantern. Here's to 20 more years!

The image was drawn by legendary artist Darryl Banks a colored by yours truly.