Once again it is time for this weeks’ peek at what DC Comics has in store (and in the store for us this week. Of the comics coming down the pike from our other favorite comics publisher, we’re particularly interested in anything Blackest Night and anything Batman, so there’s some great titles featuring these characters and story arcs this week.

Check out the list:

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #38
BATMAN: THE CAT AND THE BAT
BATMAN: UNSEEN #5 (OF 5)
BLACKEST NIGHT: THE FLASH #1 (OF 3)
BLACKEST NIGHT: WONDER WOMAN #1 (OF 3)
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #44
THE GREAT TEN #2 (OF 10)
JONAH HEX #50
JSA ALL-STARS #1
LOBO: HIGHWAY TO HELL #2 (OF 2)
LOONEY TUNES #181
THE MIGHTY #11

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These days, it’s sometimes tough picking out good comic books to read. But here at The Flickcast, we care about what you read, and only want you reading good things.  So, with that in mind, I give you our new feature: Dave’s weekly comic book recommendations.

My first recommendation is Atomic Robo And The Shadow Beyond Time #1.  This Eisner nominated series written by Brian Clevinger and drawn by Scott Wegener is a Hellboy-like series about a robot created by Nicola Tesla and is published by Red 5 Comics. (If this post was published earlier this week you could probably expect a lame Star Wars pun here). The first volume of this series featured a secret mission Robo went on for the US Government in 1938, and how it influenced a mission 60 years later.

The second volume, involved Robo and his crew fighting off Sci-Fi weaponry being used by an elite group of Nazis on the Italian coast during World War 2. This new issue, the start of the third volume, begins in 1928 with Robo being interrupted from studying for a physics exam by none other than H.P. Lovecraft while they investigate the Tunguska Incident.  You can read all about it at Atomic-Robo.com.

My second recommendation is The Flash: Rebirth #2. DC is banking a lot on the talents Geoff Johns and Ethan van Sciver who brought back the silver age Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. With Barry Allen, they are trying to bring this character to the modern age. I like the CSI element that is going on here, but I’m mostly interested in how they bring back a character that has been dead for almost 25 years and not make it seem like fan-service.

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