Upcoming Bat comics: New Beware of Batman all-ages title, Joker collection

A couple highlights from DC Comics' October releases:

BEWARE THE BATMAN #1
Written by Ivan Cohen, art and cover by Luciano Vecchio, animation art variant cover.
A new, all-ages series! Bruce Wayne spent years learning crime-fighting techniques from his butler (and former secret agent) Alfred Pennyworth. Now he's ready to take on Gotham City's criminal underground as the Batman!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 23. 






The Joker: The Clown Prince of CrimeWritten by DENNIS O'NEIL, ELLIOT S. MAGGIN and MARTIN PASKO Art by IRV NOVICK, DICK GIORDANO, JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ and others Cover by DICK GIORDANO
In these adventures from his 9-issue 1970s solo series, The Joker faces villains including Two-Face, Lex Luthor, the Scarecrow and Catwoman, and battles heroes like The Creeper and Green Arrow.
176 pages, $16.99, in stores on Nov. 27.

DC to launch 1966-themed Batman comic

This could be pretty fun: With the floodgates now open to merchandising based on the 1966 "Batman" TV series, DC is launching a comics series based on the show. Finally, a fun Batman again!

Batman '66 will be published digitally at first, with print editions to follow. Jeff Parker will write the series, with art from Jonathan Case. Covers will be by Mike Allred, a big fan, of the show.

Stay tuned for more details on this and more about '66 merchandise. Like, when are going to get DVDs of the series?