Dynamite's Black Bat #11 Solicitation (April 2014)

Writer: Brian Buccellato
Art: Ronan Cliquet 

Black Bat has managed to toe the line throughout his quest for redemption. But when someone close to him dies, will he finally cross that line and become a killer? 

Also, Oliver Snate's mystery guardian angel pulls back the curtain and finally reveals himself... propelling this story towards its gut-wrenching conclusion. 

And Miss Fury is nowhere to be found.

Dynamite is all about their acquisition of the Gold Key characters these days so many of the pulp-style titles that they were publishing are coming to an end.  The Shadow ends at #25 this month as well and Mark Waid's Green Hornet concludes after the thirteenth issue.  In fairness, they've brought back a number of Battlestar Galactica books, so perhaps there's hope for a revival at some point.

In the meantime, I've received the Black Bat Mystery novel in the mail.  It's a collection of four short stories. I've only just started it, but so far so good.  The first story, written by Andrew Salmon, takes place in an unusual setting for the character; inside a blimp called The Valkyrie. The Bat's crew from the original stories are all included and the writing is very similar in style.  I think I'm going to enjoy this.

The back cover illustration below, as well as the ones included throughout the book, is by Rob Davis.

And since I appear to have forgotten to mention it in a past post, Excelsior Comics is up to page 15 with its Bat web comic. I wish they were a little fast with the production, but I'm enjoying their version of the character nonetheless.  Check it out.