"Ready for some more Moonstone Black Bat?"

Moonstone Books' monthly newsletter was issued earlier today. Since Moonstone has had a number of Black Bat projects in the works, there's always a sense of anticipation when it arrives.

The February newsletter did mention The Black Bat a fair bit, but unfortunately it was a little light on details. It made reference to two hardcover books; the recently-released The Black Bat Returns and a reprint of the "Return Of The Originals" version. All right.

Then the "Moonstone News" section displays four headlines, two of which involve The Black Bat.

The second issue of The Guns of the Black Bat by Ron Fortier & Silvestre Szilagyi in PREVIEWS magazine! 

The BLACK BAT & PURPLE SCAR

original graphic novel by Ron Fortier & Rob Davis

Great! But...That's it. No images, no release date...One assumes that both are scheduled for May since one of the other books mentioned in this section (Domino Lady: Threesome) was also said to appear in Previews magazine. Presumably Moonstone is referring to the same issue of Previews.

But in the meantime, the following image appeared on the Black Bat Facebook page:

"Ready for some more Moonstone Black Bat?"

Uhm...yes.

Still nothing on the Black Bat / Domino Lady book but that may not be a terrible thing. Much like Dynamite went a bit overboard when they began publishing The Green Hornet books, you don't want to release a boatload of series at the same time and compete against yourself for dollars.

So if Moonstone wants to average a Black Bat book a month or so, between Guns, Purple Scar, Domino Lady and the occasional prose project, we'll take it.

Over to you, Dynamite.