Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat books divide down gender lines in two paperback collections: Beautiful Boys (which contains Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop) and Goat Girls (which consists of ...

Tired of all those Batman books? Well, what about a Man-Bat book instead? Today DC Comics revealed the first look inside its previously-delayed Man-Bat miniseries, starring Kirk Langstrom—the ...

During a visit to a local library I discovered a book I knew I had to read. The title: "Bat Boy Lives!" The writers listed on the cover are David Perel and the editors of the Weekly World News. I had ...

Now, if you’ve been keeping up with modern-day Batman stories, you know that it’s not uncommon for the Bat-Family to have disagreements (I mean, what family doesn’t?). But the thing is, superhero ...

As my regular readers are likely to remember, I may have promised at one point a few columns ago that I would be moving away from my animal themes now that our summer reading program is over (which ...

THE BAT — A Novel from the Play by Mary Roberts Rinehart & Avery Hopwood — Doran ($2). Now there is a chance for all who were too young, busy, distant or improvident to see one of this era’s most ...