What I've Read - comics and comics related materials, apparently.

Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero by E. Paul Zehr was half of an interesting book, for me. The first 7 chapters or so read like a too academic and dry breakdown of physiology and neurochemistry. The latter half of the book was far more enjoyable, and got more into the interesting topic at hand - how you'd go about developing and modeling the Batman in real life. And besides, to get detailed and niggling, some of his assumptions about martial arts, diet and exercise were entirely too... traditional... I guess is the word.

Booster Gold: Blue and Gold by Geoff Johns, Jeff Katz and Dan Jurgens. This volume, combined with the first - 52 Pick-Up - are probably, for me, the most enjoyable superhero genre comics of the last year. Great characterizations, poignant, funny, clever, witty... rich with "comic book" history, with a great premise and good action. Unreservedly recommended for anyone. Booster Gold: The Greatest Hero the World Will Never Know!

"...the only documented Carter to have ever been a fraud, a failure and a fool... perhaps he was stupid as well."

"In this second BOOSTER GOLD volume collecting issues #0, 7-10 and 1 Million, Booster travels through time to save his best friend, Blue Beetle, from being murdered. But the resulting change to the time stream creates a wormhole of problems for the two heroes and some unpredictable consequences."

Battle for Bludhaven (Infinite Crisis Aftermath) by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti. Picked up at the Midyear JET Conference for free... really, I think, hamstrung by the editorial shenanigans of company wide crossovers... I thought it was only passable, despite some clever ideas inside.