A comic’s first issue is typically many things — a jumping-on point for new readers, a reintroduction for veterans to the canon and maybe a chance to establish a new status quo in a concise manner.

Scott Snyder has put his stamp on the Batman canon over the course of 15 years of writing for DC Comics. He co-created the multiversal threat of the Batman Who Laughs and reimagined Batman’s origin ...

A lot of them followed the traditional vampire mythos and portrayed vampires as deadly creatures who hide in the darkness because the sun kills them and who have no respect for human lives, drink ...