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by Martin Mulrooney | 14/10/2010 · 3:00 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Batman: Murder at Wayne Manor (An Interactive Mystery)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Batman: Murder at Wayne Manor is an interactive mystery book written by Duane Swiercyznski and illustrated by David Lapham. Both co-creators have impressive backgrounds: Swiercyznski is the author of several crime novels and other interactive mystery books, whilst Lapham is an award-winning comics writer and artist whose credits include Stray Bullets and Batman: City Of Crime. This book is almost like The Jolly Postman for adults, with readers studying interactive clues (such as a detailed autopsy report) to solve the mystery and find the killer.

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BOOK REVIEW – DC Comics: The 75th Anniversary Poster Book

By Marty Mulrooney

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DC Comics celebrates 75 years of fantastic comic books this October with the publication of DC Comics: The 75th Anniversary Poster Book, published by Quirk Books. Showcasing 100 of their most famous covers, each page is perforated and ready to frame, with behind-the-scenes commentary (as well as quotes from the artists themselves) offered on the back of every page.

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by Guest/Previous | 05/07/2010 · 6:00 pm

GAME REVIEW – Transformers: War For Cybertron (PlayStation 3)

By Stewie Sutherland

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Now that the release date has finally been broken on this title, I can sit back, enjoy a good online rumble and bring the experience to all of AMO’s readers. As someone who has followed the different storylines, universes and timelines of the Transformers since childhood I was pretty intrigued to see what developers High Moon Studios had come up with. Featuring a new take on the original cartoon incarnation, Peter Cullin reprises his role as noble leader Optimus Prime in an effort to save his planet from the threat of Megatron’s rule.

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GAME REVIEW – Batman: Arkham Asylum Second Opinion (From A Batman Fanboy!)

By Duncan Voice

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To the left of the desk where I am writing this stands a glass cabinet containing the complete line of Batman Hush action figures, including the Jason Todd as Hush figure, only one of two thousand ever made, pristine in the box of course.

To the right stands a bookcase holding about fifty pieces of Batman literature ranging from Frank Miller masterpieces The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Back, and the seminal Year One, to Jeph Loeb’s Batman:Hush and The Long Halloween, to the infamous Knightfall series where Bane defeats the Batman.

I left the cinema after both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight feeling particularly underwhelmed. Such is the plight of the fanboy, nothing is good enough. The films seemed to forget that Batman is the ‘Worlds Greatest Detective’. He’s a thinking mans Superhero. If Superman reads Nuts magazine, Batman reads Esquire.

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