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Each Friday, we'll be letting a different DC.com writer share what they'll be reading over the weekend and why you might want to check it out. Here's this week's suggestion for a perfect Weekend Escape! With Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan winning tons of new fans on HBO’s Lanterns, the test pilot turned Green Lantern is more popular than ever.

The next big DC event is upon us, and Gotham has one terrifying night to stop the city from being permanently terraformed into a prehistoric, Jurassic Park-esque nightmare. Batman, Nightwing, Catwoman, Jim Gordon, Harley Quinn and the rest of Gotham’s heroes are determined to stop Poison Ivy from succeeding in her plans…if they can survive. This is “Bad Seeds,” a two-month crossover spinning out of G.

We Gothamites hear all the jokes. How we must have a death wish to live here. That anybody who would move to the Joker’s hometown willingly is automatically qualified for Arkham. That we get blown up, mutated and tyrannized by mad dictators every other week. And sure, all of that’s a little true. But to us, Gotham fortitude is a mark of pride. We say you’re not a real Gothamite until you’ve personally been held hostage by someone in a costume. And all those terrifying events you hear about on the news?

This week, every corner of Gotham City will be caught in the crossfire of “Bad Seeds”—a war for control of Gotham between unlikely rivals Poison Ivy and Vandal Savage, with Batman, his family and the Gotham citizens all caught in the middle. The catch? They’re not waging battle in their typical supervillain personas.

I was a sneaky, industrious kid with an overactive imagination and pliable morals when it came to white lies. My father, an avid reader in his younger days, had maintained an extensive library with a particularly welcoming reading couch. The books were not for kids and I was forbidden from the library but of course, I snuck in. At first, it was only to steal glances at the salacious covers to a large collection of James Hadley Chase novels.

Gotham City is a busy place, with a lot going down each and every week. In this monthly column, Joshua Lapin-Bertone helps you stay on top of it all by letting you know what you should be paying attention to within the Bat-Family…and why. SPOILER ALERT: The following column contains spoilers from season two of Batman: Caped Crusader. Batman is a loner. Except when he works with one of the many Robins he’s had over the years. Or when he teams up with Superman once a month.

Each Friday, we'll be letting a different DC.com writer share what they'll be reading over the weekend and why you might want to check it out. Here's this week's suggestion for a perfect Weekend Escape! Every hero has to start somewhere. For Superman, that beginning was an early career as a superhero in the rural community of Smallville. Action Comics Vol. 1: Boy of Steel is the story of Clark’s teenage adventures as Superboy, as narrated by his adult self.

John Stewart was recruited into the Green Lantern Corps in 1971’s Green Lantern #87 and since then, his life has been filled with triumph, tragedy, adventure, intergalactic intrigue and enough emerald constructs to fill a moon. Maybe you were introduced to John while watching the Justice League animated series as a kid, or maybe you met the character for the first time this week on HBO’s Lanterns, where he’s played by Aaron Pierre. Either way, the character has a rich history full of surprises.

Looking for the real dirt on your favorite costume-clad celebs? You’re in the right place, as the always informed Splash Pannell keeps us on top of the fights, flings and latest DCU gossip in this sensationally savage column. Rise and read, my darlings! This is Splash Pannell, your gossipmonger gourmand to all the heroic happenings here on our Prime Earth. Superman gets a split spit curl? Wonder Woman loses her invisible plane? Robin lays an egg?

It’s summertime and the dog days are doggone hotter than ever! If you’re the parent of a young child, you might be seeking out something to entertain your son or daughter while they’re cooped up inside. Well, look no further than writer/artist Rob Justus’ Superman’s Good Guy Gang, its new sequel Superman's Good Guy Gang: Follow the Leader and its companion title Supergirl’s Zoo-per Heroes: Krypto’s Big Break.