On a shelf of Batmen, the Arkham Knight incarnation of the dark knight stands out from them. He’s massive, imposing and even if I can’t pose him the way I want to, he still looks good. Damn good.

You ever find yourself thinking about the mental strength that would be required to actually be a superhero? The strength of mind needed to slip into a spandex onesie and fight crime night after night? Hell, how do you even begin to cope when your life has been turned upside down by what seems to be an annual invasion into your reality by cosmic extinction events from beyond the stars and our ability to even conceive of those horrors?

What exactly will be The Batfleck's swansong as the caped crusader? Well almost certainly not Matt Reeves The Batman movie.

When the Pact puts its plan into motion, Bruce's cover is finally blown, and as his web of lies unravels, new questions emerge: When and how will the Pact regroup? What's truly motivating Amanda Waller and the Agency? And perhaps most importantly, how will John Doe handle the truth about his buddy Bruce? With another showdown brewing, the clown prince of crime may finally earn his crown...

While choosing any one comic book and claiming it to be the best of the best is more impossible than accurately pronouncing Mr. Myxyzpytlyk’s name backwards on the first try, finding plenty of recommended reading certainly wasn’t. Here’s a look at twenty of the very best comics that 2017 had to offer.

I cannot emphasis enough just how important a good comic book cover is. It’s the first thing you see on a shelf, a splash page of colours and action. Not only does a comic book cover need to draw your gaze, it needs to reinforce the character it’s supporting and clue you in on the action inside of it. Not an easy task in this day and age of goldfish memories. DC’s newest comics though? They’re looking damn fine

Batman! Anime! A kickass vigilante and a genre of animation that goes together like yours truly and terrible food suggestions. The dark knight isn’t a stranger to the realm of Japanese animation, but it has been a hell of a long time since the caped crusader flexed any of that muscle since then however. DC and Warner Bros. solution? Hiring Kill La Kill’s Kazuki Nakashima to pen a new feudal take on the hero, with Afro Samurai’s Takashi Okazaki fleshing out the character designs. I think the end result is batastic.

Snatch up your dice bag. Prep your character sheet. Stock up on your soft drinks and chip flavour of choice. We’re looking at the Justice League if they were D&D characters.