I have a problem, children of the glade. A really serious problem. I have an obsession with Batman that borders on psychotic. Lots of people are fans of Batman. He’s pretty much DC’s most popular superhero, easily eclipsing that other guy that DC’s known for.

You know, this guy.

But my Batman obsession has gotten worse and worse these past few months. This only became a bigger issue when I started actually reading comics. When I was looking through all the New 52 titles, deciding what to get, and saw all the different titles with Batman in them, I’d made a decision. A decision to only read one Batman book besides Justice League. I had settled on Batman and Robin, and you know, for the most part, I’ve done pretty well in keeping myself restrained. I guess you could say I buckled when I bought World’s Finest #1 last week, which has Huntress in it. But honestly, I only got it because of Power Girl. I honestly don’t like Huntress that much. Pretty much the only time I liked Huntress was in Justice League Unlimited, and that’s exclusively because of her relationship with The Question.

This is my OTP.

But, this week, I finally broke. And it’s all thanks to evil genius marketing. DC is currently doing a special Batman event called “Night of the Owls”, relating to the Court of Owls, the current villains in Batman’s book (the one that’s just called “Batman”, not the other three books he’s the title character of). It’s one of DC’s big events, but this one just ties in to all of Gotham City and the Bat-Family. Of course, seeing how many titles are related to Batman, that’s still about 25% of the New 52. Now, the cameo in Justice League I could handle. I was like, “Yeah, ok, whatever, it’s cool.” But when Batman and Robin tied into it? Shit hit the fan.

This is why I love Damian Wayne. Kid’s 110% badass.

Batman and Robin’s on my pull list, so of course I had to get it. It was glorious and full of intrigue, and it kept me wanting more. So I finally buckled. I finally got all 9 issues of Batman, Volume 2. Keep in mind that I’m already planning on reading Batman Inc. when it comes out this month, and I’m thinking I’ll have to drop something from my pull list before this starts getting way too expensive. The biggest candidates for that are probably Blue Beetle, World’s Finest, and Batman and Robin at this point, because this current run of Batman is the greatest thing from the New 52 so far, and now that it has its hooks in me, I can’t stop reading it.

In addition to all of this, Batman Annual #1 comes out later this month, and with it, the return of my favorite villain. I have an addiction, and I most certainly do not want to be cured.

Damn it, Batman. You son of a bitch.