Murder in The League

One of the founder members in 1895 of what became the Rugby League, Batley was once a thriving centre of commerce, one of the bustling mill towns in the Heavy Woollen District of West Yorkshire.

is a year-long comic book limited series written by Keith Giffen (until issue #6 after which he left) and Judd Winick, premiering in May 12, 2010. It will run twice a month (or biweekly) for 24 issues, alternating with , with the artwork for the contents and the covers being done by a rotating team of artists. The series focuses on the Justice League International (or JLI, last seen during the 1990's)--specifically the characters Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Jaime Reyes (the third Blue Beetle), Fire, Ice, and Rocket Red--and their hunt for Maxwell Lord, influential in the formation of the JLI and who, as among those villains resurrected during the event, is now more powerful than ever. That this series is a tie-in to is evident on the comic book cover itself. All high-quality Minutemen scans, and all with two covers from issue #5 up to the current issue #17.

A sweeping saga of bloodshed, betrayal and big business, this collection of documentaries from A&E and HISTORY offers a cold-blooded examination of organized crime, from prohibition and WWII to the hitmen and women who are currently administering the brutal judgments of the mob. An investigation into the origins - and present-day activities - of the ethnic gangs that turned criminal activities into family enterprises, The Real Godfathers exposes an underworld of danger, money, glamour and murder, covering such notorious figures as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Carlo Gambino and John Gotti, as well as topics including the bloody mob wars , the ordinary, privileged, and at times remarkable women who gained stature in a male-dominated world, and the gangster-turned-informants who make it possible to prosecute the Mafia.