After seeing his parents murdered in front of him as a child, billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne spent the next decade training in a quest to become the best fighter, tactician, and detective in the DC Universe, all so that he could enact his plan for revenge: dressing up in a bat costume and beating the heck out of mentally ill criminals at nighttime in Gotham City. Thusly, Batman was born, and the comic book world has never been the same.
Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and first appearing in Detective Comics #27 in 1939, Batman went on to become one of the most well-known superheroes in the entire world, alongside the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Squirrel Girl. Today, Batman can be found starring in movies, television shows, video games, and at minimum 30% of the comic books published by DC Comics each month. Batman's long-running series has long been the standard against which the sales of other titles are measured, as Diamond Comics Distributors uses Batman as the benchmark for its sales charts. Even President Donald Trump is a Batman fan, quoting supervillain Bane from the film Dark Knight Rises in his speeches, possibly due to the fact that Trump Tower was used as a stand-in for Wayne Enterprises in the film.
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Just yesterday, we learned that Savannah Welch (History Channel's Six) would be taking on the role of Gotham City Police Commissioner Barbara Gordon as the action shifts to Batman's stomping grounds when the third season of HBO Max's Titans debuts But she's not alone, with Curran Walters' Jason Todd throwing off the Robin mantle to become[...]
Viewers of HBO Max's Titans are already expecting a third season filled with some serious changes and intense action. We've got the action shifting to Gotham as Curran Walters' Jason Todd akes on the Red Hood persona- and gets a sweet costume alongside Anna Diop's Starfire. Fans will also be introduced to Dr. Jonathan Crane (and […]
Okay, so that wasn't The Sewer King being Jokerised at the end of Batman/Catwoman #1 by Tom King and Clay Mann Trying to read too many possibilities It was the Joker disguising himself as such, ahead of Catwoman's visit Makes more sense of the colour scheme I guess And six weeks later we get a[...]
Today's The Next Batman #2 goes to the near future of Gotham by also bringing back something from its past As the superhero speakeasy of Gotham, hidden from the prying eyes of The Magistrate, and run by one Slam Bradley.[caption id="attachment_1324732" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Next Batman #2 artwork[/caption]A senior executive at DC Comics once shared with[...]
The cells, part of the Magistrate Detention Facility in the near-future Gotham as part of in the DC Future State in today's The Next Batman #2, from DC Comics today.[caption id="attachment_1324708" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Next Batman #2 artwork[/caption]And Stephanie Brown is reading The Dispossessed by Ursula K LeGuin, seventies sci-fi story that is set in two[...]
In The Next Batman #1, we discovered that the Fox family in the future-ish Batman have a rather complex life Lucius Fox, owner of the Wayne fortune has designed the technology behind The Magistrate, the Peacekeepers and the Cybers The technology that holds Gotham in a fascist grip, taking down any masked vigilantes with a[...]
The listing for the first of the DC Infinite Frontier hardcover collections, Batman: The Cowardly Lot, has hit Amazon, with a listing that reveals a little more The current DC Future State books reveal a Gotham transformed, with Mayor Nakano hiring The Magistrate to create a fascist police state, banning all vigilantes and (supposedly) killing[...]
What makes obscure comics so interesting and vital is discovering those books that most don't know were ever printed, or that top tier creators worked on "that book" or on "that character." Obscure Comics are fun to find and interesting to know about, but that border between great reads and terrible comics.Who Wants Batman V Superman: Dawn[...]
For fans of HBO Max's Titans, Saturday was a special day for two reasons. First and foremost, they got to send buckets of "Happy Birthdays" to Curran Walters (Jason Todd aka Red Hood) in honor of his 23rd birthday. One of the many who have been chiming in is Greg Hopwood from Team LJ Supersuits. […]
Standing 28.5 inches tall, this life-size bust captures the iconic Batman villain in all her glory Her design is a throwback to her original DC Comics debut featuring her red and black harlequin outfit The statue is highly detailed as it captures lifelike detail on Harley Quinn and special craftsmanship to add fabric-like textures Harley[...]
Kieron Gillen has stated his short story in April's Batman: Black and White #5 with Jamie McKelvie is "My first time writing a story for a DCU character This is a short story, and is one of the densest, most formalist things we've ever done It's also funny And brutal I hope folks like it."Considering how[...]
Now with added Batman.GREEN LANTERN #1written by GEOFFREY THORNE
art by DEXTER SOY
cover by BERNARD CHANG
card stock variant cover by BRYAN HITCH
1:25 card stock variant cover by ALEX MALEEV
ON SALE 4/6/21
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As this new Green Lantern series begins, the newly formed United Planets and[...]
DC Comics is to launch yet another ongoing Batman series, in their attempt to make every DC Comics title a Batman comic And this is the most Batmannest of them all Batman: The Dark Knight #1 from Tom Taylor, Andy Kubert and Brad Anderson, out in April And, it seems, set in London - at[...]
DC Comics has started to let folk know about their April 2021 solicitations, showing how Tim Fox will become the Next Batman with the first series continuing from DC's Future State As well as Damian Wayne getting his first solo series and answering all those questions about what happened to him, after leaving the Robin[...]
Ben Affleck, whose portrayal of Batman will forever be underrated in my eyes, has played multiple superheroes, of course He also played blind lawyer Matt Murdock in the Daredevil film from 2003 Like his portrayal of Batman, that Daredevil film is not as terrible as people remember, especially the director's cut Anyway, when he made[...]
Batman is back once again but not the Batman we all know and love but a more twisted version This version picked up Joe Chill’s gun in the alley that night as a kid and took the shot that ended his parent's killer's life This led to his obsession with firearms, and it helped him[...]
The sole highest-graded Batman #1 CGC 9.4 White Pages copy has just closed at Heritage Auction's 2021 January 14 - 17 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction for $2,220,000.00. The sale is a record price for a copy of Batman #1, and is the second highest price ever paid for a comic book in a[...]
Adding Batman.[caption id="attachment_1322540" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1 cover[/caption]
On Saturday, 27th of March, DC Comics will launch its new digital comic book series, Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, a new series of 24 original team-up stories between the citizens of Gotham and members of Mystery, Inc The series will be published in print from[...]
The Metropolis Gallery has announced a virtual exhibition of original artwork by artist and writer Sean Gordon Murphy, best known for his Murphyverse line of Batman: White Knight comic books from DC Comics.[caption id="attachment_1322132" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Sean Gordon Murphy[/caption]Metropolis Gallery curator and owner Vincent Zurzolo tells us “Sean will be bringing his unique and[...]
Even as Javicia Leslie's Ryan Wilder takes on the mantle of being Gotham's dark knight defender, The CW's Batwoman isn't wasting any time addressing the elephant in the room with the season-opener title "What Happened to Kate Kane?". With the first season's lead missing in action, Kate's extended family of Alice (Rachel Skarsten), Mary (Nicole Kang), […]
