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Year of the Villain
DC Comics has revealed the details of their Year of the Villain event conglomerate super-mega-crossover event launching this May with the Year of the Villain One-Shot, which will lead into major villain-centric stories in Justice League, Event Leviathan, and Batman. From the press release, these are the Justice League details: JUSTICE LEAGUE In DC's YEAR OF THE VILLAIN[...]
How the Arkham Knight Ruins Batman's Life in Detective Comics #1001 (Spoilers)
And after Detective Comics #1000 brought us the DC Comics debut of Batman's latest and greatest nemesis, the Arkham Knight, it's time to find out exactly how he's going to "deliver Justice to the Batman" as promised. And so our story begins, with someone… killing all the bats in Gotham City? But it's not just regular bats[...]
'Batman Who Laughs #4': How DOES He See Through That Thing? *SPOILERS
Ever since The Batman Who Laughs made his grand entrance in Dark Knights: Metal, one question has been on the mind of readers and Bat-Fans alike: How the hell does he see trough that visor of his? Well, thanks to issue four of The Batman Who Laughs, we now know: Turns out his visor is made[...]
DC Sets Sean Gordon Murphy's Batman: White Knight Sequel for July
DC Comics has announced that Batman: Curse of the White Knight, the follow-up to Sean Gordon Murphy's Batman: White Knight will launch in July In a press release on their website, DC shared official details on the long-awaited Black Label sequel as well as some preview pages Check out the press release below: This July, DC[...]
In Batman Who Laughs #4, We Learn Alfred Can Beat Batman in a Fight
Conventional wisdom says that Batman can beat anyone in a fight… as long as he has prep time But even absent prep time, one would expect that Batman would be able to take his geriatric butler, Alfred Pennyworth, right? Well, maybe not, as this preview of Wednesday's The Batman Who Laughs #4 demonstrates. In an effort[...]
"Crisis of Infinite Luthors": Some Thoughts on Our Lex List [POSTSCRIPT]
Is he just trolling? Is he secretly a huge Hackman fan? Does he dislike Rosenbaum and Cryer? My personal take? Reads like another thirst tweet from yet another fan of hot "Lex-on-Lex" action. That puts it in a nutshell — Diedrich Bader (@bader_diedrich) April 6, 2019 Diedrich Bader?!?! He's one of my Top Five favorite Batmans! (ow, ow,[...]
For Batman's 80th Birthday, a Lithograph Signed by Bob Kane Up For Grabs
The actual amount of creative input Bob Kane had into the creation of Batman has been up for dispute for some time Indeed, the image used on this lithograph drawn in his final years, was mostly swiped from Todd McFarlane. But it's still Bob Kane It's signed by him And for Batman's 80th Anniversary, you could[...]
Batman: Hush Statue Coming From Kotobukiya in Fall
Batman is getting a new ArtFX+ statue from Kotobukiya, and it is from fan-favorite storyline Hush The Jim Lee design is one of the most iconic looks for The Dark Knight, with its dark greys and blues, and the black Bat Symbol on the chest The statue will stand around 6 inches tall and features[...]
Batman at Peace in Tomorrow's Justice League #21
Pretty much Batman's entire shtick is being an uptight guy who dresses up in a bat costume to beat the crap out of mentally ill criminals at night in Gotham City Over in Tom King's Batman, even Catwoman realized this, leaving Batman at the altar because she knew that he couldn't get his Batman on[...]
Happy Birthday, Batman! From ALL Your Friends & Family… at Warner Bros. [VIDEO]
It's Batman's 80th birthday, and DC Comics isn't going to let anyone on the planet forget it They've released a 3-minute video of just about everyone wishing a fictional man who dresses up as a bat "happy birthday". Well, just about "everyone" in the Warner Brothers stable anyway… If you watch the video – and why wouldn't[...]
"Pennyworth' Images Show a DC Universe Pre-Gotham
Epix recently unleashed a new trailer for Pennyworth, a new hour long drama that acts as a prequel to Gotham, which is in itself a prequel to Batman… That's a whole lot of prequels! https://youtu.be/aThLUgsI9-EVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Pennyworth (EPIX 2019 Series) Official Teaser – DC Origin Story, Alfred Pennyworth (https://youtu.be/aThLUgsI9-E) With that[...]
'Pennyworth': Epix Unveils Official Teaser for Batman Universe Prequel Series
With FOX's Gotham coming to an end (with The Dark Knight expected to make an appearance in the series final that will most likely be longer than Tom Welling's blink-and-you'll-miss-Superman ending to Smallville), Batman fans are going to be in need for some more Caped Crusader mythos No frets, folks! Epix has unveiled an official[...]
LEGO Releasing SIX New Batman Sets Celebrating His 80th Birthday
LEGO have revealed six new Batman sets that will release on August 1 celebrating The Dark Knight's 80th anniversary this year They will range in price and brick size, from $9.99 to $99.99, and they have every Bat-Family and villain you could possibly want Also it is really cool how each set pays tribute to[...]
No 'Gotham' Tonight? No Problem! Here's a New Poster!
But I also have one pretty solid answer: //Credit: FOX Batman will be casting his grumpy eyes upon the city of Gotham! Whew! That was question number 2 on my list. The first, of course, is when will Jim Gordon grow that damned mustache? The first episode of the finale is title "They Did What?" Probably in regards to[...]
DC Brings Exclusive Foil Variants to Batman's Birthday Party at WonderCon
The 80th anniversary… that's the foil one, right? DC seems to think so, as the publisher is planning a birthday bash for Batman at WonderCon next weekend and they're bringing along a collection of foil variants for Batman and other books to the party Sadly, no hordes of rampaging bats will be released amongst the[...]
'Pennyworth': Emma Paetz Set as Martha Kane/Wayne; Jessica Ellerby as The Queen
Emma Paetz (Gentleman Jack) is joining Epix's Batman prequel series Pennyworth in a very "maternal" series regular role, while Lovesick's Jessica Ellerby is set as a recurring character Paetz and Ellerby join Jack Bannon (Alfred) and Ben Aldridge (Thomas Wayne) in the 10-episode, one-hour drama from executive producer writer Bruno Heller (Gotham, The Mentalist), executive producer/director Danny Cannon (Gotham), and Warner Horizon[...]
LEGO DC Super-Villains Gets Batman: The Animated Series Level Pack
The latest DLC level pack to make its way into LEGO DC Super-Villains will take you back to your childhood as you're getting Batman: The Animated Series For a cool $3, you can now download a level pack that will give you the Dark Knight as you remember him from the '90s, along with a[...]
Battle of the Bats: Breaking Down Who is the Best Batman??
Batman is arguably one of the most popular superheroes of all time and a character that has had enough on-screen incarnations to play an epic softball game With so many Batmen the debates are endless when the subject of which actor portrayed them best arises in conversation Everyone has their own opinions, and in part,[...]
DC Collectibles November Collage
They might as well rename this arm of the company "Batman Collectibles", because it feels like at 90% of the products they actually release these days are Batman related These are no different, as every product here has a tie to Batman Check out all of the statues, blind bag figures, and latest addition to[...]