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Sean Gordon Murphy's Batman: White Knight will top the graphic novel bestseller lists for both Bookscan and Diamond for October, DC Comics claimed in a press release Wednesday, a major win for Black Label's first collected release White Knight did not even have a Batpenis to bolster its sales, making the victory all-the-more impressive It[...]

We might be meeting Batwoman in this crossover but that doesn't mean we should expect Batman to show up. There have been plenty of rumors that got even louder when Supernatural star Jensen Ackles was spotted on the set Mega-creator Marc Guggenheim confirmed to a fan on Twitter that they shouldn't expect to see Batman in[...]

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Before Alfred Pennyworth inherited Bruce Wayne/Batman's cavalcade of killers, he had his own "big bads" to contend with – and Jason Flemyng (The Missing, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) is bringing one of them to life in Epix's DC Comics adaptation Pennyworth. Flemyng's Lord Harwood will face off against Jack Bannon's Alfred and Ben Aldridge's Thomas Wayne in[...]

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Has anyone ever thought of Batman as self-conscious about his image? The guy dresses up like a bat and beats up mentally ill criminals at night, but does he secretly worry what others think of him? Detective Chimp asks the question in this preview of a story by Tom Taylor and Brad Walker from Wednesday's[...]

The first appearance of Batman's penis in Batman Damned #1 set the comic book world on fire, sending shockwaves throughout DC Comics, causing the comic to skyrocket in value (especially after it was announced there would be no second printing and any future collections would censor the Batawang), and leaving a Batpenis-shaped mark on comic[...]

DC Collectibles have released their solicitations for January, including the first of their Batman cowl statues, new Essentials figures, and a couple of anticipated statues based on the art of Ant Lucia, Sean Murphy, and more Check everything out below!   #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left:[...]

Come on, Batman! Tell us you weren't using a private email server. According to DC's January solicitations, Batman and The Flash discover a glitch in the system at Sanctuary in Heroes in Crisis #4, and in Heroes in Crisis #5, we learn: The secrets of the DC Universe are hacked! Sanctuary wasn't supposed to keep records, but[...]

Not Alfred! Who is hunting down Batman's allies this time? And what will we call Alfred when he recovers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al (Official Video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA) We'll find out in a triple-shot of Detective Comics in January. DETECTIVE COMICS #995 written by PETER J[...]

The last time Batman and John Constantine appeared in a book together, it was a moment that would rock DC Entertainment to its foundations Of course, we're talking about the reveal of the Batpenis, which spawned a thousand Bleeding Cool articles and brought the hammer of censorship down on DC's Black Label line, at least[...]

Remember when we told you that the boss Bruno Heller behind FOX's Batman prequel series Gotham was developing a spinoff series about Alfred Pennyworth? Well, that's still happening, and as of today, we know who will be playing young Alfred. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jack Bannon has been tapped to bring the iconic future confidant of the Caped[...]

Jim Lee, publisher and CCO of DC Comics talked to Polygon about, what else, Batman: Damned #1, the comic he drew a variant cover for and the Batpenis And the fuss that followed its publication, getting worldwide headlines and spawning many a joke on late-night chatshows like Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert. However, rather than appreciating the[...]

Hugh Sheridan reporting from NYCC for Bleeding Cool Batman and Mister Miracle writer Tom King shared his spotlight panel at NYCC 2018 with his frequent collaborator artist Mitch Gerads and moderator Constance Eza. King started the panel asking the crow of they had read Heroes in Crisis? Most audience members replied with a loud cheer, so he[...]

By Rich Epstein On October 30th a completely remastered, limited edition box set of Batman the Animated Series will be released To promote the set, Warner Brothers sent legendary producers Bruce Timm and Eric Rudomski and actors Diane Pershing (Poison Ivy), Loren Lester (Robin/Nightwing), Tara Strong (Batgirl), and the Batman himself Kevin Conroy   First of all,[...]

He  also showed off a bunch of art by Jason Fabok. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ There is a lot of of throwbacks to the character designs from Killing Joke, with some nods to Keaton's Batman in his costume[...]

Below you will see the first two of their new line of 1:2 scale Batman cowls, four new DC Essentials figures, a Joker statue from Batman: White Knight, a Frank Cho Harley Quinn statue, and the second in the Dark Knights: Metal statue line, Batman The Merciless Check out the full details and pics below! You[...]

After some rumors and such the past few days, Funko and DC Comics have formally announced the new DC Primal Age figure line!

I would have preferred no pin rather than one that doesn't fit. Next up, we get a pair of socks! (Funny, this makes the sixth pair in a year.) This is a pair of Batman crew socks from BioWorld, specifically that of The Joker As you can see, the art is taken from The Killing Joke[...]

DC Comics has informed comic book retailers that, as it stands, the sold-out-in-a-flash comic Batman: Damned #1 will not be reprinted At all. That is despite previous statements that further printings of Batman: Damned #1 by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo would see the male nudity that caused such headline worldwide removed And also despite the demand which[...]

After fooling the comic book media including Bleeding Cool's own Rumourmonger-in-Chief Rich Johnston into believing DC was about to launch a new Azrael series, Sean Gordon Murphy has revealed that the image he was teasing yesterday was only a part of a larger teaser for his sequel to Batman: White Knight Asked for comment, Johnston[...]

Superman Superman spends most of the comic touring the carnage at Sanctuary, a mental health facility that he, Wonder Woman, and Batman created that all of the heroes in the DC Universe have been using for years (but which we've never ever seen before in another comic until now) It's through Superman's eyes that we learn[...]

The first will be Batman, from the much-loved Batman: The Animated Series Also teased to be coming are Wonder Woman and Superman. Batman will come in two editions: a regular edition for $415 and a Sideshow Exclusive with a hand holding a grappling gun for $425 The statues will be 16 inches tall, and will feature[...]

Fox With Gotham approaching its fifth and final season and production charging along, new cast member Shane West (Salem, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) took to Twitter over the weekend to tease fans about his upcoming run on Fox's Batman prequel series Making his return to the DC Comics side of things, West tweeted a video of himself in[...]

Are you still looking to obtain a copy of Batman: Damned #1, featuring the much-discussed debut of Batman's penis, but don't want to drop $45 on eBay for a copy? New York City shoppers can fill the Batpenis-shaped hole in their collections for less than half that price Spotted in Midtown Comics today by Bleeding Cool's[...]

Like Batman's penis. Bleeding Cool has written near a dozen articles on the Batpenis since it was revealed in Batman: Damned #1 on Wednesday, including the fact that DC Comics had censored the penis in digital versions and vowed to remove it from future print copies, but Cain, clearly too busy spitting hot fire in interviews[...]

See you there… Five most-read stories yesterday Bleeding Cool Brings You Batman's Penis In All Its Batglory From Batman: Damned #1 Nightwing May Be Losing His Dick But Batman Is Getting One  Batpenis No More? Future Printings of Batman Damned Will Be Censored Robert Kirkman Orders All Copies of Next Week's Die!Die!Die! #3 Destroyed  Comic Retailer Writes to Dan DiDio About[...]

Since Batman: Damned #1 hit stores on Wednesday, all anyone has been able to talk about is the long-awaited reveal of Batman's penis in a mature readers comic Even when not talking about the batpenis itself, people have questioned DC's decision to censor it digitally and in future print versions What is DC trying to[...]

DC Comics has released a short preview of the first chapter of the Batman story by "The Great One" Brian Bendis and artist Nick Derrington The book has shipped to Walmart stores, though whether your Walmart has chosen to stock them somewhere you can find or crumple them into balls and toss them onto a[...]

This week, the long-and-thick-awaited reveal of Batman's penis in Batman Damned #1 had the comic book world standing at attention, but it looks the initial arousal of public interest will lead to a refractory period of no longer seeing Batman's junk in a comic for the foreseeable future Bleeding Cool reported yesterday that copies of[...]