Batman Archives

And I am not kidding on that last part, there is a final reveal that is so surprising it's sure to damn near knock people out of their seats (as well as having a neat little metal connection of its own). The mystery that Batman has been investigating goes a little deeper, and we get some[...]

Dark Nights: Metal artist Jonathan Glapion has posted some art from Dark Nights: Metal, and it contains a pretty shocking spoiler… Here's a page from the book that Glapion tweeted this morning, in a now-deleted tweet: https://twitter.com/jonathanglapion/status/896363324367134724 Say what? It looks like somebody has been reading our Tumblr slashfic, but they totally misunderstood what we meant by "fisting." Then[...]

They have also announced The Shadow / Batman crossover series written by Steve Orlando and drawn by Giovanni Timpano The Shadow was one of the characters said to have influenced the creation of Batman. To go with the released of The Shadow #1, comiXology is doing a big sale on the Shadow comics from Dynamite This[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] When last we left Telltale Games in charge of a Batman series, we got a great story with some awkward changes If you haven't played the first game, spoiler alert, it's been out for a year The developer took a lot of liberties with Gotham in general by making Bruce's parents part of the[...]

Batman is getting what is arguably one of the coolest-looking figures we have ever seen of him with the new One:12 Collective Ascending Knight Batman from Mezco Toyz Holy hell, this thing is rad The fact that they are doing three, one from each era, is even cooler. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width:[...]

Review: With great pacing and vibrant, striking art, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps easily earns another high rating with issue #26.

It's about the battle between the world you were brought up in and the world you find in your found family as you get older. The deus ex machina (literally?) that saves the day only serves to highlight how complex this debate is: when you're battling an intelligence that's way of thinking is so sure, so[...]

He has located the signal of mentor and previous Atom, Ray Palmer, in the Microverse — the subatomic universe that exists within ours. Not wanting to devote the entire team to this, Batman has dedicated only Ryan, Lobo, Frost, and himself to the job, leaving Black Canary, Vixen, and the Ray in the regular universe. Ray warned[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of stats from Diamond Comic Distributors. The charts are topped by Action Comics lenticular covers, Batman's Dark Nights Metal comic with Marvel's Secret[...]

IGN got the exclusive today to show off the brand new trailer for Batman vs Two-Face, the iconic battle of the '60s Batman we never got because ABC and 20th Century Fox didn't think the character was campy enough to be in the show This feature is, of course, the last appearance of Adam West[...]

That comic was Mister Miracle #1 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads. Mitch Gerads variant cover for Mister Miracle #1 King, rightly celebrated as a new master of the form, and also apparently at bringing me to tears that marvellous sonuvabitch (he's done it so far with Vision, The Omega Men and even Batman), teams up with[...]

The company has debuted a new collection called Gotham City Nightmare with the idea of what if you take character from the Batman comics and filter them through the Scarecrow's fear gas? What would it look like? In other words, the creators and designers at Sideshow basically got set loose on some of DC's most[...]

There was speculation rife after the release of Dark Days: The Forge and Dark Days: The Casting about what exactly was going on with Batman's latest young protege Duke Thomas We then got confirmation from writer Scott Snyder that Duke would be getting his own series spinning out of Dark Nights: Metal, and that the[...]

With some encouragement from Rich Johnston and Mark Seifert, I've decided to take a look back at comics I've reviewed from time to time to analyze some interesting themes that they may share or conflict upon. This past week's Superman #28 and Batman #28 both look at war in a way They approach it in similar fashions,[...]

Before his passing, Batman legend Adam West returned to the role that made him famous one last time and record the voice for the new Batman vs Two-Face animate movie The sequel to Batman: The Return of the Caped Crusader features West along with his co-stars from the 1966 television series, Burt Ward as Robin and[...]

There's a room filled with Batman and other comic-book collectibles nearby in dad's study." And now they have a new place to host their collections — with added cheese. Their menu is themed… …and they have a very strong comic book aesthetic and livery. And they seem to have a hit on their hands, with a strong store opening, Then[...]

Nightwing #26 is a great entry into the saga of Nightwing. It has action, character, and a fantastic guest star in Huntress to balance out the hero himself.

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] So, I was going to be done with Batman for now I've had my fun, let you all know how I feel about the Dark Knight, and was going to just give it a rest until another creative team takes over or there was something worth talking about. Then I heard that Batman #28 has a[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Batman #28 from DC Comics by writer Tom King and artists Mikel Janín and June Chung is the next part in The War of Jokes and Riddles Bat-event, as Bruce continues his post-coital story of his biggest early failure in his career as Batman. This issue features Batman being pushed far enough to almost kill,[...]

Telltale Games has released the launch trailer for Batman: The Enemy Within, the followup to the less creatively titled Batman: The Telltale Series. Launching August 8 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, and Mac (screw you, Linux!), and on Android and iOS in October, the game will be accessible to new players, but for those who have[...]

Originally the archenemy of the Teen Titans, he has also been an adversary of Batman and other DC heroes Deathstroke later appeared on The CW's TV series Arrow, where he is portrayed by Manu Bennett. Joe Manganiello has been cast as the character for the DC Extended Universe. While Deadshot is a supervillain-turned-anti-hero, the world's deadliest and most accurate marksman and assassin, created by David Vern Reed, Bob Kane[...]

We already noted that All-Star Batman #12 seems to be signifying that JH Williams III is returning to Detective Comics, and to the Batwoman character that he previously walked away from But it's not the only interesting note in the issue that might we worth examining in a wider Batman continuity context. It was this scene[...]

Sean Gordon Murphy teased a "new Batman villain" for his upcoming comic, Batman: The White Knight. In a Friday afternoon gift to comic book websites struggling through the slow post-comic-con news week, Sean Gordon Murphy revealed a last-minute shocker on Twitter: Breaking–DC is letting me create a brand new villain in Batman: White Knight! Here she is[...]

The company has been kind enough to send us a few in the past, and this month we got some really awesome items for review as we delve back into the worlds of Batman and Street Fighter. We won't go too much into the inner workings of them since we've reviewed them before, but as you[...]

Bleeding Cool scooped the news at San Diego Comic-Con that this year's Batman Day on September 23rd would be taken over by Harley Quinn, for her 25th Anniversary It was later confirmed on panels at the show Well, now we have a few more details. DC Comics will have "free" comic books for retailers to buy[...]

As Mark Doyle has moved on within DC Comics taking on Young Animal, Vertigo, and the upcoming mature readers superhero imprint, he has had to leave much of the role of being Batman Group Editor behind He still co-edits Batman with Jamie Rich, but other books have been divided up by other editors — Rebecca Green[...]

Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday, Ben Affleck categorically denied all rumors that he wants out of playing Batman. On stage with the Justice League cast, Affleck said he's on board with the franchise, despite a report originating at The Hollywood Reporter and circulating widely this weekend that Warner Bros was looking for an[...]

Capullo jokes that he's his comics wife. Snyder begins talking about the idea for Metal starting in the early days, to bring Batman into the wider DC Universe The Dark Multiverse is discovered, and the only thing that can stop it is the increasingly rare Nth Metal The first wave of the invasion sees the Dark[...]

They also mentioned a single issue coming up with a road trip outside of Gotham, and digging into DC history with Deacon Blackfire. Difference between writing on a comic for a year compared to writing for a television show? It's really helped them build their ability to write and develop a character, and to keep those[...]

Called Batman: The Signal, all we know about the comic so far as that it will be co-written by Tony Patrick, from the DC writer's workshop, along with superstar writer Scott Snyder No artist has been announced yet, and we don't know when it's coming out. Dan Didio revealed the news at the very end of the[...]