Batman Archives

Five Gotham Related Trades To Get You Through The Summer Hiatus
Unlike The Flash and Arrow, there are few trades focused on Jim Gordon or the days in Gotham prior to the appearance of the Batman But here are five trades that should help you get through until the series returns for a third season this fall. #1 – Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David[...]
Why Green Arrow And Black Canary Stood Out To Me In DC Rebirth
Wonder Woman would make more sense for Batman as both Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince are more facades than people. GA and BC work because they connect on both the costumed adventure and everyday level And unlike some heroes, Green Arrow works better when he has someone to aim him A Yin to his Yang[...]
See The Remaster Quality In These Batman: Return To Arkham Comparison Shots
Yesterday, we got confirmation of the long rumoured Batman: Return to Arkham title that it set to remaster Arkham Asylum and Arkham City There is work being done on both titles that will bring them up to the current generations of consoles with a bit of a facelift. How much work you ask? Well, what better[...]
Six Flags Tests Out The Joker 4-D Roller-Coaster
Only the 9th 4-D roller-coaster in existence, four test dummies got to take it for it's inaugural test flight and they've shared the footage. The Joker ride joins other DC themed rides at the part including Man of Steel, Green Lantern, Batman: The Ride and the Dark Knight Coaster Each of which is a unique style[...]
Senator Patrick Leahy And The Dark Knight
Senator Patrick Leahy from Vermont is a huge Batman fan So much so that he has had a cameo in four of the films and did a voice for Batman: The Animated Series He also tried to ban landmines and worked with DC Comics to produce a Batman story on the subject His roles haven't always[...]
Batman v Superman – How It Should Have Ended
How It Should Have Ended already uses Batman and Superman to book end their videos of superhero films, so you knew they'd have to do something with the recent Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie Well, they did quite a bit and maybe the best joke is at the very end with Lex Luthor. And[...]
Batman/Superman #32 – The First Appearance Of The Chinese New Super-Man?
DC Comics media partner ComicBook has a preview of this week's Batman/Superman #32. And gives us a rather special moment. "Super Friends" Awww But where are they going? No clues… but we know something that the ComicBook preview isn't showing you.   That they are heading to China And the first appearance of the character who will become Kenan Kong, The[...]
Funny Or Die's Theory On Why Batman Hates Superman
People seem to have a lot of alternative theories as to why Batman hated Superman so much in the latest DC / Warner Bros film This time it's Funny or Die who give their version with a less than observant Superman and sad fates for Robin and Commissioner Gordon I have to say, if this[...]
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – 1st May 2016 – Double Batman Batters Back Star Wars
We salute you, and the keenness you bring to your passion. The final Snyder/Capullo Batman gets the top spot, with Azzarello/Kubert right behind them… 1. Batman #51 2 Dark Knight III: The Master Race #4 3 Star Wars #18 4. Justice League #49 5. Old Man Logan #5 6. Amazing Spider-Man #11 7. Doctor Strange #7 8. Saga #36 9. Harley Quinn #27 10. Avengers Standoff: Omega #1 Thanks to the following retailers, Dr[...]
Win A Classic Batman TV Series Batman Or Catwoman Premium Format Figure
Sideshow Collectibles has two giveaways going on right now, but both only have less than a day left to enter… and they both feature figures from the Batman 1966 television show You can enter to win either a Batman Premium Format Figure based on the version played by Adam West and enter to win a[...]
Gotham Is… Scott Snyder And Greg Capullo Going Back To Batman #1 With Final #51 Tomorrow
Remember Batman #1? By Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo? The best selling title from the New 52 launch… something it has retained ever since? The comic began with a narrative device, continued through the issue.  We got very different answers to that question "Gotham is…?" Including, Well tomorrow marks the final issue of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's[...]
Batman: Arkham Asylum And Arkham City HD Collection Resurfaces
Talk of a Batman: Arkham Collection remaster circulated over a year ago It was said Arkham Asylum and Arkham City would be making the jump to modern consoles, strangely without Arkham Knight, the topper to Rocksteady's trilogy. Well, the package has resurfaced, again with out the final Rocksteady instalment As sent to Eurogamer, a GameStop employee took[...]
Unboxing The Firefly Loot Crate And The Batman ZBox For April 2016 #MSQRD
Two boxes came on two days – both get unboxed…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKk0xkjpJgEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Unboxing The Loot Crate Firefly Box April 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKk0xkjpJgE) The first Firefly Loot Crate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x20mW4Dx-qMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Unboxing The Zavvi Zbox Batman V Superman Box April 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x20mW4Dx-qM) And the Batman ZBox unboxed with the MSQRD[...]
James Tynion IV Talks Bringing The Worlds Of Batman And TMNT Together
James Tynion IV, the writer of Batman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, joined DC All-Access to talk about the series, about bringing the two franchises together and about writing two different versions of Batman Tynion said that he looked to the Batman: The Animated Series version of the Dark Knight to find inspiration for the[...]
Kidrobot Gives Us A Deeper Look Inside Superheroes…Literally
Together with Jason Freeny, the duo has taken an XXRay look at Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman to form a different kind of series to add to your collection. Featuring award winning artist Jason Freeny's trademark style of dissection, the DC Comics XXRay Figures are the debut XXRay collectibles from Mighty Jaxx Each figure stands at 4"[...]
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes – Batman And Superman #52 Switch Out Artists And More
Including some of the biggest titles… Action Comics #52 was solicited with art by Fernando Pasarin, but now features art by Scot Eaton and Dale Eaglesham. Batman #52 was solicited with art by Rafael Albuquerque but now features art by Riley Rossmo. Gotham Academy #17 was solicited as written by Brenden Fletcher, Faith Erin Hicks, Michael Dialynas and David Peterson but dropped Hicks. It[...]
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – 10th April 2016 – Ooh, Look It's Negan
Poe did good but not the old Star Wars great sales wise. Batman back issues did really well The New 52 series still has demand even though a new Batman series will be out in a few months. DC's number one book in our store was an out-of-continuity hardcover by the incomparable Grant Morrison, while Marvel took[...]
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, 3rd April 2016 – We Have Felt His Presence
Batman & Robin Eternal #29 8 X-Men '92 #1 9 Amazing Spider-Man #1.4 10 TMNT Deviations Thanks to the following retailers, Dr No's Comics & Games Superstore of Marietta, Georgia Fat Jack's Comicrypt of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G-Mart Comic Books of Champaign, IL Jetpack Comics of Rochester, New York Graham Crackers Comics – 10 locations in the Mid-West Yesteryear Comics of San Diego, California Jesse James Comics of Glendale, Arizona Who had this to[...]
Ben Affleck Is The Biggest Batman Yet
I remember seeing the first clips from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and how Ben Affleck's Batman was eye-to-eye with Henry Cavill's Superman and I thought… Dang, Batman is tall Turns out that he really is Affleck is the largest actor to play Batman and is even bigger than the character is described in[...]