Batman Archives

Flashback Friday – No Man's Land, Part 2
Today we follow up last week's cliffhanger with Part Two of the fantastic storyline, No Man's Land, as seen in Shadow of the Bat #83. (Note: As this story was pre-New 52 continuity, there are no spoilers for the current incarnation of Batman Those reading storylines before 2011, however, may want to shield your eyes.) The Bat[...]
Batman Vs. Superman: Golden Age Duality During the Great Depression
2012's The Dark Knight Rises grossed $1,084,000,000 worldwide—so maybe that's why DC is force-feeding Batman back to the silver screen. You can't blame DC for capitalizing In many respects, we should all be thankful to see so much capitol invested into bringing these characters to life What costs them hundreds of millions of dollars to create,[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks – Get Hit By Two Stray Bullets
This Wednesday brings you two new issues of Stray Bullets, the launches of The Crow: Pestilence, Monster & Madman, Avengers Undercover, Captain Marvel, Motormouth, Liberator Earth Crisis, Returning, Six Million Dollar Man Season 6, Magnus Robot Fighter, Secret Avengers and finally getting back to the Batman Zero Year plot… And the week after? The start of[...]
Flashback Friday – Batman: No Man's Land #1
Today, we take a trip back to the 90's and dive head first into the Batman epic, No Man's Land, Issue 1. (Note: As this story was pre-52 continuity, there are no spoilers for the current incarnation of Batman Those of you reading storylines before 2011, however, may want to shield your eyes now.) Gotham City. Reading those[...]
Detective Comics #29: From Dystopia to Utopia to Dystopia, Again
And that is just no bueno. With the help of Poison Ivy, Batman was fighting off Scarecrow's army of good and bad, having captured the minds of Batwoman, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and the like After Scarecrow threatens to kill one of them, however, Batman gives in to Scarecrow and his fear toxin, helping him pass his[...]
In The DC Universe, Edward Snowden Would Be Exposing Batman
What is it with Batman? When he's not storing ways to defeat all the other member of the Justice League… Or spying on his so-called best friend copping a feel… And now, e's found a way to hack the Justice League communicators so they are always on, from today's beautiful Batman/Superman Annual #1. Which is similar to the[...]
Batmobile Fans… Have We Got A Contest For You
I bought one the lead Batman figure and suddenly found myself obsessively hunting them down They're really freaking cool I wanted to get enough pieces to make a Justice League vs Legion Of Doom chess set (They make a Batman chess set now.) Well, not Eaglemoss is going to be making a line of Batmobiles or[...]
Four Color Roots Part 2: A Strange Brew of Art Brut (1990)
It was early in 1990, and Batmania was still in the air Perhaps not as much as it had that previous summer, but it was a significant vector in popular culture Our bus was an odd little DMZ for us, a place where, for the next three years, students attending my magnet school and a[...]
DC Comics To Announce Batman: Arkham Knight Game Tomorrow
And it makes a perfect opportunity to announce the new Batman game from DC Entertainment, Batman: Arkham Knight to follow… all the other Arkham games. Lazygamer think this could be the logo, and I understand lots of stores have been sent the image but asked not to put them up until tomorrow.   [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNL8xjQh4D4[/youtube] Tomorrow sees the new[...]
Jason Pearson Draws The Superman/Batman Scene From Dark Knight Returns
This is what you get when you commission Jason Pearson to draw the climatic scene from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns He writes, Here's a commission for a Dark Knight-Batman and Superman piece I really wanted to do Batman in his normal outfit but when he faces off with the Man of Steel in the finale,[...]
A Blank Batman Bags Advance Reorders This Week
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! The Blank Variant cover for Batman #29 having no ordering requirement has seen retailers stock up on that new cover (or lack of one) The[...]
Today Something Happens In Batman And Two Face. Is That A Spoiler? (UPDATE x3)
Today something happens in Batman And Two Face #28. Possibly something newsworthy. Not like last week's Batman #28 That was actually newsworthy, it pointed to a change in attitude at the publisher, and the character's name and appearance meant that running such a Spoiler was irresistible And we didn't try hard to resist. But this is different[...]