Batman Archives

DC and Madefire Team Up On Batman: Arkham Origins Motion Book App
DC Entertainment and Madefire announced today that they are developing a new iOS app featuring a motion-book graphic novel entitled Batman: Arkham Origins, A DC2 Multiverse Graphic Novel Last week, Madefire announced a partnership with Dark Horse comics to release a motion book of Hellboy in Hell with interactive features, and so right now the[...]
The Man Who Turned Down Detective Comics #27
It was an original volume 1, Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman, and commanding a seven figure value in mint condition. His customer came in with one intention: to sell it With a chain of stores in southeastern Michigan, Comic City does not usually buy used comics. And, sadly, this was no exception. Vahosky noted that[...]
Help Former DC Comics Editor Bob Kahan Stay In His Apartment
A quick trip to ComicbookDB shows just how many books Kahan had a part of including Batman: Knightfall, Aquaman: Time And Tide, Crisis On Infinite Earths, Superman: What Ever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow and many more. Like far too many folks out there, Kahan has found himself unemployed for the last year and is about to[...]
Bleeding Cool Bestseller List – DC Comics Takes Charge
Could an underprint and short shipping have harmed its chances of getting to the top spot? Or are we already suffering Inhumanity ennui? Batman #26 Justice League #25 Justice League of America #10 Walking Dead #118 Uncanny X-Men #15.INH Justice League 3000 #1 Superman Wonder Woman #3 Forever Evil Arkham War #3 Nightwing #26 Amazing Spider#Man #700.2 Courtesy of these wonderful retailers: Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa Graham[...]
The Original Batman '66 Strips Come To IDW
This time they take aim at the Batman Silver-Age newspaper strips IDW has won Eisner and Harvey awards for their Library of American Comics archival works and with the caped-crusader their goal is to do a matching format to the previously released Silver-Age Superman book. The Batman comic strip debuted in the middle of the Batmania[...]
Forty-One Thoughts About Forty Comics – Uber, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine & The X-Men, Satellite Sam, Sinister Dexter, Skin Trade, Three, Chew, Manifest Destiny, Wasteland, Batman, Batgirl, Wolverine, Deathmatch, 3 Guns, Nova, Thunderbolts, Adventure Time, Krampus, Protocol Orphans, Drumhellar, GI Joe, Justice League #3000, Superboy, Unity, Harbinger, A Boy And A Girl, Warlock, Doc Savage, GI Joe Special Missions, Indestructible, Alex + Ada, Lazarus, Memory Collectors, Dead Body Road, Powerpuff Girls, Star Trek, Wraith And X-Files
Even the merest mention in the new Chew is enough to set the heart aflutter. Manifest Destiny #2, my favourite comic this week, and here's one reason why, a stunning fall from a cliff, with comic panelling utilised to the full, even a minor eclipse of the sun. Add a bunch of Minotaurs and horse headed centaurs[...]
DC Comics Cancels Frank Miller's Cover To Detective Comics #27
Can we expect DC Comics to add an extension to FOC in this title's case? And as Scott Snyder writes about his plans for Six Months Later, in the regular Batman title, DC Comics lets retailers know that, naturally due to the changes, Batman #28 will be made returnable… Originally it was going to be a[...]
Neal Adams Drops Some Hints at Steel City Con – Superman and The New Gods?
One such creator in attendance was legendary artist Neal Adams.  I got a chance to ask him a few questions, and he let slip a couple of things he has coming up from DC. He will be making a 10-page contribution to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Batman, out in January It will honor—and serve an[...]