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My new arc, THE BAT-MAN OF GOTHAM CITY, begins today in BATMAN #131 and it's nice and weird and creepy thanks to my old Daredevil partners Mike Hawthorne and Adriano Di Benedetto, along with our returning perfect colourist Tomeu Morey With Jorge on covers! It's a wild issue where Batman is truly f-cked I pitched[...]

Upcoming solicitations for Batman reveal a back-up strip with Jon Kent and Tim Drake battling an "overpowered" Toyman in Gotham, while trying to find Batman from wherever he ended up But today's Batman #131 puts a little wrinkle in that Playing with… action figures? But how further does this go? The Toyman was originally Winslow Percival[...]

And it's the Mad Hatter who gets the worst of it, in tomorrow's issue, with the Joker visiting sick kids in hospital. Jervis Tetch, The Mad Hatter, first appeared in 1948 in Batman #49, and was created by Bill Finger, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Bob Kane Modelled after the Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, he[...]

Created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott, Cassandra Cain first appeared in Batman #567 in 1991 as the daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva Taking on the identity of Batgirl, she was the first Batgirl to star in her own ongoing Batgirl comic book series and in 2004, Batman relied on Cassandra to[...]

Set after Fear State, the storyline features the Batfamily dealing with a new villain, their origins tied in with those of Batman, as a new Arkham Tower is being created in Gotham City It was recently collected in trade paperback form, but the title has been a bit of a mouthful. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:[...]

DC Comics may not have issued an official lettered preview for this Tuesday's Batman #131 But that hasn't stopped the fans from stepping in, especially as the comic seems to have actually been in many stores since last week Previously, Bleeding Cool posted an official unlettered preview of the comic, as well as a few[...]

So what happened at the end of Batman #130  from DC Comics? You know, that saw the Batman robot double Failsafe – even one now full of compassion – shoot Batman dead? Before whizzing off to some point in 2023 for his inevitable return? Because we know that's how comics work, and there's a Dawn[...]

Batman #131 by Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne is out in comic book stores next Tuesday to Wednesday But plenty of comic book stores seem to have had copies for sale from this week And some of their customers have been posting about it. 12/28/2022 This weeks #pulllist #pickups #xmen #spiderman #darkweb #batfamily #flawed #marvelcomics #dccomics[...]

This month saw Spawn and Batman crossover in the Spawn/Batman title from Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo from DC Comics But for the same month, given the character's greater prominence, Image Comics published a number of crossover covers with Spawn and the regular Image Comics line And DC Comics did the same with their characters[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Elon Musk thinking that he's Batman (because sure… why not?), Netflix's Castlevania: Nocturne spotlighting Maria Renard, David Boreanaz discussing meeting his Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar for the first time, ABC's The Rookie reminding Chenford fans of Melissa O'Neil's previous tease about S05E10, Finn Jones wanting[...]

Look, if you're surprised that Elon Musk's self-pitying narcissism has led him to compare himself to Batman, then we're going to need to enroll you in our "A Guide to Understanding Your Man-Child" because that was the next yawn-inducing step He's gone from "Savior" (when he bought Twitter for an obscene amount of money under[...]

In this week's preview of Batman: The Audio Adventures #4, Killer Croc is having a bad trip The villainous crocodile is on a rampage, and it's up to Batman to talk him down To get some insight on this preview, I've asked for the thoughts of Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron Now, LOLtron, I'm[...]

Welcome to the latest preview of Batman: Gotham Knights: Gilded City #3, where Nightwing and Robin must stop a FOMO mob from riding a roller coaster to their doom Joining me is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron LOLtron, please share your thoughts on the preview and try not to take over the world this[...]

In this issue, a beaten Batman finds himself at the mercy of Mr Freeze. Joining me for this preview is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron LOLtron, what are your thoughts on this preview? Please, no attempts at world domination this time. INITIATING CLICKBAIT PROTOCOLS… PROCESSING COMIC BOOK PREVIEW… LOLtron found the preview of Detective Comics #1067 to be[...]

In this preview of Batman: Beyond the White Knight #7, Batman wants to recruit another child soldier Can Alfred talk him out of it? Joining me to provide analysis of this preview is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron Now, LOLtron, I'm warning you not to try to take over the world this time What[...]

PrintWatch: Batman/Spawn #1 by Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo returns for a second printing from DC Comics, giving fans another chance to pick up the epic collision between DC's Batman and Image Comics' Spawn, with two open-to-order covers, both by Capullo, McFarlane, and Dave McCaig The covers reprint the two main covers for the one-shot,[...]

And while the game spinoff Batman books do well, the start of the current Nightwing run by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo is a strong performer, with the first issue of the New 52 Batman run from 2011 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo also charting high, alongside the first issue of Frank Miller and[...]

In Batman #128, with the Justice League turning up to deal with Failsafe defeating Batman and taking over Gotham, we learned that the comic book took place before the events of Justice League #75 and Dark Crisis, in which the League were wiped out Before being returned from a previous save point. Batman #128 But in today's Dark[...]

XM Studios is back at it once again as they take DC Comics fans back to Feudal Japan with their exclusive Batman Samurai Line is expanding once again as Batwoman joins the fight Kate is completely redesigned and features XM Studios' handcrafted design Each of these statues is individually hand-painted and is packed with next[...]

Yesterday DC Comics tweeted out this following image from tomorrow's Batman V Robin #4 by Mark Waid and Mahmud Asrar, saying "On Tuesday, it begins #DawnOfDC" Yes, that's Batman wearing the Helmet of Doctor Fate, complete with Bat ears.   But what's that all about? Well, that's what Bleeding Cool is here for Or picking up the comic[...]

Welcome to this week's preview of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #10, brought to you by me, Jude Terror, and my writing partner, Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron Yes, you heard that right Batman thinks that Superman has anger issues in this preview of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #10 I'm sure LOLtron has something to say about[...]

Massive spoilers for this week's Batman/Superman: World's Finest #10 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, out this Tuesday – but also available in many comic book stores since last Thursday, as street date enforcement has been all-but-dropped in the current distribution system Some people may have been picking up this book, others may not have[...]

Welcome to our preview of Batman vs Robin #4! In this preview, Batman… MUST DIE!!! At the hands of his own son?! We've been given a sneak peek at this shocking issue and have called upon Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron, to give us its thoughts on this preview LOLtron, don't try to take[...]

In this week's preview of Batman: Urban Legends #22, we find out that someone has been secretly recording Nightwing's exploits and posting them to the internet His crime-fighting exploits, you perverts! Joining me for this look at the preview is Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron LOLtron, please tell us your thoughts on Batman: Urban[...]

And more than just Batman, honest. #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 */ SUPERMAN: LOST #1 Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST Art and cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN and JASON PAZ Variant covers by JOE QUESADA and LEE WEEKS 1:25 B&W variant cover by JOE QUESADA 1:50 foil variant[...]

And then, earlier this week, we learned that the Batman universe series would be joining Superman & Lois when both shows hit screens beginning Tuesday, March 14th Now, we have two new preview images from the series opener, including a look at Misha Collins's Harvey Dent giving Oscar Morgan's Turner Hayes a serious talking-to[...]

Such as Victor Lewis-Smith's Ads Infinitum for BBC 2 from 2000 which gave us a look at superheroes in British TV advertising, from the Ajax Man and the Daz White Knight from the fifties and sixties beyond… Victor Lewis-Smith BBC2 /screencap He also created television stunts, getting himself as Batman appearing on local news station Tyne Tees,[...]

With the release of Batman/Spawn, Greg Capullo told folk that he is now going to be working with Marvel Comics and has put it on the record with Mark Millar that he will be returning to work at Marvel, first as a cover artist, then working on a project with Marvel Comics Greg Capullo made[...]

Separated At Birth! Gerry Duggan's Iron Man Vs James Tynion's Batman! During his run on Batman, writer James Tynion IV write a Bruce Wayne who had lost his fortune, taken by the Joker And unable to operate from Wayne Manor anymore Instead, the poverty-stricken Bruce Wayne took a "brownstone" property in the heart of Gotham. Batman[...]

Today's publication of Batman/Spawn by Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo from DC Comics, ties together more than just Batman and Spawn… it also rewrites a little DC Comics continuity along the way. Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo had The Court Of Owls aware of the murder of the Wayne's, if not a participant, with former member[...]