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BatGossip: The Return Of Alfred Pennyworth To Life At DC Comics
The preview of Batman Vs Robin #1 issued by DC Comics last week sees the return of Alfred Pennyworth, Batman's butler, killed at the hands of Bane in front of Damian Wayne, suddenly alive, outside the doors of Wayne Manor, and thinking only moments have passed. The solicitation reveals much "Deep in the heart of Lazarus[...]
The Flash Gets His Own Wave of DC Page Punchers from McFarlane 
One wave has proceeded this one with the Black Adam comic set which  featured Batman, Superman, Black Adam, and Constantine That Constantine is one of the best figures I have seen all year, so McFarlane Toy is really stepping up their game This new set teases Captain Cold and a new armored version of The[...]
Batman: Arkham City Penguin Gets His Own Figure from McFarlane Toys
This version of Ra's comes to us from the award winning video game Batman: Arkham City and is part of a Solomon Grundy Build-A-Figure wave I can already hear the collectors complaining about this wave of figures as it is nothing but more figures from the world of Batman However, the Bat sells, and these[...]
Batgossip: The Future Of The Penguin At DC Comics (BatSpoilers)
Recently in the Batman comic books, The Penguin, suffering a terminal illness, took his own life, in a fashion that framed Batman for the murder It was quite the thing. The Penguin planned a Dark Knight-style setup job against the Batman So at the moment of Oswald Cobblepot's death… …Batman was on hand, quite literally[...]
Batman: Arkham City Penguin Gets His Own Figure from McFarlane Toys
Build up your Batman Rogues Gallery as McFarlane Toys has unveiled its newest DC Multiverse figure The Penguin is up to no good as pre-orders for the new Batman: Arkham City Build-A-Figure wave The wave will consist of four figures, and once all four are united, collectors will be able to resurrect the one and[...]
Before You Read Batman #127, Read Mark Waid's Tower Of Babel
Before reading Batman #127, out in two weeks,  Bleeding Cool has been told to tell you that you may want to read the JLA story Tower Of Babel Writer Chip Zdarsky has demonstrated on Batman and Daredevil that he really does like to draw from the past if given the opportunity, with the current run[...]
Check Your Pockets as Catwoman is Coming Soon to McFarlane Toys 
The newest wave takes us back to the hit video game Batman: Arkham City, with each figure holding a piece to resurrect Solomon Grundy We already know McFarlane Toys do not think female action figures will sell, but this figure is the best one in the entire wave Since we still don't have a DC[...]
McFarlane Kicks off New Batman: Arkham City BAF Wave with Batman 
The hit video game Batman: Arkham City is back as McFarlane Toys announces their newest DC Multiverse BAF wave This wave was teased, but now we are getting a full look path these upcoming figures, and Batman kicks off the line This is not the first Caped Crusader figure we have received from the Arkham[...]
Solomon Grundy Rises with McFarlane’s Batman: Arkham City BAF Wave 
McFarlane is nowhere near done with this line as they have teased their next DC Multiverse Build-A-Figure wave! This wave comes to us right off our screens as the award winning game Batman: Arkham City comes to life! Four figures are featured in the wave Batman, Catwoman, Penguin, and Ra's Al Ghul Each the biggest[...]
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And in today's Detective Comics #1063 from Ram V and Rafael Albuquerque, it takes that opportunity to present Harvey Dent in that fashion. Harvey Dent as Phantom Of The Opera- Detective Comics #1053 from Ram V and Rafael Albuquerque Man, the word "flicker" really can be read as something else if you don't pay attention, can't it?[...]
The Boys Takes Flight, Batman's Grounded & More: BCTV Daily Dispatch
And then we have the animated Batman: Caped Crusader losing its home at HBO Max but reportedly in good shape to find a new home And that's not close to being all… Image: Amazon(The Boys)/HBO Max (Batman: Caped Crusader) Plus, we look at everything from the WWE's return to Toronto to Neil Gaiman endorsing a The Sandman/Johanna[...]
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Earlier this evening, news broke that HBO Max would no longer be the streaming home for another round of titles, including Merry Little Batman, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie; Bye, Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical; Did I Do That to The Holidays: A Steve Urkel Story, and The Amazing[...]
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Batman: Caped Crusader, Merry Little Batman, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie; Bye, Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical; Did I Do That to The Holidays: A Steve Urkel Story, and The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie no longer have homes at HBO Max, with TVLine reporting that they will[...]
Interior preview page from Batman: Fortress #4
In this preview of Batman: Fortress #4, BFFs Batman and Lex Luthor run into a couple of aliens with a shocking secret while searching for the Fortress of Solitude, which is no longer where they left it What do they know about Superman's Daddy Issues? For that, we'll need to wait for the full issue[...]
house of the dragon
And if you have any doubt that WBD is going all-in in a major way when it comes to this series, look no further than what they forced Batman to do Yup, from The Dark Knight's social media account, we have a "House Wayne" banner Now while that may not be as obvious as… say…[...]
Interior preview page from Batman White Knight Presents Red Hood #2
Jason Todd is learning what it's like to be Batman in this preview of Batman White Knight Presents Red Hood #2, including how to be a total Bat-Dick Thank goodness! The legacy will continue Check out the preview below. BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT PRESENTS RED HOOD #2 DC Comics 0622DC125 0622DC126 – Batman White Knight Presents Red Hood #2 Jim[...]
Batman One Bad Day Mister Freeze
We've had Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler and it was awesome And have given all the other One Bad Day one-shots another bar to reach alongside the original Killing Joke Well, here's a first look ahead at the black-and-whites for the upcoming Batman: One Bad Day: Mister Freeze, out in November – or you[...]
Interior preview page from Detective Comics #1063
Batman wants to drag him back in Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1063 DC Comics 0622DC016 0622DC017 – Detective Comics #1063 Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair Cover – $5.99 (W) Ram V., Simon Spurrier (A) Rafael Albuquerque, Dani (CA) Evan Cagle Old friends Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent share a moment together asking: At what point does Gotham[...]
The Joker Has a Trick Up His Sleeve with New Premium Sideshow Statue 
Coming in at 23.5" tall, Batman's arch-nemesis is ready to turn himself in and wants to shake on it There is definitely a trick up the Clown Prince of Crime's sleeve, and Sideshow captures all of the chaos With intense detail, bright color, and bloody elements, this Joker statue is a beautiful piece of art[...]
Geoff Johns Launches Justice Society Of America and Stargirl Comics
DC Comics relaunches the Justice Society Of America and Stargirl, with Geoff Johns as well as WildCATS and Wildstorm in November, while finally publishing the long-awaited Batman/Joker comic by Marc Silvestri. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ THE NEW GOLDEN AGE[...]
Ten Years Of Marc Silvestri Working On Batman/Joker: The Deadly Duo
Bleeding Cool first scooped the news back in 2014 that Marc Silvestri was working on a Batman comic But we understand he had already been working on it for a couple of years Then it was to be part of DC Rebirth in 2015 But it wasn't Last year we learned it was a Batman/Joker[...]
DC Launches Arkham Academy as the Opposite Of Teen Titan Academy
Batman: Urban Legends is about to get a new story by Dennis Culver and Hayden Sherman about a new set of young Gotham ne'er-do-wells who the city intended to "scare straight" by putting them into Arkham Academy They are all new characters, though may bear the hallmarks of Gotham, as well as  Enigma from Teen[...]
Tom King & Mitch Gerard's New Riddler Origin in Batman: One Bad Day
Spoilers for Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler by Tom King and Mitch Gerads published by DC Comics today But first, we go back seventy-five years In the Riddler's original origin story in 1948 in Detective Comics #140 by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang, he was Edward Nigma, beat a school puzzle test by breaking[...]
Tom King Writes A Riddler With The Impunity Of Donald Trump (Spoilers)
There may be spoilers for Batman One More Day: The Riddler by Tom King and Mitch Gerads published today by DC Comics/ But first, a little rewind In 2016, at a campaign stop at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, Donald Trump famously said "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot[...]
Waterboarding Batman
Today sees the publication of Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler from Tom King and Mitch Gerads, and it is utterly glorious There will be much that people will want to talk about it It is even more of a take on The Killing Joke than I expected, not just the themes and tones but[...]
The Riddler Proves He's Batman's Most Dangerous Villain Of All
And he even got the role in the big Batman movie, with Paul Dano trying to scrub out what Jim Carrey had left behind him There has been the idea that the Riddler would be a lot more And today's Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler by Tom King and Mitch Gerads – just as[...]
Peacemaker, Dune, The Penguin & Green Lantern are HBO Max IP Tentpoles
Those series would include James Gunn's John Cena-starring Peacemaker; the upcoming "Dune" prequel series, Dune: The Sisterhood; Matt Reeves' Colin Farrell-starring "The Batman" spinoff, The Penguin; and Greg Berlanti's Finn Wittrock-starring Green Lantern Now here's a look at the opening to Bloys's email that was sent to his team earlier today (and for a full[...]
Interior preview page from Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1
The Batman: One Bad Day series of one-shots has been giving Killing Jokes of their own to all of Batman's best villains, but The Riddler one-shot takes the concept literally, inserting The Riddler into the actual Killing Joke, as he reveals he actually planned the whole thing, then gave the idea to The Joker to[...]
Interior preview page from Batman: The Knight #8
Bruce thinks his buddy Anton is a psychopath just because he's trying to hunt him down and kill him in this preview of Batman: The Knight #8… but isn't that throwing bat-stones from a glass bat-house? Check out the preview below. BATMAN: THE KNIGHT #8 DC Comics 0622DC120 0622DC121 – Batman: The Knight #8 Riccardo Federici Cover – $5.99 (W)[...]
DC Take A $6 Batman Comic, Put It in Hardcover, And Charge $18
DC Comics is to publish a series of one-shot takes on Batman: The Killing Joke, called Batman: One Bad Day, each focusing on a different member of Batman's Gotham rogue gallery And priced at $7.99 each Unless you want it in hardcover Because, even though Batman: Mister Freeze: One Bad Day is being published in[...]