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When the Joel Schumacher-led Batman Forever film was released back in 1995, it was initially designed to be a somewhat lighter depiction of both Batman and Gotham Despite mixed reviews, the film was a box office success given its budget but offered one pop culture moment that still finds its way into a conversation from time[...]

Last week's Batman Annual 2022 gave us a new line-up for Ghost-Maker's Batman Inc With certain members sent back to the reserves, other members pushed up to prime time and a new member recruited in So the main team is Raven Red, Dark Ranger, El Gaucho, Wingman, Clown-Hunter and now Gray Wolf. Yes El Gaucho, yes[...]

Batman grapples with Barbara Gordon quitting the police force in this preview of Batman Beyond: Neo-Year #3 So shameful Doesn't Barbara know that quitters never win? Check out the preview below. BATMAN BEYOND: NEO-YEAR #3 DC Comics 0422DC080 0422DC081 – Batman Beyond: Neo-Year #3 Christian Ward Cover – $4.99 (W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A/CA) Max Dunbar The last party in[...]

If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Interior preview page from 0322DC022 Batman 2022 Annual #1 Mikel Janin Cover, by (W) Ed Brisson (A) John Timms (CA) Mikel Janin, in stores Tuesday, May 31, 2022 from DC Comics Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Batman Annual #1 Justice League[...]

Something for Thomas Wayne Batman to check out. Flashpoint Beyond #2 scan "The childminder has the lost children… Pariah is like all the others." Well, Pariah is being used by the Great Darkness to create the Dark Crisis of the DC Multiverse, which kicks off in Dark Crisis #1… Dark Criiss #1 scan   You can see why Psycho Pirate[...]

Batman seeks out international mentally ill criminals to beat up in this preview of Batman #124 It gets boring beating the crap out of the same mentally ill criminals in Gotham day after day, after all Check out the preview below. BATMAN #124 DC Comics 0422DC001 0422DC002 – Batman #124 Gabriele Dell'Otto Cover – $5.99 0422DC003 – Batman #124 Amy[...]

Batman does his best Tiger King impression in this preview of Batman: Killing Time #4 Does that make Catwoman Carol Baskin? Check out the preview below. BATMAN: KILLING TIME #4 DC Comics 0422DC086 0422DC087 – Batman: Killing Time #4 Kael Ngu Cover – $5.99 (W) Tom King (A/CA) David Marquez The bodies are beginning to pile up as the hunt for[...]

Batman is incinerated in this preview of Dark Knights of Steel #7 Luckily, it's only a dream Or is it?! Maybe it's the return of… The Knightmares! Please, no! Check out the preview below. DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #7 DC Comics 0422DC104 0422DC105 – Dark Knights of Steel #7 Ejikure Cover – $4.99 (W) Tom Taylor (A) Nathan Gooden (CA)[...]

And now he is creating a Batman middle-grade graphic novel for DC Comics, Fann Club: The Batman Squad. Jim Benton Creates Fann Club: Batman Squad Graphic Novel Fann Club: The Batman Squad follows the adventures and misadventures of Ernest Fann, a boy who idolizes Batman and will be published on the 6th of June 2023 from DC[...]

Which makes him ideally suited to write a Batman middle-grade graphic novel Kinda. Bruce Wayne: Not Super is a new middle-grade graphic novel by Stuart Gibbs with art by Berat Pekmezci of The Flash comics that follows a 13-year-old Bruce Wayne as he attends an exclusive prep school for the gifted But, this school is for the super-gifted[...]

The Society of Illustrators has announced a new installation, The Artist's Experience: From Brotherman to Batman on display from the 15th of June through to the 29th of October The exhibit celebrates some of the top Black and African-American artists in the comic book industry and was co-curated by TheBlerdGurl's Karama Horne (Marvel's Protectors of Wakanda:[...]

Based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, Gotham Knights is written by Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux, and Natalie Abrams' (all from Batwoman) Gotham Knights picks up in the aftermath of Bruce Wayne's murder, with his rebellious adopted son forging an unlikely alliance with the children of Batman's enemies when they[...]

CBR is challenging The Hollywood Reporter over its new definition of the word "exclusive" when they state that they can "exclusively reveal that DC is launching a new Batman Incorporated series from writer Ed Brisson and artist John Timms this October." A week ago Bleeding Cool reported "DC Comics will be publishing a new Batman Incorporated series[...]

June sees the release of Batman/Superman: World's Finest #4 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, and the cardstock cover featuring some kind of merged Batman and Superman figure has got a few comic book speculators all of a flutter.  As if this may be a new character As if they may go on to have[...]

You enjoyed Batman: Beyond the White Knight as single issues Now enjoy them combined in Batman: Beyond the White Knight Showcase Edition #1 Check out the preview below. BATMAN: BEYOND THE WHITE KNIGHT SHOWCASE EDITION #1 DC Comics 0322DC841 (W/A/CA) Sean Murphy Contains BATMAN BEYOND THE WHITE KNIGHT #1-2 This will feature a new color cover by Sean Murphy, seen here[...]

The development team of the upcoming Batman spinoff game Gotham Knights have changed Batgirl, AKA Barbara Gordon's biographical description after criticism that its depiction of her disability was ableist. Batgirl as seen in Gotham Knights, courtesy of WB Games. Eurogamer reported that during a Discord Q&A, fans asked about Batgirl's development in Gotham Knights after backlash to her[...]

Not everyone is happy to meet the new boss of Batman Inc in this preview of Batman 2022 Annual #1, but it could have been worse Elon Musk could have bought it! Check out the preview below. BATMAN 2022 ANNUAL #1 DC Comics 0322DC022 0322DC023 – Batman 2022 Annual #1 Chris Burnham Cover – $6.99 (W) Ed Brisson (A) John[...]

And we are always glad of it. That included abandoned plans for a Batman/Sin City crossover by Frank Miller because, at the time, DC Comics wouldn't put Batman in anything that would have had the equivalent of an R rating on it He stated "We had talked about doing a Marv/Batman crossover once, but at that[...]

Deathstroke has been framed for the assassination of Ra's Al Ghul, just as he was to co-operate with the authorities over centuries of crimes. Back in Batman: Shadow War: Alpha One-Shot, Ra's Al Ghul and Talia Al Ghul of Leviathan were handing over his secrets, and himself over to the authorities, willing to drop centuries of[...]

Batman Incorporated time! Former Bleeding Cool reporter Chris Arrant, better known for his long run as Senior Editor at Newsarama/GamesRadar, recently left to help ReedPOP's new geek entertainment newsite Popverse, as Editor-In-Chief And he picked former THR reporter Graeme McMillan to write for them – smart move DC Comics gets to add another media partner[...]

In this preview of Batman: Beyond the White Knight #3, unhinged Bruce Wayne shuts out his loved ones to chat with a phantom of the Joker, so at least he's still doing well Or as well as he's ever been doing, at least Batman isn't exactly the picture of mental health, after all Check out[...]

Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler: Dreadful Reins by Tom King and Mitch Gerads is the first in a series of graphic novellas from DC Comics, each featuring one of Batman's rogue gallery, in the manner of Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland Like the Killing Joke, each is a 64-page story, the[...]

Batman's rogue gallery all get their own version of The Killing Joke, with One Bad Day, we get a fantastic looking Batman: Dear Detective by Lee Bermejo, a new Sword Of Azrael comic, the final DCeased series, a Suicide Squad/Saved By The Bell pun of a comic, a return to Tee Franklin and Max Sarin's[...]

Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1060 DC Comics 0322DC117 0322DC118 – Detective Comics #1060 Lee Bermejo Cover – $5.99 (W) Mariko Tamaki, Nadia Shamnas, Sina Grace (A) Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, David Lapham (CA) Ivan Reis, Danny Miki Batman has deployed one of his most powerful weapons in the hunt for the mysterious bomber plaguing Gotham City…but it's not[...]

Batman doesn't take kindly to burglars trying to steal a pearl necklace that belonged to his mommy in this preview of Batman: Fortress #1 Those criminals had no idea what they were in for The last time someone tried to steal that necklace, Batman embarked on a lifelong quest to dress as a bat and[...]

To no one's surprise, another Batman is on the way with a new design based on his appearance in the included comic A new, never before seen Black Adam DC Comics comic will be included with this figure, which will be exciting for many fans Four figures will be included in this set Black Adam[...]

And DC Comics aren't mad enough to say no. As Tynion said on his Substack, "I'm not JUST proud of my work on BATMAN and JOKER, I'm proud of the entire line of Bat-Books that rose around my titles It's a good feeling when even folks who just never vibed with my take on Batman were[...]

Batman, Superman, Flash, and Black Adam started the line and are a real fun treat for collectors Surprisingly, McFarlane has announced that more Page Punchers are on the way, but with a DC Multiverse twist The Page Punchers line is already getting an upgrade as they will feature 7" figure and an exclusive comic book[...]

With Batman: The Animated Series as the fan-favorite of the DCAU, it makes sense that it also spawned one of the franchise's most popular movies Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Based on the Batman: Year Two storyline, Mask of the Phantasm saw the Caped Crusader hunting down a masked vigilante who was killing criminals[...]

Earlier today, we looked at a Riddler one-shot, One Bad Day by Tom King & Mitch Gerads and surmised it was a Riddler version of Batman: The Killing Joke, referencing the idea that it just takes one bad day to turn someone into a Joker – or a Batman but it seems that from August to[...]