Batman Archives

Welcome back Bat-fans as we take a walk down Batman memory lane and rewatch Batman: The Animated Series for its 30th anniversary!  Today we're going to take a look at one of the more overlooked episodes of the first season, as it doesn't have a famous supervillain or anything like that, but that doesn't hurt the[...]

Young Bruce Wayne wants to test himself against "The Best in the World" in this preview of Batman: The Knight #2, in stores Tuesday from DC Comics But is he talking about CM Punk? Or Shane McMahon? Oh, he's looking for someone who's good at fencing? Why?! No one cares about fencing, Bruce Check out[...]

Coming out of the hit video game Batman: Arkham Knight, the Arkham Knight himself is making his arrival in the 7" figure line In this world, Jason Todd is back in Gotham and ready to teach Batman a lesson after his incident with the Joker in the past Donning the Arkham Knight persona, Jason is[...]

Both have careers in the more traditional superhero comic books as well, but these new titles seem a world away from Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Until now Because their new Stories Change the World series will be spotlighting the heroes of DC Comics, beginning with Batman and Superman and then Wonder Woman to come[...]

If this article says that the Joker believed he is the only man who can satisfy Batman sexually, then this is exactly what happens Because today Clay Mann returns to Batman/Catwoman #10 with Tom King The story shows Batman and Catwoman at three stages in their lives – or in Bruce Wayne's case, death With[...]

During the DC Future State comic books, we learned about A-Day – something big that happened in Gotham that kicked off the anti-mask feeling in Gotham, saw the Magistrate be appointed to run a fascist private police system and lock Gotham down. Dark Detective #2 art by Giannis Milonogiannis And lots of DC Comics characters decided they[...]

We ran a little Gotham Gossip on Bleeding Cool recently about the heavily hyped I Am Batman #6 with Jace Fox, son of Batman's Lucius Fox coming to New York City to become its very own Batman We stated "How about New York? Well, the major wants to officially deputise Jack Fox as the Batman[...]

The Joker is back, and he is ready to paint Gotham red and takedown Batman as McFarlane Toys reveals their newest DC Multiverse figure The hit DC Comics storyline Death of the Family comes to life as the face removed Joker returns with a brand new 7" figure The Clown Prince of Crime is beautifully[...]

Things are back to normal as the denizens of Arkham Tower get their fix of Psycho Pirate again in this preview of Detective Comics #1052… but for how long? Probably a while… this book is weekly and they've got to stretch this story out for another seven issues before Batman comes back to the main[...]

No matter what state Gotham is in, Batman and Joker will always be best frenemies, as in this preview of Future State Gotham #10 Plus, who knew Talia Al Ghul was a cryptobrony? Check out the preview below. FUTURE STATE GOTHAM #10 DC Comics 1221DC085 1221DC086 – FUTURE STATE GOTHAM #10 CVR B MIKE BOWDEN CARD STOCK VAR –[...]

Batman and Mystery Inc are stalked by a creeper in this preview of Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #11 Sorry… that's THE Creeper Honest mistake Will this turn into a triple team-up? We love a good ménage à trois! Check out the preview below. BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #11 (OF 12) DC Comics 1221DC136 (W) Ivan Cohen (A) Randy Elliott[...]

Amazing Spider-Man, which has held the top spot for five out of the last six weeks, drops down to fifth place without even the Batman monthly to beat it X-Men, Devil's Reign, Detective Comics and Saga do the trick. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Amazing Spider-Man #88 Vs Batman #120 – Bleeding Cool[...]

The connection between the 1960s Pop Art movement and comic books has long been a controversial issue.  Both Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol appropriated comic book art for their own work.  Warhol took it farther in some ways, with his unauthorized 1964 experimental film Batman Dracula, and his infamous 1966 photoshoot of himself and Nico[...]

Expanding on a little Gotham Gossip from Bleeding Cool earlier, Batman: The Knight #2, published in a week-and-a-bit, maybe a comic book speculator's dream – depending on your point of view There are also spoilers going down, nothing that I believe will actually, genuinely spoil the comic for anyone, but if you want to remain[...]

A little more Gotham Gossip from Bleeding Cool, a look at some Batmannery to come from DC Comics Naturally, there be spoilers, but nothing too major, just enough cream to tease the tongue And with DC Comics basically just serving up  Batman these days, admittedly in a variety of flavours, there should be plenty to[...]

George Gene Gustines of the New York Times posted his Batman find on Facebook yesterday (reposted here with permission), telling us "Very cool to see this advertisement for a Batman comic on a random street in Manhattan In this case, 38th between 8th and 9th Holy advertisement, Batman!" Photo courtesy of George Gene Gustines Comic book museum[...]

Welcome back Bat-fans as we take a walk down Batman memory lane and rewatch Batman: The Animated Series for its 30th anniversary!  Today we're going to jump right back into our story from last week as we continue Matt Hagen's journey into becoming the supervillain Clayface with Feat of Clay Part II. Image: Screencap Feat of Clay Part II[...]

Ever since the week that DC Comics managed to make every single book they put out a Batman book, we here at Bleeding Cool have been carefully analyzing DC's weekly output to keep tabs on the percentage of Batman books published by the company each week This week sees Batman or Batman-related comics take up[...]

A lot of lines were halted in their tracks after the demise of DC Direct with Batman Black & White, DC Essentials, Batman Animated Figures, and so much more One of the more unique status lines under their belt was the DC Artists Alley statue that added a unique flavor to iconic DC Comics characters[...]

Alongside the DC Comics-related movies being released in 2022, DC Comics is going to issue movie-themed standees to comic stores and bookshops to display related graphic novels and trade paperbacks to each movie, starting with The Batman for March, and continuing for Black Adam, The Flash, Batgirl and Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom and using[...]

Just in time for the release of Warner Bros movie The Batman, from director Matt Reeves, DC Comics is releasing a series of variant covers to comics on sale in March featuring art inspired by the upcoming film With comic artists contributed art that aims to capture a feel consistent with Reeves' vision of Bruce[...]

Those lines are starting to reappear already as we have seen a nice set of statues debut, but now the Batman Animated line is back We covered the announcement of these figures years ago, and now they are finally heading our way as the impressive art style of Bruce Timm expands the DC Universe. Three figures[...]

Before returning to the world of Flashpoint in the upcoming Flashpoint Beyond event, DC Comics will be encouraging readers to catch up with what they see as "one of the key stories of the original saga" with Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance #1, a one-shot reprinting all three issues of the 2011 series by Brian[...]

That promise continues as two statues have been revealed, with two limited edition statues arriving from the hit DC Comics storyline, Batman: The Killing Joke The Clown Prince of Crime aka The Joker and a new Black and White Batman are here and will be limited to only 5000 pieces and will be hand numbered[...]

Crane's fear toxins, or Batman's control of Gotham's militarized youth? Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 02/01/2022 ARKHAM CITY THE ORDER OF THE WORLD #5 (OF 6) CVR A SAM WOLFE CONNELLY (W) Dan Watters (A) Dani (CA) Sam Wolfe Connelly Like layers of skin peeled back by madness, Dr Joy finally comes face to face with the absurd, gaping maw[...]

Well, in today's Batman #120, he is on the bat's back instead… Batman #120 With a brand new look for Lex Luthor, ditching the Superman S shield for the bat-signal he is activating. Batman #120 The series has found Bruce Wayne discovering that Batman Inc, the international Batman effort funded by Wayne Enterprises, has been taken over by Lex[...]

Including a certain Thomas Wayne, the Batman of his universe, who saw his son Bruce Wayne killed while his wife, Martha, became the Joker Justice League Incarnate has seen him teamed up with President Superman… until it all goes wrong. Justice League Incarnate #4 While another parallel universe in the Omniverse away, in Dark Knights Of Steel[...]

LEGO is back with another one of their Art Portraits Collections as they team up with Jim Lee with a special Batman Collection The world of DC Comics comes to life with this special 1 in 3 art portrait set from the mind of legendary comic book art and its simple block form The set[...]

One of the newest lines has started to hit shelves with the Three Jokers line that included Batgirl, Batman, the three different versions of Joker, as well as Red Hood Batgirl and Red Hood were the two that really popped out to me, and I finally got a Red Hood in hand to check out;[...]

Who is the new Doctor No-Face masquerading as the ghost of Amadeus Arham in this preview of Gotham City: The Order of the World #5?