Batman Archives

How many more copies beyond the 615,000 already ordered will retailers need to satiate demand for Keanu Reeves in their stores? Well, that probably depends on what the cover is, doesn't it? And we don't have that information yet. We do, however, have the cover for the 2nd print of Batman: Black & White #3, getting[...]

Working at DC for 14 years, he moved to Burbank from New York became the Batman Executive Editor, hiring Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo on the book, until he had a contretemps with Tom King Mark Doyle founded the Black Label imprint at DC Comics Bleeding Cool first got a whiff of it back in[...]

With production on the third season currently underway, Titans star Brenton Thwaites shared a look at his fight training- with a disclaimer.

Do you remember the days when comic book companies sold comics in plastic polybags – ostensibly to include things like trading cards, but actually so that they could trick folk into buying multiple copies of a comic, one to keep and one to read? And now official collector advice is to take the book out[...]

The mass slaughter of many of the Batman villains gallery, most prominently Bane, but also Jeremiah Arkham." Though don't be misled by the mention of Jonathan Crane – the Scarecrow – we know he makes it through, in Infinite Frontier and Batman But we do get to see the weirdness of Gotham, writ large, with some[...]

Bleeding Cool recently ran the news that DC Comics is to publish a Batman/Fortnite crossover comic that sees Batman comes to the Fortnite island, along with a number of other Batman cast members such as Catwoman and Harley Quinn. But we now have more details for the six-issue series, with the first issue shifting its FOC[...]

Batman Urban Legends spoilers ahead… Gail Simone wrote the Women in Refrigerators list in 1999 listing examples of the superhero comic-book trope whereby female characters are affected by injury, raped, killed, or depowered, sometimes to stimulate "protective" traits, and often as a plot device intended to move a male character's story arc forward, and seeks[...]

Today sees the publication of Batman: Urban Legends #1 from DC Comics and that rumour has turned to cold-blooded fact. Jason Todd, former Robin, killed/left for dead by The Joker, then revived, took on the Joker's old identity of The Red Hood and carried the crowbar the Joker used to kill him Rejecting Batman's moratorium on[...]

While pre-orders are not live yet, listings have arrived for two more members of the Justice League with Batman and Cyborg Both 7" figures are packed with detail straight from the film, and it finally gives us live-action Justice League figures from McFarlane Toys inside their great DC Multiverse line Batman will come with a[...]

Of all the superheroes, Batman is perhaps about iconography and visual mood more than any other major character This is a big part of why so many Batman and Detective Comics covers are so memorable.  The Dark Knight's emotionally dark iconography stands the test of time, it seems.  For example, the 1939 Bob Kane cover[...]

Though thanks to DC, Tuesday Titans too.  If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Batman #106 – Bleeding Cool Bestseller List Batman is usually the week's Bestseller List top-seller when it is out, but it had some seriously strong competition this week[...]

At the beginning of February, Bleeding Cool heard a rumour that DC Comics was to launch a new title, Harley Quinn And Batman We already knew that Harley Quinn was getting a new comic book series in March, by Stephanie Phillips and Riley Rossmo, but was there more to come? We said this was maybe on[...]

As we've mentioned here recently, there's been quite a lot written about the rise to prominence of DC Comics character and Batman villain Black Mask in recent years — and for a good reason.  The character's rise from relative obscurity in 1980s DC Comics to a major fixture of the DCEU across comics, games, TV,[...]

Comic book stores will be receiving the following Batman Fortnite poster to promote the new comic book, going to FOC tomorrow The comic book series from DC Comics will launch in April, in print and digital, and will include codes that can be used in the game itself Including getting the Harley Quinn Rebirth costume[...]

A bunch of second and third printing news comes to Printwatch, regarding Nocterra, Batman: Black And White, Avengers, Demon Days: X-Men, Two Moons, Crossover, The Department Of Truth. So what is getting what – and when? Batman: Black And White #3 is getting a second printing from DC Comics for the 14th of April. Avengers #43 is getting[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool looked at the availability of the Batman Fortnite Premium covers Here's the first, going to FOC today through Lunar Distribution The minimum order for each Batman/Fortnite Premium Variant Cover is 25 copies For every 25 copies of all six Premium Variant Covers ordered (150 copies total), retailers will receive one copy of the Batman/Fortnite:[...]

This Sunday, EPIX's second season of the pseudo-Batman- prequel series Pennyworth returns- so with that in mind, viewers are getting another look at what they can expect with a new promo With England in the midst of civil war and Lord Harwood's (Jason Flemyng) Raven Union looking to take control of the country, Alfred (Jack Bannon)[...]

And the impact that had on the rest of Gotham kicking off the rise of The Magistrate in Gotham. Two years ago saw the conclusion of Tom King's Batman run, which was structured like a remake of the moment in Knightfall when Bane broke Batman's back, stretched out in a meta-fashion across fifty issues.  I loved it[...]

Back in January, Bleeding Cool had questions about Simon Saint, the new Batman possible-villain behind the Magistrate in DC Future State. The listing for the first of the DC Infinite Frontier hardcover collections, Batman: The Cowardly Lot, has hit Amazon, with a listing that revealed "Mayor Nakano has a meeting with shadowy billionaire Simon Saint, who has come to Gotham[...]

Though thanks to DC, Tuesday Titans too.  If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Bestseller List: X-Men #18 X-Men #18 takes the lead easily, but may not if we had had Batman instead of Dark Detective this week[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on the upcoming Batman/Fortnite crossover that will see Batman and other DC Comics characters in the world of Fortnite in a new comic book series, including unlocking codes for new skins, items and whatnot DC is also creating a line of premium variant The minimum order for each Batman/Fortnite Premium Variant Cover[...]

and now, it seems, it's DC Comics turn. DC Publish Fortnite/Batman Comic With Unlock Codes, New Harley Quinn On the 20th of April, DC and Epic will publish Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point, a six-issue miniseries by Christos Gage, Reilly Brown, Christian Duce, Nelson DeCastro, and John Kalisz, with input from Epic CCO Donald Mustard, that combines Batman and DC[...]

On Christmas Eve, Bleeding Cool gave comic book folk the present of a preview of Batman #106 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez and Tomeu Morey, over two months ahead of its publication next week But it looks we missed something staring us in the eyes We noted that Barbara Gordon was playing Oracle's role[...]

Damian Wayne's new look has been shown off in the new Robin series launching from DC Comics Infinite Frontier in May. Damian Wayne – Born To The Purple In Infinite Frontier? But next week's Batman #106 – and I think I can show you this with no harm done – has Damian Wayne rocking more of a[...]

This Bruce continues to corrupt the ring and bring power from the darkness rather than the light, making him a prime candidate to join the Batman Who Laughs and his crusade to destroy Earth-1 Prime 1 Studio continues their Dark Nights Metal statue series with another Dark Multiverse version of Batman, The Dawnbreaker This 1/3[...]

One of which was the Red Death which was a Dark Multiverse take on Batman fusing together with The Flash This action was done by force, and it created something truly powerful, and nothing could stop him until he met Earth-1, that is Prime 1 Studio has unveiled their new Red Death statue that shows[...]

With only hours to go until the full reveal, Titans star Damaris Lewis posted another piece of the Blackfire Season 3 costume reveal puzzle.

We wanted to round-up some of the miscellaneous reveals in one place, and starting us off is Batman Bruce Wayne is back with a new 19th Century twist as he searches for Jack the Ripper in Gotham This story was debuted in DC Comics in 1989 and later got an animated film in 2018, reviving[...]

But if anyone doesn't want to receive the free comic books, they are encouraged to contact Lunar Distribution to cancel them. That may be the only way to avoid seeing the Snyder Cut spoiler below… Zack Snyder Cut Cover by Liam Sharp Zack Snyder Cut Cover by Lee Bermejo Zack Snyder Cut Cover by Jim Lee with the Martian[...]

Today's Future State comic books from DC Comics sees Bruce Wayne: Batman and Clark Kent: Superman fighting the early days of The Magistrate in Future State: Batman/Superman #2 As a result, it is the soonest of the DC Future State titles And also one of the prettiest. As Bruce Wayne – still operating as Batman –[...]