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Leaping from the pages of the iconic mid-1990s DC story written by Jeph Loeb (Batman: Hush, Hulk: Gray) and Tim Sale (Batman: Dark Victory, Daredevil: Yellow), Batman: The Long Halloween is a cornerstone of Batman lore At the center of our tale is the triumvirate of crime fighters – Batman/Bruce Wayne (Jensen Ackles), Police Captain[...]

Leaping from the pages of the iconic mid-1990s DC story written by Jeph Loeb (Batman: Hush, Hulk: Gray) and Tim Sale (Batman: Dark Victory, Daredevil: Yellow), Batman: The Long Halloween is a cornerstone of Batman lore At the center of our tale is the triumvirate of crime fighters – Batman/Bruce Wayne (Jensen Ackles), Police Captain[...]

So did you hear the one about Harley Quinn co-creators and executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker revealing that DC Comics put the kibosh on Batman going down on Catwoman during the upcoming third season of the HBO Max series because "Heroes don't do that"? If you haven't, then you need to clue us[...]

The image in question showed Batman performing oral sex on Catwoman, Snyder's response to a controversy last week where the world learned DC nixed an oral sex scene between the characters from the Harley Quinn animated series, reportedly saying, "heroes don't do that." "Heroes do NOT do that!" pic.twitter.com/mu3j1Ki5Ca — Nick Hanover (@Nick_Hanover) June 14, 2021 Snyder posted[...]

It's now been a monumental 25 years since Jeph Loeb, and Tim Sale published the comic series Batman: The Long Halloween, and all these years later, it's still deemed popular enough to get retold as an animated film. Batman: The Long Halloween has now been adapted as a two-part, DC Universe Animated Film event, with the[...]

Every now and then the Batman comic books try and take him seriously And in today in Detective Comics #1038, Meghan Fitzmartin, Karl Moster and Jodie Bellaire have their fishcake and eat it, firstly having Penguin being treated as a nuisance, not even worthy of Batman. While a big crime boss is blowing up downtown Gotham,[...]

It's the eternal question rarely asked in the Batman comic books, who would live in Gotham? This week's Detective Comics #1038 published by DC Comics underlines the unlikeliness of people not just moving out Whether that's the Riddler lockdown, No Man's Land, the recent A-Day terrorist attacks, and the encroaching fascist police state, today seems[...]

Funko has now revealed a new comic book cover Pop as the 1940s Batman #1 comes to life, showcasing this classic version of Batman once again. The Pop will come in an enlarged case that can be displayed on a shelf or hung up on a wall I do not believe the Pop can be removed[...]

There have been many legendary actors who have to take the role of the Batman villain Joker The first was Cesar Romero, as he took on Adam West's Batman and Burt Ward's Robin in the hilarious and iconic 1960s television series Batman McFarlane Toys continues to officially reveal their new retro DC Multiverse figure line with figures[...]

The Batman 1966 figures are a special set of figures from McFarlane Toys DC Comics figure line with the retro styling of the characters and packaging Standing 6" tall, Batman and Robin can now take to the streets of Gotham once again in style Designed directly after the hit Batman show from the '60s, this[...]

So this week, the biggest news in comic books is that DC Comics prevented the Harley Quinn adult animated TV show from suggesting that Batman went down on Catwoman The news possessed the late-night chat shows, all comic book and non-comic book discussion on social media, and had raised all sorts of people's eyebrows when[...]

The dynamic duo is back as Adam West and Burt Ward dons their costumes once again from the adventures of Batman from 1966 A while back, McFarlane Toys reveals a quick glimpse at their upcoming wave of figures giving a retro take to their DC Multiverse line Today we get a closer look at some[...]

Ahead of the return of Fables by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham, in September, DC Comics is publishing Batman vs Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham which sees Fables' sleuth Bigby Wolf go head-to-head with the Batman in a six-issue spinoff miniseries from DC Black Label Written by Bill Willingham with pencils by Brian Level, inks[...]

Batman's Dad's Not Dead The Thomas Wayne version of Batman is still around but finds himself crashing onto an Earth in a spaceship, in the fashion of Superman, and is found by Jonathan and Marth Kent One version of them, anyway. Infinite Frontier #1 4 Roy Harper's Not Dead What is Roy Harper's place in this world?[...]

Sorry for the delay and 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/Fortnite: Zero Point #5 with its download codes did the impossible, beating out both Marvel's Planet-Size X-Men and Venom #200, and all of them beating Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #3 and[...]

Batman Superman races toward its conclusion after the news it will be canceled in September, and Auteur.io is raging mad as he tries to create the best possible comic story starring the titular characters, though honestly, we've seen creators behave much worse on Twitter Batman and Superman are getting off light here, compared to, say,[...]

Bleeding Cool broke the news yesterday that superstar comic book artist Olivier Coipel was the new artist on the ongoing I Am Batman series written by John Ridley starring Jace Fox as the Next Batman It was then confirmed in the subsequent DC Comics solicitations But Bleeding Cool also has a look at some of Olivier[...]

Peacekeeper X? James Tynion IV's run in Batman with Jorge Jimenez and others has been notable for the new comic book characters he has been introducing to the streets of Gotham Punchline, Ghost-Maker, Clownhunter, Vengeance, Miracle Molly and many more And in September, Tynion and Jorge Jimenez are adding another – Peacekeeper X.  The Peacekeepers[...]

And a whole load of Wanted covers… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ I AM BATMAN #1 Story by JOHN RIDLEY Art by OLIVIER COIPEL Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL Variants by GREG CAPULLO and FRANCESCO MATTINA 1:25 Variant by KAEL NGU Team card stock variant by GABRIELE[...]

The recent launch of Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point being severely underordered by retailers who were unable to ascertain potential reader interest in the comic seems to have brought this issue to the fore Bleeding Cool also learned from other sources that it would return as DC Connect #14, a full print catalogue as well as the[...]

DC Comics will be launching I Am Batman #1 in September by John Ridley and Olivier Coipel in September, following on from August's Fear Event tie-in I Am Batman #0 by Ridley and Travis Foreman (get a sneak art peek of that here) So how did we get here, what does this mean and what[...]

In case you need a recap, Harley Quinn co-creators and executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker were being interviewed by Variety when Halpern revealed that DC Comics had put the kibosh on Batman going down on Catwoman during the upcoming third season of the HBO Max series Their reason? "Heroes don't do that." Well, needless[...]

The Dark Knight trilogy was an epic trilogy that gave us some of the best Batman movies to date The Dark Knight Rises gave us a fitting end for Batman as he takes "sacrifices" himself to save Gotham from immediate destruction To commentate on what he sacrificed, the people of Gotham created a Memorial Statue[...]

On the heels of the 25th anniversary of Batman Forever (1996), which was the lone outing for star Val Kilmer as the Caped Crusader, steam picked up online over Joel Schumacher's original darker cut of the film since Warner Bros has a reputation of meddling with directors for their DC superhero films Despite the chip[...]

Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. DC Comics Cancellations in The Daily LITG, 17th June 2021 DC Comics Cancels Batman And Wonder Woman Collections An X-Men-Sized Planet In Planet-Size X-Men? (Spoilers) Mass Effect Liara T'Soni Gets 2,000 Piece Statue From BioWare What Today's Massive X-Men Spoilers Say About Wolverine's Genitalia Comics Folk React To… Batman Not Going Down[...]

Eisner Award-winning comic book creator Ty Templeton, best known for Stig's Inferno, Bigg Time, Batman 66, and Batman Adventures, has been running Joe Shuster Award-winning  BunToons cartoons on his website commenting on life, cartooning, and culture for many years Two days ago he used the web cartoon to talk about his diagnosis of stage three[...]

In a new manga co-published by DC Comics and Kodansha, Superman will do what Batman is afraid to: eat out The concept of Superman vs Meshi is simple: Superman flies around Japan trying food from different restaurants and critiquing it The story will be serialized in Kodansha's Evening magazine on June 22nd, and will be[...]

The auction will end at 10:00 AM Central Time, Saturday, June 19, 2021. Simon Bisley Dark Nights: Metal #1 Variant Cover Original Art (DC, 2017). Simon Bisley brings his unique vision to fantasy versions of DC's Trinity! Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman take on the rolls of medieval dragon slayers in this Midtown Comics variant edition of the premiere[...]

One of his final projects was the Batman/Catwoman Special, intended to run between two arcs of the Batman/Catwoman series, and reunited John Paul Leon with Tom King Planned to be published in July, comic book retailers have been told that the issue in question has been delayed until the 21st of December We don't yet[...]

DC Comics has informed comic book stores that they are cancelling the three following volumes, Batman The Court of Owls Deluxe Edition, Wonder Woman Blood and Guts The Deluxe Edition, and Batman His Greatest Mysteries, planned for publication later this year. DC Comics Cancels Batman And Wonder Woman Collections Batman The Court of Owls Deluxe Edition Hidden for[...]