Newbies for this go-around include WWE Raw recap, Kevin Can F**K Himself review, The Flash preview, and a Big Mouth spinoff with Nick Kroll, and Renee Paquette's "virgin birth" is celebrated (and while not yet making the cut, The CW's Stargirl gets the Eclipso ball rolling).
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In case you missed it (full details below), Halpern revealed during an interview with Variety 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"- and now you understand why every corner of pop culture chimed[...]
Today sees the publication of Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #5, which sees Batman and the other characters travel underneath the Fortnite Island and start to discover some truths about the lore of the game, all canon courtesy of Epic Games' Donald Mustard joining them for the ride.
Such as the NPC guards characters being former players who[...]
Today's newbies include Emilia Clark's new Game of Thrones coffee cup culprit, Hell's Kitchen serves raw chicken, Batman only does things above the waist (meaning Batman is a greedy lover?), Motherland: Fort Salem previews a deadly alliance, and The Boys star Jensen Ackles wants a Soldier Boy/Shazam/Hawkman team-up- on a driving range?
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An Oral History of Batman and Catwoman: Last night, I wrote an article about comic book folk reacting to the news that a scene from the adult animated comedy Harley Quinn Season 3 that would have referenced Bruce Wayne performing cunnilingus on Selina Kyle was removed because, quoting showrunner Justin Halpern, "A perfect example of that is in this third[...]
It's midnight UK time, and thanks to the internet, I am basically writing Batman and Catwoman: An Oral History Comic book folk reacting to the news that a scene from the adult animated comedy Harley Quinn Season 3 that would have referenced Bruce Wayne performing cunnilingus on Selina Kyle was removed because, quoting showrunner Justin[...]
Because we have Harley Quinn co-creators and executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker offering some heartbreaking (for his partners, that is) intel on Batman's sex life Yup, The Dark Knight Detective Except we're learning that there are some parts of Gotham that DC Comics won't let Bats go down- if you know what we[...]
So far, only one set released for DC Comics with the Batman cowl from the comics until today as they reveal a new cowl model This one takes fans back to 1966 as the Adam West cowl is recreated in LEGO brick standing 7" tall Coming in at 372 pieces, Batman collectors will be able[...]
McFarlane Toys is back with another Batman figure, but this time it is one from a beloved DC Comics storyline Coming out of The Dark Knight Returns, Bruce Wayne is coming out of retirement to fix the city he has so long tried to save To do that, he has to make a statement, and[...]
Recently, DC Comics has seen a number of new villains join Batman's rogue galleries, and caused all manner of comic book collector excitement in the process While the latest, Vengeance, added a new legacy dimension as the daughter of Bane Well, it seems that Darick Robertson, co-creator of Transmetropolitan and The Boys is playing a[...]
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Amazing Spider-Man #68 was a monster hit this week – though it may have helped that the Batman main title[...]
In March 2020, they published an unofficial, unauthorized fan comic online where babaylan detective Alexandra Trese teams up with Batman and Wolverine It's as professional and slick as any mainstream Marvel or DC comic and reads like a regular installment of the Trese series It's all fan fiction and in good fun Tan and Budisimo[...]
The stakes are high in this preview of Batman Fortnite Zero Point #5! Yes, the stakes are high because this issue contains a digital code to let you download some free nonsense in the Fortnite video game Oh, sure, there's a story going on here too… we guess But let's be honest here, all you[...]
The inside front cover of Real Life Comics #29 contains a blurb that helps explain why I like this issue of the biographical Real Life Comics series: "Mad Anthony Wayne is remembered for his capture of the important British redoubt on the Hudson River, but his was a dramatic career of sacrifice and service for[...]
We have seen reiterations of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman all before, and they have all had a long history in DC Comics McFarlane Toys has been bringing some of the biggest comic arcs to life in figure form with their DC Multiverse with Dark Nights: Metal, Curse of the White Knight, and The Last[...]
Spoilers for upcoming issues of Nightwing, potentially, if this little nugget pans out. I don't know if it will, but better be safe than sorry, right?
DC Comics has announced the return of the popular DC Vertigo series Fables with Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham as a DC Black Label beginning with Fables #151 as well as a six-issue mini-series Batman vs Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham by Bill Willingham with pencils by Brian Level, inks by Jay Leisten, and colours[...]
Batman is returning to Dark Nights: Metal once again with the newest McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse figure release It looks like McFarlane Toys is releasing a new deco variant of the previously released Metal Batman with battle axes This figure features a design similar to the original DC Comics Darks Nights: Metal #1 cover and[...]
It was four years ago today that the nation lost its "Bright Knight," and it has proven challenging to write a piece about the iconic Adam West (Batman, Family Guy) Each year seems to get a little easier, but keeping a clear head with all these memories and emotions of the TV's original Caped Crusader[...]
Unlike the previous release that was dedicated to Batman: The Curse of the White Knight, this featured the Azrael in his Suit of Sorrows outfit The Suit of Sorrows is a special set of Templar-style armor worn by the agents of the Order of St Dumas This outfit is loaded with detail, and that white[...]
Today sees the release of Batman: Urban Legends, Detective Comics, and Future State: Gotham, all with various takes on the current Batman gallery in Gotham – and what's to come So in Future State Gotham, we have Jason Todd in his new future role as Peacekeeper Red…
Certainly, in Batman: Urban Legends, we get to see[...]
The lead Batman: Urban Legends Red Hood story from Chip Zdarsky and Eddie Barrows has seen Red Hood taking on one of the older Batman villains, Mr Freeze – as well as himself.
But these days, Batman is all about the new villains and anti-heroes as well Punchline, Clown-Hunter, Ghost-Maker, and more, with a new drug[...]
It's Zealot time! The Batman anthology series Batman: Urban Legends has been telling stories of Grifter, the Jim Lee, and Brandon Choi-created character from WildCATS, who was reintroduced to the DC Universe in the Batman comic book DC Comics has teased several other WildStorm characters arriving in the DC Universe Still, their August solicitations promised Zealot,[...]
Some many products were revealed but some definitely stood out more than others one of which was a Batman reveal It looks like one of the most popular Batman film some to life Nendoroid form with two figure reveals from Batman (1989) Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson are back once again as their rivalry continues[...]
In September of 2017, writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, longtime shepherds of Batman, introduce a new horror to the DC universe with the Batman Who Laughs This alternate universe nightmare made his first appearance in Dark Days: The Casting #1 and, while it wasn't immediately clear what this role this character would play, it was later revealed that[...]
A character here simply states what seems to be the central thesis of this issue — "Batman is yesterday's news" — and throws a lot of evidence into proving that right With a gigantic showing of characterization by tyro troublemaker Ghost-Maker, both for ill and for naught, Batman #109 is the grim Ahch-To adjacent Future[...]
Jim Gordon looks back on his life and he has some regrets in this preview of Joker #4, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics.
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Batman the Detective #3 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday In this preview, we find Henri Ducard in bad shape as Batman delivers him to a hospital with two gunshot wounds in the gut Which seems like a perfect opportunity for a flashback, where we see Batman's first meeting with Ducard The more[...]
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Public enemy number 1: BATMAN! Public enemy number 2: Bruce Wayne?! When both Bruce and his alter ego are implicated in the same crime, the cops[...]