Batman Archives

Because it takes a deep dive to March 1970 and the publication of World's Finest #192 and #193 from DC Comics fifty-one years ago. World's Finest #192 with Superman and Batman And a story called The Prison Of No Escape by Bob Haney, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito about the fictional Eastern European country of Lubania, never[...]

Unfortunately, it also brings a dying Ryan (Javicia Leslie) after her- considering breaking Batman's "no killing rule" to avenge her mother's death before her own. Photo: The CW — © 2021 The CW Network, LLC All Rights Reserved. In the following clip for Sunday night's episode "It's Best You Stop Digging," Tatiana (Leah Gibson) begins filling in[...]

This wave consists of Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, and Robin King that are based on their appearances in the hit DC Comics and recent story arc Dark Nights: Death Metal Each character comes with their own unique set of accessories, and starting us off first is Batman, who comes with a Guitar Scythe This is[...]

And there are some real bargains to be had – from early Kingsman art from Dave Gibbons, to Alan Davis' Excalibur, Simone Bianchi's Thor, Jaime Hernandez's Whoa Nellie, to when Kevin Smith wrote Batman drawn by Walt Flanagan, though in the two remaining days they may go a lot higher Still, you have to be[...]

Yesterday Veve Collectibles also announced an NFT line of DC Comics Batman Black & White collectable figures, courtesy of DC Direct, only for the app to crash, leaving many disappointed customers trying to get a Jim Lee Nightwing. There are major concerns with the current NFT marketplace .To make an NFT, you have to "mint it"-[...]

A planned ending for Heroes In Crisis that would have reduced Poison Ivy to just a bud, was ignored by creative, the follow-up series failed to turn Poison Ivy into a "big bad", even if a passionate kiss goodbye between the two was bowdlerised to a peck on the cheek. Batman Urban Legends #1 Recent Batman continuity[...]

Ghost-Maker is a new character recently introduced into the Batman comics by writer James Tynion IV, and retconned into Bruce Wayne's past A rival figure, who took similar – often the same – training as Bruce Wayne, with an agreement not to enter Gotham if Batman doesn't interfere with his own actions And now, after[...]

Collecting a bunch of promises, schedules and solicitations, 16 comic books from DC Comics solicited, including Deathstroke joining Batman on Fortnite Island, a Batman/Catwoman special from Tom King, the new Checkmat series from Brian Bendis, the launch of Infinite Frontier #1, a new Wonder Woman anthology, a Pride anthology, DC's first creator-owned series in ages,[...]

The Batman: The Adventures Continue comic book is getting a season two Or is it a season two-hoo? Sorry, that joke is so awful I should work in PR. Because the DC Comics series Batman: The Adventures Continue which tells stories in the manner of the nineties Batman cartoon, in comic form, will be bringing in[...]

Camrus Johnson will pen a story in the upcoming Batman: Urban Legends #4 starring Luke Fox, the character he plays on DCTV's Batwoman The move to allow Johnson to write stories that he may later act out when the story is adapted by his TV show threatens to upend the balance of power in the[...]

It has been quite some time since DC Comics released the milestone of Batman with Detective Comics #1000 However, that is not stopping Prime 1 Studio as they reveal their new DC Comics 1/3 Scale Batman Concept Statue Design by Jason Fabok The statue is standing at a massive 41" tall and features the Dark[...]

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[...]