Batman Archives

Courtesy of King. One openly former CIA member who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now-writer for DC Comics, including a recent five year run as lead Batman writer, Tom King put it plainly on Twitter. I had a Taliban bounty on my head once Never occurred to me that a U.S President might be cool with[...]

To promote the Empyre #0 Avengers coming out next week, one poster was sent with a unique image of Kree / Skrull propaganda.  Not one of the covers for the upcoming issue, this is a very unusual poster for Marvel to release, especially since it doesn't seem to be in Previews to be ordered normally for purchase rolled.  As usual,[...]

As you can see at this link, a remnant of DC Comics' listings with Diamond Comics Previewsworld promised a new Batman: White Knight series launching in September The details have been withdrawn, it's now been rescheduled for October and not in DC's listings for UCS or Lunar Batman: White Knight: Harley Quinn is a new[...]

Batman Hush is a fan favorite DC Comic story arc It throws Batman into his own gauntlet as he takes on a new threat Some other highlights included a brain washed Superman and the relationship growth with Catwoman With this, Medicom has announced the newest figure in their Batman Hush line with Hush himself While[...]

I wasn't invited. Bat-summits are big meetings held at DC Comics' offices when the writers and editors on the Batman books meet to discuss upcoming plotlines, to synch everyone's plans and get some consensus moving forward This isn't restricted to Batman, other major comic book franchises with multiple titles have similar meetings, and attendance signifies that[...]

Bruce Wayne, otherwise known as the Batman is a massive tax cheat A fraudster Hiding his billions and billions offshore through a variety of shell companies With Catwoman, the biggest thief of her time, and Batman's lover, working it all out, and showing it off to The Designer, who had previously set Selina Kyle up[...]

We looked into the appearance of Punchline in Batman #93 a couple of months ago before, you know, everything that happened, happened And revisited all that yesterday But today the comic is actually published – in stores that have got them that is And we get part two of the Harley Quinn/Punchline fight which, as[...]

While some have hoped that they would maybe make one more Batman title after how Arkham Knight left off, it was clear the studio was headed in a new direction We just didn't know what direction… until this week ResetEra found two domain names registered to WB Games that confirms the Suicide Squad will be[...]

Before a little thing called shutdown, Bleeding Cool ran some advance coverage of the then-upcoming Batman #92 and Batman #93 by James Tynion IV and Guillem March from DC Comics We were careful not to run any major spoilers, but included a couple of teasers Well, #93 is finally out tomorrow so maybe it's worth[...]

In the last week, I have received a number of notes from people worried, concerned, annoyed, or curious about the upcoming cover to Batman #93, especially not that it has received its full livery Featuring the Joker, with a half-Batman mask, sitting in the cinema, bloodied, holding a gun in his lap With the phrase[...]

Here's the tiniest look ahead at the ten dollar Detective Comics #1027, out in September from DC Comics, showing the past, present and future of Batman With some teensy-tiny pics… with art from Riley Rossmo… And from Ivan Reis, Dan Mora and Chip Zdarsky Nice and tiny… Here's the full solicitation: DETECTIVE COMICS #1027 written by BRIAN[...]

 Alas, it is not available on the Nintendo Switch. Batman attempts to save his Earth in Injustice; Gods Among Us Courtesy of WB Games. Injustice: Gods Among Us was originally released back in 2013 on Xbox, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii U An upscaled version was also released on Windows PC, Xbox One, and Playstation 4 There[...]

One of the biggest unresolved mysteries of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) was the death of Robin It was revealed the monument to the Caped Crusader's sidekick was vandalized, but nothing else was revealed in the film or Justice League (2017) In Batman canon, there are five Robins: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim[...]

Even more so that it would be telling the origin of an evil Bruce Wayne Batman from a Dark Dimension, who had transplanted himself into the body of a robot Tyrannosaurus Rex and went by the name of B-Rex On his blog, Warren stated; Yes, there is an evil Batman who is also a T-Rex[...]

Batman and Superman are making their way to your favorite Major League Baseball (MLB) team with these new and pretty unique collectibles Thanks to FOCO we were able to get our hands on two of their upcoming DC Comics/MLC collectibles so let us dive in with our review of these superhero/baseball mashup bobbleheads. FOCO Batman and[...]

Even if one despises the work of the other… Superman & Batman: Generations Omnibus HC  Feb 21, 2021 Legendary writer and illustrator, John Byrne, transports us through this century-spanning tale to witness the evil that brings the Batman and Superman together as a team Now collected entirely in an omnibus! Imagine a world where Superman and Batman aged[...]

Marvel Comics' Empyre may have dropped its promotional pins, but DC Comics will be dealing out promotional playing cards for the launch of Batman: The Three Jokers by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok in August. In celebration of the highly anticipated Batman: The Three Jokers miniseries, DC offers retailers ultimate wild card with promotional playing cards[...]

Mondo will release new posters from Phantom City Creative tomorrow, continuing their partnership on the Batman and Superman animated series Two new Batman: The Animated Series posters will debut, based around the episodes "Tyger Tyger" and "Night of the Ninja" Both posters will have a regular version and a variant poster, as usual The regular[...]

to let us all know he is writing Batman #100 this week, to be published in October But first he talked about Spoiler… James Tynion IV Teases Ghost-Hunter for Batman #100. We announced Joker War Zone last week, and I was thrilled they also released the variant cover which features Cassandra Cain donning a very familiar costume…[...]

The following image appears in a number of titles, demonstrating social distancing or two metres or six feet in terms of Batman and Robin. Has DC Comics Forgotten Batman and Robin Live Together?. But this is Bruce Wayne and his son Damian Wayne They both live in Wayne Manor And while the coronavirus pandemic has not affected[...]

The Batman Who Laughs has transformed Gotham into a castle above of which he is the king Apokalips transformed into a 2000AD-style police state While Paradise Island is now in Hell, with all the John Milton references (and heavy metal album cover references) such a move would need Death Metal insists that yes, this is[...]

We begin with Neal Adams, his long-standing collaborator on X-Men, Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman, WE'VE LOST A HERO Denny O'Neil has died after having filled our lives with the pleasure of his work. Why was, and how was, Denny so special and important? Like Hemmingway, writing is a result of the life you led before setting pen to[...]

The titles taking off for The Fourth of July weekend are Justice League, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Catwoman, Jonah Hex, and The Losers. A look at Justice League (Image: WarnerMedia) But that doesn't mean they won't be back, and films such as Aquaman,[...]

I had a couple of hours on a Tuesday afternoon, so instead of doing crossword puzzles, I did the writer's test." Together O'Neil and artist Neal Adams revived the Professor X character in X-Men #65 in one of the creative team's earliest collaborations. He joined DC as an editor in the late 60s, and he is[...]

More dark multiverse versions of Batman are here and ready to go destroy our Gotham In the next Dark Multiverse, Batman has to take on an evil Superman by any means necessary That means injecting himself with some of the Doomsday virus to become the one and only Devastator McFarlane Toys brings this beast to[...]

One of the final pages of DC Rebirth by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, Batman discovering the Watchmen smiley face button that began Watchmen #1, embedded in the Batcave wall How it got there would only be explained years later in Doomsday Clock by the same creative team And it just got a Jim Lee[...]

DC Comics are launching Batman: The Joker War Zone one-shot, as Bleeding Cool teased back in May – though we may have jumped the gun just a little And ooh, it includes a story by John Ridley… Gotham City is a battleground as The Joker takes over the Wayne fortune and wages a street war against[...]

Famously Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and now its a thousand issues later. A special 144-page $10 issue will attempt to highlight the "Detective" in Detective Comics as Batman and his allies will have seven times the space to fill with mysteries to solve, taking them from the seediest corners of Gotham[...]

We continue to stay in the realm of Batman as two darker versions of the dark knight surface Coming out of the hit DC Comics storylines Dark Nights: Metal and The Batman Who Laughs, Murder Machine, and The Grim Knight are here For those not familiar with Murder Machine, it is a version where an[...]

This is an exclusive collectible for San Diego Comic Con but it would be a worthy collectible for the Joker's 80th Anniversary. Batman will have to step up his class to be in league with this Joker From his wicked grin to his upgraded tuxedo this statue has plenty of detail to please any fan[...]