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Batman Court of Owls Talon Statue Arrives At Prime 1 Studio
The DC Comics story arc Batman: The Court of Owls comes to life with Prime 1 Studio One of the Courts highly trained assassins, Talon, is here with this brand new 1/3rd scale statue The Batman villain stands roughly 30″ tall, is posed in an action stance and will come placed on top of a[...]
Harley Quinn Still In Love With Poison Ivy - Batman #103
Of course, there have been a number of editorial departures since. Harley Quinn Still In Love With Poison Ivy – Batman #103 Spoilers But in today's Batman #103, a glimmer of what may be You may have had an inkling with Bleeding Cool's Batman Gossip from a month ago We stated "ss you can see, Harley has[...]
Fortnite Officially Launches The Last Laugh Bundle Today
Here's more info on the pack which you can purchase today. Joker, Poison Ivy, and Midas join Fortnite in this new bundle, courtesy of Epic Games. Following the return of Batman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn to Fortnite, we need to shine the Bat-Signal once again for big news coming this Fall! Batman's archnemesis, The Joker, arrives in[...]
The Batman Main Title Red (Credit: Warner Bros.)
It appears that The Batman filmmaker Matt Reeves is having to deal with issues on both the film and television sides now With the Robert Pattinson-starring film suffering both COVID-related production delays and thus shifts in its release date, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting exclusively that Terence Winter (The Sopranos, The Wolf of Wall Street) has[...]
DC Comics February 2021 Solicitations
Originally planned to be published in May from Batman editor Dave Wielgposz and artist Sumit Kumar, it was sent to the corona-cornfield earlier in the year, but has now been resolicted for February 2021 And, as a result, does seem to be rather out of keeping with DC's current priorities It may still be a Batman-related book,[...]
The Death Of Batman In Death Meatal #5? (Spoilers)
  In previous issues of Dark Nights: Death Metal by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion, the world was turned upside down, and both Batman and Superman had a secret they were keeping from everyone else. Art from Dark Nights: Death Metal #3. Including one that would let Batman survive a new and improved Anti-Life bullet from[...]
The Detective Story Behind the Alfred Pennyworth Comic Book Collection
Take the case of the Action Comics #1 CGC 9.0 from Nicolas Cage's collection, for example: stolen from Cage's home in 2000 during a party, recovered in 2011 in a San Fernando, CA storage locker.  Then there's the collection amassed by a subsequently-convicted embezzler which included a jaw-dropping Batman #1 CGC 9.2.  In that bizarre[...]
Emmo Rios "Selfishly" Working On Own Image Comic Before Pretty Deadly
You can watch the whole panel below with comics journalist and podcaster august (in the wake of) dawn. We learnt there are still two more volumes yet to come for Pretty Deadly, and Emma Rios promises that they will have her full concentration, but what with the current state of the world, she took on a[...]
Batman: Last Knight on Earth Figures Revealed By McFarlane Toys
This wave is specifically dedicated to the DC Comics Black Label series Batman: The Last Knight on Earth from Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo If you're not familiar with the mini-series is takes place roughly twenty years in a dystopian future where Batman, aka Bruce Wayne, wakes up in Arkham Asylum He is told[...]
The Dark Knight Returns Is Getting A Board Game In 2021
Cryptozoic Entertainment revealed they will be making a board game based on the DC Comics Batman title The Dark Knight Returns The company didn't show anything off for it or give many details as to what the game would entail beyond the short introduction we have for you below What we do know is that,[...]
Dark Nights Death Metal Infinite Hours Exxxtreme #1 Review: Frag-Tastic
90s mainstay Lobo is besieged by the Batman That Frags, a mash-up of his own Czarnian nigh invincibility with Batman's … well, Batman-ness This is as dumb and pointless as you likely expect, and the Frank Tieri-penned script digs into this idea like an all you can eat buffet The Becky Cloonan-written middle tale checks[...]
Punchline Revisits The Killing Joke
With her first "kill" posed in such a way… … that brings back other memories. Oh and we also said "The Batman's Grave #2 confirmed that Gotham does not have the death penalty However, in the ongoing Batman series, we discover that Gotham does indeed have capital punishment Guess it doesn't get used much though[...]
SCOOP: Batman: Three Jokers Sequel From Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok
What is it they say about (comparatively) good things coming in threes? Like Jokers? I understand from well-placed sources that Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok are creating a one-shot sequel to DC Comic's biggest selling comic book of 2020, Batman: The Three Jokers And that will be an integral part of the new DC Omniverse[...]
Batman Gets Animated with New Sideshow Collectibles Statue Series
Batman is back in one of his most iconic roles from the hit cartoon Batman the Animated Series The Dark Knight stands at 16″ tall on a special themed base that shows off the bat in a dynamic pose The classic black and grey suit is back in all its animated glory that Batman fans[...]
Batman, X-Men, Thor and Crossover Top Bleeding Cool Bestseller List
This week four titles dominated sales, Batman, X-Men, Thor and Crossover, giving Donny Cates two for four.  If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller comics of the week Batman, X-Men, Thor and Crossover Top Bleeding Cool Bestseller List Now if only Crossover could be a Batman/X-Men/Thor[...]
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Punchline Special #1 is out next week, with the Batman villain getting her one one-off special We saw her try and get out of being prosecuted for being the Joker's accomplice in The Joker War The Punchline Special looks like her continuance of that journey, to raise public support, paint herself as a victim of[...]
Batman #102 Review: It Doesn’t Make Sense
For many, Batman is considered the pinnacle of strategic and tactical planning Considered the second smartest man in the DC Universe (maybe the first, depending on how crazy Luthor is that day), he's almost taken down the whole Justice League by accident twice (Tower of Babel, et cetera) and he's so dangerous, most of the DC[...]
Batman Arkham Line Spotlights Talia Al Ghul
The Batman Arkham line of graphic novel collections is intended to appeal to players of the Batman Arkham line of games, spotlighting Batman rogue gallery characters that are prominent in the game and providing a "greatest hits" of their Batman comic books in one low-priced volume Previous editions have spotlighted Penguin, Black Mask, Killer Croc, Victor[...]
Batman #102 Reveals Yet Another History Of Bruce Wayne (Spoilers)
A couple of weeks ago, Bleeding Cool gave a few gossipy spoilers for upcoming Batman comic books.  A few came to pass almost immediately, but a couple more came to fruition today in Batman #102 Batman #100 artwork. Not all, or not yet anyway Here's a few and how they played out: Batman #102 Reveals Yet Another[...]
How The Three Jokers Rewrites The Killing Joke (Spoilers)
If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller comics of the week The Three Jokers tops the chart, but rivalled by Spawn, X-Men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Batman Vs Spawn Vs X-Men Vs Turtles – Bleeding Cool Bestseller List Batman: The Three Jokers #3 Spawn #311 X of Swords[...]
Funko Officially Announces Batman Animated Black Light Pops
These will all be based on the widely popular cartoon Batman: The Animated Series There will be three Pops in total from the show and they will all be set as Hot Topic exclusives Batman, Joker, and Harley Quinn are all ready for some night life with these designs They will feature the same black[...]
Batgirl #50 Review: The People vs. Barbara Gordon
She criticizes Batman for using his money to support the "obvious choices" while not helping actual people. Out of costume, Barbara tries to change things as well, helping a support group and debugging the GCPD computers. Ignoring the "work within the system" method, she leads her boss to march with people protesting a thousand-dollar-per-plate police fundraiser, even pulling[...]
Batman and Deathstroke Go Bronze With McFarlane Toys
Like the Joker from Arkham Asylum and a blue suit variant for the Batman: The Animated Series McFarlane Toys did announce that most variant figures will be part of their own special line called Platinum Edition figures Both Batman and Deathstroke from Arkham Knight and Arkham: Origins will be getting that Chase variant Each figure[...]
Batwoman star Javicia Leslie has one word for her comic book counterpart (Images: WarnerMedia)
But now we get to learn a little more about the person behind the mask, as Leslie gave fans a chance to ask some "Get to Know Me" questions. Batwoman star Javicia Leslie has one word for her comic book counterpart (Images: WarnerMedia) But first, just in case any of you out there still needed some convincing?[...]
DC Collects John Ridley's Batman In Hardcover
Batman by John Ridley The Deluxe Edition will be published on June 29th in hardcover for $17.99 They will collect his stories from Batman Black & White #1, Batman: The Joker War Zone #1, Future State: The Next Batman #1-4 and Detective Comics #1027 – although I don't actually recall him having a story in[...]
Jock, Nick Derington and Matt Taylor's DC Future State Team Variants
It is something they have been doing more and more of late – might they start to cannibalise themselves, like Marvel did on their Exclusive retailer covers? Either way, January has another three, from Jock, Nick Derington and Matt Taylor for the lead Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman Future State titles If at the Final[...]