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Arrow is shuffling off the network's programming coil after an abbreviated 10-episode eighth season (making The Flash the "elder states-show" of the "Arrowverse"), Ruby Rose-starrer Batwoman joining the family alongside Supergirl, and a looming "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover that could change things dramatically – including Black Lightning this time around. The CW DCU 2019-2020 season[...]

A month ago, Bleeding Cool pointed out that Batman #81 was to lose its Year Of The Villain branding Which it has Consider that Year Of The Villain branding was the excuse that DC Comics gave to pulp an issue of Superman and Supergirl (and then reprinted with different ethnicity-based colouring of certain characters), it[...]

Batman #81 is out today, from Tom King and John Romita And it's time for the big reveal What Batman's plan was, what has been Batman's plan this whole time, and how everything that happened is part of his long game for tackling Bane and his hold on Gotham. Which is not the only time Batman[...]

For the universe to survive, Oliver will have to assemble a team of "paragons", those who represent the highest level of heroism. So with that in mind – and if this is the first stop? This season is going to get very interesting… https://youtu.be/7AzlJyzxu7QVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Arrow | Season 8 Episode 1[...]

A lot of things can be said about Batman That he's paranoid That he is a psychopath who dresses up like a bat to beat up mentally ill criminals, for one thing That he has a dumb mustache, for another But most importantly, that he has severe daddy issues Not only were his parents killed[...]

Since The Crows are supposed to be the antidote to a Gotham without Batman, I want to see him responding to Batwoman like an existential threat Instead, it looks like we're setting up (checks show notes) Kate's stepmom as an antagonist? Ok, let's see where this goes, I guess. But when it comes right down to[...]

This week's The Batman's Grave when it wasn't reinventing the Wayne family graves, alongside the freakiest gift that loving parents can get their child, and getting thematically interrupted by adverts for chocolate bars, had Alfred Pennyworth destroying the entire concept of The Batman. It would have been cheaper to buy Gotham Or, at least, buy off[...]

Take The Batman's Grave by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan and Alex Sinclair out this past week In digital, not an issue But in print… As Alfred Pennyworth tends to the graves of the Wayne's and looks to Bruce Wayne's grave to come… knowing he will see it filled before his own passing. And the very[...]

In the following preview for the next episode of The CW's "Supergirl," Kara and the team face-off with some tech "big bads" while J'onn is under attack.

While the city holds on to hope that Batman has returned, Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott) and the Crows up the stakes trying to take down the villainous crew Kate continues to look to Bruce Wayne's legacy for guidance as Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson) inadvertently gets pulled into Batwoman's vigilante heroics Sophie (Meagan Tandy) and Kate[...]

Batman's dad Thomas Wayne is a bad guy now He didn't used to be He was the kind doctor and philanthopist who taught his son to be charitable and benevolent Suddenly, he's a villain in nearly every new story What's going on? DC Comics Thomas Wayne was the benevolent, beloved father of Bruce Wayne He was a[...]

The third and final chapter of Batman: The Last Knight On Earth by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo was intended to have been published on November 11th As you might have gathered that is no longer the case It is possible that Spawn #300 and #301 may have got in the way a little, I[...]

Tom King is writing his final issue of Batman. Writing my final Batman. — Tom King (@TomKingTK) October 10, 2019 Jason Aaron is writing his final issue of Thor You know what this could mean? Crossover? — Tom King (@TomKingTK) October 10, 2019 After all, what can Marvel and DC Comics do… fire them? Yes, yes, as I said, I'm drunk[...]

Quinn has said goodbye to The Clown Prince of Crime (watching Alan Tudyk's Joker's laugh as it happens is pretty sweet) and is set on being the "queenpin" of Gotham City's underworld. Three small problems: she has the Joker as a constant threat… she has Batman patrolling the streets ond rooftops… and there's a pretty good[...]

The CW's "The Flash" is back for a sixth season premiere - one that was a little too dull for our liking, an uncharacteristically… ahhem… slow start.

As Barry (Grant Gustin) and Oliver (Amell) shared what felt like a final toast and Kate Kane's Batwoman (Rose) returned to protecting the streets of Gotham – with a sense that something felt a little off – we got a small taste of what's still to come in 2019… CW "Crisis on Infinite Earths!" Worlds will live![...]

As Barry (Grant Gustin) and Oliver (Amell) shared what felt like a final toast and Kate Kane's Batwoman (Rose) returned to protecting the streets of Gotham – with a sense that something felt a little off – we got a small taste of what's still to come in 2019… CW "Crisis on Infinite Earths!" Worlds will live![...]

WARNING FOR MINOR SPOILERS In a recent interview Joker director/co-writer Todd Phillips said that the Joaquin Phoenix version might not even be the actual Joker who will eventually face off against Batman. It's bad enough that the discourse already reached a disturbing level but Phillips is doing nobody any favors Historically, Arthur Fleck becomes the traditional[...]

We then learned that Jonathan Kent will be aged again, and become the new Superman. A new Batman, a new Superman, a new generation of DC Comics heroes It was all starting to fit together And now we know more New first issue relaunches for both That the first title to be relaunched will be Wonder[...]

With items such as: Bruce is Batman Clark is Superman Hal is Green Lantern Barry is Flash All of that Across the four generations of the DC Comics timeline Added to the idea that these characters are now a lot older than previously established.Even with only sixty years to play with, and some timeline shenanigans that Booster Gold is aware[...]

We've got a preview below, liberated from a compliant DC media partner. This issue is also available as a DCeased variant. The preview starts with Batman doing what he does best… beating the crap out of mentally ill criminals. Though this seems a bit harsh, even for Batman. Is this a Zack Snyder movie? The Snyder Cut of Detective[...]

They have been operating publically as Batman and Superman since the mid fifties, though Clark Kent operated undercover as Superboy before that, until the Senate banned superheroes in the late forties, The Black Canary is in her late forties Dick Grayson was made Robin in the mid-sixties, same year Wally West became Kid Flash Supergirl arrived[...]

For those of you hoping that the next Batman video game will feature everyone's favorite voice of the Dark Knight, Kevin Conroy, we got some bad news In an interview with JOE, Conroy confirmed he will not be voicing the iconic character Here's a snippet from the piece related to the Batman franchise. Credit: Rocksteady Studios When[...]

Artist on books such as Joker, Before Watchmen: Rorschach,  Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, the recent Batman Damned, and writer/artist on Suiciders and Batman: Noel, his work gained infamy when a handful of panels from Damned reached the international media But Bermejo wasn't talking about that. He did talk about the origin of Batman Damned coming from two[...]

As Barry (Grant Gustin) and Oliver (Amell) shared what felt like a final toast and Kate Kane's Batwoman (Rose) returned to protecting the streets of Gotham – with a sense that something felt a little off – we got a small taste of what's still to come in 2019… CW "Crisis on Infinite Earths!" Worlds will live![...]

And this morning at NYCC, it got even better thanks to BOOM! Studios. We told you that he was becoming the new writer of Batman, before DC Comics probably wanted us to and we, as usual, got it bang-on. But his creator-owned series Something is Killing The Children has also been quite the hit this year, as[...]

Batman Creature Of The Night is a prestige mini-series that has been a long time coming from Kurt Busiek and John Paul Leon. The first issue came out in late November 2017, intended to be a companion piece to Batman: Secret Identity. Young Bruce Wainwright lost his parents in a violent crime…and in the real world, no superheroes exist to save the[...]

Batman from Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League is my favorite cinematic Batman He changes the mythos that we usually see the Dark Knight in and he gave it a little darker grittier aspect Prime 1 Studio is showing off one of Batman's Batsuits, the Tactical version in their newest statue[...]

Heath Ledger won an Oscar for playing The Joker in Dark Knight, but that was a Best Supporting Role. To date no actor has won an Oscar for playing the

But if DC are, indeed, scrambling around for something that fits, they could do well to read the following…and steal it. And it begins with Tom King's Batman He writes, Tom King's Batman King's run has gone downhill as of late for many reasons One is that it feels disconnected from continuity Another being how he doesn't really[...]