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A few months ago, Bleeding Cool ran the Gotham Gossip that the Suicide Squad's Amanda Waller would be grabbing all of Simon Saint's Saint Industries and The Magistrate's technology that fuelled the Future State and the Fear State in the Batman comic books over the last year We stated "The end of The Magistrate's Fear[...]

However, the whole Fear State gag is a lesser-than version of what's going on in the Titans TV series now with a much less coherent plan and less charismatic adversaries That's not the fault of this creative team; it's just the hand they were dealt Still, there's nothing wrong with seeing people play a less[...]

All in the service of bolstering our article count with low-effort– er, we mean providing you, the Little Bleeders, with a valuable service! All good things must one day come to an end… and so must Fear State Batman Fear State Omega #1 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and it's our favorite[...]

Just like mom used to make them! Harley Quinn #9 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and, surprise, it's another Fear State crossover Harley and Ivy discuss their fears in this preview, but do you know what our fear is? A crossover event that never seems to end Terrifying! Check out the preview[...]

All in the service of bolstering our article count with low-effort– er, we mean providing you, the Little Bleeders, with a valuable service! The seemingly never-ending Fear State crossover continues in Catwoman #37, in stores Tuesday from DC Comics We're sure the Catwoman universe will never be the same again after all of this, but[...]

But in this paranoia-stricken city, not everyone is who they seem…" But it seems plans to reveaL Seer's identity have been put on hold with the final Fear State issues, for something further down the line On August the 28th, Bleeding Cool ran some Gotham Gossip in which named the Anti-Oracle as The Seer, saying "Batman[...]

What did you click on, Steve?! What did you do?! Anyway, the show must go on, amirite? Fear State, the comic book crossover that James Tynion dropped on DC before fleeing for substack (the equivalent to leaving an upper decker in the office bathroom right before you quit) concludes in Batman #117, in stores on[...]

Check it out below. I AM BATMAN #3 DC Comics 0921DC019 0921DC020 – I AM BATMAN #3 CVR B KIM JACINTO CARD STOCK VAR (FEAR STATE) – $4.99 (W) John Ridley (A) Stephen Segovia (CA) Gerardo Zaffino Jace attempts to stem the tide of misinformation from the Seer as this mysterious adversary sends a heavily armed mob to a juvenile detention[...]

Batman #116 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, continuing the Fear State super-mega-crossover event that James Tynion stuck DC with before fleeing for Substack Think of it like leaving an upper decker in the toilet of your office right before quitting, except it takes far longer to clean up a super-mega-crossover event than[...]

Huey Lewis would be pleased with this preview of Arkham City The Order of the World #2, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics.

Though maybe she could choose a better name for him? Batman And Catwoman #8 NIGHTWING #85 CVR B JAMAL CAMPBELL CARD STOCK VAR (FEAR STATE) (W) Tom Taylor (A) Robbi Rodriguez (CA) Jamal Campbell Babs takes the Anti-Oracle attack on her Oracle Network personally, and she suits up as Batgirl, accompanying Nightwing and Tim Drake to track down who[...]

Whoever she turns out to be… BATMAN #115 CVR A JORGE JIMENEZ (FEAR STATE) (W) James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan, Michael W Conrad (A) Jorge Jimenez, Bengal, Jorge Corona (CA) Jorge Jimenez Batman and Miracle Molly are all that stands between Gotham City and absolute insanity! But an unhinged Simon Saint brings all the resources of the Magistrate[...]

But they are targeting her both there… and her other half in Gotham, as seen in today's Catwoman #36. Catwoman #36 by Ram V and Nina Vakueva While Poison Ivy is tending to the flock in Eden… Batman #115 by James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez Her other half is on the move. Catwoman #36 by Ram V and Nina[...]

Seer, the "Anti-Oracle," is revealed here! And who they are will make you question everything you see moving forward in Gotham…" While I Am Batman #3 promised that "Jace attempts to stem the tide of misinformation from the Seer as this mysterious adversary sends a heavily armed mob to a juvenile detention facility to break[...]

And like a number of mini-series, it does its best to tie into current Batman continuity, putting "Fear State" in the solicitation headline and maybe keep its sales a little higher as a result And indeed it does so, mentioning the events of A-Day, starring a psychiatrist who survive the attack on Arkham Asylum, and[...]

Batman #114 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, continuing the Fear State crossover event In this preview of the issue, we find Miracle Molly and Poison Ivy chilling underneath Gotham while all hell breaks loose topside Molly thinks Poison Ivy would make a great superhero, maybe the best, if she put her mind[...]

Detective Comics #1043 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, continuing the Fear State Bat-crossover event and setting up Task Force Z next issues But first, police reform has come to Gotham City, the only place in the country where outsourcing it to a nebulous private security firm is actually an ethical upgrade Check[...]

And with Scarecrow ramping up his Fear State, now that Simon Saint's Future State plans have served their purpose Because it's time for his big experiment on Gotham, one he has been building since he was a young student And also one that feels rather familiar for anyone who has lived through the past couple[...]

Batman #113 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and an evil Oracle is spreading rumors that Batman has been killed as part of the Fear State event And the citizens of Gotham have no reason not to believe it! It wouldn't be the first time, after all, and superheroes are always being shockingly[...]

But what will happen when the two meet again? With Queen Ivy growing a thick jungle underneath Gotham that's putting the entire city in imminent peril, will Harley restore Ivy's memory with Ivy II?" We saw the split Ivies in last week's Batman: Fear State Alpha #1, but what of Queen Ivy's threat to the[...]

He seems to be Fear State only… Batman #106, first appearance of Ricardo Huertas Last month, Bleeding Cool ran the gossip "Ricardo Huertas is Simon Saint's personal assistant, but he is about to be an undercover Peacekeeper, with an identity all of his own, his first appearance was Batman #106 speculator fans!" Bright sparks tied the two[...]

And this week there was only one fit to take the crown with orders of around half a million. Batman Fear State Alpha Tops Bleeding Cool Bestseller List Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Batman Fear State Alpha #1 Avengers #48 Infinite Frontier #5 Dark Ages #1 Geiger #6 Sinister War #4 Hellions #15 Harley Quinn Annual #1 New Mutants #21 Spawn #321 Thanks to[...]

Today's Batman: Fear State Alpha #1 make that a little more textual as gossiped about three weeks ago. As the Unsanity Collective find Poison Ivy's Eden as a place to put down roots for a bit. Batman Fear State Alpha #1 With The Gardener, he reformer girlfriend, diagnosing Ivy's issue for Harley Quinn, Ivy's supposedly-current girlfriend, if[...]

As Bleeding Cool widely gossiped before, in Batman: Fear State Alpha #1, the Anti-Oracle (soon to be known as The Seer) declares that Batman is dead Which semi-lines up with what Gotham believes in the Future State comic books Of course, he is not in either timeline, but it doesn't half put the willies up[...]

Batman Fear State Alpha #1 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and this preview, we learn that the Scarecrow's philosophy is popular in Silicon Valley, which should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Silicon Valley Check out the preview below. BATMAN FEAR STATE ALPHA #1 (ONE SHOT) DC Comics 0621DC002 0621DC003 – BATMAN FEAR STATE[...]

Is that a safe place for Poison Ivy to hide out with Catwoman? One of them anyway? Because Poison Ivy has done her roots, and they are threaded through the bedrock below. Ricardo Huertas is Simon Saint's personal assistant, but he is about to be an undercover Peacekeeper, with an identity all of his own, his first appearance was[...]

And as the new upcoming event The Shadows Of The Bat comes after Fear State's End, so Batman is leaving Gotham The credo goes that every Bat-writer should create a birth and a death for their version of the character James Tynion IV has specified the importance of Gotham and how the city is changing[...]

But anyway. Harley Quinn Wants To Be Batman's Second Bisexual Robin (Spoilers) In a blatant and desperate attempt to regain the news agenda, Bleeding Cool can reveal that in the upcoming Fear State storyline running through DC's Batman comic at the moment – for which we published an inordinate amount of spoilery gossip yesterday – that Harley[...]

He aims to help society by delivering a shock to its system and that's what Fear State is As we alluded to earlier, he aims to shock everyone, letting the population of Gotham be changed for the better, just like when Bruce Wayne's parents were killed, and he wants the credit! The Joker is also the[...]

He may be leaving Batman, but James Tynion IV is going out with a bang with Fear State All it takes is one bad day, that was The Joker's theory, to take a normal person, break them and turn them into a monster Bruce Wayne's parents, The Joker's wife and unborn child, though he failed[...]