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Gotham City Year One is a new DC comic book series by Tom King, Phil Hester and Eric Gapstur, set many years before Batman and Bruce Wayne, and starring the original Detective Comics police detective Slam Bradley Those stories from the thirties and forties starring the character famously depicted racist caricatures of East Asian people,[...]

Batman: Urban Legends is about to get a new story by Dennis Culver and Hayden Sherman about a new set of young Gotham ne'er-do-wells who the city intended to "scare straight" by putting them into Arkham Academy They are all new characters, though may bear the hallmarks of Gotham, as well as  Enigma from Teen[...]

This was down to showrunner Heller, who previously created the minor HBO hit Rome and then Gotham on Fox Alfie Pennyworth, as played by Bannon, was a working-class East End action hero, a rarity in genre fiction even today, and the increasingly crazy situations he got into on the show while the young Thomas Wayne[...]

And it's drawn by Phil Hester, It's Gotham City: Year One, and it stars Slam Bradley Former DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio used to be mystified that DC Comics kept trying to bring back the original star of Detetcive Comics, detective Slam Bradley Still, Dan is gone now, messing around with Frank Miller, so consider[...]

Renee Maria Montoya was created by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Mitch Brian for the Batman cartoons, before being introduced into the comics as a Gotham police detective after being framed for murder, she became a new iteration of The Question as a vigilante in North Carolina The New 52 made her a Gotham police[...]

But what else has the Penguin left Gotham? And tasked Selina Kyle with tracking down? The Penguins kids All of them, spread around the place While penguins mate for life, it seems that The Penguin mated like Boris Johnson or Donald Trump With little penguins all over the place We have previously met Ethan Cobblepot, son[...]

Bleeding Cool previously ran some Gotham Gossip about the current Shadow War crossover in Josh Williamson's Batman comics – namely Batman, Robin and Deathstroke Last week, we evaluated hw some of that had played out in Shadow War Alpha #1, today we get to see how it worked for Batman #122 We already saw Angel[...]

With filming expected to get underway soon, The CW's Gotham Knights has set Rahart Adams (Foursome, Pacific Rim: Uprising) for a lead role in the potential series' pilot Stemming from Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux (Batwoman EPs) and Batwoman executive story editor Natalie Abrams and based on Bob Kane & Bill Finger's DC Comics' characters[...]

But why? What else is going on? Time for some Friday night Gotham Gossip Spoilers ahead, of course You have been warned… Batman And Deathstroke Gotham Gossip For Shadow War (Spoilers) Inspired by Damian, to view the future of humanity by its potential rather than pessimism, Ra's Al Ghul was handing over his secrets, and himself over[...]

The CW's Gotham Knights continues rounding out its ranks, with news that Olivia Rose Keegan (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), Navia Robinson (Raven's Home), and Oscar Morgan (Master of the Air) are set to join Fallon Smythe (Grown-ish) and Tyler DiChiara (Relish) have joined the cast of the pilot from Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux (Batwoman[...]

But as for that Gotham City Police Department (GCPD)-focused spinoff? Well, there's been a bit of confusion over whether that was still going to be happening or if the series would be sharing thematic screen time with the Arkham Asylum (a prominent "character" in the film) Thanks to Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, Reeves[...]

Fallon Smythe (Grown-ish) and Tyler DiChiara (Relish) have joined the cast of The CW's Gotham Knights pilot from Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux (Batwoman EPs) and Batwoman executive story editor Natalie Abrams as series regulars Based on Bob Kane & Bill Finger's DC Comics' characters (though not related to The CW's Batwoman or Warner Bros' upcoming[...]

But when Reeves mentioned a series focusing on Arkham Asylum, there was a little confusion over whether that was a third spinoff or a change in focus from the Gotham City Police Department spinoff with Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton (Humans, Extinction) showrunning that was previously announced Thankfully, The Cyber Nerds were able to get some[...]

In today's Detective Comics #1055, Gotham notices that Batman just isn't around as much anymore, as riots break out in Arkham Tower in the centre of Gotham City And those overnight town planners are staring down at their shoes. Detective Comics #1055 While in Batman #121, Batman also notices he is missing. Batman #121 Almost as if people ate[...]

First, we have the Gotham Police Department-focused spinoff with Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton (Humans, Extinction) serving as showrunner (replacing Terence Winter) And then we have Colin Farrell attached to reprise his role as The Penguin in a spinoff penned by Lauren LeFranc (Impulse, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), with Farrell, Reeves & film producer Dylan Clark[...]

And before that, Reeves confirmed a Gotham Police Department-focused spinoff series with Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton (Humans, Extinction) serving as showrunner (replacing Terence Winter) Now, Reeves is offering his thoughts about expanding the film's universe, HBO Max's interest in exploring characters & aspects from the film, and if there could be more spinoffs on the[...]

A little more Gotham Gossip from Bleeding Cool, a look at some Batmannery to come from DC Comics Naturally, there be spoilers, but nothing too major, just enough cream to tease the tongue And with DC Comics basically just serving up  Batman these days, admittedly in a variety of flavours, there should be plenty to[...]

Before the series' ending Monaghan has appeared in a number of prominent roles like voicing the protagonist Jedi Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Superboy for a few DC-related projects Warner Bros Animation, and Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska on the Fox Batman prequel series Gotham. Cameron Monaghan as Jerome Valeska "I'm less interested in just[...]

Everyone seems to be leaving Gotham these days Apart from Kid Eternity, who just moved there as a police coroner from New York But Bruce Wayne is off on a round the world trip, leaving Gotham to the other Batfolk But one of them is also leaving as well, the Next Batman, Jace Fox And[...]

Wear promises his methods and drug treatments will heal Gotham's criminally inclined for good—a claim that skeptics like Deb Donovan and the Bat-Family don't believe There's something wrong with the tower, with Dr Wear's methods—and with Batman away from Gotham City, the rest of the Bat-Family is going to find out what…but not before everything[...]

We've been running plenty of Gotham Gossip pieces about the rise of Arkham Tower, the replacement for Arkham Asylum And how the foundations have been laid of late through recent Batman comic books. Detective Comics #1045 by Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora With Mayor Nakano making plans to remade Gotham in the wake of Future State/Fear State[...]

Plus, Batwoman hunts down her own mother! Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 12/21/2021 BATMAN ONE DARK KNIGHT #1 (OF 3) CVR A JOCK (MR) (W/A/CA) Jock From high above the sweltering summer streets of Gotham, Batman planned to escort the GCPD as the dangerous metahuman super-villain known as E.M.P was transferred from a holding cell to his permanent home at[...]

So what could be even more shocking? Well it's from today's Batman: Urban Legends #10. We have already looked at the impact of the Magistrate, Simon Saint, the Peacekeepers and the Future State on Gotham in Batman's comic books today.   With criminals attacking churches, but the people of Gotham, even the police of Gotham, afraid to call[...]

And all, to some degree, deal with the fallout of Future State and Fear State across the DC Comics books of Gotham. Batgirls #1 With, in Batman: Urban Legends #10, even the police realising that Gothamites aren't entirely completely happy to call the police anymore.   Batman: Urban Legends #10 In I Am Batman #4, the Jace Fox Batman is[...]

Bleeding Cool will run the scoop on that later today… BATMAN URBAN LEGENDS #10 CVR A BELEN ORTEGA (W) Various (A) Various (CA) Belen Ortega Written by Meghan Fitzmartin, Tini Howard, Dan Watters, and Sam Johns Art by Alberto Jimenez Albuquerque, Christian Duce, Nikola Cizmesija, and Karl Mostert Tim Drake goes to make peace with Batman before he[...]

Writers Natalie Abrams, James Stoteraux, and Chad Fiveash are set to bring Gotham Knights to The CW, but it's no time to celebrate in Batman's old stomping grounds We say "old" because the series takes place in the wake of Bruce Wayne's murder, as his rebellious adopted son forges an unlikely alliance with the children[...]

Originally, Solomon Grundy was the late 19th-century wealthy merchant Cyrus Gold, who is murdered and his body is disposed of in Slaughter Swamp, near Gotham City Fifty years later, in the Green Lantern strip in All-American Comics #61 in 1941, his corpse is reanimated as a huge shambling figure (composed partly of the swamp matter that[...]

In some earlier Gotham Gossip a month ago, Bleeding Cool stated "The end of The Magistrate's Fear State is a cause for celebration There will be street parties But the biggest will be held in the river…" Today sees the publication of Batman #118, and that plays out in the opening pages. Batman #118 artwork And the book[...]

A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool shared the Gotham Gossip that "Ghost-Maker's real name is Minkhoa Khan, born in Singapore to importer/exporters Ghost-Maker will now be training Clown Hunter with a sword instead of a bat-bat." Today sees the publication of Batman: Fear State Omega and the Batman 2021 Annual, which focuses on Ghost-Maker And[...]

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[...]