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The sole highest-graded Batman #1 CGC 9.4 White Pages copy has just closed at Heritage Auction's  2021 January 14 – 17 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction for $2,220,000.00.  The sale is a record price for a copy of Batman #1, and is the second highest price ever paid for a comic book in a[...]

Adding Batman. Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1 cover On Saturday, 27th of March, DC Comics will launch its new digital comic book series, Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, a new series of 24 original team-up stories between the citizens of Gotham and members of Mystery, Inc The series will be published in print from April #12th as a[...]

The Metropolis Gallery has announced a virtual exhibition of original artwork by artist and writer Sean Gordon Murphy, best known for his Murphyverse line of Batman: White Knight comic books from DC Comics. Credit: Sean Gordon Murphy Metropolis Gallery curator and owner Vincent Zurzolo tells us "Sean will be bringing his unique and awe-inspiring originals to a[...]

Batwoman star Nicole Kang offers some insight into how Mary's dealing with Kate's disappearance and how she empowers Ryan Wilder.

But it does mean that Future State: Swamp Thing #1 is now selling for $13 on eBay. The Next Batman #2, with the Tim/Jace Fox reveal cover has also sold in advance of sale for $10 Batman #313, with the first appearance of Tim Fox, has sold for almost $800 on eBay, 8.5 CGC and $500 raw[...]

While prepping to return to work on HBO Max's Titans, director/DoP Boris Mojsovski posted images from unused scenes from the series' pilot.

As Bleeding Cool told you last year, in the world of the DC Future State, in Future State: Justice League we are told that Tim Fox, the Next Batman, would be the Batman who would truly save Gotham, something Bruce Wayne could not do Which may spoil what's going on in Dark Detective and Next[...]

And she just may be Tim Drake's way in to dealing with The Magistrate. Tim Drake in Future State: Robin Eternal #1 But given that Tim Fox, The Next Batman, is meant to save Gotham… DC Future State: Justice League #1 …it's not so hot for Nightwing over in today's Future State: Teen Titans – when you let him[...]

Batman is back, and ready for action as Mezco Toyz releases their next exclusive figure for One 12 Day Coming out of their exclusive original Batman series, Mezco unveils the new Supreme Knight Darkest Dawn Edition figure This marks the third Supreme Knight figure that Mezco Toyz has released that features an older and grim[...]

"Since the other members of the Batman family are always present in some way in the background, while you're out in the world fighting crime or unravelling the mystery, they don't stay inactive So it makes sense that they are also progressing and getting stronger." WB Montreal revealed new details this week about their co-op[...]

What makes obscure comics so interesting and vital is discovering those books that most don't know were ever printed, or that top tier creators worked on "that book" or on "that character." Obscure Comics are fun to find and interesting to know about, but that border between great reads and terrible comics. Who Wants Comics With Their[...]

Batman artwork by Carmine Infantino is not going to pop up for purchase all that often, let alone something like this On auction over at Heritage Auctions right now is a piece of artwork from the iconic artist from the Kenner toys packaging for the animated series line in 1993 This stuff just does not[...]

Bleeding Cool scooped the news back in November that Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok were working on a sequel to their uber-successful Batman: Three Jokers series, but you may have to wait. You may not see this for a while, but it's my future and its going to be incredible Three Jokers has freed me from[...]

Throughout all of Batman's history since the character's debut in Detective Comics #27 in 1939, the era of the late 1950s is unique.  Batman and Robin had gone from fighting criminal gangs and supervillains to finding aliens and UFOs in the environs of Gotham.  There are some very interesting reasons behind this bizarre shift, and[...]

Batwoman stars Javicia Leslie, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, and Meagan Tandy sum up what viewers can expect from season 2 with one word.

Much like the worry faced by Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi, this issue posits the idea that the legacy of the Batman is hubris and failure Much like what happened on the Batwoman TV show, a private security company has essentially supplanted law enforcement in Gotham City, establishing a new status quo that has outlawed masks[...]

It appears that the major vintage comics auction season is opening with some serious fireworks in 2021.  Heritage Auctions has the sole highest-graded Batman #1 CGC 9.4 White Pages copy on the auction block in their 2021 January 14 – 17 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction The landmark debut issue of one of the[...]

From the hit comic story arc Batman: Hush comes a new addition that will join Batman, and Superman Hush themed designs The 1/3rd scale statue stands roughly 34" tall and is showcased perching on a Gotham City themed base Dick Grayson's blue and black suit comes to life with this statue and is packed with[...]

In an alternate darker reality, Batman and Wonder Woman fall in love during their crusade to stop Ares, the God of War However, Batman was consumed by the power, and he killed the one woman loved to become one with it With the death of Wonder Woman, Bruce Wayne becomes the mighty and intense Batman:[...]

Batman gets a little darker this time around as he takes on The Batman Who Laughs and his order of evil Batmen Coming out of the hit DC Comics storyline, Dark Nights Metal, we get Bruce Wayne in the new black, grey, and yellow trimmed batsuit; unlike previous Batman figures, he does not come with[...]

The Next Batman #1 is published today, for DC Future State, with its lead feature story featuring this new Batman revisiting some very familiar tropes, courtesy of 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley, Doom Patrol artist Nick Derington, colours by Tamra Bonvillian and letters by Clayton Cowles. Credit: DC Whether that be from The Dark Knight[...]

Now given that much of the DC Universe has died in Death Metal, including Batman himself, revived through the use of the Black Lantern ring, alongside several other dead folks Including… Death Metal #7, DC Comics … Alfred Pennyworth However, it may not just be a zombie Alfred going forward The conclusion of Death Metal #7 sees[...]

What makes obscure comics so interesting and vital is discovering those books that most don't know were ever printed, or that top tier creators worked on "that book" or on "that character." Obscure Comics are fun to find and interesting to know about, but that border between great reads and terrible comics. Who Remembers When Jim Lee[...]

In this Batwoman season 2, episode 1 overview, Ryan Wilder suits up, "Bruce Wayne" wants his stuff back, and the search for Kate Kane begins.

Bleeding Cool featured a previous of the upcoming Batman/Superman comic by Gene Luen Yang, Ivan Reis and Danny Miki to show a variety of "what if?" worlds for the series, spinning out of Death Metal With the sketch art, showing parallel lives, as playing out on movie film reel, it seems to involve politicians and[...]

Daimyo Penguin comes to lief out of XM Studios' unique Batman Samurai statue line Batman will have to put up quite a fight to that take down the crime boss this time, and fans will have a blast getting this statue in hand Hand-painted and crafted to perfection, this statue fey high-end detail that puts[...]

Superman/Batman or Batman/Superman has been a relatively popular series over the years, teaming DC Comics' two most popular characters up, but rarely going up against the respective solo titles, save for the initial run with Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness and Michael Turner. Credit: DC Comics So maybe it's time to try something else? Gene Luen Yang, Ivan[...]

Here's the solicitation for Batman #106 in March, following on from Infinite Frontier. BATMAN #106 written by JAMES TYNION IV art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ backup story written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON backup story art by GLEB MELNIKOV ON SALE 3/2/21 $4.99 US | 40 PAGES | FC | DC Following the tragic events of Infinite Frontier #1, Batman and his new[...]

Tom King had a four-and-a-bit year plan for Batman, but only got three-and-a-bit James Tynion IV is settling for a little less, telling readers of his Empire Of The Tiny Onion newsletter that; Our goal here is to build a new and exciting era of Gotham City, with this larger status quo and ethos reflected in[...]

And it will also follow on from that final scene in Batman #100 with the Joker making plans for Bane, as Bleeding Cool reported back in September. JOKER is going to bring you a very different kind of story This is a horror noir book with art by Guillem March I'm tapping into more of the[...]