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Diane Nelson's #ComicWritersChallenge Gets a $20,000 Bid on Final Day
One of the final pages of DC Rebirth by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, Batman discovering the Watchmen smiley face button that began Watchmen #1, embedded in the Batcave wall How it got there would only be explained years later in Doomsday Clock by the same creative team And it just got a Jim Lee[...]
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DC Comics are launching Batman: The Joker War Zone one-shot, as Bleeding Cool teased back in May – though we may have jumped the gun just a little And ooh, it includes a story by John Ridley… Gotham City is a battleground as The Joker takes over the Wayne fortune and wages a street war against[...]
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Famously Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and now its a thousand issues later. A special 144-page $10 issue will attempt to highlight the "Detective" in Detective Comics as Batman and his allies will have seven times the space to fill with mysteries to solve, taking them from the seediest corners of Gotham[...]
Batman Murder Machine and The Grim Knight Join McFarlane Toys
We continue to stay in the realm of Batman as two darker versions of the dark knight surface Coming out of the hit DC Comics storylines Dark Nights: Metal and The Batman Who Laughs, Murder Machine, and The Grim Knight are here For those not familiar with Murder Machine, it is a version where an[...]
SDCC 2020 DC COMICS: THE JOKER LIMITED EDITION IKEMEN PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE STATUE
This is an exclusive collectible for San Diego Comic Con but it would be a worthy collectible for the Joker's 80th Anniversary. Batman will have to step up his class to be in league with this Joker From his wicked grin to his upgraded tuxedo this statue has plenty of detail to please any fan[...]
Joker Gets Wacky in New Mini Co Statue from Iron Studios
The statue does make some nice nod to the Joker's history with the iconic crowbar from the 1988 DC Comics Batman arc "A Death in the Family" The details on this statue are very well done and that naughty smile is quite creepy Joker fans might want to add this creepy collectible to their grown[...]
Batman Gets a Memorial Statue from Beast Kingdom
The fate of Batman in the final installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, was an interesting turn of events We saw Batman give up give want to clean up Gotham for true love With citizens of Gotham wanting to remember the fallen hero, they put up a memorial statue in his[...]
Deathstroke Takes on the Red Hood in SDCC 2020 Funko Exclusive
One, the disgraced former protege of Batman who lacks Batman's moral code The other, the world's deadliest assassin, enhanced to use 90% of his brain From the pages of DC Comics' Deathstroke comes Funko's newest POP! Comic Moments release, depicts their epic battle This diorama-styled piece features 3 3/4″ tall versions of the Red Hood[...]
The Joker Knows Bruce Wayne Is Batman - And Has A Plan
At the end of Batman #85, by James Tynion IV and Guillem March, we had a Joker contemplating unveiling the identity of Batman, as Superman had done, confessing to the world that he was Clark Kent. Joker Knows Bruce Is Batman But Has A Plan (Secret Files #3 Spoilers). But also realising that such a decision would be the final battle[...]
Sean Gordon Murphy Apologises For Comments About Police and Looting
Up. Zac Thompson: How about supporting Black Lives Matter? It seems to be a pretty big hole in your statement. And a page from his own Batman: White Knight was brought up for the occasion, which recontextualised the late Eric Garner's words – now repeated by the late George Floyd – and used in protest by Black[...]
Batman: Gotham Nights #7 Review: "At Best Icky"
From a meta sense, is it a fond farewell to a halcyon era, or is it another example of certain types of criminals getting away with their crimes? The cover of Batman: Gotham Nights #7 published by DC Comics with the creative team of Mark Russell, Ryan Benjamin, Richard Friend, Alex Sinclair, and Troy Peteri.   First, you'll[...]
To Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, a Baby Girl, in Catwoman 80th
That included a trip courtesy of Tom King, Mikel Janin and Jordie Bellaire to a version of her life seemingly abandoned by DC Comics (at least until the Batman/Catwoman series comes along – maybe Christmas if you're good) One that also tied in with Tom King and Lee Weeks' Batman Annual #2 story, that told[...]
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On March 29th, 2020 I write a Bleeding Cool article which, at the time, was meant to tease that week's upcoming Batman #92 It wasn't published, instead, Diamond Comic Distributors warehoused the print run and shut down, as a result of coronavirus pandemic orders Over two months later, it is finally coming to comic books[...]
Colossus Joins the X-Men in the Newest Iron Studios Statue
When Batman and the Gang are transported to feudal Japan they just use their wits to get back home Of course, Batman and the heroes were not the only ones who time traveled as Joker followed Joker has now become a warlord and is ready to take on the bat Star Ace Toys is bringing[...]
Nightwing Captures the Art of the Samurai with XM Studios
These new and exotic statues put some of your favorite characters from the Batman universe in ways you never have seen them before This time, Nightwing is suiting up in a way you've never seen him before and with the art of the samurai Nightwing is upgrading to something more stylish with this 1:4 scale[...]
Batwoman -- ÒO, Mouse!Ó -- Image Number: BWN120a_0258r -- Pictured: Ruby Rose as Batwoman -- Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW -- © 2020 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
Xxx *hangs up cowl and cape." Batwoman and Superman & Lois set to crossover in 2021, courtesy of The CW. Batwoman takes place three years after the mysterious disappearance of Batman, with Gotham a city in despair Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham City Police Department is overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs Armed with a passion[...]
Paul Dano at the Showtime Emmy Eve Party at the San Vicente Bungalows on September 21, 2019 in West Hollywood, CA. Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com
The Batman is set to resume production very soon When exactly that is, nobody seems to know That includes one of the stars of the film, Paul Dano He is playing The Riddler in the movie and was on set with new Batman Robert Pattinson and director Matt Reeves when the Hollywood shutdown began While[...]
Batman: Gotham Nights #6 Review -- "Joker's Most Diabolical Scheme"
Shortly after the Batman's first year concludes, the criminal justice system is so overloaded with suspects that the government claims they need more prisons to keep up Well, of course, that money has to be taken out of public health, and all of a sudden, the people of Gotham are scared to cough for fear[...]
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We've already established battles and grudges between the two in the upcoming Batman #93 How far will this go? Also… Harley Quinn #75 The Death Of Superman was in Superman #75 Will DC Comics be trying for something similar coming out of shutdown? The Death Of Superman sold millions… how many would The Death Of Harley[...]
No Improvement In DC Comics' #ConnnectedTogether Messages
Encouraging readers to be like Batman and stay in their batcave. No Improvement In DC Comics' #ConnnectedTogether Messages Image from DC. Because everyone is an orphan heir to one hundred billion dollars wealth, with a large enough estate to hollow out and weaponise their own cave structure underneath their family mansion. As Stephen Colbert told Matt Damon on A Late Show With Stephen[...]
Where In The World is Batman/Catwoman by Tom King and Clay Mann?
It was this time last year that Bleeding Cool first told you that Tom King was being booted from Batman with #85 Then that he would continue what would have been his run until around Batman #105 with a 12 issue series, Batman/Catwoman, drawn by Clay Mann This was later all confirmed and scheduled for[...]
That New DC Comics Origin For The Joker in Walmart Batman Giant #5
Last week we talked about how the new Batman Giant #5, in Walmarts as of last weekend, was promising a new origin of The Joker Now, I am far, far away from the nearest Walmart, and there is no sign of Batman Giant #5 coming to comic book stores, or even digital comics, any time[...]
Zombie Batman and More DC Comics Statues Arrive with Diamond
Batman on the other hand was not so lucky and has fallen to the horde He used a modified Mr Freeze suit to keep the virus at bay for as long as he could These statues show the newly reanimated Batman in the crypt suit and it's terrifying The last statue we are getting is[...]
Robert Pattinson as The Batman. Image Courtesy of Warner Bros
The Batman actor Jeffery Wright recently went on SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show to talk a little about the next big film in the Batman saga The film was in production overseas when the Hollywood shutdown began and is expected to ramp up production fast when that ends It did cause the movie to be[...]
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Batman #92 had a quarter of a million copies originally ordered, so its staying power at the top spot for two weeks may be ezpected, but James Tynion IV also got a placement for Something Is Killing The Children as well. Batman #92 Tops Advance Reorders Two Weeks In A Row Art from DC. Greetings from the[...]
McFarlane Toys Announces Batman: White Knight Figures Are Coming
Coming out of the hit Batman series Batman: White Knight, Batman, Joker, and Azrael are getting the figure treatment Each one will be getting their appearances from the comic created with great detail and will include accessories The story follows a new and improved Joker after he is declared sane and switches his chaotic nature to[...]
Batman Giant #5 Comes to Walmart
The Joker's origin has, intentionally, been left a little vague over the years with competition versions of the story in various Batman comic books The Three Jokers looks to delineate that a little But are we getting a new version? Batman Giant #5 came to Walmart this weekend Just as Batman Giant #4 was getting to[...]
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Batman #1 is one of the most commanding books in the comic book universe While it isn't the first appearance of Batman — that honor goes to Detective 27 — this is the first appearance of both The Joker and Catwoman This beautiful book boasts a bright yellow cover with the dynamic duo flying over[...]
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Harley Quinn has been on a roll since she first appeared in Batman Adventures #12 The clown princess of crime was initially introduced as the Joker's girlfriend and found legions of fans thanks to the popular Batman: The Animated Series show In a mere three years, DC fans will be celebrating 30 years of Harley,[...]