Following Batman Urban Legends and DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1, DC has announced that Tim Drake will get his own ongoing series this fall, with Tim Drake: Robin. Written by Meghan Fitzmartin, who will continue the story she began in Batman Urban Legends last year, and illustrated by Harley …
Read More »Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy thanks fans for their support for his DC Pride 2022 story
Actor Kevin Conroy is well known to Batman fans as the long time voice of the Caped Crusader in Batman: The Animated Series, its spin-offs, and a host of other media including TV, video games, and more, even appearing in live-action as an older Bruce Wayne in the DC TV …
Read More »Flashpoint Beyond and Dark Crisis connection might be deeper than we think
The world of DC’s Flashpoint is back in full swing, despite the best efforts of Thomas Wayne. The alternate-universe Batman stars in Flashpoint Beyond, which sees the more violent, no-holds-barred Batman investigating the sudden resurrection of his home reality after its destruction in the Batman/Flash crossover, The Button. The series’ …
Read More »The Batman creators that defined the Caped Crusader
The death of legendary creator Neal Adams means the comic book community has lost one of the defining eyes and voices of its modern era. Adams’ influence touched many publishers and characters, but no character evolved through Adam’s pen more than DC’s Caped Crusader, Batman. Adams, along with the legendary …
Read More »Best Batman villains
DC’s main Batman ongoing series gets a new creative team in July and along with them a brand new supervillain, Failsafe, who new writer Chip Zdarsky describes as Batman’s Doomsday. Those are pretty big words, comparing Failsafe to the villain responsible for Superman’s death, but there you go. Go big …
Read More »Batman and his complicated history with guns
Batman doesn’t kill, right? And Batman doesn’t use guns either, right? Most people would answer those two questions in the affirmative. But hold up a second, it’s not that simple. With the release of each new major Batman property on film – in this case, March 4’s The Batman – …
Read More »Best Batman stories
Picking a list of the Batman stories ever is not only difficult because the character has been around for over 80 years, but DC’s Dark Knight far and away is featured in more new stories than any character in any given month. Not including the five ongoing series he stars …
Read More »JLA/Avengers reprint to honor George Pérez gets a release date
The legendary crossover limited series JLA/Avengers is finally being reprinted after years of unavailability. There’s just one catch, though; the new edition, released through the Hero Initiative on Wednesday, March 16 in cooperation with DC and Marvel Comics to honor its artist George Pérez, will be limited to 7,000 copies. …
Read More »The Batman trailer adds graphics promoting DC comic books
Update: As we reported last week, DC is using the release of co-writer/director Matt Reeves’ The Batman film in March and the other DC films scheduled for release in 2022 to help comic book retailers see comic books (see below), and now Warner Bros. is using trailers to its upcoming …
Read More »The DC Universe in 2022 explained
DC is now well into its current ‘Infinite Frontier’ status quo, in which every story that has ever been told in a DC comic is considered to be canon in some way, shape, or corner of the Multiverse – or should we say, ‘Omniverse.’ Infinite Frontier was also the name …
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